Chapter     1

So You’ve Got an Idea for an iPhone App, Now What?

Congratulations! You’ve got an idea for an app and have made the important decision to design it yourself! You’ve joined the ranks of the hundreds of thousands who have decided to learn just what is required to take an idea from a tiny spark in your imagination to a fully designed application ready for development.

As you may or may not already know, apps are an integral part of the mobile ecosystem. All mobile devices run apps. However, your decision to design an app for iOS is a unique one. Of all of the app stores, the Apple app store is the granddaddy of them all, featuring more apps than any other app store. But, you already know this because you’ve chosen to design an app ...

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