Xcode 4 Cookbook

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Getting and Installing the iOS SDK Development Tools
• Introduction
• Downloading and installing the iOS SDK
• Using Xcode to create an iOS project
• Using Interface Builder to create the user interface
• Building the user interface for our application
• Creating outlets to Interface Builder objects
• Creating actions that respond to user actions
• Compiling your project
• Using the iOS Simulator to test your applications
• Configuring and using compiler directives
• Debugging your iOS applications using Xcode
• Using the Clang Static Analyzer to examine your code

• Chapter 2: User Interfaces – Creating the UI
• Introduction
• Adding and customizing views
• Using labels to display text
• Obtaining user input through the use of buttons
• Displaying an image within the view
• Displaying and editing text
• Using the iOS device keyboard
• Displaying the progress to the user
• Adding a toolbar to a view
• Fading a view in and out
• Creating a custom table view controller
• Adding a table view to a view controller
• Handling different iOS devices

• Chapter 3: Using Storyboards
• Introduction
• Configuring storyboards for a project
• Creating a Twitter application
• Creating storyboard scenes
• Configuring storyboard scenes
• Applying transitions to storyboards
• Composing a tweet
• Adding photos to a tweet
• Preparing transition to another view controller
• Presenting storyboard view controllers programmatically

• Chapter 4: Using Xcode Instruments
• Introduction
• Introducing Xcode Instruments
• Tracing iOS applications
• Running and profiling an iOS project
• Detecting virtual memory faults
• Detecting memory leaks
• Handling runtime errors
• Handling compile-time errors
• Adding and configuring Instruments

• Chapter 5: Working with the Location Services and the MapKit Frameworks
• Introduction
• Adding the CoreLocation and MapKit frameworks
• Building a simple CoreLocation application
• Determining the current GPS location
• Adding and working with the MapView control
• Adding overlay regions to maps
• Adding annotation placeholders to the map
• Reversing geocode address information
• Working with the different map types

• Chapter 6: Storing Documents within the Cloud
• Introduction
• Storing and using documents within iCloud
• Working with the iCloud storage APIs
• Detecting file version conflicts within iCloud
• Building the iCloud application
• Requesting entitlements for iCloud storage
• Configuring iOS devices to use iCloud

• Chapter 7: Working with Different Multimedia Resources
• Introduction
• Selecting images and video from the camera roll
• Capturing media with the camera
• Playing video with Apple TV integration
• Playing music using the MediaPlayer framework
• Using the iOS device's microphone to record
• Animating views
• Drawing customized text
• Drawing lines and curves
• Drawing and filling shapes
• Applying color effects using Core Image
• Applying transition effects

• Chapter 8: Working with the CoreData and GameKit Frameworks
• Introduction
• Adding the GameKit and MessageUI frameworks
• Building the Core Data data model
• Creating the Core Data model files
• Adding and configuring the Storyboard
• Creating the Books Library user interface
• Displaying data within the Table View
• Inserting data within our Core Data data model
• Delete an item from the Table View using Core Data
• Reordering rows within a Table View
• Filtering and searching for data within a Table View
• Working with the different keyboard styles
• Transferring data to another device using bluetooth
• Implementing e-mail messaging

• Chapter 9: Creating a Social Networking App with the Facebook iOS SDK
• Introduction
• Downloading the Facebook iOS SDK
• Registering your iOS applications with Facebook
• Building a simple social networking application
• Adding the Facebook SDK and dependencies to your project
• Implementing the Single Sign On (SSO) feature
• Implementing the View Controller class
• Requesting additional Facebook permissions
• Using the Graph API to read JSON data
• Integrating with the Facebook social channels
• Handling Facebook errors within your application

• Chapter 10: Packaging and Deploying Your Application
• Introduction
• Setting up your iOS development team
• Creating the iOS development certificate
• Obtaining the development certificate from Apple
• Registering your iOS devices for testing
• Creating your application App IDs
• Creating the development provisioning profiles
• Using the provisioning profile to install the app on an iOS device
• Preparing an application for submission to the App Store using iTunes Connect
• Archiving and submitting apps using Xcode 4

• Appendix: Exploring the MultiTouch Interface
• Introduction
• Sensing the movement and device orientation
• Using the shake gesture with the touch interface
• Detecting device touches with the touch interface
• Sensing movement with the accelerometer input
• Working with the iOS device gyroscope

• Index