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Learn to develop successful—
and profitable—iPad applications

Explains the various types of iPad applications supported by
the iPhone SDK

•

Discusses the various types of screen orientations and ways to
handle rotations

•

Covers the new Gesture Recognizers available in this release
of the iPhone SDK

•

Covers the new Split View-based Application project type

•

Zeroes in on database storage using SQLite3

•

Examines Web Services, Bluetooth programming, and Bonjour
programming

•

Covers Apple Push Notification Services programming

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Eager to start developing applications for the iPad? Then look no
further than the book in your hands. This comprehensive, hands-on
approach to iPad development walks you through all the necessary
tools and skills required for successful iPad app programming. You’ll
first familiarize yourself with the iPhone® SDK, Xcode®, and Interface
Builder tools, all of which provide a solid foundation for developing
apps. You’ll then explore the features and syntax of the Objective-C®
language, which is essential for creating most iPad apps. Plus, you’ll
discover how to best implement the many features of the iPhone
SDK into your apps so that you can deploy your applications to
the Apple AppStore.

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Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv

⊲⊲ Part IGetting Started
Chapter 1

Getting Started with iPad Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Chapter 2

Write Your First Hello World! Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Chapter 3

Views, Outlets, and Actions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Chapter 4

View Controllers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Chapter 5

Keyboard Inputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Chapter 6

Screen Rotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

⊲⊲ Part II

Displaying and Persisting Data?

Chapter 7

Using the Table View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Chapter 8

Application Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Chapter 9

File Handling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Chapter 10 Database Storage Using SQLite3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

⊲⊲ Part III advanced ipad programming techniques
Chapter 11

Simple Animations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Chapter 12

Recognizing Gestures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

Chapter 13

Accessing the Accelerometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

⊲⊲ Part IV Network Programming techniques
Chapter 14

Web Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

Chapter 15

Bluetooth Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Chapter 16

Bonjour Programming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

Chapter 17

Apple Push Notification Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

Chapter 18

Displaying Maps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Continues

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⊲⊲ Part V Appendices
Appendix A Answers to Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
Appendix B Getting Around in Xcode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495
Appendix C Getting Around in Interface Builder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507
Appendix D Crash Course in Objective-C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545

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Lee

Learn to develop successful—
and profitable—iPad applications

Explains the various types of iPad applications supported by
the iPhone SDK

•

Discusses the various types of screen orientations and ways to
handle rotations

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•

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Examines Web Services, Bluetooth programming, and Bonjour
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Covers Apple Push Notification Services programming

Join our Programmer to
Programmer forums to ask
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