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Table of Contents About iPad iOS 6 Development Essentials The iOS 6 SDK For New iOS Developers For iOS 5 Developers Source Code Download Errata Joining the Apple iOS 6 Developer Program Registered Apple Developer Downloading Xcode and the iOS 6 SDK iOS Developer Program When to Enroll in the iOS Developer Program? Enrolling in the iOS Developer Program Installing Xcode 4 and the iOS 6 SDK Identifying if you have an Intel or PowerPC based Mac Installing Xcode and the iOS 6 SDK Starting Xcode Creating a Simple iPad iOS 6 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 Testing Different Screen Sizes iPad iOS 6 Architecture and SDK Frameworks iPhone OS becomes iOS An Overview of the iOS 6 Architecture The Cocoa Touch Layer The iOS Media Layer The iOS Core Services Layer Foundation Framework (Foundation.framework) The iOS Core OS Layer Testing iOS 6 Apps on the iPad – Developer Certificates and Provisioning Profiles 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 Enabling an iPad Device for Development Associating an App ID with an App iOS and SDK Version Compatibility Installing an App onto a Device The Basics of Objective-C Programming 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 The Basics of Object Oriented Programming in Objective-C What is an Object? What is a Class? Creating the Example Project Declaring an Objective-C Class Interface Adding Instance Variables to a Class Defining Instance Methods Declaring an Objective-C Class Implementation Declaring and Initializing a Class Instance Calling Methods and Accessing Instance Data How Variables are Stored An Overview of Indirection Indirection and Objects Indirection and Object Copying Creating the Program Section Compiling and Running the Program Objective-C - Data Encapsulation, Synthesized Accessors and Dot Notation (iOS 6) Data Encapsulation Properties, Synthesized Accessor Methods Accessing Property Instance Variables The Modified Bank Account Example Objective-C and Dot Notation The Basics of Modern Objective-C (iPad) Default Property Synthesis Method Ordering NSNumber Literals Array Literals Dictionary Literals Creating an Interactive iOS 6 iPad 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 Writing iOS 6 Code to Hide the iPad Keyboard Creating the Example Application Hiding the Keyboard when the User Touches the Return Key Hiding the Keyboard when the User Taps the Background Establishing iOS 6 Outlets and Actions using the Xcode Assistant Editor (iPad) Displaying the Assistant Editor Using the Assistant Editor Adding an Outlet using the Assistant Editor Adding an Action using the Assistant Editor An Introduction to iPad Auto Layout in iOS 6 An Overview of Auto Layout Alignment Rects Intrinsic Content Size Content Hugging and Compression Resistance Priorities Three Ways to Create Constraints Constraints in more Detail Working with iPad iOS 6 Auto Layout Constraints in Interface Builder A Simple Example of Auto Layout in Action Enabling and Disabling Auto Layout in Interface Builder The Auto Layout Features of Interface Builder Automatic Constraints Visual Cues Viewing and Editing Constraints Details Creating New Constraints in Interface Builder An iPad iOS 6 Auto Layout Example Preparing the Project Designing the User Interface Adjusting Constraint Priorities Alignment and Width Equality Testing the Application Implementing iPad iOS 6 Auto Layout Constraints in Code Creating Constraints in Code Adding a Constraint to a View Turning off Auto Resizing Translation An Example Application Creating the Views Creating and Adding the Constraints Removing Constraints Implementing iPad Cross-Hierarchy Auto Layout Constraints in iOS 6 The Example Application Establishing Outlets Writing the Code to Remove the Old Constraint Adding the Cross Hierarchy Constraint Testing the Application Understanding the iPad iOS 6 Auto Layout Visual Format Language Introducing the Visual Format Language Visual Language Format Examples Using the constraintsWithVisualFormat: Method Using Xcode Storyboarding with iOS 6 (iPad) Creating the Storyboard Example Project Accessing the Storyboard Adding Scenes to the Storyboard Configuring Storyboard Segues Configuring Storyboard Transitions Associating a View Controller with a Scene Passing Data Between Scenes Unwinding Storyboard Segues Triggering a Storyboard Segue Programmatically Using Xcode Storyboards to create an iOS 6 iPad Tab Bar Application An Overview of the Tab Bar Understanding View Controllers in a Multiview Application Setting up the Tab Bar Example Application Reviewing the Project Files Renaming the Initial View Controller Adding the View Controller for the Second Content View Adding the Tab Bar Controller to the Storyboard Adding a Second View Controller to the Storyboard Designing the View Controller User interfaces Configuring the Tab Bar Items Building and Running the Application An Overview of iPad iOS 6 Table Views