Download or read book Learning Xcode 8 written by Jak Tiano and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-11-18 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to use the power of Xcode to turn your next great app idea into a reality About This Book Learn the theory and tools behind app development using Swift 3 and Xcode 8 Build a fully featured iOS app, including a companion app for the Apple Watch Optimize, debug, and ultimately release your app on Test Flight and the App Store Who This Book Is For This book is intended for programmers looking to get a jump-start into the world of iOS development. Whether you're a young student who has only spent a few months with Java, or a seasoned developer who has spent their career developing for a different platform, all that is expected is a basic understanding of a programming language such as C++, C#, or Java. What You Will Learn Understand the most important features of the Xcode IDE Write Swift 3 code for application data models and view controllers Prepare visual layouts for an iOS application using storyboards, size classes, and auto-layout Integrate many common technologies into an app, such as multi-touch gestures, CoreData, and notifications Build companion applications for the Apple Watch with watchOS 3 Debug applications using Xcode's suite of debugging tools, and prevent bugs with unit testing Optimize an application using Xcode 8's profiling tools and asset catalogs Distribute a beta application through TestFlight, and a finished application through the App Store In Detail Over the last few years, we've seen a breakthrough in mobile computing and the birth of world-changing mobile apps. With a reputation as one of the most user-centric and developer-friendly platforms, iOS is the best place to launch your next great app idea. As the official tool to create iOS applications, Xcode is chock full of features aimed at making a developer's job easier, faster, and more fun. This book will take you from complete novice to a published app developer, and covers every step in between. You'll learn the basics of iOS application development by taking a guided tour through the Xcode software and Swift programming language, before putting that knowledge to use by building your first app called “Snippets.” Over the course of the book, you will continue to explore the many facets of iOS development in Xcode by adding new features to your app, integrating gestures and sensors, and even creating an Apple Watch companion app. You'll also learn how to use the debugging tools, write unit tests, and optimize and distribute your app. By the time you make it to the end of this book, you will have successfully built and published your first iOS application. Style and approach This easy-to-follow guide presents topics in a hands-on lecture format where concepts are introduced and explained, then used in an example as reinforcement. The first third of the book covers the separate building blocks of development, while the second two thirds cover the development of an app from start to finish.

Download or read book iOS 8 App Development Essentials Second Edition written by Neil Smyth and published by eBookFrenzy. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 1074 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: iOS 8 App Development Essentials is latest edition of this popular book series and has now been fully updated for the Swift 1.2 programming language, the iOS 8 SDK and Xcode 6.3. Beginning with the basics, this book provides an outline of the steps necessary to set up an iOS development environment. An introduction to the architecture of iOS 8 and programming in Swift is provided, followed by an in-depth look at the design of iOS applications and user interfaces. More advanced topics such as file handling, database management, in-app purchases, graphics drawing and animation are also covered, as are touch screen handling, gesture recognition, multitasking, iAds integration, location management, local notifications, camera access and video and audio playback support. Other features are also covered including Auto Layout, Twitter and Facebook integration, App Store hosted in-app purchase content, collection views, Sprite Kit-based game development, local map search and user interface animation using UIKit dynamics. The key new features of the iOS 8 SDK and Xcode 6 are also covered, including Swift playgrounds, universal user interface design using size classes, app extensions, Interface Builder Live Views, embedded frameworks, CloudKit data storage and TouchID authentication. The aim of this book is to teach the range of skills necessary to build apps for iOS 8. iOS 8 App Development Essentials takes a modular approach to the subject of iOS 8 application development for both the iPhone and iPad, with each chapter covering a self contained topic area consisting of detailed explanations, examples and step-by-step tutorials. This makes the book both an easy to follow learning aid and an excellent reference resource.

Download or read book iOS 10 App Development Essentials written by Neil Smyth and published by eBookFrenzy. This book was released on 2016-10-28 with total page 1181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Xcode 8 Essential Training written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to build apps with Xcode 8, the integrated development environment for macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS developers.

