Intro to iPhone/iPad App Development Book

Section 1

Setting Up For Class: Do This Exercise First!

• Setting Up Class Files

Hello World: Starting a Simple App

• Creating a Single View Application
• Getting to Know Xcode’s Interface
• Creating a Label and Button
• Document Outline: View vs View Controller

Hello World: Making a Button Change Some Text

• Assistant editor
• ViewController.m vs .h
• Creating an Outlet for the Text
• Creating a Method for the Button
• @synthesize
• Testing the App in the iOS Simulator

Hello World: Clearing the Label

• Using Xcode’s Help
• Removing the Initial Label Text
• Conditional Logic
• Method Calls

Section 2

Hello World: Intro to Objective-C

• Creating a Class
• Defining Properties
• Error Alerts
• Methods
• @property Modifiers: strong/weak & nonatomic/atomic
• @synthesize

Hello World: Finishing Up

• Instantiation
• Creating Outlets
• Dot Notation vs. Getter and Setter Methods
• Placeholders for Values
• First Responder, Delegates & Dismissing the Keyboard
• Debugger Area and Breakpoints

Creating Simple Cells and Managing Retina Images

• Adding Cells to the Table View
• Adding Images
• Adding Retina Images

Section 3

Building a Table View Controller

• Creating a Class and Connecting it to the Storyboard
• Adding Properties for the Band Data
• Editing the Three DataSource Protocol Methods

The Navigation Controller

• Navigation Controllers
• Setting the Initial View Controller
• Setting the Root View Controller
• Adding the Detail View Controller
• Segues

Creating the Band Detail View

• Adding Label Objects
• Adding View Objects
• Changing Text Properties
• Adding a Divider Line
• Adding the Band Images

Section 4

Segues Part 1

• What Is a Segue?
• prepareForSegue Method
• Band Detail Object

Segues Part 2: Passing Objects

• NSMutableArray vs NSArray
• Creating a Mutable Array
• Connecting Band Detail Outlets in Code

Tab Bar Controller

• Creating a Tab Bar Controller
• Using an Apple-Provided Tab Icon
• Using a Custom Tab Icon

Creating a Location Map

• Adding the MapKit Framework
• Adding a Map View
• Setting a Specific Location on the Map
• Defining Location Coordinates
• Creating a Semi-Transparent Status Bar

Section 5

Linking to an External Webpage

• Creating the Web View Controller
• Coding the Link to the Webpage
• Adding a Button Linking to the Webpage
• Making the Webpage Scale to Fit

Embedding Video into the App

• Adding a Video
• Moving the Video to the Band Detail

Setting the Video for Each Band

• Adding a videoURL Property
• Defining videoURL for bandDetail Objects
• stringWithFormat Method

Customizing the App for iPad

• Creating a New iPad Storyboard
• Setting the Interface Orientation

Section 6

Creating the Split View Controller

• Adding a Split View Controller
• Connecting and Reordering the View Controllers

Programming the Split View Controller

• Connecting the Master and Detail View Controllers
• Setting an Initial Detail View
• Using the viewDidAppear Method

Fixing the iPad Layout

• Fixing the Detail View for iPad
• Finding Elements that Seem to Have Disappeared

App Settings: Icons & Launch Images

• Preparing the Assets
• Adding App Icons & Launch Images

Reference Material

Submitting to the App Store

• Enrolling in the iOS Developer Program
• Provisioning Your Devices For Testing and Deployment
• Creating iTunes Record
• Submitting & Releasing Your App

App Icon & Launch Image File Names & Sizes

Objective-C Programming: Basic Terms & Concepts