iPhone/iPad App Developer: Rookie

Prerequisites:

Experience of programming with at least one of the following programming languages:

* Must know C or C++
* Preferably, some notions of Objective-C (although well go through the basics of the language).

Course Description:

Learn to build mobile applications for today's most popular platform: Apple's iPhonem iPadand iPod touch. In this dynamic, five-day workshop, you'll get up to speed on the basics, including the Cocoa programming environment, the Xcode suite of tools, the Objective-C language, and Instruments, a tool to help debug your applications. And then you'll create real iPhone applications.

Objectives:

• Build an iPhone application, compile it, and get it onto a device
• Debug common problems and use the development environment
• Scan iPhone's documentation for pieces you want to use in your application
• Learn where to get more information about iPhone development
• Develop the confidence to take a simple project from start to finish

This course includes the following modules:

The Tools and The User Interface

• Introducing the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad
• The iOS Developer Center, Programme and SDK
• Introducing the Tools
• Creating our first project
• The window, a view and a view controller
• Discussing, designing and prototyping the UI
• Building the Application UI and introducing the components
• Layout and Orientation
• Distinguishing our design for iPhone and iPad
• Branding the Application

Interaction and Navigation

• Introducing Objective C
• Interfaces & Implementations, Controllers & Delegates
• Defining variables and managing memory
• Adding interaction, functionality and navigation
• Working with multiple views and manipulating state
• Web Links and Video in our application
• Maps, GPS and the drawing API
• Extending our interaction
• Testing the Application
• Creating and Using Application Settings
• Testing on the device and profiling with instruments

Loading Data and Content

• Loading XML and JSON Data
• Displaying the data using Lists and TableViews
• Customising the cell renderers and managing reuse
• Saving selections to the device
• Integrating with WebServices for data
• Dynamically loading images and displaying content
• AMF Remoting, valueObjects and strong typing
• Introducing CoreData, our Model?¢‚Äöᮨ∂
• Discussing the concept of MVC, and seeing it in our project

Getting Feedback from the Device and Communicating with Others

• Keeping track of battery and signal level
• Using the model and producing custom visual components
• Gestures, multi-touch and animation
• Sharing with others
• Adding audio and visual notification to our Application
• Integrating the Camera and Microphone into our Application
• Accessing the Phone to dial from within the Application
• Managing the Orientation
• Using the accelerometer for a bit of fun
• Testing the app and debugging problems

Finalising, Profiling, Compiling and Deploying

• Multitasking and memory warnings
• Discussing push notifications and managing them in code
• The Developer Center, certificate requests, certificates and provisioning profiles
• Ad-Hoc deployment to multiple devices
• Tweaking our App until its perfect
• Building the App for submission to the AppStore
• Walk through the submission process