Beginning iPad Development for iPhone Developers: Mastering the iPad SDK

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Beginning iPad
Development for iPhone
Developers
Mastering the iPad SDK

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Jack Nutting
Dave Woolridge
David Mark

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To Weronica, for believing in me
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—Dave Wooldridge
To my best friend and partner in life, Deneen
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Contents at a Glance
■Contents at a Glance.......................................................................................iv
■Contents..........................................................................................................v
■About the Authors ..........................................................................................ix
■About the Technical Reviewer.........................................................................x
■Acknowledgments..........................................................................................xi
■Preface..........................................................................................................xii(cid:1)
■Chapter 1: Welcome to the Paradigm Shift.....................................................1(cid:1)
■Chapter 2: Getting Started with iPad Development.......................................19(cid:1)
■Chapter 3: Exploring the iPhone SDK’s New iPad Features...........................39(cid:1)
■Chapter 4: New Graphics Functionality.........................................................67(cid:1)
■Chapter 5: Using Core Text............................................................................99(cid:1)
■Chapter 6: Popovers....................................................................................119(cid:1)
■Chapter 7: Video and Display Output...........................................................151(cid:1)
■Chapter 8: Split Views and Modal Modes....................................................163(cid:1)
■Chapter 9: New Input Methods....................................................................191(cid:1)
■Chapter 10: Working with Documents.........................................................209(cid:1)
■Chapter 11: From iPhone to iPad.................................................................221(cid:1)
■Chapter 12: Additional Resources for iPad Development............................239(cid:1)
■Index............................................................................................................247
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Contents
■Contents at a Glance.......................................................................................iv(cid:1)
■Contents..........................................................................................................v(cid:1)
■About the Authors ..........................................................................................ix(cid:1)
■About the Technical Reviewer.........................................................................x(cid:1)
■Acknowledgments..........................................................................................xi
■Preface..........................................................................................................xii(cid:1)

■Chapter 1: Quick Welcome to the Paradigm Shift...........................................1(cid:1)
Reinventing the Tablet............................................................................................................................................1(cid:1)
It’s All About the Software.................................................................................................................................2(cid:1)
The iPad Is Not a Big iPod touch........................................................................................................................3(cid:1)
Personal Computing for the Masses.......................................................................................................................5(cid:1)
Developing Apps for the iPad..................................................................................................................................7(cid:1)
When Your iPhone App Is No Longer Good Enough...........................................................................................7(cid:1)
Exploring the Possibilities..................................................................................................................................8(cid:1)
Opportunity Awaits...............................................................................................................................................16(cid:1)
■Chapter 2: Getting Started with iPad Development.......................................19(cid:1)
Acquiring the Tools of the Trade...........................................................................................................................19(cid:1)
Enrolling in the iPhone Developer Program.....................................................................................................19(cid:1)
Installing iPhone SDK 3.2.................................................................................................................................20(cid:1)
Working with Beta Versions of the SDK...........................................................................................................21(cid:1)
New to Objective-C and Cocoa Touch?.................................................................................................................23(cid:1)
Embracing the Model-View-Controller Concept....................................................................................................24(cid:1)
Reusability in Xcode.........................................................................................................................................25(cid:1)
Designing in Interface Builder.........................................................................................................................28(cid:1)
The Importance of Delegates................................................................................................................................33(cid:1)
Improving App Usability with UIKit........................................................................................................................35(cid:1)
Primed for Programming......................................................................................................................................37(cid:1)
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■Chapter 3: Exploring the iPhone SDK’s New iPad Features...........................39(cid:1)
Optimizing Apps for the iPad................................................................................................................................39(cid:1)
Examining the Tablet.......................................................................................................................................39(cid:1)
Managing Memory...........................................................................................................................................40(cid:1)
Testing Your Apps on an iPad..........................................................................................................................41(cid:1)
What’s New in iPhone SDK 3.2 for the iPad..........................................................................................................42(cid:1)
Shape Drawing................................................................................................................................................42(cid:1)
PDF Files..........................................................................................................................................................44(cid:1)
Core Text..........................................................................................................................................................45(cid:1)
Popovers..........................................................................................................................................................46(cid:1)
Video Playback and Display Options................................................................................................................49(cid:1)
Split View Controller........................................................................................................................................51(cid:1)
Modal Presentation Styles...............................................................................................................................54(cid:1)
Advanced Input Methods.................................................................................................................................56(cid:1)
Document Support...........................................................................................................................................59(cid:1)
Universal Applications.....................................................................................................................................61(cid:1)
Required Project Images for iPad Apps................................................................................................................64(cid:1)
App Icon Images..............................................................................................................................................64(cid:1)
Document Type Icon Images............................................................................................................................65(cid:1)
