Programming IOS 6

Matt Neuburg has a PhD in Classics and has taught at many universities and colleges. He has been programming computers since 1968. He has written applications for Mac OS X and iOS, is a former editor of »MacTech Magazine«, and is a long-standing contributing editor for »TidBITS«. His previous O'Reilly books are »Frontier: The Definitive Guide«, »REALbasic: The Definitive Guide«, and »AppleScript: The Definitive Guide«. He makes a living writing books, articles, and software documentation, as well as by programming, consulting, and training.

Language
Chapter 1 Just Enough C
Compilation, Statements, and Comments
Variable Declaration, Initialization, and Data Types
Structs
Pointers
Arrays
Operators
Flow Control and Conditions
Functions
Pointer Parameters and the Address Operator
Files
The Standard Library
More Preprocessor Directives
Data Type Qualifiers
Chapter 2 Object-Based Programming
Objects
Messages and Methods
Classes and Instances
Class Methods
Instance Variables
The Object-Based Philosophy
Chapter 3 Objective-C Objects and Messages
An Instance Reference Is a Pointer
Messages and Methods
Typecasting and the id Type
Messages as Data Type
C Functions
CFTypeRefs
Blocks
Chapter 4 Objective-C Classes
Class and Superclass
Interface and Implementation
Header File and Implementation File
Class Methods
The Secret Life of Classes
Chapter 5 Objective-C Instances
How Instances Are Created
Polymorphism
The Keyword self
The Keyword super
Instance Variables and Accessors
Key–Value Coding
Properties
How to Write an Initializer
IDE
Chapter 6 Anatomy of an Xcode Project
New Project
The Project Window
The Project File and Its Dependents
The Target
From Project to App
Chapter 7 Nib Management
A Tour of the Nib-Editing Interface
Nib Loading and File’s Owner
Making and Loading a Nib
Outlet Connections
Action Connections
Additional Initialization of Nib-Based Instances
Chapter 8 Documentation
The Documentation Window
Class Documentation Pages
Sample Code
Other Resources
Chapter 9 Life Cycle of a Project
Device Architecture and Conditional Code
Localization
Editing Your Code
Navigating Your Code
Debugging
Unit Testing
Static Analyzer
Clean
Running in the Simulator
Running on a Device
Profile and Device Management
Version Control
Instruments
Distribution
Ad Hoc Distribution
Final App Preparations
Submission to the App Store
Cocoa
Chapter 10 Cocoa Classes
Subclassing
Categories
Protocols
Optional Methods
Some Foundation Classes
The Secret Life of NSObject
Chapter 11 Cocoa Events
Reasons for Events
Subclassing
Notifications
Delegation
Data Sources
Actions
The Responder Chain
Swamped by Events
Delayed Performance
Application Lifetime Events
Chapter 12 Accessors and Memory Management
Key–Value Coding
Memory Management
Properties
Chapter 13 Data Communication
Model–View–Controller
Instance Visibility
Notifications
Key–Value Observing
Views
Chapter 14 Views
The Window
Subview and Superview
Visibility and Opacity
Frame
Bounds and Center
Transform
Layout
Chapter 15 Drawing
UIImage and UIImageView
Graphics Contexts
UIImage Drawing
CGImage Drawing
CIFilter and CIImage
Drawing a UIView
Graphics Context Settings
Paths and Drawing
Clipping
Gradients
Colors and Patterns
Graphics Context Transforms
Shadows
Points and Pixels
Content Mode
Chapter 16 Layers
View and Layer
Layers and Sublayers
Drawing in a Layer
Transforms
Shadows, Borders, and More
Layer Efficiency
Layers and Key–Value Coding
Chapter 17 Animation
Drawing, Animation, and Threading
UIImageView and UIImage Animation
View Animation
Implicit Layer Animation
Core Animation
Animation and Autolayout
Actions
Emitter Layers
CIFilter Transitions
Chapter 18 Touches
Touch Events and Views
Receiving Touches
Restricting Touches
Interpreting Touches
Gesture Recognizers
Touch Delivery
Interface
Chapter 19 View Controllers
The View Controller Hierarchy
View Controller and View Creation
Rotation
Presented View Controller
Tab Bar Controllers
Navigation Controllers
Page View Controller
Container View Controllers
Storyboards
View Controller Lifetime Events
View Controller Memory Management
State Restoration
Chapter 20 Scroll Views
Creating a Scroll View
Scrolling
Zooming
Scroll View Delegate
Scroll View Touches
Scroll View Performance
Chapter 21 Table Views and Collection Views
Table View Cells
Table View Data
Table View Selection
Table View Scrolling and Layout
Table View State Restoration
Table View Searching
Table View Editing
Table View Menus
Collection Views
Chapter 22 Popovers and Split Views
Configuring and Displaying a Popover
Managing a Popover
Dismissing a Popover
Popovers and Presented Views
Popover Segues
Automatic Popovers
Split Views
Chapter 23 Text
Attributed Strings
UILabel
UITextField
UITextView
Core Text
Chapter 24 Web Views
Loading Web View Content
Web View State Restoration
Communicating with a Web View
Chapter 25 Controls and Other Views
UIActivityIndicatorView
UIProgressView
UIPickerView
UISearchBar
UIControl
Bars
Appearance Proxy
Chapter 26 Modal Dialogs
Alert View
Action Sheet
Dialog Alternatives
Local Notifications
Activity View
Some Frameworks
Chapter 27 Audio
System Sounds
Audio Session
Audio Player
Remote Control of Your Sound
Playing Sound in the Background
Further Topics in Sound
Chapter 28 Video
MPMoviePlayerController
MPMoviePlayerViewController
UIVideoEditorController
Introduction to AV Foundation Video
Chapter 29 Music Library
Exploring the Music Library
The Music Player
The Music Picker
Chapter 30 Photo Library and Image Capture
UIImagePickerController
Image Capture With AV Foundation
The Assets Library Framework
Chapter 31 Address Book
Address Book Database
Address Book Interface
Chapter 32 Calendar
Calendar Database
Calendar Interface
Chapter 33 Mail and Messages
Mail Message
Text Message
Twitter Post
Chapter 34 Maps
Displaying a Map
Annotations
Overlays
Map Kit and Current Location
Geocoding
Communicating With the Maps App
Chapter 35 Sensors
Location
Heading
Acceleration and Attitude
Final Topics
Chapter 36 Persistent Storage
The Sandbox
Basic File Operations
Saving and Reading Files
User Defaults
File Sharing
Document Types
Handing Off a Document
The Document Architecture
iCloud
XML
SQLite
Core Data
Image File Formats
Chapter 37 Basic Networking
HTTP Requests
Bonjour
Push Notifications
Beyond Basic Networking
Chapter 38 Threads
The Main Thread
Why Threading Is Hard
Three Ways of Threading
Threads and App Backgrounding
Chapter 39 Undo
The Undo Manager
The Undo Interface
The Undo Architecture
Chapter 40 Epilogue
Index
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