Bøker av Vandad Nahavandipoor

iOS 11, Swift 4, and Xcode 9 provide many new APIs for iOS developers. With this cookbook, youll learn more than 170 proven solutions for tackling the latest features in iOS 11 and watchOS 4, including new ways to use Swift and Xcode to make your day-to-day app development life easier. This collection of code-rich recipes also gets you up to speed on continuous delivery and continuous integration systems.Ideal for intermediate and advanced iOS developers looking to work with the newest version of iOS, these recipes include reusable code on GitHub, so you can put them to work in your project right away.Among the topics covered in this book:New features in Swift 4 and Xcode 9Tools for continuous delivery and continuous integrationSnapshot testing and test automationCreating document-based applicationsUpdated Map view and Core Location featuresiOS 11s Security and Password AutofillData storage with Apples Core DataCreating lively user interfaces with UI DynamicsBuilding iMessage applications and sticker packagesIntegrating Siri into your apps with Siri KitCreating fascinating apps for Apple Watch

Jazz up your iPhone and iPad apps with some slick graphics and animationand keep users from looking elsewhere. This short and concise book shows developers with even little Cocoa programming experience how to create impressive graphics and animation effects with relatively easy coding. Learn how to incorporate smooth animations and draw images in your apps to achieve the classy look you want.The recipes in this book include step-by-step instructions and simple code solutions that you can put to work right away.Learn basic concepts for adapting to different screen sizesConstruct, set, and use colorsDraw text, images, lines, and rectanglesAdd shadows to shapesCreate and draw gradientsLearn how to animate and scale, rotate, or move views

Now that multicore processors are coming to mobile devices, wouldn't it be great to take advantage of all those cores without having to manage threads? This concise book shows you how to use Apple's Grand Central Dispatch (GCD) to simplify programming on multicore iOS devices and Mac OS X.Managing your applications resources on more than one core isn't easy, but it's vital. Apps that use only one core in a multicore environment will slow to a crawl. If you know how to program with Cocoa or Cocoa Touch, this guide will get you started with GCD right away, with many examples to help you write high-performing multithreaded apps.Package your code as block objects and invoke them with GCDUnderstand dispatch queuesthe pools of threads managed by GCDUse different methods for executing UI and non-UI tasksCreate a group of tasks that GCD can run all at onceInstruct GCD to execute tasks only once or after a delayDiscover how to construct your own dispatch queues

Now that Apple has introduced the GameKit framework to its iOS SDK, you can integrate Game Center features directly into your iPhone and iPad apps. This concise cookbook shows you how it's done, with 18 targeted recipes for adding leaderboards, user authentication, achievements, multiplayer games, and many other features.How do you display players' scores and achievements? How do you create Game Center accounts and add friends? Each recipe in this book includes a simple code solution you can put to work immediately, along with a detailed discussion that offers insight into why and how the recipe works.Recipes include techniques to:Set up Game Center for an iOS AppUse block objects and Grand Central Dispatch to write Game Center appsAuthenticate a local player in Game CenterUse iTunes Connect to create leaderboards and achievementsRetrieve leaderboard and achievement information programmaticallyHandle players' state changes in multiplayer games

Now you can overcome the vexing, real-life issues you confront when creating apps for the iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. By making use of more than 100 new recipes in this updated cookbook, youll quickly learn the steps necessary for writing complete iOS apps, whether theyre as simple as a music player or feature a complex mix of animations, graphics, multimedia, a database, and iCloud storage.If youre comfortable with iOS SDK, this cookbook will teach you how to use hundreds of iOS techniques. Each recipe provides a clear solution with sample code that you can use right away.Use different approaches to construct a user interfaceDevelop location-aware appsGet working examples for implementing gesture recognizersPlay audio and video files and access the iPod libraryRetrieve contacts and groups from the Address BookDetermine camera availability and access the Photo LibraryCreate multitasking-aware appsMaintain persistent storage in your appsUse Event Kit to manage calendars and eventsLearn capabilities of the Core Graphics frameworkAccess the accelerometer and gyroscopeTake advantage of the iCloud service