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  • About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 1.0 MB
    Pages | 30
    Language | English
    Category | Programming
    Description:  Learn why you will want to use ActionScript3 when creating solutions for the iPhone and Android OS. Details what has changed from and what has stayed the same as earlier versions of ActionScript. Make the most out of your application using ActionScript3, with its increased speed and functionality.
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    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 3.87 MB
    Pages | 330
    Language | English
    Category | Programming
    Description:  Mobile Python is the introduction of Python programming language to the mobile space.  This practical hands-on book teaches readers how to realize their application ideas on the Symbian OS. Programming on the Symbian mobile platform has been difficult and time consuming in the past.  This innovative new title will remedy this problem.

    Chapters deal with topics that are based on Python S60 features and presented in an order that lets the user learn first the “simple to code” ones and then increasing in complexity.
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  • About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 20.8 MB
    Pages | 388
    Language | English
    Category | Programming C#
    Description:  Develop mobile enterprise applications in a language you already know!
    With employees, rather than the IT department, now driving the decision of which devices to use on the job, many companies are scrambling to integrate enterprise applications. Fortunately, enterprise developers can now create apps for all major mobile devices using C#/.NET and Mono, languages most already know. A team of authors draws on their vast experiences to teach you how to create cross-platform mobile applications, while delivering the same functionality to PC's, laptops and the web from a single technology platform and code-base. Rather than reinventing the wheel with each app, this book provides you with the tools you need for cross-platform development--no new languages needed!

    Presents an overview of the sea change occurring with the use of enterprise mobile applications and what it means for developers
    Shares the criteria for evaluating and selecting the best option for application architecture
    Reviews tools and techniques for setting up a cross-platform development environment
    Offers an introduction to the MonoCross open-source project and pattern for cross-platform development
    Packed with specific software design patterns, development best practices, code examples and sample applications, this must-have book gets you started developing cross-platform mobile apps today.
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  • About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 13.7 MB
    Pages | 364
    Language | English
    Category | iOS
    Description:  The iPhone and iPad have made a powerful impact on the business world. Developers creating iOS apps for the enterprise face unique challenges involving networking, system integration, security, and device management. This Wrox guide provides everything you need to know to write iOS apps that integrate with enterprise network resources, providing options for networking iOS devices to enterprise systems and to each other.

    Offers a complete compendium of methods and techniques for networked communication between iOS applications and other platforms and devices
    Includes instruction on incorporating synchronous and asynchronous HTTP requests, security, communication issues, and more
    Covers payload handling, network security, GameKit and Bonjour communications, and low-level network communications
    Professional iOS Network Programming focuses on the networking aspects of iOS and its relationship to remote data sources, offering a truly unique approach.
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  • About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 12.6 MB
    Pages | 431
    Language | English
    Category | iOS
    Description:  Pushing the Limits with iOS 5 Programming is an expert guide for developers aiming to create unique applications for Apple's iPad 2, iPhone, and the iPod Touch, which includes the latest version of the Apple iPhone SDK, iOS 5. This text goes beyond the basics to keep you ahead of the technology curve and spark your innovative nature to create seamless, functional, and fun apps. With a focus on advanced techniques for app development, you will learn to differentiate your apps from all the rest.
    With this must-have book, you'll explore advanced coverage of a variety of development topics, such as developing with deep Objective-C, while you learn to create amazing applications for Apple's iPad 2, iPhone, and iPod touch. Veteran mobile developers and authors guide you through maximizing your programs as they delve into topics not commonly found elsewhere.

