Mobility iOS(iPhone) Training

Getting started with the iPhone SDK

1. Anatomy of an Application

• Underneath Xcode

2. Installing the iPhone SDK

• What You’ll Need
• The iPhone Simulator
• Downloading and Installing the iPhone SDK

3. Provisioning an iPhone

4. Building and Installing Applications

• Model-View-Controller
• Application Templates
• Xcode Project Layout
• Prototypes
• Adding Frameworks
• Setting the Active SDK
• Building an Application
• Installing an Application

5. Transitioning to Objective-C

• Messaging
• Class and Method Declarations
• Implementation
• Properties
• Protocols
• Categories
• Posing
• Additional Resources

Interface Builder: Xcode’s GUI for GUIs

1. Windows, Views, and View Controllers

2. Existing Templates

• New Templates

3. User Interface Elements

• Controllers
• Data Views
• Inputs and Values
• Windows, Views, and Bars

4. The Inspector

5. Designing a UI

• The Window
• The View Controller
• Views
• Connecting the Views
• Adding Linkage to Code

6. Removing Interface Builder from a Project

Introduction to UI Kit

1. Basic User Interface Elements

2. Windows and Views

• Creating a Window and View
• Displaying the View
• HelloView: Most Useless Application Ever
• What’s Going On
• Deriving from UIView
• HelloWorld: The Traditionally Useless Application
• What’s Going On

3. View Controllers

• Creating a View Controller
• Loading from Interface Builder
• Orientation Changes
• Disposing of a View Controller
• ControllerDemo: Hello World, View Controller Style
• What’s Going On
• Further Study

4. Text Views

• Creating a Text View
• Assigning Content
• Displaying HTML
• Source Reader: Web Page Source Code Reader
• What’s Going On
• Further Study

5. Navigation Bars and Controllers

• Creating a Navigation Controller
• Navigation Controller Properties
• Adding a Segmented Control
• Adding a Toolbar
• Page Demo: Page Navigation Exercise
• What’s Going On
• Further Study

6. Transition Animations

• Creating a Transition
• Attaching a Transition
• FlipDemo: Page-Flipping Transitions
• What’s Going On
• Further Study

7. Action Sheets and Alerts

• Alerts
• Action Sheets
• Dismissing an Action Sheet
• End World: Ending the World (with Confirmation)
• What’s Going On
• Further Study

8. Table Views and Controllers

• Creating the Table
• Table Cells
• Implementing Multiple Select
• Editing and Swipe-to-Delete
• Reloading Tables
• TableDemo: Simple File Browser
• What’s Going On
• Further Study

9. Status Bar Manipulation

• Hiding the Status Bar
• Status Bar Style
• Status Bar Orientation

10. Application Badges

• Displaying an Application Badge
• Removing an Application Badge
• Further Study

11. Application Services

• Suspending and Resuming
• Program Termination

12. Invoking Safari

13. Initiating Phone Calls

Multi-Touch Events and Geometry

1. Introduction to Geometric Structures

• CGPoint
• CGSize
• CGRect

2. Multi-Touch Events Handling

• UITouch Notifications
• UIEvent
• Events Handling
• Example: Tap Counter
• Example: Tap and Drag
• Processing Multi-Touch
• PinchMe: Pinch Tracking
• TouchDemo: Multi-Touch Icon Tracking
• What’s Going On
• Further Study

Layer Programming with Quartz Core

1. Understanding Layers

• Layer Hierarchies
• Size and Offset
• Arrangement and Display
• Rendering
• Transformations
• Layer Animations
• Layer Transformations
• BounceDemo: Layer Fun
• What’s Going On
• Further Study

Making a Racket: Audio Toolbox and AVFoundation

1. AVFoundation Framework

• The Audio Player
• Player Properties
• Playing Sounds
• Delegate Methods
• Metering

2. AVMeter: Build a VU Meter

• What’s Going On
• Further Study

3. Audio Services

• What’s Going On

4. Audio Queues

• Audio Queue Structure
• Provisioning Audio Output
• Sound Buffers
• Callback Function
• Volume Control
• Example: PCM Player
• What’s Going On
• Further Study

