iOS 7 Programming Fundamentals by Neuburg, Matt -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

iOS 7 Programming Fundamentals Preface

Versions Acknowledgments From the Programming iOS 4 Preface Conventions Used in This Book Using Code Examples Safari® Books Online How to Contact Us

I. Language

1. Just Enough C

Compilation, Statements, and Comments Variable Declaration, Initialization, and Data Types Structs Pointers Arrays Operators Flow Control and Conditions Functions Pointer Parameters and the Address Operator Files The Standard Library More Preprocessor Directives Data Type Qualifiers

2. Object-Based Programming

Objects Messages and Methods Classes and Instances Class Methods Instance Variables The Object-Based Philosophy

3. Objective-C Objects and Messages

An Object Reference Is a Pointer

Instance References, Initialization, and nil Instance References and Assignment Instance References and Memory Management

Methods and Messages

Calling a Method Declaring a Method Nesting Method Calls No Overloading Parameter Lists

When Message Sending Goes Wrong

Messages to nil Unrecognized Selectors

Typecasting and the id Type Messages as Data Type C Functions CFTypeRefs Blocks

4. Objective-C Classes

Subclass and Superclass Interface and Implementation Header File and Implementation File Class Methods The Secret Life of Classes

5. Objective-C Instances

How Instances Are Created

Ready-Made Instances Instantiation from Scratch

Initialization The designated initializer

Nib-Based Instantiation

Polymorphism The Keyword self The Keyword super Instance Variables and Accessors Key–Value Coding Properties How to Write an Initializer Referring to Instances

II. IDE

6. Anatomy of an Xcode Project

New Project The Project Window

The Navigator Pane The Utilities Pane The Editor

The Project File and Its Dependents The Target

Build Phases Build Settings Configurations Schemes and Destinations Renaming Parts of a Project

From Project to Running App

Build Settings Property List Settings Nib Files Additional Resources Code and the App Launch Process Frameworks and SDKs

7. Nib Management

A Tour of the Nib Editor Interface

The Document Outline Canvas Inspectors and Libraries

Nib Loading Outlets and the Nib Owner

Creating an Outlet Misconfiguring an Outlet Deleting an Outlet More Ways to Create Outlets Outlet Collections

Action Connections Additional Initialization of Nib-Based Instances

8. Documentation

The Documentation Window Class Documentation Pages Sample Code Other Resources

Quick Help Symbols Header Files Internet Resources

9. Life Cycle of a Project

Device Architecture and Conditional Code Version Control Editing Your Code

Autocompletion Snippets Fix-it and Live Syntax Checking

Navigating Your Code Running in the Simulator Debugging

Caveman Debugging The Xcode Debugger

Unit Testing Static Analyzer Clean Running on a Device

Obtaining a Certificate Obtaining a Development Provisioning Profile Running the App Profile and Device Management

Gauges and Instruments Localization Archiving and Distribution Ad Hoc Distribution Final App Preparations

Icons in the App Other Icons Launch Images Screenshots Property List Settings

Submission to the App Store

III. Cocoa

10. Cocoa Classes

Subclassing Categories

Splitting a Class Class Extensions

Protocols

Informal Protocols Optional Methods

Some Foundation Classes

Useful Structs and Constants NSString and Friends NSDate and Friends NSNumber NSValue NSData Equality and Comparison NSIndexSet NSArray and NSMutableArray NSSet and Friends NSDictionary and NSMutableDictionary NSNull Immutable and Mutable Property Lists

The Secret Life of NSObject

11. Cocoa Events

Reasons for Events Subclassing Notifications

Receiving a Notification Unregistering Posting a Notification NSTimer

Delegation

Cocoa Delegation Implementing Delegation

Data Sources Actions The Responder Chain

Deferring Responsibility Nil-Targeted Actions

Swamped by Events Delayed Performance

12. Accessors and Memory Management

Accessors Key–Value Coding

KVC and Outlets Key Paths Array Accessors

Memory Management

Principles of Cocoa Memory Management The Rules of Cocoa Manual Memory Management What ARC Is and What It Does How Cocoa Objects Manage Memory Autorelease Memory Management of Instance Variables (Non-ARC) Memory Management of Instance Variables (ARC) Retain Cycles and Weak References Unusual Memory Management Situations Nib Loading and Memory Management Memory Management of Global Variables Memory Management of CFTypeRefs Memory Management of Pointer-to-Void Context Info

Properties

Property Memory Management Policies Property Declaration Syntax Property Accessor Synthesis Dynamic Accessors

13. Communication Between Objects

Visibility by Instantiation Visibility by Relationship Global Visibility Notifications Key–Value Observing Model–View–Controller

Index About the Author Colophon Copyright

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