    Provides a solid foundation in the patterns of iOS
    Shares tips for running on multiple platforms and best using security services
    Discusses topics such as controlling multitasking, advanced text layout and more
    Demonstrates how to think differently with blocks and functional programming
    Teaches table view, performance, and money-making optimization
    Eliminates common challenges with memory management and iOS information flow
    Pushing the Limits with iOS 5 Programming allows you to take on the future with confidence in your new, stand-out app design skills.
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  • About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 8.63 MB
    Pages | 396
    Language | English
    Category | iOS
    Description:  Discover hundreds of tips and tricks you can use with your iPad or iPhone to maximize its functionality as you use your iOS 5 mobile device as a powerful communication, organization, and productivity tool, as well as a feature-packed entertainment device.
    In addition to learning all about the apps that come preinstalled on your iPhone or iPad, you learn about some of the best third-party apps currently available and discover useful strategies for how to best utilize them.
    Using an easy-to-understand, nontechnical approach, this book is ideal for absolute beginners, as well as more experienced iPad or iPhone users who want to discover how to use the iOS 5 operating system with iCloud and the latest versions of popular apps.
    Here’s just a sampling of what the tips, tricks, and strategies offered in this book will help you accomplish:

      •  Update your iPad or iPhone with the iOS 5 operating system.
      •  Discover how to use the preinstalled apps on your iOS 5 device, including Notification Center and Reminders.
      •  Take advantage of built-in apps such as Contacts, Calendars, Safari, Mail, and Music.
      •  Learn how to best use Siri on the iPhone 4S.
      •  Find, download, and install the most powerful and versatile apps and content for your iPad or iPhone.
      •  Synchronize files, documents, data, and content with iCloud, your computer, or other iOS 5 devices.
      •  Create and maintain a reliable backup of your iOS 5 device.
      •  Use your iPad or iPhone as an eBook reader, portable gaming machine, and feature-packed music and video player.
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  • About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 16.7 MB
    Pages | 389
    Language | English
    Category | iOS
    Description:  Do you have an iPad? Put it to work! If youre a manager, entrepreneur, or professional a consultant, salesperson, or freelancer this book will make you more efficient, more effective, and more successful!
    Your iPad at Work includes the latest information about the new iPad (third generation) and iOS 5.1, but also applies to the original iPad and iPad 2.
    Its packed with easy,nontechnical business solutions you can use right noweach presented with quick, foolproof, full-color instructions.Securely connect your iPad to your network; sync your email, contacts, calendar, Office documents, and smartphone; make the most of iPads latest productivity apps; capture
    up-to-the-minute news and financial data; even discover powerful specialized apps for your job and your industry.

    You already know how much fun your iPad is, now discover how incredibly productive it can make you!
               Secure your iPad with passwords and data encryption
               Connect your iPad to a wireless printer
               Discover todays most powerful iPad business apps
               Manage contacts and relationships using your iPad and the VIPorbit app
               Do your word processing, spreadsheet and database management while on the go
               Access your email and surf the Web from almost anywhere
               Make winning sales and business presentations from your iPad
               Read PC and Mac files, from Microsoft Office to Adobe PDF
               Manage your next project from your iPad
               Use your iPad more efficiently on the road and while traveling
               Manage your companys social networking presence from your tablet
               Hold iPad-based video conferences and virtual meetings
     Use your iPad as an ebook reader, and find the best new business and productivity books online
               Reduce your communications costs with FaceTime and Skype
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  • About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 8.29 MB
    Pages | 114
    Language | English
    Category |  iOS
    Description:  If you plan to develop iOS applications in a corporate setting—for internal consumption or for sale to end users—you need to read this book. Veteran developer James Turner shares best practices and lessons learned from his recent on-the-ground experience planning, building, and shipping an iOS application in an enterprise environment.
    With lots of examples and solid advice, you’ll learn how to use Xcode, Objective-C, and other Apple development tools within the confines of enterprise software methodologies. Don’t be deterred by Apple’s development philosophy. If you’re familiar with Xcode, this guide will help you build and launch enterprise iOS apps successfully.

