iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, 3rd Edition

In this book, the world's leading Apple platform development trainers offer a complete, practical, hands-on introduction to iPhone and iPad programming. The authors walk through all the Apple tools and technologies needed to build successful iPhone/iPad/iPod touch Apps, including the iOS 5 SDK, the Objective-C language, Xcode 4.2 tools, Foundation framework, and the classes that make up the iPhone UI framework. The many topics covered in this book include: " Easily setting up elegant, efficient user interfaces with UIKit " Creating effective visuals, animation, and effects with Core Graphics, Core Animation, and OpenGL " Making the most of the iPhone's powerful multi-touch event handling " Building location-aware iPhone applications utilizing Core Location, MapKit, and the magnetometer " Localizing applications for international use " Creating applications that capture audio and play media " Storing data in files or SQLite databases This title is a bestselling title in the new Big Nerd Ranch Press series: the world's best books on Mac and iOS development, straight from the world's #1 Mac programming trainers - Aaron Hillegass and Big Nerd Ranch!

Introduction

1. A Simple iOS Application

2. Objective-C

3. Managing Memory with ARC

4. Delegation and Core Location

5. MapKit and Text Input

6. Subclassing UIView and UIScrollView

7. View Controllers

8. Notification and Rotation

9. UITableView and UITableViewController

10. Editing UITableView

11. UINavigationController

12. Camera

13. UIPopoverController and Modal View Controllers

14. Saving, Loading, and Multitasking

15. Subclassing UITableViewCell

16. Core Data

17. Localization

18. Settings

19. Touch Events and UIResponder

20. UIGestureRecognizer and UIMenuController

21. Instruments

22. Core Animation Layer

23. Controlling Animation with CAAnimation

24. UIStoryboard

25. Web Services and UIWebView

26. UISplitViewController and NSRegularExpression

27. Blocks

28. Model-View-Controller-Store

29. Advanced MVCS

30. iCloud

31. Afterword