Table of Contents

Preface;
Audience;
Organization of This Book;
Additional Resources;
Conventions Used in This Book;
Using Code Examples;
Safari® Books Online;
How to Contact Us;
Acknowledgments;
Chapter 1: Implementing Controllers and Views;
1.1 Introduction;
1.2 Displaying Alerts with UIAlertView;
1.3 Creating and Using Switches with UISwitch;
1.4 Customizing the UISwitch;
1.5 Picking Values with the UIPickerView;
1.6 Picking the Date and Time with UIDatePicker;
1.7 Implementing Range Pickers with UISlider;
1.8 Customizing the UISlider;
1.9 Grouping Compact Options with UISegmentedControl;
1.10 Presenting and Managing Views with UIViewController;
1.11 Presenting Sharing Options with UIActivityViewController;
1.12 Presenting Custom Sharing Options with UIActivityViewController;
1.13 Implementing Navigation with UINavigationController;
1.14 Manipulating a Navigation Controller’s Array of View Controllers;
1.15 Displaying an Image on a Navigation Bar;
1.16 Adding Buttons to Navigation Bars Using UIBarButtonItem;
1.17 Presenting Multiple View Controllers with UITabBarController;
1.18 Displaying Static Text with UILabel;
1.19 Customizing the UILabel;
1.20 Accepting User Text Input with UITextField;
1.21 Displaying Long Lines of Text with UITextView;
1.22 Adding Buttons to the User Interface with UIButton;
1.23 Displaying Images with UIImageView;
1.24 Creating Scrollable Content with UIScrollView;
1.25 Loading Web Pages with UIWebView;
1.26 Displaying Progress with UIProgressView;
1.27 Constructing and Displaying Styled Texts;
1.28 Presenting Master-Detail Views with UISplitViewController;
1.29 Enabling Paging with UIPageViewController;
1.30 Displaying Popovers with UIPopoverController;
Chapter 2: Creating Dynamic and Interactive User Interfaces;
2.1 Introduction;
2.2 Adding Gravity to Your UI Components;
2.3 Detecting and Reacting to Collisions Between UI Components;
2.4 Animating Your UI Components with a Push;
2.5 Attaching Multiple Dynamic Items to Each Other;
2.6 Adding a Dynamic Snap Effect to Your UI Components;
2.7 Assigning Characteristics to Your Dynamic Effects;
Chapter 3: Auto Layout and the Visual Format Language;
3.1 Introduction;
3.2 Placing UI Components in the Center of the Screen;
3.3 Defining Horizontal and Vertical Constraints with the Visual Format Language;
3.4 Utilizing Cross View Constraints;
3.5 Configuring Auto Layout Constraints in Interface Builder;
Chapter 4: Constructing and Using Table Views;
4.1 Introduction;
4.2 Populating a Table View with Data;
4.3 Using Different Types of Accessories in a Table View Cell;
4.4 Creating Custom Table View Cell Accessories;
4.5 Enabling Swipe Deletion of Table View Cells;
4.6 Constructing Headers and Footers in Table Views;
4.7 Displaying Context Menus on Table View Cells;
4.8 Moving Cells and Sections in Table Views;
4.9 Deleting Cells and Sections from Table Views;
4.10 Utilizing the UITableViewController for Easy Creation of Table Views;
4.11 Displaying a Refresh Control for Table Views;
Chapter 5: Building Complex Layouts with Collection Views;
5.1 Introduction;
5.2 Constructing Collection Views;
5.3 Assigning a Data Source to a Collection View;
5.4 Providing a Flow Layout to a Collection View;
5.5 Providing Basic Content to a Collection View;
5.6 Feeding Custom Cells to Collection Views Using .xib Files;
5.7 Handling Events in Collection Views;
5.8 Providing a Header and a Footer in a Flow Layout;
5.9 Adding Custom Interactions to Collection Views;
5.10 Providing Contextual Menus on Collection View Cells;
Chapter 6: Storyboards;
6.1 Introduction;
6.2 Adding a Navigation Controller to a Storyboard;
6.3 Passing Data from One Screen to Another;
6.4 Adding a Tab Bar Controller to a Storyboard;
6.5 Introducing Custom Segue Transitions to Your Storyboard;
6.6 Placing Images and Other UI Components on Storyboards;