Download or read book The Ultimate iOS 10 Xcode 8 Developer Book Build 30 apps written by John Bura and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you always wanted to create your own iOS application? In this book, you will learn how to build an app from scratch using Xcode. We use real-life, practical examples that you will be able to use when developing your own apps. Your first app will be up-and-running in no time! This is the largest iOS and Swift book ever released! Buy it today!

Download or read book IOS 8 for Programmers written by Paul J. Deitel and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2015 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This tutorial employs the Deitels' proven app-driven approach to teaching mobile programming. Each chapter is built around a single, unique app. The chapter begins with a detailed walk-through of what the app does, then dives into the underlying code. By the end of the chapter, the reader has not only learned key iOS programming principles, but has actually built a working iOS app!

Download or read book IOS 8 by Tutorials written by Soheil Azarpour and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 713 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the New iOS 8 APIs! At WWDC, Tim Cook declared iOS 8 the most significant change for iOS developers since the introduction of the original iPhone OS SDK. Not only does iOS 8 introduce an entirely new programming language-Swift-but it also introduces a huge set of APIs to learn and master! This is where iOS 8 by Tutorials comes to the rescue! In this book, you will learn the new iOS 8 APIs the quick and easy way - by following fun and easy-to-read tutorials. iOS 8 by Tutorials covers the following topics: Adaptive Layout: Learn how to make your user interfaces adapt to different devices and screen sizes. Extensions: Learn how to share your app's functionality with the OS itself! CloudKit: Learn how to store your app's data on the cloud. Scene Kit: Learn how to add 3D visualizations into your own apps! Photos: Learn about the new framework that makes working with Photos much easier. Live Rendering: Write custom controls that you can configure in Interface Buider! Handoff: Learn how to continue a task on a different device with the new Handoff API. WebKit: Learn about Apple's new and improved framework for working with the web. Visual Effects: Learn how to blur your app's UI and use vibrant text. Xcode 6: Learn about the new features in Xcode 6 and iTunes Connect. One thing you can count on - after reading this book you'll be prepared to take advantage of all the new improvements iOS 8 has to offer! The iOS Tutorial Team takes pride in making sure each tutorial we write holds to the highest standards of quality. We want our tutorials to be well written, easy to follow, and fun. And we don't want to just skim the surface of a subject - we want to really dig into it, so you can truly understand how it works and apply the knowledge directly in your own apps.

Download or read book IOS 8 by Tutorials written by Soheil Azarpour and published by Razeware LLC. This book was released on 2015-05-06 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated for Swift 1.2 Learn the New iOS 8 APIs! At WWDC, Tim Cook declared iOS 8 the most significant change for iOS developers since the introduction of the original iPhone OS SDK. Not only does iOS 8 introduce an entirely new programming language-Swift-but it also introduces a huge set of APIs to learn and master! This is where iOS 8 by Tutorials comes to the rescue! In this book, you will learn the new iOS 8 APIs the quick and easy way - by following fun and easy-to-read tutorials. iOS 8 by Tutorials covers the following topics: Adaptive Layout: Learn how to make your user interfaces adapt to different devices and screen sizes. Extensions: Learn how to share your app's functionality with the OS itself! CloudKit: Learn how to store your app's data on the cloud. Scene Kit: Learn how to add 3D visualizations into your own apps! Photos: Learn about the new framework that makes working with Photos much easier. Live Rendering: Write custom controls that you can configure in Interface Buider! Handoff: Learn how to continue a task on a different device with the new Handoff API. WebKit: Learn about Apple's new and improved framework for working with the web. Visual Effects: Learn how to blur your app's UI and use vibrant text. Xcode 6: Learn about the new features in Xcode 6 and iTunes Connect. One thing you can count on - after reading this book you'll be prepared to take advantage of all the new improvements iOS 8 has to offer! The iOS Tutorial Team takes pride in making sure each tutorial we write holds to the highest standards of quality. We want our tutorials to be well written, easy to follow, and fun. And we don't want to just skim the surface of a subject - we want to really dig into it, so you can truly understand how it works and apply the knowledge directly in your own apps.

