iOS 7 Programming Cookbook by Nahavandipoor, Vandad -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

iOS 7 Programming Cookbook Preface

Audience Organization of This Book Additional Resources Conventions Used in This Book Using Code Examples Safari® Books Online How to Contact Us Acknowledgments

1. Implementing Controllers and Views

1.0. Introduction 1.1. Displaying Alerts with UIAlertView 1.2. Creating and Using Switches with UISwitch 1.3. Customizing the UISwitch 1.4. Picking Values with the UIPickerView 1.5. Picking the Date and Time with UIDatePicker 1.6. Implementing Range Pickers with UISlider 1.7. Customizing the UISlider 1.8. Grouping Compact Options with UISegmentedControl 1.9. Presenting and Managing Views with UIViewController 1.10. Presenting Sharing Options with UIActivityViewController 1.11. Presenting Custom Sharing Options with UIActivityViewController 1.12. Implementing Navigation with UINavigationController 1.13. Manipulating a Navigation Controller’s Array of View Controllers 1.14. Displaying an Image on a Navigation Bar 1.15. Adding Buttons to Navigation Bars Using UIBarButtonItem 1.16. Presenting Multiple View Controllers with UITabBarController 1.17. Displaying Static Text with UILabel 1.18. Customizing the UILabel 1.19. Accepting User Text Input with UITextField 1.20. Displaying Long Lines of Text with UITextView 1.21. Adding Buttons to the User Interface with UIButton 1.22. Displaying Images with UIImageView 1.23. Creating Scrollable Content with UIScrollView 1.24. Loading Web Pages with UIWebView 1.25. Displaying Progress with UIProgressView 1.26. Constructing and Displaying Styled Texts 1.27. Presenting Master-Detail Views with UISplitViewController 1.28. Enabling Paging with UIPageViewController 1.29. Displaying Popovers with UIPopoverController

2. Creating Dynamic and Interactive User Interfaces

2.0. Introduction 2.1. Adding Gravity to Your UI Components 2.2. Detecting and Reacting to Collisions Between UI Components 2.3. Animating Your UI Components with a Push 2.4. Attaching Multiple Dynamic Items to Each Other 2.5. Adding a Dynamic Snap Effect to Your UI Components 2.6. Assigning Characteristics to Your Dynamic Effects

3. Auto Layout and the Visual Format Language

3.0. Introduction 3.1. Placing UI Components in the Center of the Screen 3.2. Defining Horizontal and Vertical Constraints with the Visual Format Language 3.3. Utilizing Cross View Constraints 3.4. Configuring Auto Layout Constraints in Interface Builder

4. Constructing and Using Table Views

4.0. Introduction 4.1. Populating a Table View with Data 4.2. Using Different Types of Accessories in a Table View Cell 4.3. Creating Custom Table View Cell Accessories 4.4. Enabling Swipe Deletion of Table View Cells 4.5. Constructing Headers and Footers in Table Views 4.6. Displaying Context Menus on Table View Cells 4.7. Moving Cells and Sections in Table Views 4.8. Deleting Cells and Sections from Table Views 4.9. Utilizing the UITableViewController for Easy Creation of Table Views 4.10. Displaying a Refresh Control for Table Views

5. Building Complex Layouts with Collection Views

5.0. Introduction 5.1. Constructing Collection Views 5.2. Assigning a Data Source to a Collection View 5.3. Providing a Flow Layout to a Collection View 5.4. Providing Basic Content to a Collection View 5.5. Feeding Custom Cells to Collection Views Using .xib Files 5.6. Handling Events in Collection Views 5.7. Providing a Header and a Footer in a Flow Layout 5.8. Adding Custom Interactions to Collection Views 5.9. Providing Contextual Menus on Collection View Cells

6. Storyboards

6.0. Introduction 6.1. Adding a Navigation Controller to a Storyboard 6.2. Passing Data from One Screen to Another 6.3. Adding a Tab Bar Controller to a Storyboard 6.4. Introducing Custom Segue Transitions to Your Storyboard 6.5. Placing Images and Other UI Components on Storyboards

