If you want to develop apps for Apple's new iPad, all you need is basic programming knowledge, desire, and this book. With Learning the iPad SDK, you'll learn how to design and develop simple multi-touch iPad apps before moving onto more complex projects. And you don't need experience building iPhone apps or knowledge of the Objective-C language to do it.
This hands-on book takes you step by step through the basics. You'll learn how to develop great applications using the iPad SDK, UIKit, Core Data, networking, file I/O, multi-media, and simple graphics and animations. It's an excellent introduction to iPad development for people unfamiliar with this game-changing device.
- Shorten the learning curve involved with multi-touch development
- Learn how to develop consumer apps, games, and vertical apps for specific industries
- Build apps with Apple's Xcode tools, including Interface Builder
- Explore basic layout and navigation, including typical user controls
- Write a simple app to access a web service, and an app that stores data
- Create apps to work with audio and video, and an app that processes text
- Learn the ins and outs of getting your applications into the App Store