by Turrall | Publisher: Peachpit Press | Release Date: January 2013 | ISBN: 9780132868860

This focused workshop provides 4 hours of high-quality video training on advanced iPhone and iOS 5 App development presented by expert iOS developer Robert Turrall. Robert will guide you through the more advanced iOS Application Development topics including multithreading and performance issues, adding Twitter Integration to Applications. Other recent additions to the CocoaTouch Framework for iOS5 will also be covered. Starting with a short overview of each of the areas to be covered, the video will take you through the process of creating targeted applications aimed at illustrating the use of each of the Frameworks covered – giving you a solid grounding in the subject matter and finished application code examples that can be reused in their own projects. The exceptional quality video tutorials, come complete with lesson files.

1. Introduction
   • Course Overview 00:05:41
   • iOS Frameworks Overview and iOS 5 Additions 00:11:34
   • Custom User Locations in the iOS Simulator 00:04:29
2. Using Blocks
   • Blocks Overview 00:04:46
   • Building with Blocks 00:08:01
   • Assets Library Example 00:08:25
3. Threads and Performance
   • Threads Overview 00:09:46
   • Simple Multithreading: Free the UI 00:10:20
   • Improving App Performance 00:13:44
   • Automatic Reference Counting -New in iOS 5 00:08:02
   • ARC: Converting Existing Projects 00:05:14
4. Storyboards -New in iOS 5
   • Storyboards Overview 00:05:13
   • Storyboards: Not Just for TableViews 00:17:39
   • Storyboards: Converting Existing Projects 00:20:02
5. Customizing the UI -New in iOS 5
   • UIKit and UIAppearance Overview 00:04:59
   • Basic UI Customization 00:05:28
   • Customizing Controls 00:07:39
   • Producing Custom Text Effects with Core Text 00:06:37
6. Enhancing Your Apps with In-App Audio
   • Audio Frameworks Overview 00:11:32
   • Adding a Background Soundtrack 00:07:16
   • Adding Sound Effects 00:06:24
   • Using Background Music from the User's Library 00:10:23
7. Twitter Integration -New in iOS 5
   • Twitter Integration Overview 00:04:16
   • Sending a Tweet 00:08:15
   • Retrieving Tweets: The Public Timeline 00:06:10
8. iCloud Integration -New in iOS 5
   • iCloud Overview 00:06:14
   • Storing App Settings in the iCloud 00:08:36
   • Document Storage/Syncing with iCloud 00:09:05