Ios 6 Programming Cookbook

Overcome the vexing issues you’ll inevitably confront when creating apps for the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. By making use of new and revised recipes in this updated cookbook, you’ll quickly learn the steps necessary to write complete iOS apps—including ways to store and protect data, enhance and animate graphics, manage files and folders, and take advantage of Passbook. Thoroughly updated for iOS 6 SDK, this cookbook shows you how to use hundreds of techniques to solve problems that developers of all levels commonly face. Each recipe includes sample code you can use right away. Use Pass Kit to deliver digitally-signed passes such as loyalty cards Define the layout of UI elements with Cocoa Auto Layout Develop location-aware apps Get working examples for implementing gesture recognizers Use new Objective-C Runtime features Play audio and video files and access the iPod library Retrieve contacts and groups from the Address Book Determine camera availability and access the Photo Library Create multitasking-aware apps Use Event Kit to manage calendars, dates, and events Apply the accelerometer and gyroscope Enhance your app with the iCloud service

Overcome the vexing issues you're likely to face when creating apps for the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. With new and thoroughly revised recipes in this updated cookbook, you'll quickly learn the steps necessary to work with the iOS 7 SDK--including ways to store and protect data, send and receive notifications, enhance and animate graphics, manage files and folders, and take advantage of UI Dynamics.

Get a solid grounding in all the fundamentals of Cocoa Touch, and avoid problems during iPhone and iPad app development. With this revised and expanded edition, you'll dig into Cocoa and learn how to work effectively with Objective-C and Xcode. This book covers iOS 6 in a rigorous, orderly fashion--ideal whether you're approaching iOS for the first time or need a reference to bolster existing skills. Learn about features introduced with iOS 6, including Objective-C language advances, autosynthesis, autolayout, new view controller rotation rules, unwind segues, state restoration, styled text, and collection views. Learn Objective-C language details and object-oriented programming concepts Understand the anatomy of an Xcode project and all the stages of its lifecycle Grasp key Cocoa concepts such as relationships between classes, receiving events, and model-view-controller architecture Learn how views and layers are managed, drawn, composited, and animated Become familiar with view controllers and their relationships, along with nib and storyboard management Fully explore all basic interface objects such as scroll views, table views, and controls Delve into Cocoa frameworks for sound, video, sensors, maps, and other features Touch on advanced topics such as threading and networking

The best place to start iOS application development The Core iOS Developer’s Cookbook provides ready-to-use code solutions for common iOS challenges, providing recipes that help you master the core technology at the heart of iOS. Renowned iOS programming expert Erica Sadun and top iOS developer Rich Wardwell cover the topics you need to create successful mobile applications that take full advantage of iOS graphics, touches, and views. As in all of Sadun’s iOS bestsellers, The Core iOS Developer’s Cookbook translates modern best practices into working code, distilling key concepts into concise recipes you can easily understand and apply to your own projects. This isn’t just cut-and-paste; using examples, Sadun and Wardwell fully explain both the “how” and “why” that underscore effective and successful iOS development. Coverage includes Creating direct touch-based interfaces with multi-touch, gestures, and custom gesture recognizers Building and customizing controls in powerful ways Adding novel motion effects Alerting users via pop-ups, progress bars, local notifications, popovers, audio cues, and more Using Xcode modules to easily integrate system frameworks and headers Assembling views and animation, organizing view hierarchies, and understanding how views work together Supporting multiple screen geometries with the breakthrough Auto Layout constraints system Controlling keyboards, making onscreen elements “text aware,” and efficiently scanning and formatting text Organizing user workspaces with view controllers Managing photos, videos, email, and text messages Leveraging enhanced iOS support for social media activities, including Flickr and Vimeo Implementing VoiceOver accessibility, including text-to-speech Getting started with Core Data-managed data stores Leveraging powerful networking and web services support Using APIs to enhance the user experience

You can build a variety of amazing apps on the iOS platform—and every one of them presents a unique set of problems. With the recipes in this cookbook, you'll go beyond theory to solve the vexing, real-life issues you’re likely to face when creating apps for the iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. Each recipe provides a clear solution and sample code that you can use right away. You'll find solutions for working with development frameworks in iOS SDK 4 and technologies such as Cocoa, Objective-C, Xcode, and Interface Builder. Whether you have a little or a lot of experience with iOS development, you’ll find the help you need for every phase of the process, from initial idea to completed project. Work with Objective-C classes, objects, properties, delegates, and memory management Construct a user interface with gesture recognizers Develop location-aware applications with the Map Kit and Core Location APIs Build apps that play audio and video, manage calendars and events, access contacts and groups, or tap into the Photo Library Use the Core Motion framework to access the accelerometer and gyroscope Maintain persistent storage for iOS apps with the Core Data framework Create multitasking-aware apps that let users leave and return without losing their place

Thoroughly updated, this popular cookbook, helps programmers solve the vexing, real-life issues they're likely to face when creating apps for the iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. This edition contains more than 100 new recipes.

iOS 11, Swift 4, and Xcode 9 provide many new APIs for iOS developers. With this cookbook, you’ll learn more than 170 proven solutions for tackling the latest features in iOS 11 and watchOS 4, including new ways to use Swift and Xcode to make your day-to-day app development life easier. This collection of code-rich recipes also gets you up to speed on continuous delivery and continuous integration systems. Ideal for intermediate and advanced iOS developers looking to work with the newest version of iOS, these recipes include reusable code on GitHub, so you can put them to work in your project right away. Among the topics covered in this book: New features in Swift 4 and Xcode 9 Tools for continuous delivery and continuous integration Snapshot testing and test automation Creating document-based applications Updated Map view and Core Location features iOS 11’s Security and Password Autofill Data storage with Apple’s Core Data Creating lively user interfaces with UI Dynamics Building iMessage applications and sticker packages Integrating Siri into your apps with Siri Kit Creating fascinating apps for Apple Watch

Ready to build stunning apps for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch? This cookbook—completely rewritten with all-new material—provides 90 proven solutions for tackling the latest features in iOS 9 and watchOS 2.0. Written exclusively in Apple’s Swift language, these code-rich recipes show you how to use dynamic user interfaces, interactive maps, multitasking functionality, Apple’s new UI Testing framework, and many other features. This cookbook is ideal for intermediate and advanced iOS developers looking to work with the newest versions of Apple’s mobile operating systems. Each recipe includes reusable code, available on GitHub, that you can put to work right away. Work with new features in Swift 2, Xcode 7, and Interface Builder Build standalone apps for Apple Watch Create vibrant user interfaces with new UIKit features Use Swift to connect with the iOS contacts database Block ads or obtrusive content with Safari Content Blockers Make your app content searchable with Spotlight APIs Add Picture in Picture playback functionality to iPad apps Take advantage of MapKit and Core Location updates Use Apple’s new UI Testing framework Liven up your UI with gravity and turbulence fields