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iOS Development with Xamarin Cookbook. Over 100 exciting recipes to help you develop iOS applications with Xamarin

Dimitrios Tavlikos (USD)

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iOS Development with Xamarin Cookbook
- Table of Contents
- iOS Development with Xamarin Cookbook
- Credits
- About the Author
- About the Reviewers
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- Preface
  - What this book covers
  - What you need for this book
  - Who this book is for
  - Conventions
  - Reader feedback
  - Customer support
    - Downloading the example code
    - Errata
    - Piracy
    - Questions
- 1. Development Tools
  - Introduction
  - Installing prerequisites
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
      - Xcode
      - Interface Builder
      - iOS Simulator
    - Theres more...
      - Useful links
      - Updates
    - See also
  - Creating an iOS project with Xamarin Studio
    - Getting ready...
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
      - MyFirstiOSProjectViewController.xib
      - MyFirstiOSProjectViewController.cs
      - MyFirstiOSProjectViewController.designer.cs
      - AppDelegate.cs
      - Main.cs
      - Info.plist
    - There's more...
      - List of Xamarin.iOS assemblies
    - See also
  - Interface Builder
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - More information
    - See also
  - Creating the UI
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
      - Adding a label
      - Adding a button
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Setting titles on Buttons
    - See also
  - Accessing the UI with Outlets
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Adding Outlets through code
    - See also
  - Adding Actions to controls
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
    - See also
  - Compiling an iOS project
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
      - iOS build options
      - iOS application options
    - There's more...
    - See also
  - Debugging our application
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - App performance when debugging
      - Breakpoints in FinishedLaunching
    - See also
- 2. User Interface Views
  - Introduction
  - Adding and customizing views
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Adding views programmatically
      - View content layout
    - See also
  - Receiving user input with buttons
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Changing the appearance of buttons
    - See also
  - Displaying images
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Using images for different screen sizes
    - See also
  - Displaying and editing text
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
    - See also
  - Using the keyboard
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
    - See also
  - Displaying progress
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - UIProgressView height
    - See also
  - Displaying content larger than the screen
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - UIScrollView events
    - See also
  - Navigating through the content divided into pages
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Proper usage of UIPageControl
    - See also
  - Displaying alerts
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
    - See also
  - Creating a custom view
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
    - See also
  - Styling views
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
    - There's more
      - Limitations of UIAppearance
    - See also
- 3. User Interface View Controllers
  - Introduction
  - Loading a view with a view controller
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - UIViewController methods to override
    - See also
  - Navigating through different view controllers
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Managing navigation bar buttons
    - See also
  - Providing controllers in tabs
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Useful UITabBarController properties
      - Determining tab selection
    - See also
  - Modal view controllers
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Accessing a modal controller
        
