iOS 6 in Practice

iOS in Practice is a hands-on guide with 98 specific techniques to help solve the specific problems you’ll encounter over and over as you work on your iPhone and iPad apps. You’ll dig into the practical nuts and bolts of applying views, view controllers, table views and cells, audio, images, graphics, file structure—and more. Examples written for iOS 6.

When you are building an iOS app, you want more than basic concepts—you want real answers to practical problems. You want iOS in Practice.

This book distills the hard-won experience of iOS developer Bear Cahill into 98 specific iOS techniques on key topics including managing data, using media, location awareness, and many more. And the sample apps are wonderful! As you pull them apart, you’ll see two things: experienced app development and creative design savvy in action.

What’s Inside

• WhereIsMyCar drives you through maps, CoreLocation, and camera access.
• PlayMyLists tunes in on settings, audio, and shake detection.
• Rock, Paper, Scissors explores networking, voice, in-app purchase, push notification, and invitations.
• Examples written for iOS 6 using Xcode 4.5.

Written for readers who know the basics of Objective-C and are interested in practical app development.

Table of Contents
Part 1: Getting started
Chapter 1. Getting started with iOS development
Chapter 2. Creating an iOS application

Part 2: Putting iOS into practice
Chapter 3. Using view controllers and images in PicDecor
Chapter 4. Accessing the address book/contacts in Dial4
Chapter 5. MapKit and the camera in WhereIsMyCar
Chapter 6. Settings, audio, and shake detection in TimeDown
Chapter 7. CoreData, iPod access, and playing music—PlayMyLists
Chapter 8. Push notification and in-app purchase—Rock, Paper, Scissors
Chapter 9. GameCenter leaderboards and achievements—Rock, Paper, Scissors
Chapter 10. iTunes API, iPad, and iAd—MusicSearch
Chapter 11. Collection view, social, reminders, and state restoration—MeetSocial

Appendix. The iOS developer program and app distribution

Book Details

• Paperback: 325 pages
• Publisher: Manning Publications (October 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1617291269
• ISBN-13: 978-1617291265