iPhone and iOS 5 Advanced App Development: Learn by Video

Create Apps That Stand Out from the Crowd

Following the recent release of iOS 5, there are a number of exciting new opportunities open for the iOS developer: Twitter integration, iCloud, new ways to easily customize the look of your apps, and storyboards, just to name a few. In addition to covering these new iOS 5 features and the techniques required to integrate them into your iOS apps, this course will also look into how to improve the performance of your apps, use blocks to simplify your code, and implement support for audio and sound effects in your apps. You’ll also learn how the new UIAppearance library can be used to customize the appearance of standard iOS UI features and controls. This Learn by Video workshop is presented by Robert Turrall and published in partnership with Peachpit Press.

Trainer: Robert Turrall

ISBN Code: 321804600

Publication date: Dec 8, 2011

$34.99

Duration: 3 hrs 55 min

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