Basics of iOS Concurrency

Explores the basics of foreground, background and threads.

Intro to App Settings

Explains how to get you app in the settings app. A settings bundle is created and the settings are accessed via NSUserDefaults.

Building for Debug and Release

Explains how to switch between debug and release builds in Xcode and the explores the NSAssert macro.

Xib, Nib and Storyboard

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Explains the xib and nib file types and the structure of a storyboard file. Project examples are used to explore a compiled storyboard and the creation of a standalone xib file.  The Empty Application template is also explored.

UITableViewCell

Explains the basic features of UITableViewCell. In addition, NSBundle is used to obtain the path to an image file in the app's bundle.

The StatusBar

Explains how to move the control of the status bar from the view controller(s) to the application.

App Settings and Build Phases

Coves the app bundle and the info.plist, explains the concept of a scheme, target and product and explores the Capabilities, Info, Build Setting, Build Phases and Build Rules tapes in Xcode.

File System Cont

Explains how to store a NSArray as a property list in a file located in the Documents directory.

File System Intro

Explores the UNIX directories available to an iOS app and how to determine their paths. It also introduces the file system’s management classes.

Basic Data Persistence

Uses the AppDelegate to manage the Slider app's data model and the NSUserDefaults class to store an NSNumber object.

The App Delegate

Explains the basics of active and background in iOS and the methods in the AppDelegate.m file.

Universal iOS Apps

Covers the basics of universal apps and introduces the UIDevice class which is used to determine the device type.

App Icons and Badges

Explains how to access the application object and place a badge on the app icon. It also covers how to add a app icon and limit the app's rotation.

Intro to UIKit

Introduces the UIKit framework which is the primary API for building iOS apps