Introduction to iphone programming

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Introduction to iphone programming
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Cocoa Touch and iPhone SDK

• Based on Cocoa
• Mature, polished, highly consistent APIs
• Provides a very rich starting point for exploring
  app design
• Shows real-world implementations of OO design
  patterns
• Designs learned on iPhone translate directly to
  Mac OS X

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The parts that go together

• Tools
• Frameworks
• Language Objective C

Interface Builder
Xcode
Foundation
UI Kit
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Why obj-C?

• ObjC is a language focused on simplicity and the
  elegance of object oriented design
• Based on ANSI C
• Brings many object oriented principles, but with
  a minimal amount of syntax
• A data point to compare with designs of C, C,
  Java and other languages

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iPhone OS Overview

• Cocoa Touch
• Media
• Core Services
• Core OS

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Core OS

• OS X Kernel
• Power Mgmt
• Mach 3.0
• Keychain
• BSD
• Certificates
• Sockets
• File System
• Security

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Core Services

• Collections
• Core Location
• Address Book
• Net Services
• Networking
• Threading
• File Access
• Preferences
• SQLite
• URL utilities

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Media

• Core Audio
• JPG, PNG, TIFF
• OpenAL
• PDF
• Audio Mixing
• Quartz (2D)
• Audio Recording
• Core Animation
• Video Playback
• OpenGL

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Cocoa Touch

• Multi-Touch Events
• Alerts
• Multi-Touch Controls
• Web Views
• Accelerometer
• People Picker
• View Hierarchy
• Image Picker
• Localization
• Controllers

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Cocoa Touch architecture
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Getting help

• Key spots to look
• API Conceptual Docs in Xcode
• Class header files
• Docs, sample code, tech notes
• On Apple Developer Connection (ADC) site
• http//developer.apple.com
• Dev site uses Google search

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