Synopsis

iPhone is the world's hottest application market: more than 500,000 developers have downloaded Apple's iPhone software development kit in just one year. Now there's a friendly, accessible guide to iPhone development for every programmer, regardless of experience, completely updated for the new version 4 of the iPhone SDK. In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, Sams Teach Yourself Adobe iPhone Application Development in 24 Hours, 3e will help beginning iPhone and mobile developers gain true mastery, so they can construct virtually any iPhone application. Each lesson builds on everything that's come before, helping you learn all you need to know without ever becoming overwhelmed. Coverage includes:

• preparing for iPhone development; navigating the development environment
• ¿mastering Objective-C and the MVC paradigm; using widgets and webviews
• ¿implementing multiple views; reading and writing data; building user interfaces; generating graphics
• playing media; using maps; networking; using the touch interface
• sensing motion; pushing application updates; debugging
• ¿optimization; distributing software via the App Store¿and more.

By the time you are finished you'll be comfortable enough to write real-world apps that sell.

Biography

John Ray is currently serving as a Senior Business Analyst and Development Team Manager for the Ohio State University Research Foundation. He has written numerous books for Macmillan/Sams/Que, including Using TCP/IP: Special Edition, Teach Yourself Dreamweaver MX in 21 Days, Mac OS X Unleashed, and Macromedia All-In-One. As a Macintosh user since 1984, he strives to ensure that each project presents the Macintosh with the equality and depth it deserves. Even technical titles such as Using TCP/IP contain extensive information on the Macintosh and its applications - and have garnered numerous positive reviews for its straightforward approach.