7. Concurrency

7.0. Introduction 7.1. Constructing Block Objects 7.2. Accessing Variables in Block Objects 7.3. Invoking Block Objects 7.4. Performing UI-Related Tasks with GCD 7.5. Executing Non-UI Related Tasks Synchronously with GCD 7.6. Executing Non-UI Related Tasks Asynchronously with GCD 7.7. Performing Tasks after a Delay with GCD 7.8. Performing a Task Only Once with GCD 7.9. Grouping Tasks Together with GCD 7.10. Constructing Your Own Dispatch Queues with GCD 7.11. Running Tasks Synchronously with Operations 7.12. Running Tasks Asynchronously with Operations 7.13. Creating Dependency Between Operations 7.14. Creating Timers 7.15. Creating Concurrency with Threads 7.16. Invoking Background Methods 7.17. Exiting Threads and Timers

8. Security

8.0. Introduction 8.1. Enabling Security and Protection for Your Apps 8.2. Storing Values in the Keychain 8.3. Finding Values in the Keychain 8.4. Updating Existing Values in the Keychain 8.5. Deleting Exiting Values in the Keychain 8.6. Sharing Keychain Data Between Multiple Apps 8.7. Writing to and Reading Keychain Data from iCloud 8.8. Storing Files Securely in the App Sandbox 8.9. Securing Your User Interface

9. Core Location and Maps

9.0. Introduction 9.1. Creating a Map View 9.2. Handling the Events of a Map View 9.3. Pinpointing the Location of a Device 9.4. Displaying Pins on a Map View 9.5. Displaying Pins with Different Colors on a Map View 9.6. Displaying Custom Pins on a Map View 9.7. Converting Meaningful Addresses to Longitude and Latitude 9.8. Converting Longitude and Latitude to a Meaningful Address 9.9. Searching on a Map View 9.10. Displaying Directions on the Map

10. Implementing Gesture Recognizers

10.0. Introduction 10.1. Detecting Swipe Gestures 10.2. Detecting Rotation Gestures 10.3. Detecting Panning and Dragging Gestures 10.4. Detecting Long-Press Gestures 10.5. Detecting Tap Gestures 10.6. Detecting Pinch Gestures

11. Networking, JSON, XML, and Sharing

11.0. Introduction 11.1. Downloading Asynchronously with NSURLConnection 11.2. Handling Timeouts in Asynchronous Connections 11.3. Downloading Synchronously with NSURLConnection 11.4. Modifying a URL Request with NSMutableURLRequest 11.5. Sending HTTP GET Requests with NSURLConnection 11.6. Sending HTTP POST Requests with NSURLConnection 11.7. Sending HTTP DELETE Requests with NSURLConnection 11.8. Sending HTTP PUT Requests with NSURLConnection 11.9. Serializing Arrays and Dictionaries into JSON 11.10. Deserializing JSON into Arrays and Dictionaries 11.11. Integrating Social Sharing into Your Apps 11.12. Parsing XML with NSXMLParser

12. Audio and Video

12.0. Introduction 12.1. Playing Audio Files 12.2. Handling Interruptions While Playing Audio 12.3. Recording Audio 12.4. Handling Interruptions While Recording Audio 12.5. Playing Audio over Other Active Sounds 12.6. Playing Video Files 12.7. Capturing Thumbnails from Video Files 12.8. Accessing the Music Library

13. Address Book

13.0. Introduction 13.1. Requesting Access to the Address Book 13.2. Retrieving a Reference to an Address Book 13.3. Retrieving All the People in the Address Book 13.4. Retrieving Properties of Address Book Entries 13.5. Inserting a Person Entry into the Address Book 13.6. Inserting a Group Entry into the Address Book 13.7. Adding Persons to Groups 13.8. Searching the Address Book 13.9. Retrieving and Setting a Person’s Address Book Image

14. Files and Folder Management

14.0. Introduction 14.1. Finding the Paths of the Most Useful Folders on Disk 14.2. Writing to and Reading from Files 14.3. Creating Folders on Disk 14.4. Enumerating Files and Folders 14.5. Deleting Files and Folders 14.6. Saving Objects to Files

