Beginner level: Modules 1 to 18. Advanced level: Quick review of modules 1 to 18, then following to module A Simple ios Application

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1 FROM 1st TO 4th OF FEBRUARY 2012 contents of the app s creation training track Beginner level: Modules 1 to 18. Advanced level: Quick review of modules 1 to 18, then following to module A Simple ios Application Creating an Xcode Project Building Interfaces Model-View-Controller Declarations Declaring instance variables Declaring methods Making Connections Setting pointers Setting targets and actions Summary of connections Implementing Methods Build and Run on the Simulator Deploying an Application Application Icons Launch Images

2 2- Objective-C Objects Using Instances Creating objects Sending messages Destroying objects Beginning RandomPossessions NSString NSArray and NSMutableArray Subclassing an Objective-C Class Instance variables Accessor methods Instance methods Initializers Other initializers and the initializer chain Using Initializers Class methods Testing your subclass Exceptions and the Console Window Fast Enumeration Introduction to Challenges Easy Challenge: Bug Finding Medium Challenge: Another initializer Hard Challenge: Another class Class Names 3- Managing Memory with ARC The Stack The Heap Pointer Variables ARC and Object Lifetime Object Ownership Strong and Weak References Properties Copying Dot Syntax Autorelease Pool and ARC History

3 4- Delegation and Core Location Projects, targets, and frameworks Core Location Receiving updates from CLLocationManager Delegation Protocols Delegation, controllers, and memory management Using the Debugger Using Breakpoints Diagnosing Crashes and Exceptions Challenge: Heading For the More Curious: Build Phases, Compiler Errors, and Linker Errors Preprocessing Compiling Linking 5- MapKit and Text Input Object Diagrams MapKit Framework Interface Properties Being a MapView Delegate Using the documentation Your own MKAnnotation Tagging locations Putting the pieces together Annotation Extras

4 6- Subclassing UIView and UIScrollView Creating a Custom View The View Hierarchy The drawrect: Method Core Graphics UIKit Drawing Additions Redrawing Views Motion Events Using UIScrollView Paging Zooming Hiding the Status Bar Colors Shapes Another view and Curves 7- View Controllers UIViewController Subclassing UIViewController Another UIViewController UITabBarController View Controller Lifecycle UIViewController and Lazy Loading View Controller Subclasses and Templates Another Tab Controller Logic For the More Curious: The main function and UIApplication For the More Curious: Retina Display

5 8- Notification and Rotation Notification Center UIDevice Notifications Autorotation Setting autoresizing masks programmatically and bitwise operations Forcing Landscape Mode Proximity Notifications Overriding Autorotation 9- UITableView and UITableViewController Beginning the Homepwner Application UITableViewController Subclassing UITableViewController UITableView s Data Source BNRItemStore: a singleton Implementing data source methods UITableViewCells Creating and retrieving UITableViewCells Reusing UITableViewCells Code Snippet Library Sections Constant Rows Customizing the Table 10- Editing UITableView Editing Mode Adding Rows Deleting Rows Moving Rows

6 11- UINavigationController UINavigationController An Additional UIViewController Navigating with UINavigationController Pushing view controllers Passing data between view controllers Appearing and disappearing views UINavigationBar Number Pad 12- Camera Displaying Images and UIImageView Taking pictures and UIImagePickerController BNRImageStore Creating and using keys Wrapping up BNRImageStore Dismissing the keyboard Challenge: Removing an Image Recording Video 13- UIPopoverController and Modal View Controllers Universalizing Homepwner UIPopoverController Modal View Controllers Dismissing modal view controllers Modal view controller styles Completion Blocks Modal view controller transitions View Controller Relationships

7 14- Saving, Loading, and Multitasking Application Sandbox Constructing a file path Archiving Archiving objects Unarchiving objects Application States, Transitions, and Multitasking Writing to filesystem with NSData More on Low-Memory Warnings Model-View-Controller-Store Design Pattern Challenge: Archiving Whereami Application State Transitions Reading and Writing to the filesystem The Application Bundle 15- Subclassing UITableViewCell Creating HomepwnerItemCell Configuring a UITableViewCell subclass s interface Exposing the Properties of HomepwnerItemCell Using HomepwnerItemCell Image Manipulation 16- Core Data Object-Relational Mapping Moving Homepwner to Core Data The model file NSManagedObject and subclasses Updating BNRItemStore Adding BNRAssetTypes to Homepwner More About SQL Trade-offs of Persistence Mechanisms New Asset Types Assets on the ipad

8 17- Localization Internationalization using NSLocale Localizing Resources NSLocalizedString and Strings Tables Another Localization NSBundle s Role in Internationalization 18- Settings Updating Whereami NSUserDefaults The Settings Application 19-Touch Events and UIResponder Touch Events Creating the TouchTracker Application Drawing with TouchDrawView Turning Touches into Lines The Responder Chain Saving and Loading Circles UIControl 20- Core Animation Layer Layers and views Creating a CALayer Layer Content Implicitly Animatable Properties Programmatically Generating Content Layers, Bitmaps, and Contexts Dynamic Layer Content

9 21- Controlling Animation with CAAnimation Animation Objects Spinning with CABasicAnimation Timing functions Animation completion Bouncing with a CAKeyframeAnimation More Animation The Presentation Layer and the Model Layer 22- Blocks and Categories Colorizing TouchDrawView Blocks Blocks as variables Capturing variables Using blocks with other built-in methods Keeping code compact with blocks Categories Memory Management and Blocks Pros and Cons of Callback Options 23- Web Services and UIWebView Web Services Starting the Nerdfeed application Fetching data from a URL Working with NSURLConnection Parsing XML A quick tip on logging UIWebView NSXMLParser The Request Body Credentials More Data More UIWebView

10 24- UISplitViewController Splitting Up Nerdfeed Master-Detail Communication Displaying the Master View Controller in Portrait Mode Universalizing Nerdfeed 25- Media Playback and Background Execution Creating the MediaPlayer Application System Sounds Registering system sounds Playing system sounds Compressed Audio Files Playing Movie Files MPMoviePlayerViewController Preloading video Background Processes Guidelines for background execution Other forms of background execution Low-level APIs Challenge: Audio Recording 26 Bonjour and Web Servers Bonjour Creating CocoaServer Publishing a Bonjour service Browsing for services via Bonjour HTTP Communication Writing a web server in Objective-C Getting address data from the server Byte ordering Making service requests Receiving service requests Really cool!! TXTRecords

11 26- Push Notifications and Networking Preparing Client for Push Notifications Registering for notifications Provisioning for push notifications Delivering a Push Notification Getting the token to the provider Sending Push Notifications Connecting to Apple s server with NSStream Additional Client-side Notification Handling Sounds and badges Accessing data in notifications The Production Server and Moving Forward