Chapter    10

Image Recipes

Often times a developer is faced with an all-too common problem: Too much information to display with not enough space to show it. For this, you turn to images. Pictures and graphics allow you to convey a variety of information far beyond simple text, combining emotion, information, and style. In iOS, you have several different methods with which to create, utilize, manipulate, and display images. A fairly new feature applies filters to images, allowing for drastic alteration of display with very little code. By understanding these inherent functionalities and techniques in iOS, you can more easily implement stronger, more powerful, and more informative applications.

Recipe 10-1: Drawing Simple Shapes

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