Download or read book Ios 10 App Development Essentials written by Neil Smyth and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-16 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: iOS is for developers looking to step into the sometimes frightening world of iPhone and iPad app development. Written as the companion to Objective-C, this e-book guides you from creating a simple, single page application to managing assets in a complex, multi-scene application. Advanced features such as localizing application UI, and working with the Audio Toolbox and AVAudioPlayer frameworks are also covered. If you're looking for the fastest way to get up and running with iOS development, forget about the 1,500+ pages of documentation in the iOS Developer Library. This is the only resource you need. This updated and expanded second edition of Book provides a user-friendly introduction to the subject, Taking a clear structural framework, it guides the reader through the subject's core elements. A flowing writing style combines with the use of illustrations and diagrams throughout the text to ensure the reader understands even the most complex of concepts. This succinct and enlightening overview is a required reading for all those interested in the subject . We hope you find this book useful in shaping your future career & Business.

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Download or read book Mastering Xcode written by Maurice Kelly and published by Peachpit Press. This book was released on 2013-07-11 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Xcode is the flagship application of Apple’s suite of developer tools. In this book, Xcode experts Maurice Kelly and Joshua Nozzi show you how to use Apple’s powerful developer tools to start writing iOS and OS X apps. You’ll learn what Xcode can do and gain a deep understanding of how Xcode works so you can create and maintain great apps of your own. After a tour of the Xcode tools suite, you’ll jump in by creating a basic Cocoa app and exploring the Xcode interface. You’ll learn how to manage your project, write and debug code, build user interfaces, and use version control. You’ll also learn to customize the build process, write and run unit tests, profile your code, and deploy your apps. This book includes: Detailed instruction, ample illustrations, and clear examples Real-world guidance and advice Insight into best practices from two Xcode experts Emphasis on using Xcode’s streamlined interface for UI design, coding, testing, and debugging

Download or read book iOS 8 Programming Fundamentals with Swift written by Matt Neuburg and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2015-03-13 with total page 691 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Move into iOS development by getting a firm grasp of its fundamentals, including the Xcode IDE, the Cocoa Touch framework, and Swift—Apple’s new programming language. With this thoroughly updated guide, you’ll learn Swift’s object-oriented concepts, understand how to use Apple’s development tools, and discover how Cocoa provides the underlying functionality iOS apps need to have. Explore Swift’s object-oriented concepts: variables and functions, scopes and namespaces, object types and instances Become familiar with built-in Swift types such as numbers, strings, ranges, tuples, Optionals, arrays, and dictionaries Learn how to declare, instantiate, and customize Swift object types—enums, structs, and classes Discover powerful Swift features such as protocols and generics Tour the lifecycle of an Xcode project from inception to App Store Create app interfaces with nibs and the nib editor, Interface Builder Understand Cocoa’s event-driven model and its major design patterns and features Find out how Swift communicates with Cocoa’s C and Objective-C APIs Once you master the fundamentals, you’ll be ready to tackle the details of iOS app development with author Matt Neuburg’s companion guide, Programming iOS 8.

Download or read book Learn iOS 8 App Development written by James Bucanek and published by Apress. This book was released on 2014-12-09 with total page 751 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn iOS 8 App Development is both a rapid tutorial and a useful reference. You'll quickly get up to speed with Swift, Cocoa Touch, and the iOS 8 SDK. It's an all-in-one getting started guide to building useful apps. You'll learn best practices that ensure your code will be efficient and perform well, earning positive reviews on the iTunes App Store, and driving better search results and more revenue. The iOS 8 SDK offers powerful new features, and this book is the fastest path to mastering them—and the rest of the iOS SDK —for programmers with some experience who are new to iPhone and iPad app development. Many books introduce the iOS SDK, but few explain how to develop apps optimally and soundly. This book teaches both core Swift language concepts and how to exploit design patterns and logic with the iOS SDK, based on Swift and the Cocoa Touch framework. Why spend months or years discovering the best ways to design and code iPhone and iPad apps when this book will show you how to do things the right way from the start? Get an accelerated treatment of the core fundamentals of Swift. Develop your first app using Xcode's advanced interface design tools. Build your first iPhone app using the code that you're given as you walk through this book. Finally, debug and distribute your first app on Apple's iTunes App Store. Learn how to create apps for any model of iPhone, the iPod Touch, the iPad, or build universal apps that run on all of them. After reading this book, you'll be creating professional quality apps, ready to upload to the app store, making you the prestige and the money you seek!

