Book description
Beginning iOS Media App Development is a ground-breaking tutorial that explores the near limitless, programmable audio-visual capabilities of the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch using real-world examples and thorough explanations of the code. This book includes detailed step-by-step instructions and important background information from experienced media and utility app developer, Ahmed Bakir.
You'll learn about content creation, playback, and advanced topics, including AirPlay, AVKit, and Swift. Each chapter is framed with a project that illustrates the concepts being discussed and pulls in lessons from other popular apps. You'll even learn about the latest iOS 8 and Xcode 6 media features.
After reading this book, you should be able to build your first rich media app or utility app that utilizes multimedia for the App Store. And if you're a game developer, this book will provide you with tools to help make your game app look even better by integrating native iOS features.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents at a Glance
- Contents
- About the Author
- About the Technical Reviewer
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Welcome to iOS Media App Development
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Part 1: Images
- Chapter 2: Adding Images to Your App
- Chapter 3: Doing Useful Things with Your Images
- Chapter 4: Advanced Photo Interfaces
- Part 2: Audio
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Part 3: Video
- Chapter 8: Playing and Recording Video
- Chapter 9: Building a Custom Video-Playback Interface
- Chapter 10: Building a Custom Video-Recording Interface
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Part 4: iOS8 and Beyond
- Chapter 11: User Interface Development with Xcode 6
- Chapter 12: Using the AVKit Framework for Media Playback
- Chapter 13: Tracking Fitness with HealthKit and Core Motion
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Chapter 14: Getting Started with Swift
- Getting Started
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Basic Swift Syntax
- Calling Methods (Hello World)
- Defining Variables
- Instantiating Objects
- Accessing Properties and Methods (Including Objective-C)
- Casting
- Using String Formatters
- Using Arrays
- Using Conditional Logic
- Using Loops
- Defining Methods
- Calling Enumerated Types
- Using Unusual Punctuation (Question Mark and Exclamation Mark Operators)
- Building a Class
- Summary
- Index
Product information
- Title: Beginning iOS Media App Development
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2014
- Publisher(s): Apress
- ISBN: 9781430250845
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