iOS 7 Application Development in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself

John Ray currently serves as the Director of the Office of Research Information Systems at The Ohio State University. He has written numerous books for Macmillan/Sams/Que, including Using TCP/IP: Special Edition, Teach Yourself Dreamweaver MX in 21 Days, Mac OS X Unleashed, My Mavericks MacBook, and Teach Yourself iOS 6 Development in 24 Hours. As a Macintosh user since 1984, he strives to ensure that each project presents the Macintosh with the equality and depth it deserves. Even technical titles such as Using TCP/IP contain extensive information about the Macintosh and its applications and have garnered numerous positive reviews for their straightforward approach and accessibility to beginner and intermediate users.

Introduction    xv
HOUR 1: Preparing Your System and iDevice for Development    1
  Welcome to the iOS Platform 1
  Becoming an iOS Developer    6
  Creating and Installing a Development Provisioning Profile    12
  Running Your First iOS App 17
  Developer Technology Overview 20
  Further Exploration 21
  Summary    21
  Q&A 21
  Workshop    22
  Activities 22
HOUR 2: Introduction to Xcode and the iOS Simulator 23
  Using Xcode    23
  Using the iOS Simulator    58
  Further Exploration 63
  Summary    64
  Q&A 65
  Workshop    65
  Activities 66
HOUR 3: Discovering Objective-C: The Language of Apple Platforms    67
  Object-Oriented Programming and Objective-C    67
  Exploring the Objective-C File Structure    72
  Objective-C Programming Basics    84
  Memory Management and Automatic Reference Counting    95
  Further Exploration 97
  Summary    97
  Q&A 98
  Workshop    99
  Activities 99
HOUR 4: Inside Cocoa Touch    101
  What Is Cocoa Touch? 101
  Exploring the iOS Technology Layers 103
  Tracing the iOS Application Life Cycle    109
  Cocoa Fundamentals    110
  Exploring the iOS Frameworks with Xcode    120
  Further Exploration    129
  Summary 129
  Q&A    129
  Workshop 130
  Activities    130
HOUR 5: Exploring Interface Builder    131
  Understanding Interface Builder    131
  Creating User Interfaces    138
  Customizing the Interface Appearance 148
  Connecting to Code    154
  Further Exploration    164
  Summary 165
  Q&A    165
  Workshop 166
  Activities    166
HOUR 6: Model-View-Controller Application Design 167
  Understanding the Model-View-Controller Design Pattern 167
  How Xcode Implements MVC    169
  Using the Single View Application Template    173
  Further Exploration    191
  Summary 192
  Q&A    192
  Workshop 192
  Activities    193
HOUR 7: Working with Text, Keyboards, and Buttons 195
  Basic User Input and Output 195
  Using Text Fields, Text Views, and Buttons    197
  Further Exploration    226
  Summary 227
  Q&A    227
  Workshop 227
  Activities    228
HOUR 8: Handling Images, Animation, Sliders, and Steppers 229
  User Input and Output    229
  Creating and Managing Image Animations, Sliders, and Steppers 231
  Further Exploration    252
  Summary 254
  Q&A    254
  Workshop 254
  Activities    255
HOUR 9: Using Advanced Interface Objects and Views    257
  User Input and Output (Continued)    257
  Using Switches, Segmented Controls, and Web Views    262
  Using Scrolling Views    279
  Further Exploration    288
  Summary 289
  Q&A    289
  Workshop 289
  Activities    290
HOUR 10: Getting the User’s Attention 291
  Alerting the User    291
  Exploring User Alert Methods    301
  Further Exploration    318
  Summary 319
  Q&A    319
  Workshop 319
  Activities    320
HOUR 11: Implementing Multiple Scenes and Popovers    321
  Introducing Multiscene Storyboards    322
  Understanding the iPad Popover 341
  Using a Modal Segue    352
  Using a Popover 364
  Further Exploration    370
  Summary 371
  Q&A    371
  Workshop 372
  Activities    372
