Copyright	6
	Dedication	7
	Credits	8
	About the Author	9
	About the Technical Editor	9
	Acknowledgments	11
	Contents	13
	Foreword	21
	Introduction	23
	Part I: Developing a Professional UI	31
	Chapter 1: Creating a Personal Library	33
	Creating Your Personal Library	34
	Understanding Project Basics	34
	Starting a New Project	35
	Configuring Your Project	36
	Defining Constants	38
	Using the Configuration	38
	Importing the Header File	40
	Registration—Login	41
	Creating Registration Logic	42
	Initializing Data	45
	Initializing Application Defaults	45
	Creating Login Logic	46
	Securing Passwords	48
	Storing the Password in a Keychain	50
	Crash Management	50
	Understanding Crashes	51
	Implementing a Crash Handler	51
	Summary	58
	Chapter 2: Advancing with Tableviews	59
	Understanding the UITableView	59
	datasource and delegate	60
	Scrolling	64
	Building a Chat View Controller	68
	Building a datasource	69
	Building a Chat Data Object	69
	Building a Custom UITableView	72
	Flexible Cell Height	75
	Developing Custom Cells	76
	Creating the Chat User Object	79
	Putting It All Together	80
	Drilling Down with UITableView	86
	Implementing a UISearchBar	96
	Adding an Alphabet Index	102
	Summary	107
	Chapter 3: Advancing with Map Kit	109
	Simulating iOS Device Movement	110
	Why You Need a GPS Simulator	110
	Creating the Simulator	110
	Creating a GPS Route File with Google Maps	114
	Implementing the YDLocationSimulator	117
	Working with Annotations	120
	Creating Custom Annotations	120
	Responding to Annotation Call-Outs	125
	Summary	148
	Chapter 4: Understanding Action Views and Alerts	149
	Asking for User Input	149
	Creating a UIActionSheet with Multiple Options	150
	Presenting the UIActionSheet	155
	Responding to User Input	163
	Processing the User Selection	163
	Extending the UIAlertView	166
	Adding a UITextField to a UIAlertView	166
	Summary	170
	Chapter 5: Internationalization: Building Apps for the World	171
	Localizing Your Application	171
	Setting Up Localization	173
	Localizing Interface Builder Files	174
	Localizing Strings	175
	Localizing Images	178
	Localize the Name of Your Application	180
	Working with Date Formats	181
	What Is a Locale?	181
	Understanding Calendars	185
	Storing Dates in a Generic Way	189
	Working with Numbers	190
	Introducing Number Formatters	190
	Summary	194
	Chapter 6: Using Multimedia	195
	Portable Document Format	195
	Displaying a PDF Document with a UIWebView	196
	Displaying a PDF Document using QuickLook	200
	Creating a Thumbnail from a PDF Document	203
	Creating a PDF Document	207
	Playing and Recording Audio	211
	Introduction to the Frameworks	212
	Playing an Audio File from the Bundle	212
	Playing Audio from Your iTunes Library	217
	Playing Streaming Audio	221
	Recording Audio	223
	Playing and Recording Video	228
	Playing a Video File from the Bundle	229
	Playing a Video from Your iTunes Library	232
	Playing a YouTube Video	235
	Recording Video	237
	Summary	240
	Part II: Networking—Data Processing	241
	Chapter 7: Using Web Services and Parsing	243
	Why Would You Need to Use a Web Service?	243
	Understanding Basic Networking	244
	Understanding Protocols	244
	Understanding Operations	245
	Understanding Response Codes	245
	Introduction to Web Services	246
	Calling an HTTP Service	246
	Requesting a Website	246
	Downloading an Image from an HTTP URL	249
	Requesting a Secure Website Using HTTPS	255
	Using Blocks	258
	Calling a REST Service	262
	Constructing Your Request	262
	Processing the Response	266
	Posting to a RESTful Service	272
	Making SOAP Requests	278
	Preparing Your Request	280
	Passing Values to an Operation	282
	Understanding Secure SOAP Requests	288
	More Parsing	290
	What about Comma-Separated Value Files?	290
	Transforming XML to an NSDictionary	296
	Summary	300
	Chapter 8: Using FTP	301
	Developing an FTP Client	302
	Writing a Simple FTP Client	302
	Downloading a Remote File	307
	Creating a Remote Directory	309
	Listing a Remote Directory	310
	Uploading a File	313
	Reading from an NSStream	314
	Writing to an NSStream	315
	Writing a Complex FTP Client	318
	Working with an FTP Client	327
	Summary	327
	Chapter 9: Implementing Core Data	329
	Introduction to Core Data	329
	Why Should You Use Core Data?	330
	Introducing Managed Object Context	330
	Introducing the Managed Object Model	330
