Beginning i Phone Development, the book that taught the world to program on the i Phone, is back again, bringing this definitive guide up-to-date with Apple’s latest and greatest new i OS 8 and its SDK, as well as with the latest version of Xcode (6.1).
You’ll have everything you need to create your very own apps for the latest i OS devices. Every single sample app in the book has been rebuilt from scratch using Xcode 6.1 and the latest 64-bit i OS 8-specific project templates, and designed to take advantage of the latest Xcode features.
Assuming only a minimal working knowledge of Objective-C, and written in a friendly, easy-to-follow style, Beginning i Phone Development offers a complete soup-to-nuts course in i Phone, i Pad, and i Pod touch programming. The book starts with the basics, walking through the process of downloading and installing Xcode 6.1 and the i OS 8 SDK, and then guides you though the creation of your first simple application.
From there, you’ll learn how to integrate all the interface elements i OS users have come to know and love, such as buttons, switches, pickers, toolbars, and sliders. You’ll master a variety of design patterns, from the simplest single view to complex hierarchical drill-downs. The confusing art of table building will be demystified, and you’ll learn how to save your data using the i Phone file system. You’ll also learn how to save and retrieve your data using a variety of persistence techniques, including Core Data and SQLite. And there’s much more!