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The Cocoa Touch frameworks and APIs are powerful tools for creating native iOS apps, and they're free with Xcode, Apple's development environment. If you've already gotten your feet wet with Objective-C, and you're ready to learn more about iOS development, then Learn Cocoa Touch for iOSis the book for you. You'll learn on the job - building cool apps as you read through the book that will teach you what you need to know to use Cocoa Touch and prepare you for creating your own apps. Learn Cocoa Touch for iOSshows you how to use frameworks like MapKit, Twitter, and MediaPlayer. You'll also learn about hardware APIs so you can get the most out of your accelerometer, camera, and more. You'll even learn about more advanced features like Grand Central D...

The new iOS 5-driveniPod touch devicesare much more than just music. These have all the features of a PDAincluding email, calendar, Google Maps, the App Store, and even phone capabilitiesas well as the ability to watch movies and play your favorite games, all packed into Apples sleek design. With iPod touch Made Simple, iOS 5 Edition, you'll learn how to take advantage of all these features and more, now available using the new iOS 5. Packed with over 1,000 visuals and screenshots, this book will help you master all the functions of the iPod touch devices that run iOS 5and teach you time-saving techniques and tips along the way. Written by two successful smartphone trainers and authors, this is the go-to guide for the iPod touch! What youll lear...

The iPhone is the hottest gadget of our generation, and much of its success has been fueled by the App Store, Apple's online marketplace for iPhone applications. Over 1 billion apps were downloaded during the nine months following the launch of the App Store, ranging from the simplest games to the most complex business apps. Everyone has an idea for the next bestselling iPhone app presumably, that's why you're reading this now! And with the popularity of the iPad, this demand will just continue to grow. So how do you build an application for the iPhone and iPad? Don't you need to spend years learning complicated programming languages? What about Objective-C and Cocoa touch? The answer is that you don't need to know any of those things! Anybody can st...

iOS6 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach is your code reference and guide to developing solutions on iPad, iPhone, and other iOS6 SDKdevices and platforms. This book provides in-depth code samples and discussions for scenarios that developers face every day. You'll find numerous examples of real-world cases that will enable you to build fully functional applications quickly and efficiently. The recipes included in this book are wide in scope, and have been geared toward the professional developer. You'll find clear and concise code samples accompanying each recipe, and will be presented with cutting-edge solutions that bring forth the best that the iOS6 SDK has to offer. The recipes include: Working with Autolayout to build flexible user interfaces...

iOS 5 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach is yourguide to developing solutions on iPad, iPhone, and other iOS 5devices and platforms. This book provides in-depth code samples and discussions for scenarios that developers face every day. You'll find numerous examples of real-world cases that will enable you to build fully functional applications quickly and efficiently. The recipes included in this book are wide in scope, and have been geared toward the professional developer.You'll find clear and concise code samples accompanying each recipe, and will be presented with cutting-edge solutions that bring forth the best that the iOS 5 SDK has to offer.The recipes include: Working with Interface Builder in the latest version of Xcode Building applic...