        How many modal controllers?
    - See also
  - Creating a custom view controller
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
    - See also
  - Using view controllers efficiently
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
    - See also
  - iPad view controllers
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - iPad-specific controller usage
    - See also
  - UI flow design with storyboards
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Passing data
    - See also
  - Unwinding in storyboards
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
    - There's more
      - Where is the unwind segue in the storyboard?
    - See also
- 4. Data Management
  - Introduction
  - Creating files
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - The Documents folder
      - The Caches folder
    - See also
  - Using a SQLite database
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - SQL table creation
    - See also
  - Preparing for iCloud support
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
    - See also
  - iCloud key/value storage
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Getting notified on key/value store changes
    - See also
- 5. Displaying Data
  - Introduction
  - Providing lists
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - More UIPickerView customization
      - Date and time selection
    - See also
  - Displaying data in a table
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - The UITableView styles
      - The UITableViewCell styles
    - See also
  - Customizing rows
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Useful properties of the UITableViewCell class
      - UINib class
      - Adding content programmatically
    - See also
  - Editing a table
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Enabling editing modes for individual rows
    - See also
  - Table indexing
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
    - See also
  - Searching through the data
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
    - See also
  - Creating a simple web browser
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Scaling the content
      - UIWebView supported files
  - Displaying data in a grid
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - More information on UICollectionView
    - See also
  - Customizing the grid
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
    - See also
- 6. Web Services
  - Introduction
  - Consuming web services
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Invoking web service methods asynchronously
      - The XSP shutdown
    - See also
  - Consuming REST services
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
    - See also
  - Communicating with native APIs
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
    - There's more
      - Synchronous NSUrlConnection
      - Usability
    - See also
  - Using WCF services
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - More information on Xamarin Studio's WCF support
      - WCF service creation
    - See also
- 7. Multimedia Resources
  - Introduction
  - Selecting images and videos
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Picking videos
    - See also
  - Capturing media with the camera
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Image editing
    - See also
  - Playing videos
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Wireless streaming
    - See also
  - Playing music and sounds
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Playing sound files
    - See also
  - Recording with the microphone
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Recording for a predefined amount of time
    - See also
  - Managing album items directly
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Reading EXIF data
      - Retrieving individual assets
      - Checking for permission
    - See also
- 8. Integrating iOS Features
  - Introduction
  - Starting phone calls
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - More information on OpenUrl
    - See also
  - Sending text messages and e-mails
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - More information on opening external apps
    - See also
  - Using text messaging in our application
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Attachments
  - Using e-mail messaging in our application
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
    - See also
  - Managing the address book
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Adding a phone number to a contact
  - Displaying contacts
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Other address book controllers
    - See also
  - Managing the calendar
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Reminders
    - See also
- 9. Interacting with Device Hardware
  - Introduction
  - Detecting the device orientation
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - The device orientation and user interface orientation
    - See also
  - Adjusting the UI orientation
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - User interface orientation on child controllers
    - See also
  - Proximity sensor
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
    - See also
  - Retrieving the battery information
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Disabling battery monitoring
    - See also
  - Handling motion events
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - More information on motion events
    - See also
  - Handling touch events
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Getting the tap count
    - See also
  - Recognizing gestures
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - The advantage of gesture recognizers
    - See also
  - Custom gestures
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Another use of custom gesture recognizers
    - See also
  - Using the accelerometer
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Consideration when using the accelerometer
    - See also
  - Using the gyroscope
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Determining the availability of the gyroscope hardware
      - Converting radians to degrees
    - See also
- 10. Location Services and Maps
  - Introduction
  - Determining location
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - GPS accuracy
      - Location services availability
      - Location services usage indicator
    - See also
  - Determining heading
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Magnetic vs true heading
      - Compass availability
    - See also
  - Using region monitoring
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Region monitoring availability
    - See also
  - Using a significant-change location service
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Significant-change location service availability
    - See also
  - Location services in the background
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Restricting to supported hardware
      - UI updates while in the background
    - See also
  - Displaying maps
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
    - See also
  - Geocoding
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Things to have in mind for CLGeocoder
      - Obsolete API
    - See also
  - Adding map annotations
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - An annotation's performance
    - See also
  - Adding map overlays
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Creating custom overlays
      - Standard overlay objects
    - See also
- 11. Graphics and Animation
  - Introduction
  - Animating views
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Animatable properties
  - Transforming views
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Transformation and Frame
    - See also
  - Animating images
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Checking for animation
    - See also
  - Animating layers
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Layers
    - See also
  - Drawing lines and curves
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Graphics context on a UIImageView class
    - See also
  - Drawing shapes
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Transparent colors
    - See also
  - Drawing text
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Size of the drawn text
    - See also
  - A simple drawing app
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Clear the drawing
    - See also
  - Creating an image context
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Drawing on UIImageView
      - Background on saved drawings
    - See also
- 12. Multitasking
  - Introduction
  - Detecting application states
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Proper usage
  - Receiving notifications for app states
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Removing notification observers
    - See also
  - Running code in the background
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Important considerations for the background code
    - See also
  - Playing audio in the background
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - The background state for audio
    - See also
  - Updating data in the background
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more
      - UI updates
    - See also
- 13. Localization
  - Introduction
  - Creating an app for different languages
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Localization in real-world app scenarios
      - The localizable.strings encoding
  - Localizable resources
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - More information on localizable resources
    - See also
  - Regional formatting
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
- 14. Deploying
  - Introduction
  - Creating profiles
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Expiration of provisioning profiles
    - See also
  - Creating an ad hoc distribution bundle
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Syncing ad hoc app bundles with iTunes
    - See also
  - Preparing an app for the App Store
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - The 4-inch screen launch image
    - See also
  - Submitting an app to the App Store
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
    - See also
- 15. Advanced Features
  - Introduction
  - Reproducing the page curl effect
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Double-sided pages
  - Integrating content sharing
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
  - Implementing custom transitions
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Transitioning between child controllers
    - See also
  - Using physics in UI elements
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - UIKit Dynamics usage
  - Implementing the text-to-speech feature
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
    - There's more...
      - Adjusting the utterance
- Index

Title: iOS Development with Xamarin Cookbook. Over 100 exciting recipes to help you develop iOS applications with Xamarin
Author: Dimitrios Tavlikos (USD)
Original title: iOS Development with Xamarin Cookbook. Over 100 exciting recipes to help you develop iOS applications with Xamarin
ISBN: 9781783550005, 9781783550005
Date of issue: 2014-05-23
Format: Ebook
Item ID: e_3b8e
Publisher: Packt Publishing

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