5. Recording Sound

• Audio Queue Structure
• Provisioning Audio Input
• Sound Buffers
• Callback Function
• Accessing Raw Data
• Writing to a File
• Example: Sound Recorder
• What’s Going On
• Further Study

6. Vibrating

Network Programming with CFNetwork

1. Basic Sockets Programming

• Socket Types
• CFSocket
• CFSocketContext
• Socket Streams
• CFSocket Example: Joke Server
• Further Study

2. CFHTTP and CFFTP

• CFHTTP
• CFFTP
• Further Study

Getting a Fix: Core Location

1. The Core Location Manager

• Query Parameters
• Issuing a Query
• Receiving Updates
• Completing a Query
• Error Handling
• WhereYouAt: Redneck Core Location
• What’s Going On
• Further Study

Address Book Frameworks

1. Address Book Access

• Top-Level Address Book Functions
• Querying the Address Book
• Creating Records
• Working with Records
• Multivalue Properties
• Working with Dictionaries
• Image Data
• Further Study

2. Address Book UI

• Person Views
• People Pickers
• Further Study

Advanced UI Kit Design

1. Common Controls

• The UIControl Base Class
• Segmented Controls
• Switches
• Sliders
• Text Field Controls
• Buttons
• Page Controls
• Further Study

2. Preferences Tables

• Creating a Preferences Table
• Displaying the Preferences Table
• ShootStuffUp: Preferences Table Example
• What’s Going On
• Further Study

3. Section Lists

• Creating the Section List
• Adding an Index Bar
• Displaying the Section List
• TableDemo: A Better File Browser
• What’s Going On
• Further Study

4. Progress and Activity Indicators

• UIActivityIndicatorView: Things That Spin
• UIProgressView: When Spinny Things Are Tacky
• Network Activity Indicators
• Further Study

5. Images

• The Image Object
• ImageFun: Fun with Images and Patterns
• UIImageView: An Image with a View
• Image Pickers

6. Keyboard Properties

• Keyboard Style
• Keyboard Appearance
• Return Key
• Autocapitalization
• Autocorrection
• Secure Text Entry

7. Pickers

• Creating a Picker
• Displaying the Picker
• Reading the Picker
• NosePicker: Picking Your Nose
• What’s Going On
• Further Study

8. Date/Time Pickers

• Creating the Date/Time Picker
• Displaying the Date Picker
• Reading the Date
• DatePicker: Independence Day Picker
• What’s Going On
• Further Study

9. Tab Bars

• Tab Bar Controllers
• Building a Tab Bar Controller
• Customizable Buttons
• Navigation
• Delegate Actions
• Tab Demo: Another Textbook Approach
• What’s Going On
• Further Study

10. Sensors and Device Information

• Reading the Orientation
• Reading Device Information
• Reading the Accelerometer
• Proximity Sensor
• Further Study

11. Scroll Views

• Creating the Scroll View Properties
• Delegate Methods
• Big Image: Scrolling a Weather Map
• What’s Going On
• Further Study

12. Web Views

• Creating the Web View
• Displaying the Web View
• Loading Content
• Navigation
• Delegate Methods
• WebDemo: Google Search Utility
• What’s Going On
• Further Study

Application Settings

1. Dictionaries and Property Lists

• Creating a Dictionary
• Managing Keys
• Writing Property Lists
• Reading Property Lists
• Further Study

2. Preference Bundles

• Adding Keys
• Reading Preference Bundle Values
• Further Study

Cover Flow

1. Covert Flow: SDK Cover Flow Programming

• What’s Going On?
• Further Study

Page Flicking

2. Page Control: Page Flicking Example

• What’s Going On?
• Further Study

3. A Page Scroll View for Many Views

• What’s Going On?

Media Player Framework

1. Movie Player Controllers

• Properties
• Starting and Stopping the Movie
• Notifications
• Further Study