Iphone

Your First iPhone Application
General

2009-01-06

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Contents
Introduction

Introduction 7Organization of This Document 7

Chapter 1

Tutorial Overview and Design Patterns 9
Tutorial Overview 9 Design Patterns 10 Delegation 10 Model-View-Controller 10 Target-Action 11

Chapter 2

Creating Your Project 13
Xcode 13 Application Bootstrapping 14 Recap 17

Chapter 3

Adding a View Controller 19
Adding a View Controller Class 19 Adding a View Controller Property 20 Creating the ViewController Instance 21 Setting Up the View 22 Housekeeping 23 Implementation Source Listing 24 Recap 24

Chapter 4

Adding a Nib File 25
Interface Builder 25 Create the Nib File 25 Configuring File’s Owner 28 Connecting the View Outlet 29 Loading the Nib File 30 Recap 30

Chapter 5

Configuring the View 31
Adding the User Interface Elements 31 The View Controller Interface Declaration 34Making Connections 35

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Recap 37 Chapter 6

Implementing the View Controller 39
The Properties 39 The changeGreeting: Method 39 The Text Field’s Delegate 40 Recap 41

Chapter 7

Troubleshooting 43
Code and Compiler Warnings 43 Check Connections in the Nib Files 43 Delegate Method Names 43

Chapter 8

What Next?...