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Gene Backlin is an independent consultant with more than 30 years in the software industry for clients such as IBM, US Environmental Protection Agency, Waste Management, Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, and AT&T. In addition to teaching at DePaul University, Gene previously authored Developing NeXTSTEP Applications, which was bundled with the NeXT developer package.
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INTRODUCTION xxiii
CHAPTER 1: NAVIGATION 1
Navigation Stack 2
The Navigation Bar 2
A Simple Navigation Bar 3
The Toolbar 17
A Simple Toolbar 18
The Tab Bar 26
A Simple Tab Bar 26
Summary 51
CHAPTER 2: ALERTS, ACTION SHEETS, AND MODAL VIEWS 53
Alerts 53
A Simple AlertView for the iPhone-iPod Touch and iPad 54
Action Sheets 66
An Action Sheet for the iPhone-iPod Touch 67
An Action Sheet for the iPad 80
Modal Views 95
A Modal View for the iPhone and iPod Touch 95
A Modal View for the iPad 106
Summary 119
CHAPTER 3: CUSTOM TABLE VIEWS 121
Table Views 121
A Custom Table View Application 122
Summary 135
CHAPTER 4: THE SPLIT VIEW 137
The UISplitViewController Class 137
A Simple Split View Application 138
Summary 158
CHAPTER 5: TOUCH EVENTS 159
Touch Event Handling 159
A Simple Touch Handler 162
A Simple Gesture Recognizer 174
Summary 197
CHAPTER 6: NOTIFICATION PROCESSING 199
NSNotifications Concepts 200
A Local Named Notification 201
A Local Keyboard Notification 211
Summary 225
CHAPTER 7: NETWORKING CONCEPTS 227
Communication over a Network 228
A Simple Network Browser 230
Peer-to-Peer Device Communications 244
Summary 262
CHAPTER 8: MULTIMEDIA 263
Frameworks for Audio 263
Frameworks for Video 265
Playing Audio from the iPod Library 265
An Application That Plays Video from the iPod Library 291
Summary 312
CHAPTER 9: APPLICATION PREFERENCES 313
Application Configuration 313
Setting Simple Preferences 315
Creating a Child Pane Preference Hierarchy 325
Summary 338
CHAPTER 10: DATA STORAGE 339
Property Lists 339
Core Data 341
The Common Premise for Data Storage 343
Summary 394
CHAPTER 11: THE PASTEBOARD 395
Pasteboard Concepts 396
Cutting and Pasting Text 398
Cutting and Pasting Images 407
Creating Custom Menus for the iPad 416
Summary 427
CHAPTER 12: UNIT TESTING 429
Setting Up the Environment 429
A Simple Unit Test 430
Unit Test Creation Steps: A Simple Unit Test 446
Summary 452
CHAPTER 13: PERFORMANCE TUNING AND OPTIMIZATION 453
Profiling 454
A Simple Memory Leak Test 455
Summary 468
CHAPTER 14: INTEGRATING IADS 469
Joining the iAd Network 469
Preparing Your Application to Use the iAd Network 470
A Simple Application Using iAds 471
Summary 479
CHAPTER 15: MULTITASKING 481
Multitasking Services 481
An Application That Multitasks Audio 483
Summary 503
APPENDIX A: YOUR INITIAL APP — FIRST STEPS 505
Xcode Project Builder 505
Interface Builder 512
Summary 514
APPENDIX B: IPHONE DEVELOPER CENTER 515
Resources for the iOS 4 SDK 515
iPhone Developer Program 518
iTunes Connect 520
News & Announcements 520
Summary 520
APPENDIX C: COCOA TOUCH STATIC LIBRARIES 521
Xcode Project Template 521
An Xcode Application Project 527
Summary 542
APPENDIX D: APPLE DEVELOPER RESOURCES 543
iPhone Developer Program 543
iTunes App Store 544
Application Distribution Procedures 545
iTunes Connect Developer Guide 545
INDEX 547
