Learning MonoTouch: A Hands-On Guide to Building iOS Applications with C# and .NET, Rough Cuts
- By Michael Bluestein
- Published May 18, 2011 by Addison-Wesley Professional. Part of the Learning series.
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Description
- Copyright 2011
- Dimensions: 7" x 9"
- Pages: 360
- Edition: 1st
- Rough Cuts
- ISBN-10: 0-13-138826-6
- ISBN-13: 978-0-13-138826-0
This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book.
Develop State-of-the-Art iPhone/iPad Apps with MonoTouch and .NET!
Are you an experienced C#/.NET developer who wants to reach the huge iPhone/iPad market? Now, you can create great iOS apps without first mastering Objective-C and Apple’s development toolset. With MonoTouch, you can leverage the skills you already have to create powerful apps that can be sold in Apple’s App Store or deployed throughout your organization. In Learning MonoTouch, Michael Bluestein helps you get started with MonoTouch fast and make the most of its remarkably robust capabilities.
The book first walks you through setting up your MonoTouch development environment, explaining how MonoTouch abstracts the iOS SDK to permit development against native iOS classes from C#. Through simple examples, you’ll start building working apps, establishing a firm foundation for more advanced coding. One step at a time, you’ll master increasingly sophisticated cases through practical examples. Bluestein even shows you how to leverage powerful .NET tools in your iOS apps, including LINQ.
Coverage includes
• Applying common iOS development patterns and techniques in C#
• Using MonoTouch to handle memory management and garbage collection
• Structuring MonoTouch apps for the MVC design pattern
• Making the most of iOS user interface classes
• Leveraging the address book, camera access, email, and iOS media features
• Customizing tables and navigation for richer experiences and better performance
• Accessing the iOS Core Graphics and Core Animation subsystems
• Building iOS location-based applications with Core Location and MapKit
• Consuming web services from MonoTouch
• Integrating iOS and .NET networking capabilities
• Saving data with the ADO.NET provider to SQLite, .NET serialization, and NSUserDefaults
All code samples are available for download at github.com/mikebluestein.
Sample Content
Table of Contents
Preface xiii
The Audience for This Book xiii
About the Sample Code xiv
Acknowledgments xv
About the Author xvi
Introduction 1
How This Book Is Organized 1
Chapter 1: Hello MonoTouch 1
Chapter 2: iOS SDK via MonoTouch 2
Chapter 3: Views and View Controllers 2
Chapter 4: Common iOS Classes 2
Chapter 5: Tables and Navigation 2
Chapter 6: Graphics and Animation 2
Chapter 7: Core Location 3
Chapter 8: MapKit 3
Chapter 9: Connecting to Web Services 3
Chapter 10: Networking 3
Chapter 11: Saving Application Data 3
Chapter 12: iPad Development 3
Chapter 1 Hello MonoTouch 5
Setting Up Your Environment 5
Installing the iOS SDK and Apple Developer Tools 5
Installing MonoTouch 10
Creating a MonoTouch Application 14
Creating the User Interface 14
Adding Outlets 16
Developing on the Device 24
Provisioning for Development 24
Using the MonoTouch Debugger 29
Summary 31
Chapter 2 iOS SDK via MonoTouch 33
iOS SDK Overview 33
Objective-C Versus MonoTouch By Example 35
Getting the App Started from Xcode 36
Implementing the Same Functionality with MonoTouch 41
Comparing the AppDelegate Implementations 43
Implementing UIActionSheet via Xcode 46
Implementing UIActionSheet in MonoTouch 48
How MonoTouch Works 52
Memory Management 54
Summary 56
Chapter 3 Views and View Controllers 57
Structuring a MonoTouch Application to MVC 57
Working with Views and Controllers in Interface Builder &