Beginning iPhone 4 Development

1. Front Matter

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2. Welcome to the Jungle

   • Dave Mark, Jack Nutting, Jeff LaMarche

   Pages 1-11

3. Appeasing the Tiki Gods

   • Dave Mark, Jack Nutting, Jeff LaMarche

   Pages 13-32

4. Handling Basic Interaction

   • Dave Mark, Jack Nutting, Jeff LaMarche

   Pages 33-59

5. More User Interface Fun

   • Dave Mark, Jack Nutting, Jeff LaMarche

   Pages 61-102

6. Autorotation and Autosizing

   • Dave Mark, Jack Nutting, Jeff LaMarche

   Pages 103-123

7. Multiview Applications

   • Dave Mark, Jack Nutting, Jeff LaMarche

   Pages 125-155

8. Tab Bars and Pickers

   • Dave Mark, Jack Nutting, Jeff LaMarche

   Pages 157-208

9. Introduction to Table Views

   • Dave Mark, Jack Nutting, Jeff LaMarche

   Pages 209-263

10. Navigation Controllers and Table Views

    • Dave Mark, Jack Nutting, Jeff LaMarche

    Pages 265-340

11. iPad Considerations

    • Dave Mark, Jack Nutting, Jeff LaMarche

    Pages 341-366

12. Application Settings and User Defaults

    • Dave Mark, Jack Nutting, Jeff LaMarche

    Pages 367-401

13. Basic Data Persistence

    • Dave Mark, Jack Nutting, Jeff LaMarche

    Pages 403-449

14. Grand Central Dispatch, Background Processing, and You

    • Dave Mark, Jack Nutting, Jeff LaMarche

    Pages 451-485

15. Drawing with Quartz and OpenGL

    • Dave Mark, Jack Nutting, Jeff LaMarche

    Pages 487-526

16. Taps, Touches, and Gestures

    • Dave Mark, Jack Nutting, Jeff LaMarche

    Pages 527-556

17. Where Am I? Finding Your Way with Core Location

    • Dave Mark, Jack Nutting, Jeff LaMarche

    Pages 557-568

18. Whee! Gyro and Accelerometer!

    • Dave Mark, Jack Nutting, Jeff LaMarche

    Pages 569-598

19. iPhone Camera and Photo Library

    • Dave Mark, Jack Nutting, Jeff LaMarche

    Pages 599-609

20. Application Localization

    • Dave Mark, Jack Nutting, Jeff LaMarche

    Pages 611-630

Beginning iPhone 4 Development is here! The authors of the bestselling Beginning iPhone 3 Development are back, with the same excellent material completely updated for iOS 4 and written from the ground up using the latest version of Apple's Xcode 3. All source code has been updated to use the latest Xcode templates and current APIs, and all-new screenshots show Xcode 3 in action.

Beginning iPhone 4 Development is a complete course in iOS 4 apps development. You’ll master techniques that work on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. We start with the basics, showing you how to download and install the tools you'll need, and how to create your first simple application. Next you’ll learn to integrate all the interface elements iOS users have come to know and love, such as buttons, switches, pickers, toolbars, and sliders. You’ll master a variety of design patterns, from the simplest single view to complex hierarchical drill-downs. The confusing art of tablebuilding will be demystified, and you’ll learn techniques to save and retrieve your data using SQLite, iPhone’s built-in database management system and Core Data, the standard for persistence that Apple brought to iOS with the release of SDK 3.  

And there’s much more! You’ll learn to draw using Quartz 2D and OpenGL ES, add multitouch gestural support (pinches and swipes) to your applications, and work with the camera, photo library, accelerometer, and built-in GPS. You’ll discover the fine points of application preferences and learn how to localize your apps for multiple languages. You'll also learn how to use the new concurrency APIs included in iOS 4, and make robust multithreaded applications using Grand Central Dispatch.  

• The iPhone 4 update to the best-selling and most recommended book for Cocoa touch developers  
• Written in an accessible, easy-to-follow style  
• Full of useful tips and techniques to help you become an iOS pro

NOTE: For iPhone 4S or iOS 5 apps development, please instead check out the next edition of this book, Beginning iOS 5 Development - now available.

Dave Mark is a longtime Mac developer and author who has written a number of books on Mac and iOS development, including Beginning iPhone 4 Development (Apress, 2010), More iPhone 3 Development (Apress, 2010), Learn C on the Mac (Apress, 2008), The Macintosh Programming Primer series (Addison-Wesley, 1992), and Ultimate Mac Programming (Wiley, 1995). Dave loves the water and spends as much time as possible on it, in it, or near it. He lives with his wife and three children in Virginia.

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