Difference between revisions of "IPhone iOS 4 Development Essentials"

Revision as of 19:09, 18 January 2011

This eBook is currently under development and is scheduled for completion in March 2011. The goal of this book is to provide the essential knowledge necessary to develop iOS 4 based applications to run on the iPhone.

1. About iPhone iOS 4 App Development Essentials
   
   
2. The Anatomy of an iPhone 4
   • iOS 4
   • Display
   • Wireless Connectivity
   • Wired Connectivity
   • Memory
   • Camera
   • Sensors
   • Location Detection
   • Central Processing Unit (CPU)
   • Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
   • Speaker and Microphone
   • Vibration
     
     
3. The iOS 4 Architecture and SDK Frameworks
   • iPhone OS becomes iOS
   • An Overview of the iOS 4 Architecture
   • iPhone iOS 4 Development Frameworks
     
     
4. The iPhone iOS 4 Cocoa Touch Layer
   • UIKit Framework (UIKit.framework)
   • Map Kit Framework (MapKit.framework)
   • Push Notification Service
   • Message UI Framework (MessageUI.framework)
   • Address Book UI Framework (AddressUI.framework)
   • Game Kit Framework (GameKit.framework)
   • iAd Framework (iAd.framework)
   • Event Kit UI Framework
     
     
5. The iPhone iOS 4 Media Layer
   • iOS 4 Graphics and Video Support
   • Core Video Framework (CoreVideo.framework)
   • Core Text Framework (CoreText.framework)
   • Image I/O Framework (ImageIO.framework)
   • Assets Library Framework (AssetsLibrary.framework)
   • Core Graphics Framework (CoreGraphics.framework)
   • Quartz Core Framework (QuartzCore.framework)
   • OpenGL ES framework (OpenGLES.framework)
   • iOS Audio Support
   • AV Foundation framework (AVFoundation.framework)
   • Core Audio Frameworks (CoreAudio.framework, AudioToolbox.framework and AudioUnit.framework)
   • Open Audio Library (OpenAL)
   • Media Player framework (MediaPlayer.framework)
   • Core Midi Framework (CoreMIDI.framework)
     
     
6. The iPhone iOS 4 Core Services Layer
   • Address Book framework (AddressBook.framework)
   • CFNetwork Framework (CFNetwork.framework)
   • Core Data Framework (CoreData.framework)
   • Core Foundation Framework (CoreFoundation.framework)
   • Core Media Framework (CoreMedia.framework)
   • Core Telephony Framework (CoreTelephony.framework)
   • EventKit Framework (EventKit.framework)
   • Foundation Framework (Foundation.framework)
   • Core Location Framework (CoreLocation.framework)
   • Mobile Core Services Framework (MobileCoreServices.framework)
   • Store Kit Framework (StoreKit.framework)
   • SQLite library
   • System Configuration Framework (SystemConfiguration.framework)
   • Quick Look Framework (QuickLook.framework)
     
     
7. The iPhone iOS 4 Core OS Layer
   • Accelerate Framework (Accelerate.framework)
   • External Accessory framework (ExternalAccessory.framework)
   • Security Framework (Security.framework)
   • System (LibSystem)
     
     
8. Installing Xcode and the iOS 4 SDK
   • Identifying if you have an Intel or PowerPC based Mac
   • Installing Xcode and the iOS 4 SDK
   • Starting Xcode
     
     
9. Creating a Simple iPhone iOS 4 App
   • Starting Xcode
   • Creating the iOS App User Interface
   • Changing Component Properties
   • Adding Objects to the User Interface
   • Building and Running an iOS App in Xcode
   • Dealing with Build Errors
     
     
10. Testing iOS 4 Apps on the iPhone – Developer Certificates and Provisioning Profiles
    • Joining the iOS Developer Program
    • Creating an iOS Development Certificate Signing Request
    • Submitting the iOS Development Certificate Signing Request
    • Installing an iOS Development Certificate
    • Assigning Devices
    • Creating an App ID
    • Creating an iOS Development Provisioning Profile
    • Selecting a Device for Development
    • Associating an App ID with an App
    • Installing an App onto a Device
      
      
11. The Basics of Objective-C Programming (iOS4 iPhone)
    • Objective-C Data Types and Variables
    • Objective-C Expressions
    • Objective-C Flow Control with if and else
    • Looping with the for Statement
    • Objective-C Looping with do and while
    • Objective-C do ... while loops
      