and Xcode Storyboards An Overview of the Table View Static vs. Dynamic Table Views The Table View Delegate and dataSource Table View Styles Table View Cell Styles Table View Cell Reuse Using Xcode Storyboards to Build Dynamic iOS 6 iPad TableViews with Prototype Table View Cells Creating the Example Project Adding the TableView Controller to the Storyboard Creating the UITableViewController and UITableViewCell Subclasses Declaring the Cell Reuse Identifier Designing a Storyboard UITableView Prototype Cell Modifying the CarTableViewCell Class Creating the Table View Datasource Downloading and Adding the Image Files Compiling and Running the Application Implementing iPad iOS 6 TableView Navigation using Xcode Storyboards Understanding the Navigation Controller Adding the New Scene to the Storyboard Adding a Navigation Controller Establishing the Storyboard Segue Modifying the CarDetailViewController Class Using prepareForSegue: to Pass Data between Storyboard Scenes Testing the Application Using an Xcode Storyboard to Create a Static iPad iOS 6 Table View An Overview of the Static Table Project Creating the Project Adding a Table View Controller Changing the Table View Content Type Designing the Static Table Adding Items to the Table Cells Modifying the StaticTableViewController Class Building and Running the Application An iPad iOS 6 Split View and Popover Example An Overview of Split View and Popovers About the Example iPad Split View and Popover Project Creating the Project Reviewing the Project Reviewing the Application Delegate Class Configuring Master View Items Configuring the Detail View Controller Connecting Master Selections to the Detail View Popover Implementation Testing the Application Working with Directories on iOS 6 (iPad) 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 Working with iPad Files on iOS 6 Creating an NSFileManager Instance Checking for the Existence of a File 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 iOS 6 iPad Directory Handling and File I/O – A Worked Example The Example iPad Application Setting up the Application Project Designing the User Interface Checking the Data File on Application Startup Implementing the Action Method Building and Running the Example Preparing an iOS 6 iPad App to use iCloud Storage What is iCloud? iCloud Data Storage Services Preparing an Application to Use iCloud Storage Creating an iOS 6 iCloud enabled App ID Creating and Installing an iCloud Enabled Provisioning Profile Creating an iCloud Entitlements File Manually Creating the Entitlements File Accessing Multiple Ubiquity Containers Ubiquity Container URLs Managing Files using the iOS 6 UIDocument Class An Overview of the UIDocument Class Subclassing the UIDocument Class Conflict Resolution and Document States The UIDocument Example Application Creating a UIDocument Subclass Designing the User Interface Implementing the Application Data Structure Implementing the contentsForType Method Implementing the loadFromContents Method Loading the Document at App Launch Saving Content to the Document Testing the Application Using iCloud Storage in an iPad iOS 6 Application iCloud Usage Guidelines Preparing the iCloudStore Application for iCloud Access Configuring the View Controller Implementing the viewDidLoad Method Implementing the metadataQueryDidFinishGathering: Method Implementing the saveDocument Method Enabling iCloud Document and Data Storage on an iPad Running the iCloud Application Reviewing and Deleting iCloud Based Documents Making a Local File Ubiquitous Synchronizing iPad iOS 6 Key-Value Data using iCloud An Overview of iCloud Key-Value Data Storage Sharing Data Between Applications Data Storage Restriction Receiving Notification of Key-Value Changes An iCloud Key-Value Data Storage Example Enabling the Application for iCloud Key Value Data Storage Designing the User Interface Implementing the View Controller Modifying the viewDidLoad Method Implementing the Notification Method Implementing the saveData Method iOS 6 iPad Data Persistence using Archiving An Overview of Archiving The Archiving Example Application Designing the User Interface Checking for the Existence of the Archive File on Startup Archiving Object Data in the Action Method Testing the Application iOS 6 iPad Database Implementation using SQLite What is SQLite? Structured Query Language (SQL) Trying SQLite on MacOS X Preparing an iPad Application Project for SQLite Integration Key SQLite Functions Declaring a SQLite Database Opening or Creating a Database Preparing and Executing a SQL Statement Creating a Database Table Extracting Data from a Database Table Closing a SQLite Database An Example SQLite based iOS 6 iPad Application About the Example SQLite iPad Application Creating and Preparing the SQLite Application Project Importing sqlite3.h and declaring the Database Reference Designing the User Interface Creating the Database and Table Implementing the Code to Save Data to the SQLite