Default Launch Images....................................................................................................................................65(cid:1)
Drilling Deeper......................................................................................................................................................66(cid:1)
■Chapter 4: New Graphics Functionality.........................................................67(cid:1)
Bezier Paths..........................................................................................................................................................67(cid:1)
Introducing Dudel..................................................................................................................................................68(cid:1)
Creating the Dudel Project...............................................................................................................................69(cid:1)
Adding a Simple GUI........................................................................................................................................73(cid:1)
The Basic Drawing Architecture...........................................................................................................................74(cid:1)
We Are All Tool Users............................................................................................................................................76(cid:1)
The Pencil Tool.................................................................................................................................................79(cid:1)
The Line Tool....................................................................................................................................................85(cid:1)
The Ellipse and Rectangle Tools......................................................................................................................88(cid:1)
The Freehand Tool...........................................................................................................................................93(cid:1)
PDF Generation.....................................................................................................................................................96(cid:1)
Things to See and Do............................................................................................................................................98(cid:1)
■Chapter 5: Using Core Text............................................................................99(cid:1)
Why Core Text?.....................................................................................................................................................99(cid:1)
The Structure of Core Text..................................................................................................................................100(cid:1)
Preparing Dudel for a New Tool..........................................................................................................................103(cid:1)
Preparing the Controller Interface.................................................................................................................103(cid:1)
Setting Up the GUI..........................................................................................................................................104(cid:1)
Implementing Changes to the Controller Class..............................................................................................105(cid:1)
Creating the Text Tool....................................................................................................................................106(cid:1)
Creating a New Drawable Class.....................................................................................................................112(cid:1)
Rendering Multiple Styles..............................................................................................................................114(cid:1)
The Lessons of Core Text....................................................................................................................................117(cid:1)
■Chapter 6: Popovers....................................................................................119(cid:1)
Popover Preparations..........................................................................................................................................119(cid:1)
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The Basic GUI.................................................................................................................................................120(cid:1)
Popover Considerations.................................................................................................................................122(cid:1)
The Font Name Popover......................................................................................................................................124(cid:1)
The Simplest Popover You’ll Ever Create.......................................................................................................125(cid:1)
The Back End.................................................................................................................................................128(cid:1)
The Font Size Popover........................................................................................................................................131(cid:1)
Creating the GUI.............................................................................................................................................132(cid:1)
Making It Work...............................................................................................................................................133(cid:1)
The Stroke Width Popover..................................................................................................................................135(cid:1)
Paving the Way..............................................................................................................................................136(cid:1)
Creating the GUI.............................................................................................................................................136(cid:1)
Previewing the Stroke Width with a Custom View.........................................................................................137(cid:1)
Implementing the Controller..........................................................................................................................139(cid:1)
Making it Work...............................................................................................................................................139(cid:1)
The Dual-Action Color Popover...........................................................................................................................141(cid:1)
Creating a Simple Color Grid..........................................................................................................................142(cid:1)
Hooking Up the Grid.......................................................................................................................................144(cid:1)
Serving Two Masters.....................................................................................................................................146(cid:1)
Your Popover-Fu Is Strong..................................................................................................................................150(cid:1)
■Chapter 7: Video and Display Output...........................................................151(cid:1)
Displaying Multiple Videos..................................................................................................................................151(cid:1)
Creating the Video App Project......................................................................................................................152(cid:1)
Specifying Your Video Files............................................................................................................................152(cid:1)
Using the videoCell Outlet to Load the GUI.....................................................................................................153(cid:1)
Creating the VideoCell User Interface............................................................................................................155(cid:1)
Running the Video App...................................................................................................................................156(cid:1)
Outputting to an External Screen........................................................................................................................157(cid:1)
Extending the Video App to Handle an External Screen.................................................................................158(cid:1)
Implementing the VideoCell Delegate Method...............................................................................................161(cid:1)
Testing the External Screen Functionality.....................................................................................................162(cid:1)
Display Solutions................................................................................................................................................162(cid:1)
■Chapter 8: Split Views and Modal Modes....................................................163(cid:1)
The Split View Concept.......................................................................................................................................163(cid:1)