    Get Xcode’s single-developer model to work in a concurrent development environment
    Integrate Xcode builds into tools such as Ant and Hudson
    Use open source libraries to connect iOS with SOAP and other backend services
    Set up a framework to test iOS apps for code coverage and CCN metrics
    Manage the legal, marketing, and production issues involved when interacting with iTunes Connect
    Meet iTunes’ requirements for provisioning and distributing your app
    Provide long-term support by sidestepping Apple’s distribution limitations
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  • About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 17.0 MB
    Pages | 1014
    Language | English
    Category | iOS
    Description:  Get a solid grounding in the fundamentals of Cocoa Touch, and avoid problems during iPhone and iPad app development. With this revised and expanded edition, you’ll dig into Cocoa and learn how to work effectively with Objective-C and Xcode. This book covers iOS 5 and Xcode 4.3 in a rigorous, orderly fashion—ideal whether you’re approaching iOS for the first time or need a reference to bolster existing skills.
    Many discussions have been expanded or improved. All code examples have been revised, and many new code examples have been added.

    The new memory management system—ARC—is thoroughly explained and all code examples have been revised to use it.
    New Objective-C features, such as declaration of instance variables in the class’s implementation section, are described and incorporated into the revised example code.
    Discussion of how an app launches, and all code examples, are revised for project templates from Xcode 4.2 and later.
    Other new Xcode features, including the Simulator’s Debug menu, are covered, with screen shots based on Xcode 4.2 and later.
    The discussion of Instruments is expanded, with screen shots—by popular request!
    Storyboards are explained and discussed.
    The explanation of view controllers is completely rewritten to include iOS 5 features, such as custom parent view controllers and UIPageViewController.
    The Controls chapter now includes iOS 5 interface customizability and the appearance proxy.
    New features of interface classes are discussed, including tiling and animated images, new table view features, new alert view styles.
    Coverage of frameworks such as Core Motion and AV Foundation is greatly expanded. New iOS 5 classes and frameworks are also discussed, including Core Image and UIDocument (and iCloud support).
    Important iOS 5 changes that can break existing code are explicitly called out in the text and listed in the index.
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  • About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 10.0 MB
    Pages | 341
    Language | English
    Category | iOS
    Description:  Game apps on iPhone and now iPad remain one of the most popular type of apps in the Apple iTunes App Store.  Does Angry Birds ring a bell?  What you were once able to do just for the iPhone (and iPod touch) is now possible for the popular iPad, using the new iOS 5 SDK.  
    Beginning iOS 5 Games Development provides a clear path for you to create games using the iOS 5 SDK platform for the iPad, iPhone, and iPad touch. You'll learn how to use classes to create game apps, including graphics, and animations. The latest version of Xcode will be used in parts of the book to guide you along the way of building your apps.
    Other topics include iOS 5 game apps development with the newest iOS Game Center update, persisting user data, and designing a compelling user experience. After reading this book, you'll come away with the skills and techniques for building a game app, top to bottom, that could perhaps even be sold on the Apple iTunes App Store.

    What you’ll learn
    How to use UIViews to display game assets
    How to create frame-by-frame animations for action games
    How to integrate with Game Center and other social media services
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  • About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 30.0 MB
    Pages | 336
    Language | English
    Category | iOS
    Description: If you’re an iOS app developer, chances are you’ll be using table views in your development projects. Table views are the bread and butter of iOS apps. With them, you can create everything from the simplest of lists to fully tricked-out user interfaces.
    Table views are one of the most complex components found in UIKit. While using them for boring standard user interfaces is quite simple, customizing them can become really challenging.
    Pro iOS Table Views takes a task-oriented focus to assist you when implementing customized table views. Although it delves deeply into the Table View API, you can always decide in which level of detail you want to dive in. It’s aimed to be a great reference and customization cookbook at the same time, useful for beginners as well as intermediate developers. 