      
12. The Basics of iPhone iOS 4 Object Oriented Programming in Objective-C
    • What is an Object?
    • What is a Class?
    • Declaring an Objective-C Class Interface
    • Adding Instance Variables to a Class
    • Define Class Methods
    • Declaring an Objective-C Class Implementation
    • Declaring, Initializing and Releasing a Class Instance
    • Calling Methods and Accessing Instance Data
    • Creating the Program Section
    • Bringing it all Together
    • Structuring Object-Oriented Objective-C Code
      
      
13. An Overview of the iPhone iOS 4 Application Development Architecture
    • Model View Controller (MVC)
    • The Target-Action pattern, IBOutlets and IBActions
    • Subclassing
    • Delegation
      
      
14. Creating an Interactive iOS 4 iPhone App
    • Creating the New Project
    • Creating the User Interface
    • Building and Running the Sample Application
    • Adding Actions and Outlets
    • Connecting the Actions and Outlets to the User Interface
    • Building and Running the Finished Application
      
      
15. Writing iOS 4 Code to Hide the iPhone Keyboard
    • Creating the Example App
    • Hiding the Keyboard when the User Touches the Return Key
    • Hiding the Keyboard when the User Taps the Background
      
      
16. Understanding iPhone iOS 4 Views, Windows and the View Hierarchy
    • An Overview of Views
    • The UIWindow Class
    • The View Hierarchy
    • View Types
    • The Window
    • Container Views
    • Controls
    • Display Views
    • Text and Web Views
    • Navigation Views and Tab Bars
    • Alert Views and Action Sheets
      
      
17. iOS 4 iPhone Rotation, View Resizing and Layout Handling
    • Enabling Rotation
    • Testing Rotation Behavior
    • Configuring View Autosizing
    • Coding Layout and Size Changes
      
      
18. Creating an iOS 4 iPhone Multiview Application using the Tab Bar
    • An Overview of the Tab Bar
    • Understanding View Controllers in an iOS 4 iPhone Multiview Application
    • Setting up the Tab Bar Example Application
    • Creating the Content Views and View Controllers
    • Configuring the App Delegate
    • Creating the UITabBarController
    • Associating Content Views with Tabs
    • Connecting the App Delegate Outlet to the Tab Bar Controller
    • Designing the Content Views
    • Testing the Multiview Application
      
      
19. Creating a Simple iOS 4 iPhone Table View Application
    • An Overview of the Table View
    • The Table View Delegate and dataSource
    • Table View Styles
    • Table View Cell Styles
    • Setting up the Project
    • Adding the Table View Component
    • Making the Delegate and dataSource Connections
    • Implementing the dataSource
    • Building and Running the Application
    • Adding Table View Images and Changing Cell Styles
      
      
20. Creating a Navigation based iOS 4 iPhone Application using TableViews
    • Understanding the Navigation Controller
    • An Overview of the Example
    • Setting up the Project
    • Reviewing the Project Files
    • Setting up the Data in the Root View Controller
    • Writing Code to Display the Data in the Table View
    • Creating the Second View Controller
    • Connecting the Second View Controller to the Root View Controller
    • Creating the NIB File for the Second Table View
    • Implementing the Functionality of the Second View Controller
    • Popping the View Controller off the Navigation Controller Stack
    • Adding the Navigation Code
      
      
21. Working with Directories on iOS 4 (iPhone)
    • The Application Documents Directory
    • The Objective-C NSFileManager, NSFileHandle and NSData Classes
    • Understanding Pathnames in Objective-C
    • Creating an NSFileManager Instance Object
    • Identifying the Current Working Directory
    • Identifying the Documents Directory
    • Identifying the Temporary Directory
    • Changing Directory
    • Creating a New Directory
    • Deleting a Directory
    • Listing the Contents of a Directory
    • Getting the Attributes of a File or Directory
      
      
22. Working with Files on iOS 4 (iPhone)
    • Creating an NSFileManager Instance
    • Checking if a File Exists
    • Comparing the Contents of Two Files
    • Checking if a File is Readable/Writable/Executable/Deletable
    • Moving/Renaming a File
    • Copying a File
    • Removing a File
    • Creating a Symbolic Link
    • Reading and Writing Files with NSFileManager
    • Working with Files using the NSFileHandle Class
    • Creating an NSFileHandle Object
    • NSFileHandle File Offsets and Seeking
    • Reading Data from a File
    • Writing Data to a File
    • Truncating a File
      
      
23. iOS 4 iPhone Directory Handling and File I/O – A Worked Example
    • The Example iPhone Application
    • Setting up the Application project
    • Defining the Actions and Outlets
    • Designing the User Interface
    • Checking the Data File on Application Startup
    • Implementing the Action Method
    • Building and Running the Example
      
      
24. iOS 4 iPhone Data Persistence using Archiving