Beginning iPad Application Development will help
jumpstart your iPad development. It covers topics progressively so
you learn without being overwhelmed by details. It adopts the
philosophy that the best way to learn is by doing, hence the
numerous Try It Out sections, which first show you how to build
something and then explain how things work. To truly benefit from
this book, you should have some background in programming and at
least be familiar with object-oriented programming concepts.
Coverage includes:
- getting started with Xcode and Interface Builder to build a
Hello World application
- fundamental concepts of iPad programming: outlets and
actions
- UI widgets known as views that make up the iPad application
user interface
- view controllers available in the iPhone SDK and different
types of iPad applications - View-based, Window-based, Split
View-based, and Tab Bar applications
- how to deal with the iPad’s virtual keyboard, hide the
keyboard on demand, and ensure views are not blocked by the
keyboard when it is displayed
- reorient the application's UI when the device is rotated or
force an application to display in a certain orientation
- using the Table view is to display rows of data and
implementing search capabilities in Table view
- using application settings to persist application
preferences
- persisting application data by saving the data to files in the
application's sandbox directory
- using the embedded SQLite3 database library to store data
- implementing animations
- using gesture recognizers in the iPhone SDK to interpret user's
input gestures
- access the iPad accelerometer and detecting device shakes
- communicating with Web services and their data
- publishing services on the network using Bonjour
- implementing applications that use push notifications
- building location-based services applications, obtaining
geographical locations data, displaying a map
- an overview of the Objective-C language
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