HOUR 12: Making Choices with Toolbars and Pickers    373
  Understanding the Role of Toolbars    373
  Exploring Pickers    377
  Using the Date Picker    385
  Using a Custom Picker 401
  Further Exploration    417
  Summary 417
  Q&A    418
  Workshop 418
  Activities    419
HOUR 13: Advanced Storyboards Using Navigation and Tab Bar Controllers 421
  Advanced View Controllers    421
  Exploring Navigation Controllers    423
  Understanding Tab Bar Controllers 429
  Using a Navigation Controller 434
  Using a Tab Bar Controller    445
  Further Exploration    456
  Summary 457
  Q&A    457
  Workshop 458
  Activities    458
HOUR 14: Navigating Information Using Table Views and Split
  View Controllers    459
  Understanding Tables    459
  Exploring the Split View Controller
  (iPad Only)    468
  A Simple Table View Application    471
  Creating a Master-Detail Application    481
  Further Exploration    499
  Summary 500
  Q&A    500
  Workshop 501
  Activities    501
HOUR 15: Reading and Writing Application Data 503
  iOS Applications and Data Storage 503
  Data Storage Approaches    506
  Creating Implicit Preferences 514
  Implementing System Settings    522
  Implementing File System Storage    535
  Further Exploration    543
  Summary 543
  Q&A    544
  Workshop 544
  Activities    545
HOUR 16: Building Responsive and Backward-Compatible User Interfaces    547
  Responsive Interfaces    547
  Using Auto Layout    552
  Programmatically Defined Interfaces 575
  Swapping Views on Rotation 583
  Further Exploration    590
  Summary 590
  Q&A    591
  Workshop 591
  Activities    592
HOUR 17: Using Advanced Touches and Gestures    593
  Multitouch Gesture Recognition    593
  Adding Gesture Recognizers    594
  Using Gesture Recognizers    596
  Further Exploration    617
  Summary 617
  Q&A    617
  Workshop 618
  Activities    618
HOUR 18: Sensing Orientation and Motion 619
  Understanding Motion Hardware    619
  Accessing Orientation and Motion Data    622
  Sensing Orientation 626
  Detecting Acceleration, Tilt, and Rotation    631
  Further Exploration    643
  Summary 644
  Q&A    645
  Workshop 645
  Activities    645
HOUR 19: Working with Rich Media    647
  Exploring Rich Media    647
  The Media Playground Application    662
  Further Exploration    689
  Summary 690
  Q&A    691
  Workshop 691
  Activities    692
HOUR 20: Interacting with Other iOS Services    693
  Extending iOS Service Integration    693
  Using the Address Book, Email, Social Networking, and Maps    708
  Further Exploration    724
  Summary 725
  Q&A    725
  Workshop 726
  Activities    726
HOUR 21: Implementing Location Services    727
  Understanding Core Location    727
  Creating a Location-Aware Application    734
  Using the Magnetic Compass    744
  Further Exploration    754
  Summary 755
  Q&A    755
  Workshop 756
  Activities    756
HOUR 22: Building Background-Ready Applications    757
  Understanding iOS Backgrounding 757
  Disabling Backgrounding    763
  Handling Background Suspension    764
  Implementing Local Notifications    765
  Using Task-Specific Background Processing   768
  Completing a Long-Running Background Task    773
  Performing a Background Fetch    780
  Further Exploration    785
  Summary 786
  Q&A    786
  Workshop 786
  Activities    787
HOUR 23: Building Universal Applications    789
  Universal Application Development    789
  Creating a Universal Application (Take 1)    794
  Creating a Universal Application (Take 2)    799
  Using Multiple Targets 803
  Further Exploration    806
  Summary    806
  Q&A    807
  Workshop 807
  Activities    807
HOUR 24: Application Tracing, Monitoring, and Debugging    809
  Instant Feedback with NSLog    810
  Using the Xcode Debugger 813
  Further Exploration    828
  Summary 830
  Q&A    830
  Workshop 830
  Activities    831
Index 833