Database Implementing Code to Extract Data from the SQLite Database Building and Running the Application Working with iOS 6 iPad Databases using Core Data The Core Data Stack Managed Objects Managed Object Context Managed Object Model Persistent Store Coordinator Persistent Object Store Defining an Entity Description Obtaining the Managed Object Context Getting an Entity Description Creating a Managed Object Getting and Setting the Attributes of a Managed Object Fetching Managed Objects Retrieving Managed Objects based on Criteria An iOS 6 iPad Core Data Tutorial The iPad Core Data Example Application Creating a Core Data based iPad Application Creating the Entity Description Adding a View Controller Designing the User Interface Saving Data to the Persistent Store using Core Data Retrieving Data from the Persistent Store using Core Data Building and Running the Example Application An Overview of iOS 6 iPad Multitouch, Taps and Gestures The Responder Chain Forwarding an Event to the Next Responder Gestures Taps Touches Touch Notification Methods An Example iOS 6 iPad Touch, Multitouch and Tap Application The Example iOS 6 iPad Tap and Touch Application Creating the Example iOS Touch Project Designing the User Interface Enabling Multitouch on the View Implementing the touchesBegan Method Implementing the touchesMoved Method Implementing the touchesEnded Method Getting the Coordinates of a Touch Building and Running the Touch Example Application Detecting iOS 6 iPad Touch Screen Gesture Motions The Example iOS 6 iPad Gesture Application Creating the Example Project Designing the Application User Interface Implementing the touchesBegan Method Implementing the touchesMoved Method Implementing the touchesEnded Method Building and Running the iPad Gesture Example Identifying iPad Gestures using iOS 6 Gesture Recognizers The UIGestureRecognizer Class Recognizer Action Messages Discrete and Continuous Gestures Obtaining Data from a Gesture Recognizing Tap Gestures Recognizing Pinch Gestures Detecting Rotation Gestures Recognizing Pan and Dragging Gestures Recognizing Swipe Gestures Recognizing Long Touch (Touch and Hold) Gestures An iPad iOS 6 Gesture Recognition Tutorial Creating the Gesture Recognition Project Designing the User Interface Implementing the Action Methods Testing the Gesture Recognition Application An Overview of iPad iOS 6 Collection View and Flow Layout An Overview of Collection Views The UICollectionView Class The UICollectionViewCell Class The UICollectionReusableView Class The UICollectionViewFlowLayout Class The UICollectionViewLayoutAttributes Class The UICollectionViewDataSource Protocol The UICollectionViewDelegate Protocol The UICollectionViewDelegateFlowLayout Protocol Cell and View Reuse An iPad iOS 6 Storyboard-based Collection View Tutorial Creating the Collection View Example Project Removing the Template View Controller Adding a Collection View Controller to the Storyboard Adding the Collection View Cell Class to the Project Designing the Cell Prototype Implementing the Data Model Implementing the Data Source Testing the Application Setting Sizes for Cell Items Changing Scroll Direction Implementing a Supplementary View Implementing the Supplementary View Protocol Methods Deleting Collection View Items Subclassing and Extending the iOS 6 Collection View Flow Layout (iPad) About the Example Layout Class Subclassing the UICollectionViewFlowLayout Class Extending the New Layout Class Implementing the layoutAttributesForItemAtIndexPath: Method Implementing the layoutAttributesForElementsInRect: Method Implementing the modifyLayoutAttributes: Method Adding the New Layout and Pinch Gesture Recognizer Implementing the Pinch Recognizer Avoiding Image Clipping Adding the QuartzCore Framework to the Project Testing the Application Basic iOS 6 iPad Animation using Core Animation UIView Core Animation Blocks Understanding Animation Curves Receiving Notification of Animation Completion Performing Affine Transformations Combining Transformations Creating the Animation Example Application Implementing the Interface File Drawing in the UIView Detecting Screen Touches and Performing the Animation Building and Running the Animation Application An Overview of iPad iOS 6 Application State Preservation and Restoration The Preservation and Restoration Process Opting In to Preservation and Restoration Assigning Restoration Identifiers Default Preservation Features of UIKit Saving and Restoring Additional State Information Understanding the Restoration Process Saving General Application State An iOS 6 iPad State Preservation and Restoration Tutorial Creating the Example Application Trying the Application without State Preservation Opting-in to State Preservation Setting Restoration Identifiers Encoding and Decoding View Controller State Adding a Navigation Controller to the Storyboard Adding the Third View Controller Creating the Restoration Class Integrating Maps into iPad iOS 6 Applications