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Beginning iOS 5 Development: Exploring the iOS SDK

eBook Details:

  • Paperback: 752 pages
  • Publisher: Apress; 1st edition (December 7, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1430236051
  • ISBN-13: 978-1430236054

eBook Description:

Beginning iOS 5 Development: Exploring the iOS SDK

The team that brought you the bestselling Beginning iPhone 4 Development: Exploring the iOS SDK is back again for Beginning iOS 5 Development: Exploring the iOS SDK, bringing this definitive guide up-to-date with Apple’s latest and greatest iOS SDK, as well as with the latest version of Xcode. Everything you need to know to develop your own best-selling iPhone 4S and iPad 2 apps based on the new iOS 5 SDK with the latest Xcode, plus best practices for optimizing your code and delivering great user experiences.

There’s coverage of brand new technologies, with chapters on storyboards and iCloud, for example, as well as significant updates to existing chapters to bring them in line with all the changes that came with the iOS 5 SDK. You’ll have everything you need to create your very own apps for the latest iOS devices, including the iPhone 4S, iPad 2, and the latest iPod touch. Every single sample program in the book has been rebuilt from scratch using Xcode 4.2 and the latest iOS 5-specific project templates and designed to take advantage of the latest Xcode features.

Assuming only a minimal working knowledge of Objective-C, and written in a friendly, easy-to-follow style, Beginning iOS 5 Development: Exploring the iOS SDK offers a complete soup-to-nuts course in iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch programming. The book starts with the basics, walking through the process of downloading and installing Xcode and the iOS 5 SDK, and then guides you though the creation of your first simple application. Download eBook Free »

Sams Teach Yourself iOS 5 Application Development in 24 Hours, 3rd Edi...

eBook Details:

  • Paperback: 800 pages
  • Publisher: Sams; 3rd edition (January 9, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 067233576X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0672335761

eBook Description:

Sams Teach Yourself iOS 5 Application Development in 24 Hours, 3rd Edition

In just 24 sessions of one hour each, learn how to build powerful applications for today’s hottest handheld devices: the iPhone and iPad! Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll master every skill and technology you need, from setting up your iOS development environment to building great user interfaces, sensing motion to writing multitasking applications. Each lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success!

iPhone is the world’s hottest application market: more than 500,000 developers have downloaded Apple’s iPhone software development kit in just one year. Now there’s a friendly, accessible guide to iPhone development for every programmer, regardless of experience, completely updated for the new version 4 of the iPhone SDK. In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, Sams Teach Yourself iOS 5 Application Development in 24 Hours, 3rd Edition will help beginning iPhone and mobile developers gain true mastery, so they can construct virtually any iPhone application. Each lesson builds on everything that’s come before, helping you learn all you need to know without ever becoming overwhelmed.

In just 24 sessions of one hour each, learn how to build powerful applications for today’s hottest handheld devices: the iPhone and iPad! Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll master every skill and technology you need, from setting up your iOS development environment to building great user interfaces, sensing motion to writing multitasking applications. Each lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success! Download eBook Free »

Hacking and Securing iOS Applications: Stealing Data, Hijacking Softwa...

eBook Details:

  • Paperback: 356 pages
  • Publisher: O’Reilly Media (January 25, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1449318746
  • ISBN-13: 978-1449318741

eBook Description:

Hacking and Securing iOS Applications: Stealing Data, Hijacking Software, and How to Prevent It

If you’re an app developer with a solid foundation in Objective-C, this book is an absolute must chances are very high that your company’s iOS applications are vulnerable to attack. That’s because malicious attackers now use an arsenal of tools to reverse-engineer, trace, and manipulate applications in ways that most programmers aren’t aware of.

This guide illustrates several types of iOS attacks, as well as the tools and techniques that hackers use. You’ll learn best practices to help protect your applications, and discover how important it is to understand and strategize like your adversary.

If you’re an app developer with a solid foundation in Objective-C, this book is an absolute must chances are very high that your company’s iOS applications are vulnerable to attack. That’s because malicious attackers now use an arsenal of tools to reverse-engineer, trace, and manipulate applications in ways that most programmers aren’t aware of.

This guide illustrates several types of iOS attacks, as well as the tools and techniques that hackers use. You’ll learn best practices to help protect your applications, and discover how important it is to understand and strategize like your adversary. Download eBook Free »

Programming iOS 5: Fundamentals of iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch Develo...

eBook Details:

  • Paperback: 950 pages
  • Publisher: O’Reilly Media; 2nd edition (March 22, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1449319343
  • ISBN-13: 978-1449319342

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Programming iOS 5: Fundamentals of iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch Development, 2nd Edition

With this digital Early Release edition of Programming iOS 5: Fundamentals of iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch Development, 2nd Edition, you get the entire book bundle in its earliest form – the author’s raw and unedited content – so you can take advantage of this content long before the book’s official release. You’ll also receive updates when significant changes are made, as well as the final ebook version.

Get a solid grounding in all the fundamentals of Cocoa Touch and avoid problems during iPhone and iPad app development. With this revised and updated edition, you’ll learn how to work effectively with Objective-C and Xcode, using iOS 5 and Xcode 4.2 features, such as ARC memory management, storyboards, Core Image filters, and Emitter layers.

This book covers iOS 5 in a rigorous, orderly fashion ideal whether you’re approaching iOS for the first time or need a reference to bolster existing skills.

