iOS 4 Programming Cookbook: Solutions and Examples for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch Apps at Dominant Systems Book Store

You can build a variety of amazing apps on the iOS platform—and every one of them presents a unique set of problems. With the recipes in this cookbook, you'll go beyond theory to solve the vexing, real-life issues you’re likely to face when creating apps for the iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. Each recipe provides a clear solution and sample code that you can use right away.

You'll find solutions for working with development frameworks in iOS SDK 4 and technologies such as Cocoa, Objective-C, Xcode, and Interface Builder. Whether you have a little or a lot of experience with iOS development, you’ll find the help you need for every phase of the process, from initial idea to completed project.

Work with Objective-C classes, objects, properties, delegates, and memory management
Construct a user interface with gesture recognizers
Develop location-aware applications with the Map Kit and Core Location APIs
Build apps that play audio and video, manage calendars and events, access contacts and groups, or tap into the Photo Library
Use the Core Motion framework to access the accelerometer and gyroscope
Maintain persistent storage for iOS apps with the Core Data framework
Create multitasking-aware apps that let users leave and return without losing their place

Customer Reviews & Comments
Disclosure: I'm an O'Reilly Author and developer of the Great iPhone Development Video series. That being said, I'm not one for pulling punches when I see issues with with people's code (ask anyone I've ever code reviewed :). This is the book I wish I'd had when I started developing for the iPhone. I started writing apps about two weeks after the infamous Apple Developer NDA was lifted and information started trickling out onto the Internet. If I'd have had a book like the iOS Cookbook I could have saved myself many hours of painful trial and error while learning Objective C and what is now the iOS API. This is not really a book for a beginning iOS programmer. It's a book for someone who's done a couple of simple apps and has the basic idiom down. If you're looking to learn Objective-C or the mechanics of writing an iPhone app, this book will not help you. But if you can already write a functional app, the code snippets in this book will trim lots of time off of your learning curve when it comes to implementing more sophisticated features like Core Data, gestures, etc. There are a few areas where the examples could be clearer, and it's clearly impossible to cover some of the more sophisticated functions of areas like Core Data in 620 pages. But overall this is an excellent REFERENCE for new and experienced app developers alike, and I'd recommend adding it to your library.

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