More iPhone Development with Objective-C

If you are looking to extend your iOS programming skills beyond the basics then More iPhone Development with Objective-C is for you. Authors Dave Mark, Jayant Varma, Jeff LaMarche, Alex Horovitz, and Kevin Kim explain concepts as only they canwith code snippets you can customize and use, as you like, in your own apps.

More iPhone Development with Objective-C is an independent companion to Beginning iPhone Development with Objective-C. That is, it is a perfect second book, but it is also a great book for those looking to improve their skills who have already programmed for iOS. In particular it includes a series of chapters devoted to Core Data, the standard for Apple persistence. The authors carefully step through each Core Data concept and show techniques and tips specifically for writing larger appsoffering a breadth of coverage you won't find anywhere else.

More iPhone Development with Objective-C covers a variety of other topics, including Multipeer Connectivity's relatively simple Bluetooth/WiFi peer-to-peer model, MapKit, and media library access and playback so that your applications can utilize media on your users' computer. You'll also find coverage of Interface Builder, Live Previews and Custom Controls and some advanced techniques for debugging your applications. The book is filled with useful topics that will bring your programs up-to-date with the new functionality built into iOS.

More i. Phone Development with Objective-C continues right where the best-selling Beginning i. Phone Development leaves off, with a series of chapters devoted to Core Data, the standard for Apple persistence. Authors Dave Mark, Jayant Varma, Jeff La. Marche, Alex Horovitz, and Kevin Kim carefully step through each Core Data concept and show techniques and tips specifically for writing larger appsoffering a breadth of coverage you won't find anywhere else.

Autorentext
Kevin Kim is a founder and partner of AppOrchard LLC, a Tipping Point Partners company focused on sustainable iOS development. A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, he was first exposed to the NeXTStep computer (the ancestor of today's iPhone) while a programmer at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center and has been hooked ever since.. His career has spanned finance, government, biotech and technology, include Apple where he managed the Apple Enterprise Services team for the New York metro area. He resides in the Alphabet City section of New York City with his wife and a clowder of rescued cats.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Here We Go Round AgainChapter 2: Core Data, What, Why and HowChapter 3: A Super StartChapter 4: The Devil in the Detail ViewChapter 5: Preparing for Change: Migrations and VersioningChapter 6: Custom Managed ObjectsChapter 7: Relationships, Fetched Properties, and ExpressionsChapter 8: Behind Every iCloudChapter 9: Peer-to-Peer Over Bluetooth Using Multipeer ConnectivityChapter 10: MapKitChapter 11: Messaging: Mail, Social, and iMessageChapter 12: Media Library Access and PlaybackChapter 13: Lights, Camera and ActionChapter 14: Interface Builder and StoryboardsChapter 15: Unit Testing, Debugging, and InstrumentsChapter 16: The Road Goes Ever On