iOS App Builder
Building apps for iPhone and iPad is critical for many companies and can belucrative for independent developers and small firms. We show you how it's doneand offer some help with the intangibles.
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Tips for generating revenue from your iOS app
The owner of an iOS app has three built-in potential revenue streams. Gregory Dean explains what they are.
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Apple Xcode Version 4.6 now available
A new version of Xcode is available and could be important if you are developing apps for the Retina display.
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Getting started with iOS Views and View Controllers: Part 2
Scott Kantner demonstrates the basics of how UIViewcontrollers interact with UIViews to create a working user interface.
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Understand the states and transitions of an iOS App
It is important for every developer to understand the concept of application state. Gregory Dean explains.
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How to interpret iOS reference documenation for better app design
As an iOS developer, you need to understand how to read API or proprietary code documents.
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Learn the right programming skills for your career
Determining what programming skill to learn may take several hours, but once you complete it, you should know what to master to get the job you want.
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Build your own iOS Flickr App: Part 1
Create a simple app that connects to Flickr, sends a request, parses the results, and displays them into a table view.
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Best practices: Develop heterogeneous iOS apps
Your next iOS app should combine the distinct advantages of a native app with the versatility of an HTML5 app.
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The five most popular iOS App Builder Blog posts of 2012
Five posts in the first few months of the iOS App Builder blog stood out from all of the other posts.
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Getting started with iOS Views and View Controllers: Part 1
Scott Kantner explains the basic things you need to know to get started using the fundamental views and views controllers that make up the user interface of any iOS app.
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Drive more iOS App downloads with better icons
Give your iOS app the very best chance for success by making your icon, screenshot, and video as amazing as the app itself.
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Even more ways to monetize your iOS App
Here are a few more ideas on how to make money in a crowded app marketplace.
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Evolve your iOS Apps or they will die in the wild
The iOS apps with the longest shelf life are the ones that evolve to remain compatible with the latest releases.
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Revisited: The greatest programming tip ever written
Here's an ingenious little tip to all programmers that will (viciously) guarantee an improvement in the quality of the code you produce.
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Build it yourself iOS Twitter client Part 3
In the final part of our Twitter app, we move on to the mentions feature, which is mostly the same code, only with a different Twitter API resource.
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Better iOS code: Wield the power of Core Image
Learn to wield the power of Core Image with this tutorial from Marcio Valenzuela.
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Automatically generate icons for iOS apps
It can be painful generating all the different icon sizes for your iOS application. Todd Moore shows you a time saver that can simplify the process.
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Avoid these classic software development mistakes
There is more to application development than just clean code - each project must be managed too.
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App development for the Human in Human Interface Device
Best practices dictate that when designing iOS Apps you keep in mind that users are part of the interface.
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Another book for your iOS developer's library
The demand for mobile apps and for the developers to create them is an undeniable force.
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Apple's iOS App Store has more Windows malware
An old Windows worm is embedded in an iOS App, but the question remains, how did it get there?
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ARC simplifies iOS memory management
In iOS, one of the biggest recent additions for developers is automatic reference counting. Justin James explains why.
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Build it yourself iOS Twitter client Part 3
In the final part of our Twitter app, we move on to the mentions feature, which is mostly the same code, only with a different Twitter API resource.
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Even more ways to monetize your iOS App
Here are a few more ideas on how to make money in a crowded app marketplace.
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Evolve your iOS Apps or they will die in the wild
The iOS apps with the longest shelf life are the ones that evolve to remain compatible with the latest releases.
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Drive more iOS App downloads with better icons
Give your iOS app the very best chance for success by making your icon, screenshot, and video as amazing as the app itself.
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Efficient code is good but clean code is better
Efficiency can be important when writing code, but it should usually take a back seat to writing clear code. Chad Perrin explains why.
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Demystifying iOS location-based services to improve accuracy
Gregory Dean explores the several techniques developers can use in unison to provide accurate location coordinates of a device.
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Five web resources for iOS developers
Find out why Steve Dryall considers these online resources essentials for iOS developers.