    Covers the entire Table View API in depth
    Covers customization and performance topics in depth
    Task-oriented reference with multiple levels of detail

    What you’ll learn
    The anatomy of tables and cells
    The design patterns that power the table view
    How to create and configure table views
    How to customize every last little detail of the table view
    How to use table views on the iPad
    Advanced tips and tricks for performance and killer user interfaces
    The latest updates in iOS 5 and how to exploit them
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  • About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 137 MB
    Pages | 549
    Language | English
    Category | iOS
    Description:  The iPhone is the hottest gadget of our generation, and much of its success has been fueled by the App Store, Apple’s online marketplace for iPhone applications. Over 1 billion apps were downloaded during the nine months following the launch of the App Store, ranging from the simplest games to the most complex business apps. Everyone has an idea for the next bestselling iPhone app—presumably, that’s why you’re reading this now! And with the popularity of the iPad, this demand will just continue to grow.
    So how do you build an application for the iPhone and iPad? Don’t you need to spend years learning complicated programming languages? What about Objective-C and Cocoa touch ? The answer is that you don’t need to know any of those things! Anybody can start building simple apps for the iPhone and iPad, and this book will show you how.
    This update of an Apress bestseller walks you through creating your first app, using plain English and practical examples using the iOS 5 software development platform and more. It cuts through the fog of jargon and misinformation that surrounds iPhone and iPad application development, and gives you simple, step-by-step instructions to get you started.
    Teaches iPhone and iPad apps development in language anyone can understand
    Provides simple, step-by-step examples that make learning easy, using iOS 5
    Offers videos that enable you to follow along with the author—it’s like your own private classroom

    What you’ll learn
    Get both yourself and your computer set up for iPhone and iPad application development
    Start by making small changes to existing applications to build your knowledge and experience before creating your own applications
    Follow steps in plain English to build simple apps and get them working immediately
    Style your application so that it looks good and users can easily navigate through it
    Make use of the iPhone’s touch screen and accelerometer
    Use shortcuts and cheat sheets to create apps the easy way
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  • About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 18.2 MB
    Pages | 459
    Language | English
    Category | iOS
    Description:  Taking a hands-on learning approach, Foundation iPhone App Development: Build An iPhone App in 5 Days with iOS 6 SDK quickly enables existing programmers to become familiar and comfortable coding Objective-C using Xcode 4.5, Storyboarding and the iOS 6 SDK to create apps for the iPhone. Nick Kuh, an experienced, Apple award-winning developer, will teach readers how to build an iOS 6 iPhone app from start to finish in 5 days.   
    During a 5-day process you will learn how to build a professional, custom-designed, object-oriented iPhone App. You’ll start with a PhotoShop PSD design and an app idea. Then, throughout the remainder of the book, Nick will guide you through each stage of building the app. But it’s you who will build the app. You will learn how to think like an app developer, how to turn an idea into a beautiful iPhone app.
    In addition to the code and programming practices introduced, the book includes numerous tips, tricks and lessons learned to help new iPhone App developers succeed on the App Store: SEO, in-app marketing approaches and how to win more 5 star reviews.

    The 5-day learning process is divided into the following key stages:
    Day 1 begins with the initial planning, paper prototyping and Photoshop design phases of an app idea. You’ll learn how to provision your iOS apps for deployment to your iPhone. By the end of your first day you’ll get to learn on the job, creating an Object-Oriented Black Jack Game that implements the Model View Controller paradigm in Objective C.
    Day 2 is all about Storyboarding: creating and connecting all of the user interface views of our app.
    Day 3 begins with table views and data population. By the end of the third day you’ll be knee-deep in Core Data: building a data model and creating an editable, persistent data storage solution for your app.
    By Day 4 you’ll be learning how to communicate with Facebook using Apple’s new Social framework introduced in iOS 6.
    Day 5 kicks off with code and methods to add in-app social network marketing to your app. With your completed app you’ll then learn how to submit an App to Apple alongside numerous tips and tricks to improve your chances of success and visibility in this unique marketplace.

