This is Volume 2 of a 2-Volume book.
iOS 5 was one of the biggest upgrades to iOS so far, and has a ton of awesome features that you'll definitely want to start using in your apps. The only problem is, there's not a ton of documentation or sample code on the APIs, so they're often quite hard to learn!
This is where iOS 5 By Tutorials comes in! The goal of the book is to help intermediate and advanced iOS developers get up-to-speed with the APIs introduced in iOS 5 in the quickest and easiest way - via tutorials!
Updated for iOS 6. This new second edition is fully up-to-date with iOS 6 and Xcode 4.5. Although the book focuses on APIs introduced in iOS 5, the chapters have been updated to work on iOS 6, use Modern Objective C syntax, and more.
This book is for intermediate or advanced iOS developers, who already know the basics of iOS development but want to upgrade their skills to iOS 5.
iOS 5 by Tutorials Volume 2 covers the following APIs:
- Twitter Integration: Learn how to use the new built-in Twitter integration support in iOS 5.
- Newsstand: Learn how to make a magazine-style app that is integrated with the new Newsstand app.
- UIPageViewController: Learn how to make your view controllers transition with page curls.
- Turn-Based Gaming: Learn how to make turn-based games easily with the new Game Center API.
- Core Image: Learn how to use the new Core Image framework to apply filters to your app's images.
- View Controller Containment: Learn how to contain view controllers inside others - the right way.
- Working with JSON in iOS 5: Learn how to use the new built-in JSON parsing and writing support.
- UIKit Particle Systems: Learn how to make neat particle effects in UIKit.
- Using the iOS Dictionary: Learn how to integrate the iOS 5 dictionary directly in your apps.
- New AddressBook APIs: Learn about the new social profile, vCards, and more.
- New Location APIs: Learn how forward and reverse geocoding just got a lot easier.
- New Game Center APIs: Learn about the new notification banner, player photos, and more.
- New Calendar APIs: Learn about the new calendar chooser and custom calendars.
The iOS Tutorial Team takes pride in making sure each tutorial we write holds to the highest standards of quality. We want our tutorials to be well written, easy to follow, and fun. And we don't want to just skim the surface of a subject - we want to really dig into it, so you can truly understand how it works and apply the knowledge directly in your own apps.
By the time you're finished reading this book, your skills will be completely up to date with iOS 5, and you'll be ready to use these new technologies right away in your apps!