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iPhone SDK Application Development: Building Applications for the AppStore |  | Author: Jonathan Zdziarski
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Category: Book
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Edition: 1
Pages: 400
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7 x 0.9
ISBN: 0596154054
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.1
EAN: 9780596154059
ASIN: 0596154054
Publication Date: January 19, 2009
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Product Description
This practical book offers the knowledge and code you need to create cutting-edge mobile applications and games for the iPhone and iPod Touch, using Apple's iPhone SDK. iPhone SDK Application Development introduces you to this development paradigm and the Objective-C language it uses with numerous examples, and also walks you through the many SDK frameworks necessary for designing full-featured applications.
This book will help you: - Design user interface elements with Interface Builder and the UI Kit framework
- Create application controls, such as windows and navigation bars
- Build and manage layers and transformations using Core Graphics and Quartz Core
- Mix and play sound files using AVFoundation, and record and play back digital sound streams using Audio Toolbox
- Handle network programming with the CFNetwork framework
- Use the Core Location framework to interact with the iPhone's GPS
- Add movie players to your application
iPhone SDK Application Development will benefit experienced developers and those just starting out on the iPhone. Important development concepts are explained thoroughly, and enough advanced examples are provided to make this book a great reference once you become an expert.
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 Good resource for developing without Interface Builder September 2, 2010
Trevis Rothwell (United States)
A client needed an iPhone application written such that it made no use of Interface Builder. Perhaps an unusual requirement, but c'est la vie, and I wasn't sure where to get started. Most iPhone books and tutorials I had seen up to this point assumed you were using Interface Builder.
I can't speak to the alleged errors pointed out by other reviewers, as I have not read this book carefully, but it proved to be a great resource for showing me what I needed to do to write an IB-less iPhone program. At this, at least, the book excels.
 good for advanced users November 11, 2009
K. Addaquay (New York)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
i am surprised by some of the reviews this book is getting. personally..i think is WONDERFUL book...BUT not for beginners. i think if you already have a handle on things, this book can REALLY push your understanding to another limit. if you want to be held by the hand..step by step then please dont get this book, i totally understand where the other reviewers are coming from( YOU DONT BUILD APPS WITH INTERFACE BUILDING IN THIS BOOK ... everything is from scratch 100% code ). ...this book is a MIRACLE.
 objective not subjective September 9, 2009
J. Rawlings (Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Whats with all the complaining about how the api's and device capabilites SHOULD be??? who cares, keep your opinions to forums and blogs, no one wants to read about this who is starting out. Leaves a bad taste in your mouth as soon as you start reading.. asked myself the question, why is this guy even writing about the topic if he's so annoyed with the constraints?! Forget it, too frustrating to make any constructive progress.
 Easily the WORST iPhone programming book out there September 5, 2009
Biff (NY, USA)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have all the iPhone programming books - Apress, PragProg, Hillegas, et al. This is easily the worst of all of them. This is the only iPhone book I wish I hadn't spent money on. Other reviewers have already commented on the disjointed writing and confusing approach this book exhibits so I won't rehash more of the same. The most disappointing thing for me is that O'Reilly used to be my #1 choice for technical books. Never again.
Excellent professional document August 11, 2009
Rice-a-roni - The San Francisco Treat (San Francisco, CA)
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
I program for a living and this book lives up to the typical O'Reilly high-quality level. I just reached the end of an all nighter, struggling with a problem that this book solved for me in 3 minutes. A reader looking for a "coloring book" style, step by step, how-to book will be disappointed. Serious professionals looking for serious professional guidance will be glad they bought this book. Good work and thanks.
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