The Basics of Saving and Loading......................................................................................................................165(cid:1)
Document Management......................................................................................................................................168(cid:1)
Listing Files....................................................................................................................................................169(cid:1)
Creating and Deleting Files............................................................................................................................178(cid:1)
Renaming Files..............................................................................................................................................181(cid:1)
Implementing an About Panel in a Modal Way...................................................................................................185(cid:1)
Creating the Modal Web View Controller.......................................................................................................186(cid:1)
Displaying a Web Page..................................................................................................................................187(cid:1)
Integrating with the Dudel View Controller....................................................................................................188(cid:1)
Let's Split............................................................................................................................................................189(cid:1)
■Chapter 9: New Input Methods....................................................................191(cid:1)
Menu Additions...................................................................................................................................................191(cid:1)
Gesture Recognition............................................................................................................................................194(cid:1)
Adding Undo to Dudel....................................................................................................................................194(cid:1)
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Resetting the Selected Tool’s State...............................................................................................................197(cid:1)
Keyboard Extensions and Replacements............................................................................................................197(cid:1)
Adding a Keyboard Button in Dudel...............................................................................................................198(cid:1)
Replacing the Keyboard.................................................................................................................................199(cid:1)
That’s All the Input You Need..............................................................................................................................208(cid:1)
■Chapter 10: Working with Documents.........................................................209(cid:1)
Passing Files to Another Application..................................................................................................................209(cid:1)
Adding a PDF-Sending Menu Action..............................................................................................................210(cid:1)
Preparing a File for Sending..........................................................................................................................211(cid:1)
Invoking the Document Interaction Controller...............................................................................................212(cid:1)
Receiving Files....................................................................................................................................................213(cid:1)
Registering As a Recipient.............................................................................................................................213(cid:1)
Testing the File-Receiving Feature................................................................................................................216(cid:1)
Retrieving File Information from Launch Options..........................................................................................217(cid:1)
Sending a Dudeldoc File................................................................................................................................218(cid:1)
Desktop Synchronization....................................................................................................................................219(cid:1)
Share and Share Alike........................................................................................................................................220(cid:1)
■Chapter 11: From iPhone to iPad.................................................................221(cid:1)
Introducing NavApp for iPhone...........................................................................................................................221(cid:1)
Creating the NavApp Project..........................................................................................................................222(cid:1)
Choosing the Active SDK................................................................................................................................226(cid:1)
Adding iPad to the Mix........................................................................................................................................227(cid:1)
Taking the Upgraded NavApp for a Spin........................................................................................................228(cid:1)
Conditional Behavior: Know Your Idioms.......................................................................................................229(cid:1)
Configuring the Main iPad GUI.......................................................................................................................231(cid:1)
Creating the Choice View Controller GUI for iPad..........................................................................................232(cid:1)
Implementing the Split View Delegate Methods............................................................................................233(cid:1)
Tweaking the Navigation Logic......................................................................................................................234(cid:1)
Enhancing the Main View with a No-Selection State.....................................................................................235(cid:1)
Running on Multiple Targets...............................................................................................................................237(cid:1)
Juggling iDevices................................................................................................................................................237(cid:1)
■Chapter 12: Additional Resources for iPad Development............................239(cid:1)
Logging in to the Mother Ship.............................................................................................................................239(cid:1)
iPad Development..........................................................................................................................................240(cid:1)
Objective-C and Cocoa Touch........................................................................................................................240(cid:1)
iPad App Deployment.....................................................................................................................................241(cid:1)
Learning from the Experts..................................................................................................................................241(cid:1)
Books.............................................................................................................................................................241(cid:1)
Tutorials and Code Examples.........................................................................................................................242(cid:1)
Designing User Interfaces for iPad Apps............................................................................................................242(cid:1)
Paper Prototyping..........................................................................................................................................243(cid:1)
Digital Mockups.............................................................................................................................................243(cid:1)
User Interface Icons.......................................................................................................................................244(cid:1)
Design Considerations and Inspirations.........................................................................................................244(cid:1)
Finding Answers in Online Forums.....................................................................................................................245(cid:1)
Holding the Future..............................................................................................................................................245(cid:1)
■Index............................................................................................................247
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