	Introducing Managed Objects	331
	Introducing Persistent Stores	331
	Introducing Fetch Requests	331
	Using Core Data in Your Application	332
	Creating a Managed Object Model	332
	Creating Managed Objects	335
	Creating Persistent Stores	336
	Setting Up Your Appdelegate	337
	Using Core Data in Your Application	339
	Using Managed Objects	339
	Fetching Managed Objects	341
	Using Relationships	346
	Understanding Model Changes	350
	Tuning for Performance	354
	Concurrency with Core Data	361
	Summary	362
	Part III: Integrating Your App	363
	Chapter 10: Notifications	365
	Implementing Local Notifications	366
	Understanding Local Notifications	366
	Creating a Notification	367
	Receiving a Notification	370
	Understanding Push Notifications	371
	Configuring the Developer Portal	373
	Obtaining Certificates	376
	Implementation with Urban Airship	379
	External Notifications	382
	Defining a Custom URL Scheme	382
	Responding to the URL Request	383
	Summary	384
	Chapter 11: Sending E?Mail, SMS, and Dialing a Phone	385
	Sending E?Mail	385
	Composing an E?Mail	386
	Working with Attachments	388
	Sending SMS (Text Message)	389
	Verifying if SMS Is Available	389
	Composing a Text Message	389
	Dialing a Phone Number	390
	Verifying Dialing Capability	390
	Summary	391
	Chapter 12: Understanding the Address Book	393
	Introduction to the Address Book Framework	393
	Accessing the Address Book	394
	Selecting a Contact	394
	Requesting Access Permission	397
	Displaying and Editing a Contact	400
	Creating a Contact	403
	Deleting a Contact	405
	Programmatically Accessing the Address Book	405
	Understanding Address Books	406
	Understanding Records	409
	Understanding Properties	410
	Creating a Contact Programmatically	411
	Deleting a Contact Programmatically	414
	Summary	414
	Chapter 13: Event Programming	415
	Introduction to the Event Kit Framework	415
	Using the EventKitUI Framework	416
	Requesting Access Permission	416
	Accessing a Calendar	418
	Creating and Editing a Calendar Event	420
	Programmatically Accessing the Calendar Database	421
	Creating an Event	422
	Editing an Event	426
	Deleting an Event	427
	Stay Synchronized	427
	Working with Reminders	427
	Creating a Reminder	428
	Editing a Reminder	429
	Deleting a Reminder	429
	Working with Alarms	429
	Summary	431
	Chapter 14: Integrating with Social Media	433
	Introduction to Social Media Integration	433
	Understanding the Accounts Framework	434
	Understanding the Social Framework	438
	Making a Post	439
	Retrieving Tweets	448
	Integrating with Facebook	449
	Creating a Single Sign-In Application	456
	Summary	461
	Part IV: Taking Your Application to Production	463
	Chapter 15: Analyzing Your Application	465
	Performing a Technical Analysis	465
	Application Crashes	466
	Blocking the Main Thread	466
	Memory Leaks	467
	Using Synchronized HTTP Requests	468
	Extensive Bandwidth Usage	468
	Battery Drainage	472
	Bad User Interface	474
	Performing a Commercial Analysis	474
	Introducing Flurry Analytics	475
	Summary	476
	Chapter 16: Monetize Your App	477
	Introduction to Monetizing	477
	Paid Application	478
	Advertising	478
	In-App Purchases	478
	Subscriptions	478
	Lead Generation	479
	Affiliate Sales	479
	Developing In-App Purchases	479
	Introduction to In-App Purchase	479
	Registering Products	480
	Choosing the Product Type	480
	Understanding the In-App Purchase Process	481
	Implementing an In-App Purchase	482
	Monetizing with Advertisements	503
	Introducing the iAd Framework	503
	Implementing the AdMob Network	506
	Summary	509
	Chapter 17: Understanding iTunes Connect	511
	IOS Developer Member Center	512
	Obtaining a Developer Certificate	512
	Managing Devices	516
	Managing Apps	519
	Creating a Development Provisioning Profile	526
	Creating a Distribution Provisioning Profile	529
	Summary	533
	Chapter 18: Building and Distribution	535
	App Store Review	535
	Understanding the Review Guidelines	536
	Understanding the Review Process	536
	Understanding Rejections	539
	Avoiding Common Pitfalls	539
	Building for Ad Hoc Distribution	540
	Building Your Application	540
	Distribute for Testing	542
	Building for App Store Distribution	544
	Summary	551
	Appendix A: Audio Codes	553
	Appendix B: Artwork Dimensions	557
	Device Dimensions	557
	iTunes Connect Artwork Dimensions	559
	Index	561
	Advertisement	578