Professional iPhone and iPad Application Development

About this book

Developers have demanded an advanced guide to using the very latest version of the iPhone and iPad SDK to develop applications-and this book answers that call! Packed with over twenty complete standalone applications that are designed to be recreated, rebuilt, and reused by the professional developer, this resource delves into the increasingly popular world of application development and presents step-by-step guidance for creating superior apps for the iPhone and iPad. You'll explore the many developer tools and learn how to use them and you'll also discover how to apply the techniques learned, to real world situations. With coverage of the latest version of the iPhone and iPad SDK and the quantity of standalone applications, this book will serve as a tremendous go-to reference in the future. Coverage includes: - Navigation - Alerts, Action Sheets, and Modal Views - Custom Table Views - The Split View - Touch Events - Notification Processing - Networking Concepts - Multimedia - Application Preferences - Data Storage - The Pasteboard - Unit Testing - Performance Tuning and Optimization - Integrating iAds - Multitasking Professional iPhone and iPad Application Development is the only advanced-level resource you need for creating top-quality applications!

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Gene Backlin

I have always had an irresistible curiosity and the drive to just "tinker". It drove my Mother nuts because I was always taking things apart! Fortunately I happened to be in the right place at the right time and when computers started coming around, it was the perfect outlet for my tinkering. In 1989 I was introduced to the NeXT Computer and it was such an awakening for me, that I wrote Developing NeXTSTEP Applications. The thrill I felt to develop for this computer had to be shared with others. It was, what I thought at the time would be my one and only title. I still have two TurboStations that are fully functional and will be fired up once in a while just for fun. In 2007 I started …