Migrating to iPhone and iPad for .NET Developers

Cover......Page 300
Contents at a Glance......Page 3
Contents......Page 303
About the Author......Page 308
About the Technical Reviewer......Page 309
Acknowledgments......Page 310
Introduction......Page 4
Get Set Up: Tools and Development on Apple’s Platforms and Technologies......Page 5
Registering As an Apple Developer......Page 6
Application Development Considerations......Page 8
Third-Party Development Principles......Page 9
Application Approaches......Page 10
Apple Terminology and Concepts......Page 11
Understanding the iOS......Page 13
Application Development Using Apple Components......Page 14
Third-Party Options......Page 17
Mono Family......Page 18
DragonFire SDK......Page 20
Appcelerator’s Titanium Mobile......Page 22
Marmalade SDK......Page 23
Flash Professional Creative Studio 5......Page 25
Overview of the App Store......Page 26
Selling Apps at the App Store......Page 27
Submitting an App to the Store......Page 28
Summary......Page 29
Getting Started......Page 30
Choosing the Right Machine......Page 31
Choosing the iOS SDK......Page 32
Installing Xcode and the iOS SDK......Page 33
An Objective-C Primer......Page 38
Object Model......Page 39
Square Brackets and Methods......Page 40
Class Definition and Implementation......Page 41
Nil Objects......Page 42
Memory Management......Page 43
Creating a Project......Page 44
Exploring Your Project and File Structure......Page 47
Initializing Your Application......Page 48
Creating Your User Interface......Page 50
Using Automatic Reference Counting......Page 57
Programming with ARC......Page 58
Summary......Page 59
Understanding the Constraints......Page 60
Developing with Mono and MonoTouch......Page 61
Installing Mono, MonoDevelop, and MonoTouch......Page 62
Creating Hello, World Using MonoTouch......Page 69
Installing Titanium......Page 72
Creating Hello, World Using Titanium......Page 73
Installing Marmalade......Page 78
Creating Hello, World Using Marmalade......Page 80
Summary......Page 81
Going Deeper: .NET, Objective-C, and the iOS SDK......Page 82
Comparing iOS Device Capabilities......Page 83
iOS Application Design......Page 84
Design Patterns......Page 85
Looking Under the Hood of an Application......Page 86
The Application Life Cycle......Page 88
Managing Application States......Page 89
Managing an Application’s Behaviors......Page 91
Comparing the .NET Framework with iOS and the iOS SDK......Page 93
User-Interface Services......Page 94
Application Services......Page 96
Runtime Services......Page 98
Objective-C Primer, Part 2......Page 99
Method Declaration......Page 100
Properties......Page 101
Strings......Page 102
Interfaces and Protocols......Page 103
Delegation......Page 106
Comments......Page 107
Comparing .NET and Xcode Tools......Page 108
The IDE Workspace and Its Editors......Page 109
Inspectors......Page 111
Navigators......Page 112
Views......Page 113
Using Other Xcode Tools......Page 114
Summary......Page 115
Get to Work: Creating Your First Application......Page 116
The App Planning and Design Process......Page 117
Other Design Resources......Page 118
Requirements Specification......Page 119
Lunar Lander Application Design......Page 120
Creating the Application Project......Page 122
Building the User Interface and Flow Logic......Page 124
Implementing Navigation in Your Application......Page 130
Examining the Game View Header......Page 131
Self-Documenting Code......Page 140
Programmatically Initializing an XIB Resource......Page 141
Manually Drawing the User Interface......Page 143
Using Simulators to Test Your Application......Page 144
Summary......Page 146
Build Your Skills: Enhancing Your Application with a Dynamic User Interface......Page 147
Display Size and Resolution......Page 148
Supporting Device Orientation......Page 152
Utility-Based Applications......Page 156
Tab Bar–Based Applications......Page 157
Navigation-Based Applications......Page 158
Implementing a Tab Bar–Based Application......Page 159
Popover View Controllers......Page 165
Split-View Controllers......Page 173
Controls......Page 176
Navigation and Information Bars......Page 181
Content Views......Page 182
Other Elements......Page 185
Apple’s User Interface Resources......Page 187
Summary......Page 188
Get the Data: Storing and Retrieving Data and Configuring your Applications......Page 189
Using the Sandbox to Provide Filesystem-Based Storage......Page 190
Managing the Data Within Your Application......Page 191
Using Property Lists As Storage......Page 193
Using the iOS-Embedded Database......Page 194
Creating a Persistent High-Score Class......Page 199
Testing the High-Score Class......Page 203
Completing the Class......Page 205
Summary......Page 206
Overview of Libraries......Page 208
Dynamic Library......Page 209
Comparing iOS Libraries with .NET Equivalents......Page 210
Creating a Static Library with Xcode 4......Page 211
Creating an Assembly in .NET......Page 218
The Apple Developer Agreement......Page 219
Categories of Third-Party Libraries......Page 220
Useful Third-Party Libraries......Page 221
Summary......Page 222
Available Test Features......Page 223
Unit Testing......Page 224
Using the Xcode 4 Debugger......Page 229
Using NSLog to Capture Diagnostics......Page 232
Profiling Your Application......Page 233
Using the Simulator’s Debug Features......Page 237
Triggering Low Memory......Page 238
Testing on Real Devices......Page 239
Deploying Your Application......Page 240
Creating a Certificate to Sign Your Application......Page 241
Registering Your Device......Page 243
Using the Provisioning Portal to Get Started......Page 244
Build and Deploy Your Application......Page 250
Publishing via the Adhoc Mechanism......Page 253
Publishing via the App Store......Page 254
Additional Resources......Page 259
Summary......Page 260
Using the Global Positioning System......Page 261
Implementing Location-Based Services......Page 262
What’s in a Location?......Page 264
Camera Basics......Page 266
Writing an Example Camera Application......Page 267
Using the Accelerometer......Page 271
Detecting Touch Events......Page 274
Detecting Swipes......Page 275
Targeting Multiple Devices with Your Code......Page 276
The iCloud......Page 277
iOS 5......Page 278
Summary......Page 280
Gravity......Page 281
Enabling User Interaction......Page 282
Handling the Graphics......Page 283
Resources......Page 284
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U......Page 297
X, Y, Z......Page 299