Objective-C for iPhone developers : a beginner's guide

Title:

Personal Author:

Brannan, James A.

Publication Information:

New York : McGraw-Hill, c2010

Physical Description:

xviii, 365 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

ISBN:

9780071703284

Subject Term:

Objective-C (Computer program language)

Object-oriented programming (Computer science)

iPhone (Smartphone)

Mobile computing

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Essential Skills--Made Easy!

Create your own iPhone and Mac OS X applications with ease. Objective-C for iPhone Developers: A Beginner's Guide shows you how to use the Objective-C programming language, Apple's Foundation framework, the iPhone SDK, and the Xcode development environment. The first stop for aspiring iPhone developers, this hands-on guide teaches you how to create versatile, innovative, and marketable apps in no time. Real-world examples throughout the book correspond with downloadable Xcode projects and video tutorials so you can get started with your first app right away.

Designed for Easy Learning

Key Skills & Concepts --Chapter-opening lists of specific skills covered in the chapter Ask the Expert --Q&A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips Try This --Hands-on exercises that show you how to apply your skills Notes --Extra information related to the topic being covered Tips --Helpful reminders or alternative ways of doing things Annotated Syntax --Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated

Ready-to-use code at www.mhprofessional.com/computingdownload and www.jamesabrannan.com

Author Notes

James A. Brannan is a registered iPhone developer and creator of several iPone apps. He is the author of iPhone SDK Programming: A Beginner's Guide and other books. James has worked as a developer since 1994, using languages from Awk to C to Visual Basic. He is currently an independent iPhone consultant working with several clients. Instructional videos can be viewed at the author's website, www.jamesabrannan.com.

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
1 Exploring the iPhone SDK and Basic Programming	p. 1
Downloading the SDK	p. 3
Documentation and Getting Help	p. 5
SDK Documentation	p. 5
Apple's Online Documents and Forums	p. 6
Google	p. 6
Wikipedia	p. 6
The iPhone Dev SDK Forum	p. 7
Basic Programming Concepts Using C	p. 10
A Simple C Program	p. 10
Variables	p. 12
Functions	p. 13
Objective-C's Main Method	p. 15
Header Files and Source Files	p. 18
Pointers	p. 21
Xcode Fundamentals	p. 21
Configuring Xcode's Display	p. 23
Exploring Xcode Further	p. 26
2 Primitive Data Types and Operators	p. 27
Primitive Data Types	p. 28
Numeric Types: Integers	p. 29
Numeric Types: Float and Double	p. 33
Characters	p. 35
The BOOL Data Type	p. 36
Operators	p. 36
Arithmetic Operators	p. 36
Unary Operators	p. 38
Equality and Logical Operators	p. 39
Assignment Operators	p. 40
Data Type Conversions	p. 41
The UIWindow Application Template	p. 42
3 Flow Control Statements, Arrays, and Structures	p. 47
Boolean Expressions	p. 49
Looping	p. 50
The For Loop	p. 50
The While Loop	p. 51
The Do While Loop	p. 52
True or False and BOOL	p. 56
Conditional Statements	p. 56
The If Statement	p. 57
The If Else Structure	p. 59
The If Else If Else Structure	p. 59
The Switch Statement	p. 61
The Break and Continue Statements	p. 64
Arrays and Structures	p. 65
Arrays	p. 66
The Struct Keyword	p. 68
The UIViewController's Life-Cycle Methods	p. 71
4 Classes, Objects, and Messaging	p. 75
Object-Oriented Programming vs. Procedural Programming	p. 77
Procedural Programming	p. 77
Object-Oriented Programming: Classes and Objects	p. 79
Object-Oriented Analysis	p. 81
Classes and Objects	p. 82
Objective-C Classes	p. 83
The @interface	p. 83
The @implementation	p. 84
Object-Oriented Programming: Behavior	p. 84
Class Interaction	p. 85
The @class Directive	p. 90
Methods and Messaging	p. 95
Class and Instance Methods	p. 96
Allocating and Initializing Objects	p. 99
Initializing Objects	p. 100
Writing Custom Initializers	p. 100
Multiple Argument Methods	p. 103
5 Memory Management and Properties	p. 111
Memory Management	p. 112
Manual Memory Management	p. 113
Encapsulation and Memory Management	p. 121
Properties	p. 125
Declaring Properties	p. 125
Dot Notation	p. 126
Property Attributes	p. 127
Ownership and Properties Revisited	p. 131
Autorelease and Pools	p. 132
Autorelease and Custom Classes	p. 133
IBOutlet and Interface Builder	p. 138
Deallocating and Nil Revisited	p. 143
6 Inheritance	p. 145
Inheritance	p. 146
Inheritance Explained	p. 146
Ancestry Inheritance	p. 156
Inheriting Properties	p. 156
Extension	p. 159
Overriding Methods	p. 162
Replacing a Parent's Method	p. 162
Extending a Parent's Method	p. 163
No Overriding Instance Variables and No Overloading	p. 166
No Overriding Instance Variables	p. 167
No Method Overloading	p. 167
Inheritance and UIViewController	p. 168
7 Protocols and Categories	p. 173
Protocols	p. 174
Modeling Protocols	p. 175
Syntax	p. 175
Adopting a Protocol	p. 176
Properties and Protocols	p. 186
Optional Methods	p. 188
Protocols and id	p. 192
Adopting Multiple Protocols	p. 193
Extending Protocols	p. 197
Protocols and Delegates in UIKit	p. 201
Categories	p. 207
Categories Explained	p. 208
8 Some Foundation Framework Classes	p. 213
NSString and NSMutableString	p. 215
NSNumber	p. 220
NSDate and NSDateFormatter	p. 222
Collections	p. 224
NSArray and NSMutableArray	p. 224
NSEnumerator and Fast Enumeration	p. 228
NSDictionary and NSMutableDictionary	p. 231
9 File Handling	p. 237
iPhone Directories	p. 238
NSHomeDirectory	p. 239
NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains	p. 239
NSTemporaryDirectory	p. 240
NSBundle	p. 240
File Handling	p. 241
NSFileManager	p. 241
NSString, Paths, and Text Files	p. 248
NSData	p. 254
10 Property Lists, NSCopy, and Archiving	p. 265
Property Lists	p. 266
Writing a Property List	p. 267
Reading a Property List	p. 268
Archiving	p. 278
NSCoding Protocol	p. 279
NSKeyedArchiver and NSKeyedUnarchiver	p. 279
11 Selectors and Targets	p. 295
Selectors	p. 296
Delaying a Selector or Running in Background	p. 300
Notifications	p. 301
Delegates	p. 307
Target-Action	p. 311
12 The Model-View-Controller Design Pattern	p. 315
The Model-View-Controller Design Pattern	p. 316
Persistence	p. 324
Multiple Xibs	p. 328
Index	p. 353

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