using MKMapItem MKMapItem and MKPlacemark Classes An Introduction to Forward and Reverse Geocoding Creating MKPlacemark Instances Working with MKMapItem MKMapItem Options and Enabling Turn-by-Turn Directions Adding Item Details to an MKMapItem An Example iOS 6 iPad MKMapItem Application Creating the MapItem Project Designing the User Interface Converting the Destination using Forward Geocoding Launching the Map Adding Build Libraries Building and Running the Application Getting iPad Location Information using the iOS 6 Core Location Framework The Basics of Core Location Configuring the Desired Location Accuracy Configuring the Distance Filter The Location Manager Delegate Obtaining Location Information from CLLocation Objects Longitude and Latitude Accuracy Altitude Calculating Distances Location Information and Multitasking An Example iOS 6 iPad Location Application Creating the Example iOS 6 iPad Location Project Adding the Core Location Framework to the Project Designing the User Interface Creating the CLLocationManager Object Implementing the Action Method Implementing the Application Delegate Methods Building and Running the iPad Location Application Working with iOS 6 Maps on the iPad with MapKit and the MKMapView Class About the MapKit Framework Understanding Map Regions About the iPad MKMapView Tutorial Creating the iPad Map Tutorial Adding the MapKit Framework to the Xcode Project Creating the MKMapView Instance and Toolbar Configuring the Map View Changing the MapView Region Changing the Map Type Testing the iPad MapView Application Updating the Map View based on User Movement Adding Basic Annotations to a Map View Using iOS 6 Event Kit to Create iPad Date and Location Based Reminders An Overview of the Event Kit Framework The EKEventStore Class Accessing Calendars in the Database Accessing Current Reminders Creating Reminders Creating Alarms Creating the Example Project Designing the User Interface for the Date/Time Based Reminder Screen Implementing the Reminder Code Hiding the Keyboard Designing Location-based Reminder Screen Creating a Location-based Reminder Adding the Core Location and Event Kit Frameworks Testing the Application Integrating Twitter and Facebook into iPad iOS 6 Applications The iOS 6 UIActivityViewController class The Social Framework iOS 6 Accounts Framework Using the UIActivityViewController Class Using the SLComposeViewController Class An iPad iOS 6 Facebook Integration Tutorial using UIActivityViewController Creating the Facebook Social App Designing the User Interface Creating Outlets and Actions Implementing the selectImage and Delegate Methods Hiding the Keyboard Posting the Message to Facebook Adding the Social Framework to the Build Phases Running the Social Application iPad iOS 6 Facebook and Twitter Integration using SLRequest Using SLRequest and the Account Framework Twitter Integration using SLRequest Facebook Integration using SLRequest An iOS 6 iPad Twitter Integration Tutorial using SLRequest Creating the TwitterApp Project Designing the User Interface Modifying the Interface File Accessing the Twitter API Calling the getTimeLine Method The Table View Delegate Methods Adding the Account and Social Frameworks to the Build Phases Building and Running the Application Making Store Purchases with the iPad iOS 6 SKStoreProductViewController Class The SKStoreProductViewController Class Creating the Example Project Creating the User Interface Displaying the Store Kit Product View Controller Implementing the Delegate Method Adding the Store Kit Framework to the Build Phases Testing the Application Building In-App Purchasing into iPad iOS 6 Applications In-App Purchase Options Uploading App Store Hosted Content Configuring In-App Purchase Items Sending a Product Request Accessing the Payment Queue The Transaction Observer Object Initiating the Purchase The Transaction Process Transaction Restoration Process Testing In-App Purchases Preparing an iPad iOS 6 Application for In-App Purchases About the Example Application Creating the App ID Creating the Provisioning Profile Creating the Xcode Project Installing the Provisioning Profile Configuring Code Signing Configuring the Application in iTunes Connect Creating an In-App Purchase Item An iPad iOS 6 In-App Purchase Tutorial The Application User Interface Designing the Storyboard Creating the Purchase View Controller Completing the InAppDemoViewController Class Completing the PurchaseViewController Class Adding the StoreKit Framework to the Build Testing the Application Troubleshooting Configuring and Creating App Store Hosted Content for iPad iOS 6 In-App Purchases Configuring an Application for In-App Purchase Hosted Content The Anatomy of an In-App Purchase Hosted Content Package Creating an In-App Purchase Hosted Content Package Archiving the Hosted Content Package Validating the Hosted Content Package Uploading the Hosted Content Package

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