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- Start developing applications for Mac OS X
- Learn how to take advantage of Mac features such as the iSight camera and the multi-touch trackpad
- Use Xcode to its full potential to make tasks simpler
Book Details
Language : EnglishPaperback : 318 pages [ 235mm x 191mm ]
Release Date : December 2012
ISBN : 184969382X
ISBN 13 : 9781849693820
Author(s) : Robert Wiebe
Topics and Technologies : All Books, Beginner's Guides
Table of Contents
PrefaceChapter 1: Our First Program – SimpleCalc
Chapter 2: Debugger – Finding and Fixing Problems
Chapter 3: System Preferences – NewDefaults
Chapter 4: Business Application – Global Currency Converter
Chapter 5: Personal Information – Numbers in the iCloud
Chapter 6: Painting – Multi-finger Paint
Chapter 7: Capturing Still Images – iSight iMage cApture App
Chapter 8: Video Recording – iSight Recorder
Chapter 9: Video Recording – Full Screen iSight Recorder
Chapter 10: Sharing Our App with Others – Becoming a Mac Developer
Index
- Chapter 1: Our First Program – SimpleCalc
- Locating developer tools
- Time for action - Installing the Xcode App
- Working with projects
- Time for action - creating the SimpleCalc Xcode project
- Understanding the Xcode project template
- Time for action – examine the items in the project navigator
- Configuring an Xcode project
- Time for action - configuring the SimpleCalc Xcode project
- Running an App
- Time for action – run the SimpleCalc App
- Customizing an Xcode template's interface
- Time for action – creating the SimpleCalc interface
- Customizing an Xcode template's implementation
- Time for action – implement the SimpleCalc behavior
- Building an App
- Time for action – building and installing the SimpleCalc App
- Summary
- Chapter 2: Debugger – Finding and Fixing Problems
- The Debug area in Xcode
- Time for action – displaying the Debug area in Xcode
- The Debug area appears on its own
- Time for action - integer division by zero
- Examining variable values in the debugger
- Time for action – examining a variable value
- Unexpected App behavior – no debugger?
- Time for action – index out of range
- Using breakpoints to get more information from Xcode
- Time for action – set a breakpoint
- Summary
- Chapter 3: System Preferences – NewDefaults
- Understanding preference panes
- The transition to 64 bit from 32 bit
- Creating an Xcode preference pane project
- Time for action – creating the NewDefaults Xcode project
- Configuring an Xcode preference pane project
- Time for action – customizing the icon and copyright
- Customizing the preference pane template interface
- Time for action – creating the NewDefaults interface
- Customizing the preference pane Xcode template's .h implementation
- Time for action – completing the NewDefaults.h interface definition
- Customizing the preference pane Xcode template's .m implementation
- Time for action – completing the NewDefaults.m implementation
- Implementing the readDefaults:forKey: method
- Time for action – writing the readDefaults:forKey: program code
- Implementing the didSelect: method
- Time for action – writing the didSelect: program code
- Implementing themyButtonAction: method
- Time for action – writing the myButtonAction: program code
- Summary
- Chapter 4: Business Application – Global Currency Converter
- Designing the GUI for global currency converter
- Time for action – creating our project and GUI
- Connecting the GUI to program elements
- Time for action – connecting the App Delegate to the GUI
- What is an XML file?
- Format of the XML file we will download
- Time for action – downloading an XML file
- Parsing an XML document
- Time for action – parsing the XML Document
- How to invoke a background thread
- Time for action – invoking a background thread
- Managing a pop-up menu
- Time for action – implementing the program code for the pop-up menu
- Creating the Table View Interface
- Time for action – configuring the table view in Interface Builder
- Creating the table view implementation
- Time for action – implementing the dataSource and delegate
- Summary
- Chapter 5: Personal Information – Numbers in the iCloud
- What is iCloud?
- Installing an iCloud enabled development profile
- Time for action – creating and installing an iCloud enabled development profile
- Designing the GUI for numbers in the cloud
- Time for action – creating our project and GUI
- Connecting the GUI to program elements
- Time for action – connecting the App Delegate to the GUI
- Using two tables in one window
- Time for action – implementing the TableView delegate
- Implementing the toolbar
- Time for action – implementing the Toolbar delegate
- Accessing iCloud
- Time for action – accessing iCloud for key-value storage
- Summary
- Chapter 6: Painting – Multi-finger Paint
- What is multi-touch?