15. Camera and the Photo Library

15.0. Introduction 15.1. Detecting and Probing the Camera 15.2. Taking Photos with the Camera 15.3. Taking Videos with the Camera 15.4. Storing Photos in the Photo Library 15.5. Storing Videos in the Photo Library 15.6. Retrieving Photos and Videos from the Photo Library 15.7. Retrieving Assets from the Assets Library 15.8. Editing Videos on an iOS Device

16. Multitasking

16.0. Introduction 16.1. Detecting the Availability of Multitasking 16.2. Completing a Long-Running Task in the Background 16.3. Adding Background Fetch Capabilities to Your Apps 16.4. Playing Audio in the Background 16.5. Handling Location Changes in the Background 16.6. Saving and Loading the State of Multitasking Apps 16.7. Handling Network Connections in the Background 16.8. Opting Out of Multitasking

17. Notifications

17.0. Introduction 17.1. Sending Notifications 17.2. Listening for and Reacting to Notifications 17.3. Listening and Reacting to Keyboard Notifications 17.4. Scheduling Local Notifications 17.5. Listening for and Reacting to Local Notifications 17.6. Handling Local System Notifications 17.7. Setting Up Your App for Push Notifications 17.8. Delivering Push Notifications to Your App 17.9. Reacting to Push Notifications

18. Core Data

18.0. Introduction 18.1. Creating a Core Data Model with Xcode 18.2. Generating Class Files for Core Data Entities 18.3. Creating and Saving Data Using Core Data 18.4. Reading Data from Core Data 18.5. Deleting Data from Core Data 18.6. Sorting Data in Core Data 18.7. Boosting Data Access in Table Views 18.8. Implementing Relationships in Core Data 18.9. Fetching Data in the Background 18.10. Using Custom Data Types in Your Core Data Model

19. Dates, Calendars, and Events

19.0. Introduction 19.1. Requesting Permission to Access Calendars 19.2. Retrieving Calendar Groups on an iOS Device 19.3. Adding Events to Calendars 19.4. Accessing the Contents of Calendars 19.5. Removing Events from Calendars 19.6. Adding Recurring Events to Calendars 19.7. Retrieving the Attendees of an Event 19.8. Adding Alarms to Calendars 19.9. Handling Event Changed Notifications 19.10. Presenting Event View Controllers 19.11. Presenting Event Edit View Controllers

20. Graphics and Animations

20.0. Introduction 20.1. Enumerating and Loading Fonts 20.2. Drawing Text 20.3. Constructing, Setting, and Using Colors 20.4. Drawing Images 20.5. Constructing Resizable Images 20.6. Drawing Lines 20.7. Constructing Paths 20.8. Drawing Rectangles 20.9. Adding Shadows to Shapes 20.10. Drawing Gradients 20.11. Moving Shapes Drawn on Graphic Contexts 20.12. Scaling Shapes Drawn on Graphic Contexts 20.13. Rotating Shapes Drawn on Graphic Contexts 20.14. Animating and Moving Views 20.15. Animating and Scaling Views 20.16. Animating and Rotating Views 20.17. Capturing a Screenshot of Your View into an Image

21. Core Motion

21.0. Introduction 21.1. Detecting the Availability of an Accelerometer 21.2. Detecting the Availability of a Gyroscope 21.3. Retrieving Accelerometer Data 21.4. Detecting Shakes on an iOS Device 21.5. Retrieving Gyroscope Data

22. iCloud

22.0. Introduction 22.1. Setting Up Your App for iCloud 22.2. Storing and Synchronizing Dictionaries in iCloud 22.3. Creating and Managing Folders for Apps in iCloud 22.4. Searching for Files and Folders in iCloud 22.5. Storing User Documents in iCloud 22.6. Managing the State of Documents in iCloud

23. Pass Kit

23.0. Introduction 23.1. Creating Pass Kit Certificates 23.2. Creating Pass Files 23.3. Providing Icons and Images for Passes 23.4. Preparing Your Passes for Digital Signature 23.5. Signing Passes Digitally 23.6. Distributing Passes Using Email 23.7. Distributing Passes Using Web Services 23.8. Enabling Your iOS Apps to Access Passes on iOS Devices 23.9. Interacting with Passbook Programmatically

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