iOS Developer Resources

Up To Date Guide

http://xcodebook.com/2011/04/renaming-projects/ (more…)

To create a .m and .h file pair to use for shared functions etc

Create Files

Menu > File > New File > Mac OS X > C and C++ > C File
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Declaring Variables

Variables are declared inside { }

Declaring Methods

Methods are declared after }

        UIDevice* currentDevice = [UIDevice currentDevice];
        if(currentDevice.userInterfaceIdiom == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad)
        {
            NSLog(@"This is an iPad");
        }
        else
        {
            NSLog(@"This is an iPhone");
        }

Project Files

.xib

MainWindow_iPhone.xib and MainWindow_iPad.xib contain the interface for your application. Double click to open in the interface builder.

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Show Help For Something In Code

Hold CTRL + ALT  and double click the name in your code (windows keyboard – Option+Command for Mac keyboard) (more…)

Get Build Version Number

[[[NSBundle mainBundle] infoDictionary] objectForKey:@"CFBundleVersion"]]

xib doc window

File’s Owner

An instance of UIApplication – manages the event queue for your application

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Open a webpage in safari

	[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.google.com"]];

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