Introduction to iPhone and iPad Development Course
This course would be taught in young engineers, fresh graduates and working professionals. As mobile devices become more prevalent, organizations increasingly need to develop both in-house and public applications to improve the services they provide and to maintain a competitive edge. In this course, you learn the foundation for building robust iPhone and iPad applications using Objective-C and the iOS SDK.
Who can do iPad development course?
Programmers who are new to iPhone and iPad development, and those who need to create business applications, who have previous programming experience and knowledge of any object-oriented programming language. |
| iOS app design, development training |
Overview of iPhone and iPad devices
- Rich, revolutionary development platform and APIs
- Programming considerations for handheld devices
Getting started with application development
- Exploring the iOS Software Development Kit (iOS SDK)
- Xcode
- Cocoa Touch
- Objective-C
- Simulator
- Interface Builder
- Frameworks
Creating the User Interface
Leveraging Storyboards
- Linking views visually
- Presenting views modally
- Experimenting with different segues
- Displaying contents in a Popover
- Embedding views in containers
Building applications with Xcode
- Enhancing productivity with templates
- Importing external resources
- Developing iPhone/iPad universal applications
Designing views with Interface Builder
- Dragging and dropping objects
- Linking objects to controllers
- Controlling size, position and alignment
- Defining scenes with the storyboard
Testing with the Simulator
- Recognising limitations in comparison to a real device
- Test-driving the application
Coding the User Interface with Objective-C
Programming with Objective-C
- Applying the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern
- Working with Cocoa Touch Frameworks
Saving data to permanent storage
- Reading and writing files
- Persisting data with property lists
Presenting Data with Table Views
Selecting the style to suit your application
- Plain
- Grouped
- Indexed
Creating table views
- Populating table view data
- Customising table views with images and formatting
Responding to user row selection
- Implementing delegate methods
- Providing visual feedback
Applying Navigation Tools and Techniques
Displaying multiple views using the tab bar- Creating multiple tabs
- Associating tabs with views
Linking views with a navigation controller
- Building hierarchical applications
- Drilling down through different levels of detail
Interacting with Web Services
Evaluating implementation decisions
- SOAP vs. REST native support
- Parsing JSON vs. other formats
Establishing network communications
- Leveraging the iOS networking classes
- Issuing HTTP requests and reading responses
- Posting updates to a database
Enhancing the User Interface
Recognising gestures and adding animations
- Responding to swipes and taps
- View transitions: curling and flipping views
- Animating view properties
- Adding gesture recognisers to views
Rotating views with autorotation
- Supporting different layouts
- Adapting to various device sizes