- Implementing a custom view
- Time for action – creating a GUI with a custom view
- How to receive multi-touch events
- Time for action – drawing our fingers
- How to manage the mouse cursor
- Time for action – detaching the mouse cursor from the mouse hardware
- Performing 2D drawing in a custom view
- Time for action – drawing the active strokes
- Saving strokes
- Time for action – saving the strokes
- How to receive gesture events
- Time for action – handling rotate gestures
- Summary
- Chapter 7: Capturing Still Images – iSight iMage cApture App
- What is Image Kit?
- Adding framework to a project
- Time for action – creating a project and adding the Quartz framework
- Browsing images
- Time for action – implementing the interface for browsing our pictures folder
- Time for action – implementing the methods for browsing our Pictures folder
- Capturing and saving images
- Time for action – capturing and saving images
- Modifying the behavior of the Picture Taker
- Time for action – drawing our fingers
- Deleting images
- Time for action – deleting an image
- Summary
- Chapter 8: Video Recording – iSight Recorder
- What is Quicktime Kit Capture?
- Previewing the video capture
- Time for action – creating a project and adding the program code to preview video and audio
- Capturing a single frame as a still image
- Time for action – capturing a frame
- Previewing audio capture
- Time for action – capturing and saving images
- Capturing a movie to disk
- Time for action – capturing a Quicktime movie
- Capturing compressed movies to disk
- Time for action – saving a compressed movie
- Summary
- Chapter 9: Video Recording – Full Screen iSight Recorder
- What is the full screen mode?
- Enabling the full screen mode
- Time for action – enabling full screen mode in iSight Recorder
- Disabling auto layout
- Time for action – using the traditional layout model
- Modifying our user interface to take advantage of full screen
- Time for action – refining how we enter and exit full screen
- Time for action – refining text colors
- Time for action – refining controls using fading
- Customizing the full screen window size
- Time for action – adding a full screen window that has depth
- Customizing the full screen animation
- Time for action – customizing the full screen animation
- Summary
- Chapter 10: Sharing Our App with Others – Becoming a Mac Developer
- What is the Mac developer program?
- What are the benefits of joining the Mac developer program?
- Access to Development Videos, including World Wide Developer Conferences sessions
- Access to the Mac OS X Developer Library
- Access to the Apple bug reporter system
- Access to pre-release (beta) software
- The opportunity to join a paid developer program
- Access to developer forums
- Code level technical support
- Access to iCloud services
- A developer ID for gatekeeper
- The ability to distribute our App through the Mac App store
- Step by step developer program sign up
- Time for action – joining the Mac developer program
- More developer tools
- Time for action – accessing the online developer tools
- What is code signing?
- What is Gatekeeper?
- Signing an App with a Developer ID
- Time for action – signing an App with our Developer ID
- Summary
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- Access information from the Internet from within a business app to enhance its functionality
- Store and retrieve information from Apple’s iCloud server farm
- Use the debugger to find and fix problems that cause an app to crash
- Create a new System Preference that can change the fundamental way the Mac OS system behaves
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- Implement a custom view and draw directly into it using the 2D drawing interfaces
- Share your app with others in a Gatekeeper-aware and friendly manner
It's never been more important to have the ability to develop an App for Mac OS X. Whether it’s a System Preference, a business app that accesses information in the Cloud, or an application that uses multi-touch or uses a camera, you will have a solid foundation in app development to get the job done.
Mac Application Development by Example takes you through all the aspects of using the Xcode development tool to produce complete working apps that cover a broad range of topics. This comprehensive book on developing applications covers everything a beginner needs to know and demonstrates the concepts using examples that take advantage of some of the most interesting hardware and software features available.
You will discover the fundamental aspects of OS X development while investigating innovative platform features to create a final product which take advantage of the unique aspects of OS X.
Learn how to use Xcode tools to create and share Mac OS X apps. Explore numerous OS X features including iCloud, multi-touch trackpad, and the iSight camera.
This book provides you with an illustrated and annotated guide to bring your idea to life using fundamental concepts that work on Mac.
This book is a beginners guide that teaches the topic using a learn by example method.
This book is for people who are programming beginners and have a great idea for a Mac OS X app and need to get started.