With this digital Early Release edition of Programming iOS 5: Fundamentals of iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch Development, 2nd Edition, you get the entire book bundle in its earliest form – the author’s raw and unedited content – so you can take advantage of this content long before the book’s official release. You’ll also receive updates when significant changes are made, as well as the final ebook version. Download eBook Free »

iOS 5 Programming Cookbook: Solutions and Examples for iPhone, iPad, a...

eBook Details:

  • Paperback: 874 pages
  • Publisher: O’Reilly Media (February 15, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1449311431
  • ISBN-13: 978-1449311438

eBook Description:

iOS 5 Programming Cookbook: Solutions & Examples for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch Apps

With this digital Early Release edition of iOS 5 Programming Cookbook: Solutions & Examples for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch Apps, you get the entire book bundle in its earliest form – the author’s raw and unedited content – so you can take advantage of this content long before the book’s official release. You’ll also receive updates when significant changes are made, as well as the final ebook version.

This popular cookbook, thoroughly updated in response to reader requests and new developments in iOS 5, helps you solve the vexing, real-life issues you’re likely to face when creating apps for the iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. This edition contains more than 100 new recipes, each providing a clear solution and sample code that you can use right away.

iOS 5 Programming Cookbook: Solutions & Examples for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch Apps

The focus of this book is to teach you how to write iOS apps, whether they’re as simple as a music player or as complex as an app that mixes animations, graphics, multimedia, database, and cloud storage. You’ll learn about iCloud, Automatic Reference Counting, storyboarding, Interface Builder, creating ad-hoc and simulator builds, provision profiles, graphics, animations, Grand Central Dispatch, Operations and Operation Queues, threads, timers, audio and video and many other iOS 5 tools and techniques. Download eBook Free »

Beginning Android 4 Games Development

eBook Details:

  • Paperback: 696 pages
  • Publisher: Apress; 1st edition (December 7, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1430239875
  • ISBN-13: 978-1430239871

eBook Description:

Beginning Android 4 Games Development

Beginning Android 4 Games Development offers everything you need to join the ranks of successful Android game developers. You’ll start with game design fundamentals and programming basics, and then progress toward creating your own basic game engine and playable game that works on Android 4.0 and earlier devices. This will give you everything you need to branch out and write your own Android games.

The potential user base and the wide array of available high-performance devices makes Android an attractive target for aspiring game developers. Do you have an awesome idea for the next break-through mobile gaming title? Beginning Android 4 Games Development will help you kick-start your project. Beginning Android 4 Games Development offers everything you need to join the ranks of successful Android game developers. You’ll start with game design fundamentals and programming basics, and then progress toward creating your own basic game engine and playable game that works on Android 4.0 and earlier devices.

Beginning Android 4 Games Development offers everything you need to join the ranks of successful Android game developers. You’ll start with game design fundamentals and programming basics, and then progress toward creating your own basic game engine and playable game that works on Android 4.0 and earlier devices. This will give you everything you need to branch out and write your own Android games. Download eBook Free »

Practical Android 4 Games Development

eBook Details:

  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Apress; 1st edition (December 19, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1430240296
  • ISBN-13: 978-1430240297

eBook Description:

Practical Android 4 Games Development

Practical Android 4 Games Development continues your journey to becoming a hands-on Android game apps developer. This title guides you through the process of designing and developing game apps that work on both smartphones and tablets, thanks to the new Android SDK 4.0 which merges the User Interface and Experience APIs and more.

The author, J.F. DiMarzio, has written eight books, including Android: A Programmer’s Guide the first Android book approved by Google recently updated and translated for sale in Japan. He has an easy-to-read, concise, and logical writing style that is well suited for teaching complex technologies like the Java-based Android.

From 2D-based casual games to 3D OpenGL-based first-person shooters, you find that learning how to create games on the fastest growing mobile platform has never been easier.

Practical Android 4 Games Development continues your journey to becoming a hands-on Android game apps developer. This title guides you through the process of designing and developing game apps that work on both smartphones and tablets, thanks to the new Android SDK 4.0 which merges the User Interface and Experience APIs and more. Download eBook Free »

Android Forensics: Investigation, Analysis and Mobile Security for Goo...

eBook Details:

  • Paperback: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Syngress; 1st edition (June 29, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1597496510
  • ISBN-13: 978-1597496513

eBook Description:

Android Forensics: Investigation, Analysis and Mobile Security for Google Android

The open source nature of the platform has not only established a new direction for the industry, but enables a developer or forensic analyst to understand the device at the most fundamental level. Android Forensics: Investigation, Analysis and Mobile Security for Google Android covers an open source mobile device platform based on the Linux 2.6 kernel and managed by the Open Handset Alliance. The Android platform is a major source of digital forensic investigation and analysis. This book provides a thorough review of the Android platform including supported hardware devices, the structure of the Android development project and implementation of core services (wireless communication, data storage and other low-level functions). Finally, it will focus on teaching readers how to apply actual forensic techniques to recover data.

Android is now the world’s most popular mobile device platform and still growing at an astonishing rate. Android Forensics: Investigation, Analysis and Mobile Security for Google Android provides a thorough review of the Android platform, including the core hardware and software components, file systems and data structures, data security considerations, a detailed review of forensic acquisition techniques and strategies for the subsequent analysis required. A heavy emphasis on open source tools and step-by-step examples are a primary focus on this book. Download eBook Free »