Xcode 6 start to finish: iOS and OS X development

645 Pages·2015·14.27 MB·English

by  Addison-Wesley.;Anderson, Fritz

Xcode 6
Start to Finish
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Xcode 6
Start to Finish
iOS and OS X
Development
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Contents at a Glance
Contents ix
Acknowledgments xxiii
AbouttheAuthor xxv
Introduction 1
I First Steps 7
1 GettingXcode 9
2 KickingtheTires 17
3 SimpleWorkflowandPassiveDebugging 25
4 ActiveDebugging 35
5 Compilation 45
6 AddingaLibraryTarget 69
7 VersionControl 79
II The Life Cycle of an iOS Application 105
8 StartinganiOSApplication 107
9 AniOSApplication:Model 117
10 AniOSApplication:Controller 141
11 BuildingaNewView 157
12 AutoLayoutinaNewView 185
13 AddingTableCells 207
14 AddinganEditor 227
15 UnitTesting 243
16 MeasurementandAnalysis 265
viii ContentsataGlance
17 AniOSExtension 279
18 Provisioning 297
III Xcode for Mac OS X 319
19 StartinganOSXApplication 321
20 Bindings:WiringanOSXApplication 343
21 Localization 373
22 BundlesandPackages 401
23 PropertyLists 417
IV Xcode Tasks 433
24 DocumentationinXcode 435
25 TheXcodeBuildSystem 459
26 Instruments 489
27 Debugging 515
28 Snippets 531
V Appendixes 547
A SomeBuildVariables 549
B Resources 565
Index 579
Contents
Acknowledgments xxiii
AbouttheAuthor xxv
Introduction 1
HowThisBookIsOrganized 1
AboutVersions 4
AbouttheCode 4
Conventions 5
I First Steps 7
1 GettingXcode 9
BeforeYouBegin 9
InstallingXcode 10
Command-LineTools 11
RemovingXcode 11
AppleDeveloperPrograms 12
DownloadingXcode 13
AdditionalDownloads 14
Summary 15
2 KickingtheTires 17
StartingXcode 17
HelloWorld 19
ANewProject 19
QuietingXcodeDown 22
BuildingandRunning 22
TheRealThing 24
GettingRidofIt 24
Summary 24
3 SimpleWorkflowandPassiveDebugging 25
CreatingtheProject 25
Building 29
Running 30