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Everyone uses Google Maps on the iPhone and iPad. And while you can simply drop a Google control onto your application, how do you interact with that control? In this O’Reilly Breakdown, iPad programmer Dan Pilone shows you how to take control of maps and location data on the iPad. You’ll quickly be manipulating a user’s location, on and off a visual map. The experts in the O’Reilly Breakdown live video series not only break down the concepts of difficult and complex subjects, they also demonstrate practical implementation and use. Each episode features an experienced programmer, developer, or software designer working on real-world challenges, ranging from iPad user interface design and multi-tasking on Android phones to caching in cloud-based applications.
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“Polish” is one of those mystical words that the great app developers get, and the newer ones don’t. But what separates a great-looking app from a good one? How do you take your application that works great and make it really looks great, too? These are the questions that iPad programmer Dan Pilone carefully walks you through in this O’Reilly breakdown. By the time you’re done, you’ll have a whole new set of tips, tricks, and ideas on improving your own applications’ user interfaces. The experts in the O’Reilly Breakdown live video series not only break down the concepts of difficult and complex subjects, they also demonstrate practical implementation and use. Each episode features an experienced programmer, developer, or software designer working on real-world challenges, ranging from iPad user interface design and multi-tasking on Android phones to caching in cloud-based applications.
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Bill Weinman shows you how to harness system resources in your iOS projects, including the camera, Address Book, location services, URL schemes, geolocation, and more! Learn to provide translated text and other data when your app is used in international locales, access photos and video in the camera roll, and use URL schemes to launch browser and email windows. You can even use URL schemes to communicate between apps. Bill also shows how to read information from the Address Book, integrate your app with social media, and interpret motion data to discover the orientation of an iPhone or iPad in the hands of the user.
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Learn how to create typography that’s beautiful, functional, and easily scalable across tablets, phones, and computers of all types and sizes. Designer Val Head shows you how to choose quality web fonts, develop a typographic scale and rhythm throughout your design, and build bulletproof font stacks. Plus, learn how to use media queries and CSS rules to keep your type looking great at any size. This course is a collection of best practices and techniques that will soon be an indispensible part of any web typesetter’s toolbox.
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Sign up as an Apple developer, and generate all of the certificates and provisioning profiles you need
Become familiar with the Xcode and the iOS SDK by building a simple Hello World app
Dive deep into the Cocoa Touch frameworks
Build reusable code that enables you to embed web pages in your app
Create a working Twitter Trends app and learn how to use several development techniques
Prepare your finished app for sale on the App Store and upload it to iTunes Connect
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