Chapter 7: Concurrency;
7.1 Introduction;
7.2 Constructing Block Objects;
7.3 Accessing Variables in Block Objects;
7.4 Invoking Block Objects;
7.5 Performing UI-Related Tasks with GCD;
7.6 Executing Non-UI Related Tasks Synchronously with GCD;
7.7 Executing Non-UI Related Tasks Asynchronously with GCD;
7.8 Performing Tasks after a Delay with GCD;
7.9 Performing a Task Only Once with GCD;
7.10 Grouping Tasks Together with GCD;
7.11 Constructing Your Own Dispatch Queues with GCD;
7.12 Running Tasks Synchronously with Operations;
7.13 Running Tasks Asynchronously with Operations;
7.14 Creating Dependency Between Operations;
7.15 Creating Timers;
7.16 Creating Concurrency with Threads;
7.17 Invoking Background Methods;
7.18 Exiting Threads and Timers;
Chapter 8: Security;
8.1 Introduction;
8.2 Enabling Security and Protection for Your Apps;
8.3 Storing Values in the Keychain;
8.4 Finding Values in the Keychain;
8.5 Updating Existing Values in the Keychain;
8.6 Deleting Exiting Values in the Keychain;
8.7 Sharing Keychain Data Between Multiple Apps;
8.8 Writing to and Reading Keychain Data from iCloud;
8.9 Storing Files Securely in the App Sandbox;
8.10 Securing Your User Interface;
Chapter 9: Core Location and Maps;
9.1 Introduction;
9.2 Creating a Map View;
9.3 Handling the Events of a Map View;
9.4 Pinpointing the Location of a Device;
9.5 Displaying Pins on a Map View;
9.6 Displaying Pins with Different Colors on a Map View;
9.7 Displaying Custom Pins on a Map View;
9.8 Converting Meaningful Addresses to Longitude and Latitude;
9.9 Converting Longitude and Latitude to a Meaningful Address;
9.10 Searching on a Map View;
9.11 Displaying Directions on the Map;
Chapter 10: Implementing Gesture Recognizers;
10.1 Introduction;
10.2 Detecting Swipe Gestures;
10.3 Detecting Rotation Gestures;
10.4 Detecting Panning and Dragging Gestures;
10.5 Detecting Long-Press Gestures;
10.6 Detecting Tap Gestures;
10.7 Detecting Pinch Gestures;
Chapter 11: Networking, JSON, XML, and Sharing;
11.1 Introduction;
11.2 Downloading Asynchronously with NSURLConnection;
11.3 Handling Timeouts in Asynchronous Connections;
11.4 Downloading Synchronously with NSURLConnection;
11.5 Modifying a URL Request with NSMutableURLRequest;
11.6 Sending HTTP GET Requests with NSURLConnection;
11.7 Sending HTTP POST Requests with NSURLConnection;
11.8 Sending HTTP DELETE Requests with NSURLConnection;
11.9 Sending HTTP PUT Requests with NSURLConnection;
11.10 Serializing Arrays and Dictionaries into JSON;
11.11 Deserializing JSON into Arrays and Dictionaries;
11.12 Integrating Social Sharing into Your Apps;
11.13 Parsing XML with NSXMLParser;
Chapter 12: Audio and Video;
12.1 Introduction;
12.2 Playing Audio Files;
12.3 Handling Interruptions While Playing Audio;
12.4 Recording Audio;
12.5 Handling Interruptions While Recording Audio;
12.6 Playing Audio over Other Active Sounds;
12.7 Playing Video Files;
12.8 Capturing Thumbnails from Video Files;
12.9 Accessing the Music Library;
Chapter 13: Address Book;
13.1 Introduction;
13.2 Requesting Access to the Address Book;
13.3 Retrieving a Reference to an Address Book;
13.4 Retrieving All the People in the Address Book;
13.5 Retrieving Properties of Address Book Entries;
13.6 Inserting a Person Entry into the Address Book;
13.7 Inserting a Group Entry into the Address Book;
13.8 Adding Persons to Groups;
13.9 Searching the Address Book;
13.10 Retrieving and Setting a Person's Address Book Image;
Chapter 14: Files and Folder Management;
14.1 Introduction;
14.2 Finding the Paths of the Most Useful Folders on Disk;
14.3 Writing to and Reading from Files;
14.4 Creating Folders on Disk;
14.5 Enumerating Files and Folders;
14.6 Deleting Files and Folders;
14.7 Saving Objects to Files;
Chapter 15: Camera and the Photo Library;
15.1 Introduction;
15.2 Detecting and Probing the Camera;
