iOS 6 Foundations (eBook)

Jesse Feiler is a developer, web designer, trainer, and author. He has been developing for mobile devices since the early 1990s, beginning with Apple's Newton, and continuing on with the complete line of iOS products, including iPhone, iPod toch and iPad. Treehouse is a consortium of web and software designers and developers whose mission is to bring affordable technology education to people everywhere, in order to help them achieve their dreams and change the world. In keeping with that mission, the Treehouse series of books are authored by experts and loaded with innovative design ideas and practical skill-building instruction. if you're a web developer, web designer, hobbyist, or career-changer, every book in the series belongs on your bookshelf.

About the Author v

Publisher's Acknowledgments vi

Author's Acknowledgments viii

Introduction 1

Who Should Read Th is Book? 1

What You Will Learn 2

How to Use Th is Book 3

Using This Book with Treehouse 4

Part 1: Introducing iOS 6

CHAPTER ONE Getting Started with iOS 6 7

CHAPTER TWO Getting Up to Speed with Xcode 25

CHAPTER THREE Looking Ahead--Planning Your App 53

CHAPTER FOUR Designing the Party Planner App 63

Part 2: Storyboards: The Building Blocks of iOS Apps

CHAPTER FIVE Walking Through the iPhone Storyboard 81

CHAPTER SIX Working with Storyboard Inspectors 101

CHAPTER SEVEN Laying Out Your Scenes and Views 119

Part 3: Building the Party Planner App

CHAPTER EIGHT Building on the Data Model 131

CHAPTER NINE Building the Detail Data View 153

CHAPTER TEN Saving and Restoring Data 183

CHAPTER ELEVEN Testing the App with the Debugger 201

Part 4: Using Table and Collection Views

CHAPTER TWELVE Exploring the Table View in the Template 219

CHAPTER THIRTEEN Formatting Table Cells 245

CHAPTER FOURTEEN Editing Table Views 275

Part 5: Interacting with Users

CHAPTER FIFTEEN Telling Users the News: Alerts and NSError
297

CHAPTER SIXTEEN Getting Input from Users: Alerts and Action
Sheets 309

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Back to the Storyboard: Enhancing the
Interface 319

Index 349