iPhone Developer's Cookbook, The: Building Applications with the iPhone 3.0 SDK, Rough Cuts, 2nd Edition

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• Copyright 2010
• Dimensions: 7 X 9
• Pages: 888
• Edition: 2nd

• Rough Cuts
• ISBN-10: 0-321-67017-5
• ISBN-13: 978-0-321-67017-5

This is a working draft of a pre-release book. It is available before the published date as part of the Rough Cuts service.

 “This book would be a bargain at ten times its price! If you are writing iPhone software, it will save you weeks of development time. Erica has included dozens of crisp and clear examples illustrating essential iPhone development techniques and many others that show special effects going way beyond Apple’s official documentation.”

–Tim Burks, iPhone Software Developer, TootSweet Software

“Erica Sadun’s technical expertise lives up to the Addison-Wesley name. The iPhone Developer’s Cookbook is a comprehensive walkthrough of iPhone development that will help anyone out, from beginners to more experienced developers. Code samples and screenshots help punctuate the numerous tips and tricks in this book.”

–Jacqui Cheng, Associate Editor, Ars Technica

“We make our living writing this stuff and yet I am humbled by Erica’s command of her subject matter and the way she presents the material: pleasantly informal, then very appropriately detailed technically. This is a going to be the Petzold book for iPhone developers.”

–Daniel Pasco, Lead Developer and CEO, Black Pixel Luminance

“The iPhone Developer’s Cookbook should be the first resource for the beginning iPhone programmer, and is the best supplemental material to Apple’s own documentation.”

–Alex C. Schaefer, Lead Programmer, ApolloIM, iPhone Application Development Specialist, MeLLmo, Inc.

“Erica’s book is a truly great resource for Cocoa Touch developers. This book goes far beyond the documentation on Apple’s Web site, and she includes methods that give the developer a deeper understanding of the iPhone OS, by letting them glimpse at what’s going on behind the scenes on this incredible mobile platform.”

–John Zorko, Sr. Software Engineer, Mobile Devices

“I’ve found this book to be an invaluable resource for those times when I need to quickly grasp a new concept and walk away with a working block of code. Erica has an impressive knowledge of the iPhone platform, is a master at describing technical information, and provides a compendium of excellent code examples.”

–John Muchow, 3 Sixty Software, LLC; founder, iPhoneDeveloperTips.com

“This book is the most complete guide if you want coding for the iPhone, covering from the basics to the newest and coolest technologies. I built several applications in the past, but I still learned a huge amount from this book. It is a must-have for every iPhone developer.”

–Roberto Gamboni, Software Engineer, AT&T Interactive

“It’s rare that developer cookbooks can both provide good recipes and solid discussion of fundamental techniques, but Erica Sadun's book manages to do both very well.”

–Jeremy McNally, Developer, entp

Want to get started building applications for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch? Already building iPhone applications and want to get better at it? This is the only book that brings together all the ex

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Table of Contents

Preface xix

1 Introducing the iPhone SDK 1

iPhone Developer Programs 1

Getting Started 3

Understanding Model Differences 7

Platform Limitations 9

SDK Limitations 12

Using the Developer Portal 13

Assembling iPhone Projects 17

iPhone Application Components 22

Programming Paradigms 28

Summary 35

2 Building Your First Project 37

Creating New Projects 37

Building Hello World the Template Way 39

Using the Simulator 46

The Minimalist Hello World 48

Using the Debugger 53

Memory Management 58

Recipe: Using Instruments to Detect Leaks 59

Recipe: Using Instruments to Monitor Cached Object Allocations 62

Using the Clang Static Analyzer 64

Building for the iPhone 65

From Xcode to Your iPhone: The Organizer Interface 69

Using Compiler Directives 73

Building for Distribution 78

Clean Builds 80

Building for Ad Hoc Distribution 83

Customizing Xcode Identities 85

Creating Custom Xcode Templates 86

One More Thing: Viewing Side-by-Side Code 88

Summary 89

3 Objective-C Boot Camp 91

The Objective-C Programming Language 91

Classes and Objects 92

Methods, Messages, and Selectors 95

Class Hierarchy 102

Logging Information 103

Properties 105

Simple Memory Management 110

Crafting Singletons 119

Categories (Extending Classes) 120

Protocols 122

Foundation Classes 125

One More Thing: Message Forwarding 138

Summary 141

4 Designing Interfaces 143

UIView and UIWindow 143

UIViewControllers 147

View Design Geometry 151

Building Interfaces 155

Walk-Through: Building a Temperature Converter with IB 156

Walk-Through: Building a Converter Interface by Hand 166

Walk-Through: Creating a Hybrid Converter 169

Walk-Through: Loading .xib Files Directly from Code 173

Designing for Rotation 174

Enabling Reorientation 175

Autosizing 176

Moving Views 179

Swapping Views 183

One More Thing: A Half Dozen Great Interface Builder Tips 184

Summary 186

5 Working with View Controllers 187

Developing with Navigation Controllers 187

Utility Function 190

Recipe: Building a Simple Two-Item Menu 192

Recipe: Adding a Segmented Control 193

Recipe: Navigating Between View Controllers 195

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