15.3 Taking Photos with the Camera;
15.4 Taking Videos with the Camera;
15.5 Storing Photos in the Photo Library;
15.6 Storing Videos in the Photo Library;
15.7 Retrieving Photos and Videos from the Photo Library;
15.8 Retrieving Assets from the Assets Library;
15.9 Editing Videos on an iOS Device;
Chapter 16: Multitasking;
16.1 Introduction;
16.2 Detecting the Availability of Multitasking;
16.3 Completing a Long-Running Task in the Background;
16.4 Adding Background Fetch Capabilities to Your Apps;
16.5 Playing Audio in the Background;
16.6 Handling Location Changes in the Background;
16.7 Saving and Loading the State of Multitasking Apps;
16.8 Handling Network Connections in the Background;
16.9 Opting Out of Multitasking;
Chapter 17: Notifications;
17.1 Introduction;
17.2 Sending Notifications;
17.3 Listening for and Reacting to Notifications;
17.4 Listening and Reacting to Keyboard Notifications;
17.5 Scheduling Local Notifications;
17.6 Listening for and Reacting to Local Notifications;
17.7 Handling Local System Notifications;
17.8 Setting Up Your App for Push Notifications;
17.9 Delivering Push Notifications to Your App;
17.10 Reacting to Push Notifications;
Chapter 18: Core Data;
18.1 Introduction;
18.2 Creating a Core Data Model with Xcode;
18.3 Generating Class Files for Core Data Entities;
18.4 Creating and Saving Data Using Core Data;
18.5 Reading Data from Core Data;
18.6 Deleting Data from Core Data;
18.7 Sorting Data in Core Data;
18.8 Boosting Data Access in Table Views;
18.9 Implementing Relationships in Core Data;
18.10 Fetching Data in the Background;
18.11 Using Custom Data Types in Your Core Data Model;
Chapter 19: Dates, Calendars, and Events;
19.1 Introduction;
19.2 Requesting Permission to Access Calendars;
19.3 Retrieving Calendar Groups on an iOS Device;
19.4 Adding Events to Calendars;
19.5 Accessing the Contents of Calendars;
19.6 Removing Events from Calendars;
19.7 Adding Recurring Events to Calendars;
19.8 Retrieving the Attendees of an Event;
19.9 Adding Alarms to Calendars;
19.10 Handling Event Changed Notifications;
19.11 Presenting Event View Controllers;
19.12 Presenting Event Edit View Controllers;
Chapter 20: Graphics and Animations;
20.1 Introduction;
20.2 Enumerating and Loading Fonts;
20.3 Drawing Text;
20.4 Constructing, Setting, and Using Colors;
20.5 Drawing Images;
20.6 Constructing Resizable Images;
20.7 Drawing Lines;
20.8 Constructing Paths;
20.9 Drawing Rectangles;
20.10 Adding Shadows to Shapes;
20.11 Drawing Gradients;
20.12 Moving Shapes Drawn on Graphic Contexts;
20.13 Scaling Shapes Drawn on Graphic Contexts;
20.14 Rotating Shapes Drawn on Graphic Contexts;
20.15 Animating and Moving Views;
20.16 Animating and Scaling Views;
20.17 Animating and Rotating Views;
20.18 Capturing a Screenshot of Your View into an Image;
Chapter 21: Core Motion;
21.1 Introduction;
21.2 Detecting the Availability of an Accelerometer;
21.3 Detecting the Availability of a Gyroscope;
21.4 Retrieving Accelerometer Data;
21.5 Detecting Shakes on an iOS Device;
21.6 Retrieving Gyroscope Data;
Chapter 22: iCloud;
22.1 Introduction;
22.2 Setting Up Your App for iCloud;
22.3 Storing and Synchronizing Dictionaries in iCloud;
22.4 Creating and Managing Folders for Apps in iCloud;
22.5 Searching for Files and Folders in iCloud;
22.6 Storing User Documents in iCloud;
22.7 Managing the State of Documents in iCloud;
Chapter 23: Pass Kit;
23.1 Introduction;
23.2 Creating Pass Kit Certificates;
23.3 Creating Pass Files;
23.4 Providing Icons and Images for Passes;
23.5 Preparing Your Passes for Digital Signature;
23.6 Signing Passes Digitally;
23.7 Distributing Passes Using Email;
23.8 Distributing Passes Using Web Services;
23.9 Enabling Your iOS Apps to Access Passes on iOS Devices;
23.10 Interacting with Passbook Programmatically;
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