    What you’ll learn
    How to develop with Xcode, write Objective-C and work with the latest iOS SDK
    Why and how to create Navigation Hierarchies and Table View Controllers, for making life easier
    How to design, plan and develop an iPhone app from the initial app idea to App Store submission
    How to Storyboard and implement a custom-designed User Interface
    How to work with Core Data to build an offline caching solution
    How to implement asynchronous HTTP API calls to download and display images
    How to use the new iOS Appearance APIs for custom design implementation and make beautiful apps
    How to increase your app's chances for success in the App Store
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  • About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 20.5 MB
    Pages | 501
    Language | English
    Category | iOS
    Description:  Taking Your iPad to the Max, iOS 5 Edition is written so that anyone can quickly get up to speed on Apple’s latest hit. As bloggers at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW.com), the authors have the happy privilege of working with Apple products every day, and they'll guide you through all of the perks of being an iPad owner with access to all the new and amazing features in iOS 5. This book takes you from selecting and buying an iPad, to connecting it to the Internet, to using the incredible power of the iPad and all its apps to enhance your life.
    Whether you’re using your iPad to surf the Internet, admire or edit family photos, listen to music, watch movies, create or edit movies, or read a book, this book will help guide you. Discover how your iPad can be a virtual shopping mall, opening the door to purchases of music, books, videos, and movies. This book will help you organize your daily life through the use of Calendar, Notes, and Contacts, communicate with friends and colleagues with Mail, and find your way with Maps. You'll also learn how get the most out of your iPad's two cameras, and you'll learn how iCloud keeps all of your documents and photos in sync across all your Apple devices. You'll also learn about great new iOS 5 features like Reminders, Notification Center, iMessage, Newsstand, and PC-Free updates.
    Taking Your iPad to the Max, iOS 5 Edition introduces the essentials of using your iPad for recreation, travel, and work—and includes the basics of Apple's iWork suite for iPad. Learn to create business or personal documents with Pages, make professional presentations with Keynote, and keep data and finances under control with Numbers. You'll also learn how to use iLife's suite of apps, including iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand on the iPad.

    No matter how you use your iPad, Taking Your iPad to the Max, iOS 5 Edition will show you how to make the most of it.
    What you’ll learn
    Learn the new features of iOS 5 on your iPad
    Watch, read and listen more with endless movies, books and music at your fingertips
    Create images and videos and edit them with iMovie
    Use the iPad as a professional office tool to create rich documents, spreadsheets, and presentations
    See how iCloud makes syncing seamless
    Get connected wirelessly, stay connected and set your computing life free
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  • About The File:
    File Format | PDF
    File Size | 19.7 MB
    Pages | 504
    Language | English
    Category | iOS
    Description:  Unleash the power of your new iPhone 4S or other iOS 5-driven iPhone and take it to the limit using powerful tips and techniques from the Apple experts at TUAW, Erica Sadun, Steve Sande, and Michael Grothaus. Fast and fun to read, Taking Your iPhone 4S to the Max shows you how to get the most out of your iPhone using Apple’s new iOS 5.

    Whether you're using the new iPhone 4S or earlier iPhone that runs the new iOS 5, you’ll find all the best undocumented tricks, as well as the most efficient and enjoyable introduction to the iPhone available. Starting with an introduction to iPhone basics, you’ll quickly discover the iPhone’s hidden potential, like how to connect to a TV, use Voice Control using Siri, have video chats with FaceTime, and call friends overseas with low-cost VoIP.
    From the unified e-mail inbox and surfing the Web with Mobile Safari, exploring the world of social networking, using the multitasking capabilities of iOS 5, taking and editing photos, shopping for apps, media, and books, or just managing phone calls—you’ll find it all in this book. You’ll even learn tips on where to get the best iPhone accessories. Get ready to take your iPhone 4S and earlier running the new iOS 5 to the max!

    What you’ll learn
    Master the powerful multitasking capabilities of the new iPhone 4S and earlier iOS 5-enabled iPhones
    Communicate with the world through FaceTime video chats, voice calls, SMS and MMS messaging, email, and social networking
    Entertain yourself and friends with music, games, books, and videos—all in the palm of your hand
    Customize your iPhone with your choice of hundreds of thousands of useful and fun apps
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