iOS App Development for Beginners

Wire text fields and a label in Interface Builder to power a calculator, establishing outlets for value1, value2, total, and actions for calculate and clear.

Learn to connect outlets and actions, implement a two-field calculator in Objective-C, add values, format the total to two decimals, and clear fields with a reset button.

Learn how to customize your iOS app icon in Xcode, size assets correctly (72x72) for iPad and iPhone, import icons into the project, and preview them in the simulator.

Learn to build an alert view in iOS using Xcode by wiring a text field and button with outlets and actions, then display a UI alert with a cancel option.

Explore how to build basic iOS alerts in Xcode 4, display input from a text field, and offer options like send to Facebook or Twitter.

Explore how to create and customize alert views in an iOS app, assign button options like Facebook and Twitter, and log button indices for debugging.

Learn to customize the keyboard for text fields in a view, using labels and text fields. Configure keyboard types like phone pad, email, and numbers and punctuation to guide input.

Learn how to dismiss the keyboard by tapping the background, using a full-screen button and resigning the first responder, and connect outlets and actions for multiple text fields.

Explore the split view base application template in Xcode for iPad and iPhone development, and learn to run the app in the simulator with a master and detail view.

Explore building a split view iOS app by configuring a master list and detail view in Xcode, populate a logo list array, and display items in a table view.

Learn to implement a split view master-detail interface in iOS using Xcode, populating a root table with items and displaying corresponding logos in the detail view.

Create a simple iPad app that loads a web page using a UIWebView, wiring outlets, configuring the web view, and launching it to display google.com.

Learn to embed a UIWebView in an iOS app with Xcode 4, using a navigation bar and launch action to load web content within the app.

Create a UIWebView with a top toolbar featuring home, refresh, stop, rewind, and fast-forward buttons, wiring actions to load pages and test navigation.

Enable a URL bar to create a mini browser in the iOS app using a text field, go action, and UIWebView.

Learn to integrate a background image in an iPad app with Xcode 4, place a logo and three buttons, and preview the result in the simulator.

Hook up a sound file to a button using the Audio Toolbox, import the framework, add the wave file, and play the system sound on press.

Learn how to keep a button positioned in the bottom left across portrait and landscape using auto sizing and the size inspector, ensuring alignment with screen edges.

Learn to manually adjust a button’s size and position for portrait and landscape views in an Xcode 4 iOS app, using outlets and synthesize in the header file.

Position a button for portrait and landscape views by manually setting its core graphics frame and sizing for orientation, synthesize the outlet, and manage memory.

Open Xcode and create a tab bar app, then customize icons and titles. Add 30 by 30 png tab icons with transparent backgrounds and assign them to the tab bar.

Learn to add and configure tab bar items in an iOS app using Xcode, create a third tab with a view controller and XIB, and link it to a class.

Upgrade to Xcode 4.2.1 to develop for iOS 5 on Lion. Learn where to download Xcode from developer.apple.com or the App Store and what’s new in iOS 5.

Learn storyboard basics in Xcode 4.2, building a multi-view iOS app with a home page and two buttons, red and blue, and prepare to hook them up in part 2.

Learn to connect storyboard buttons to view controllers with segues in Xcode 4.2, navigating between blue, red, and home screens using modal, push, and popover transitions.

Explore date picker basics in Xcode 4.2 by building a simple iOS app that shows the selected date in a label, with outlets, actions, and storyboard setup.

Learn how to use a date picker in a simple iOS app, capture the selected date from a date picker, and display it in a label via outlets and actions.

Create a new single view app, add an image view and a slider, and connect them to adjust the image transparency using the alpha property.

Learn how to connect outlets and actions in Xcode 4.2 to bind a slider to an image view’s alpha, so moving the slider changes transparency as you move it.

Build a simple iOS app in Xcode 4.2 with a text field, a label, and a button. Display the text field content in the label when the button is clicked.

Learn the basics of in-app emailing for iPad and iPhone apps in Xcode 4.2 by adding a send via e-mail button, wiring an action, and integrating the Message UI framework.

Learn to implement a pre-configured in-app email button using mail compose, check device capability, set subject, recipients, and body, and handle alerts and dismissal after sending.

Learn how to delete apps from the iOS simulator in Xcode 4.2 by entering wiggle mode, tapping the X to remove, and confirming data deletion to reduce clutter.

Learn how to integrate the Twitter framework into an iOS app, add a tweet button, present a tweet composer with initial text, and handle capability checks with alerts.

Set up a single-view iOS app, add MapKit, import MapKit, and connect an MKMapView outlet to display a basic interactive map.

Learn to add and configure tab bars in a tab bar application using storyboard, create multiple view controllers, connect them with relationships, and customize tab bar items and images.

Learn to implement a pan gesture recognizer in Xcode 4.2 to move an image view on iPhone or iPad, using storyboard setup and gesture translation to update the image position.

Learn to embed a navigation controller within a tab bar in Xcode, creating a tabbed app that navigates between color-coded view controllers using push segues.

Explore how automatic reference counting (ARC) simplifies memory management in Xcode 4.2, replacing manual retain and release, so you can focus on core coding and rapid app development.

Learn to build a Fahrenheit to Celsius converter in Xcode 4.2 for a single view app. Implement the (f-32)*5/9 formula and display the result in the Celsius field.

learn to add a third view controller to a tab bar in xcode 4.2, create its .h/.c header and implementation, and assign the class in the storyboard identity inspector.

Learn to add the audio toolbox framework, connect a button to play a boom wave file, and implement system sound playback in a new Xcode 4.2 iOS app.

Create a basic tab bar iOS app in Xcode 4.2 by adding a table view controller to the second tab and wiring it to the tab bar.

Explore building a two-segment iOS segmented controller in a quiz-style app using Xcode, storyboard, and outlets, with a label that updates as the user selects June or July.

Learn how to implement a segmented control in Xcode 4.2 and update a label based on the selected index, guiding you through iOS UI development for beginners.

Build a simple iOS app in Xcode 4.2 that formats numbers with NSNumber formatter, takes two float inputs, calculates a total, and displays currency with per week text.

Learn how to clear text fields and labels in an iOS app using a clear button in Xcode 4.2, wiring up an action, and resetting fields to blank.