Download or read book Xcode 4 written by Richard Wentk and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you need to know to design, code, and build amazing apps Xcode 4 is Apple’s newest version of the popular development suite for creating bleeding-edge OS X and iOS apps. Written by an experienced developer and Apple-focused journalist, this book not only covers developing for OS X but also for the entire family of iOS devices, including the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. You’ll explore the newest tools for compiling, debugging, and finding and fixing common code errors so that you can look forward to improved, smooth-running code that is developed more efficiently than ever. Takes you step-by-step through the process of developing OS X and iOS applications using Xcode 4 Examines the benefits of Xcode 4, Apple’s updated, free, object oriented programming environment Helps you tame the complex Xcode environment so you can develop amazing apps This book gets you up to speed on all the remarkable new features and redesigned user interface of Xcode 4 so you can get started creating phenomenal apps today.

Download or read book Beginning Xcode Swift Edition written by Matthew Knott and published by Apress. This book was released on 2014-12-27 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning Xcode, Swift Edition will not only get you up and running with Apple's latest version of Xcode, but it also shows you how to use Swift in Xcode and includes a variety of projects to build. If you already have some programming experience with iOS SDK and Objective-C, but want a more in-depth tutorial on Xcode, especially Xcode with Apple’s new programming language, Swift, then Beginning Xcode, Swift Edition is for you. The book focuses on the new technologies, tools and features that Apple has bundled into the new Xcode 6, to complement the latest iOS 8 SDK. By the end of this book, you'll have all of the skills and a variety of examples to draft from to get your Swift app from idea to App Store with all the power of Xcode.

Download or read book Learn Xcode Tools for Mac OS X and iPhone Development written by Ian Piper and published by Apress. This book was released on 2010-03-26 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will give you a thorough grounding in the principal and supporting tools and technologies that make up the Xcode developer tools suite. Apple has provided a comprehensive collection of developer tools, and this is the first book to examine the complete Apple programming environment for both Mac OS X and iPhone. Comprehensive coverage of all the Xcode developer tools Additional coverage of useful third-party development tools Not just a survey of features, but a serious examination of the complete development process for Mac OS X and iPhone applications

Download or read book Step Into Xcode written by Fritz Anderson and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. This book was released on 2006 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Xcode Mac OS Development Environment Every copy of Mac OS X comes with Xcode, the powerful development suite that Apple uses to build applications ranging from Safari to iTunes. But because Xcode is complex and subtle, even experienced Mac programmers rarely take full advantage of it. Now, Mac developer Fritz Anderson has written the definitive introduction and guide to using Xcode to build applications with any Macintosh technology or language. Anderson helps you master Xcode's powerful text editor, industry-standard gcc compiler, graphical interactive debugger, mature UI layout and object linkage editor, and exceptional optimization tools. One step at a time, you'll develop a command-line utility, then use Xcode tools to evolve it into a full-fledged Cocoa application. Anderson provides expert guidance on development frameworks, source code management, Core Data modeling, localization, and much more. Coverage includesUnderstanding Xcode workflow and the Mac OS X application lifecyclePorting established legacy projects into XcodeUsing the Model-View-Controller design pattern to build robust graphical applicationsBuilding static libraries and working with Xcode's build systemMaking the most of bundles and package directoriesCreating applications compatible with older versions of Mac OS X Creating universal binaries to run on both Intel and PowerPC MacintoshesAdding Spotlight searchability to data filesLeveraging Xcode's built-in support for unit testingUsing Xcode on makefile-based UNIX development projects "Step Into Xcode"'s breadth, depth, and practical focus make it indispensable to every Mac developer: current Xcode users upgrading to Xcode 2.1, experienced Mac programmers migrating from CodeWarrior, UNIX/Linux programmers moving to Mac OS X, and even novices writing their first programs or scripts.