iPhone Open Application development : programming an exciting mobile platform / by Jonathan Zdziarski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zdziarski, Jonathan A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

iPhone (Smartphone).

Mobile computing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly, 2008.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Certain technologies bring out everyone's hidden geek, and iPhone did the moment it was released. Even though Apple created iPhone as a closed device, tens of thousands of developers bought them with the express purpose of designing and running third-party software. In this clear and concise book, veteran hacker Jonathan Zdziarski -- one of the original hackers of the iPhone -- explains the iPhone's native environment and how you can build software for this device using its Objective-C, C, and C++ development frameworks. iPhone Open Application Development w

Contents:

iPhone Open Application Development; Organization of the Material; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; Safari® Books Online; Legal Disclaimer; We&d Like to Hear from You; Acknowledgments; 1. Breaking Into and Setting Up the iPhone; Downgrading iPhone Software; Downgrading the software; Installing SSH; Installing BSD Subsystem; Additional Resources; 2. Getting Started with Applications; Building the Free Tool Chain; High speed Internet connection; Open source tools; iPhone filesystem; Compiling the Tool Chain; Step 2: Build and install cross-compiler tools

Step 3: Patch the system headersStep 4: Install the Csu; Step 5: Build and install llvm-gcc; Building and Installing Applications; Integrating with XCode; Transitioning to Objective-C; Class and Method Declarations; Interface declaration; Methods; Implementation; Categories; Posing; Further Study; 3. Introduction to UIKit; Windows and Views; Displaying the View; The Most Useless Application Ever; Deriving from UIView; The Second Most Useless Application Ever; Further Study; Text Views; Margins; Text properties; Assigning Content; Displaying the Text View

Example: Displaying iPhone DisclaimersWhat&s Going On; Further Study; Navigation Bars; Buttons and button styles; Navigation bar style; Displaying the Navigation Bar; Intercepting Button Presses; Disabling Buttons; Adding a Segmented Control; Example: Mute Button for the Spouse; What&s Going On; Further Study; Transition Views; Calling a Transition; Example: Page Flipping; What&s Going On; Further Study; Alert Sheets; Alert Sheet Buttons; Displaying the Alert Sheet; Intercepting Button Presses; Dismissing an Alert Sheet; Example: End-of-the-World Button; What&s Going On; Further Study; Tables

Overriding UITable methodsData binding; Labels; Disclosures; Image and text cells; Swipe-to-delete; Item selection; Example: File Browser; What&s Going On; Further Study; Status Bar Manipulation; Orientation; Duration; Fence ID; Animation; Status Bar Size; Status Bar Images; Displaying and removing the status bar image; Application Badges; Removing an Application Badge; Further Study; Application Services; Resuming; Program Termination; Further Study; 4. Event Handling and Graphics Services; CGSize; CGRect; Edge and center detection; Introduction to GSEvent; Event type

Event chording (multiple-finger events)Mouse Events; mouseUp; mouseDragged; mouseEntered, mouseExited, mouseMoved; Gesture Events; gestureEnded; gestureChanged; Status Bar Events; Example: The Icon Shuffle; Further Study; 5. Advanced Graphics Programming with Core Surface and Layer Kit; Screen Surfaces; Displaying the Screen Surface; Writing to the Screen Surface; 16-Bit Pixel Formats; Frame Buffer; Example: Random Snow; What&s Going On; Layer Animation; Available subtypes; Animation speed and timing; Transition flags; Displaying the Layer Transition; Example: Page Flipping with Style

What&s Going On

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780596522209

0596522207

9780596554699

0596554699

OCLC:

609841491