Android Apprentice (Fourth Edition)
Android Apprentice (Fourth Edition)

Author: Namrata Bandekar

Publisher: R. R. Bowker

Published: 2021-04-28

Total Pages: 744

ISBN-13: 9781950325399

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Learn Android programming with Kotlin! Learning Android programming can be challenging. Sure, there is plenty of documentation, but the tools and libraries available today for Android are easily overwhelming for newcomers to Android and Kotlin. Android Apprentice takes a different approach. From building a simple first app, all the way to a fully-featured podcast player app, this book walks you step-by-step, building on basic concepts to advanced techniques so you can build amazing apps worthy of the Google Play Store! Who This Book Is For This book is for anyone interested in writing mobile apps for Android. Though no previous mobile experience is necessary, this book is also a great resource for iPhone developers transitioning from iOS. Topics Covered in Android Apprentice Getting Started: Learn how to set up Android Studio and the Android Emulator. Layouts: Create layouts that can be used for both Activities and Fragments Debugging: No one's perfect! Learn how to dig down and troubleshoot bugs in your apps. Communication: Design separate Activites and communicate and send data between them using Intents. Scrolling Layouts: Learn how to use Recycler Views to make efficient, reusable views that scroll fluidly at a touch. Google Places: Integrate location APIs to bring the magic of maps into your Android apps. Networking: Learn how to access resouces on the internet and handle networked responses. Material Design: Make sure your apps conform to modern best practices by using Google's standards of Material Design AndroidX: Learn how to use the AndroidX libraries to support older versions of Android. And much, much more! One thing you can count on: after reading this book, you'll be prepared to write feature-rich apps from scratch and go all the way to submiting them to the Google Play Store! About the Tutorial Team The Tutorial Team is a group of app developers and authors who write tutorials at the popular website raywenderlich.com. We take pride in making sure each tutorial we write holds to the highest standards of quality. We want our tutorials to be well written, easy to follow, and fun. If you've enjoyed the tutorials we've written in the past, you're in for a treat. The tutorials we've written for this book are some of our best yet - and this book contains detailed technical knowledge you simply won't be able to find anywhere else.

IOS Apprentice Sixth Edition
IOS Apprentice Sixth Edition

Author: Raywenderlich Com Team

Publisher:

Published: 2017-11-16

Total Pages: 774

ISBN-13: 9781942878391

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"In this book, you will learn how to make your own iPhone and iPad apps, through four engaging, epic-length tutorials. These hands-on tutorials describe in full detail how to build a new app from scratch. Four tutorials, four apps. Each new app will be a little more advanced than the one before, and together they cover everything you need to know to make your own apps. By the end of the series you'll be experienced enough to turn your ideas into real apps that you can sell on the App Store"--Page 4 of cover.

IOS Apprentice
IOS Apprentice

Author: Matthijs Hollemans

Publisher:

Published: 2014-12-01

Total Pages: 804

ISBN-13: 9780989675154

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Learn iPhone and iPad Programming via Tutorials! If you're new to iOS and Swift, or to programming in general, learning how to write an app can seem incredibly overwhelming. That's why you need a book that: Shows you how to write an app step-by-step Has tons of illustrations and screenshots to make everything clear Is written in a fun and easygoing manner! In this book, you will learn how to make your own iPhone and iPad apps, through a series of four epic-length hands-on tutorials. These hands-on tutorials describe in full detail how to build a new app from scratch. Four tutorials, four apps. Each new app will be a little more advanced than the one before, and together they cover everything you need to know to make your own apps. By the end of the series you'll be experienced enough to turn your ideas into real apps that you can sell on the App Store. Tutorial 1: Bull's Eye. In the first tutorial in the book, you'll start off by building a simple but fun game to learn the basics of iPhone programming. In the process, you'll get familiar with Xcode, Interface Builder, and Swift in an easygoing manner. Tutorial 2: Checklists. In the second tutorial in the series, you'll create your own to-do list app. In the process, you'll learn about the fundamental design patterns that all iOS apps use and about table views, navigation controllers and delegates. Now you're making apps for real! Tutorial 3: MyLocations. In the third tutorial, you'll develop a location-aware app that lets you keep a list of spots that you find interesting. In the process, you'll learn about Core Location, Core Data, Map Kit, and much more! Tutorial 4: StoreSearch. Mobile apps often need to talk to web services and that's what you'll do in this final tutorial of the book. You'll make a stylish app for iPhone and iPad that lets you search for products on the iTunes store using HTTP requests and JSON. It is my sincere belief that this series can turn you from a complete newbie into an accomplished iOS developer, but you do have to put in the time and effort. By writing this book I've done my part, now it's up to you...

Flutter Apprentice (Third Edition)
Flutter Apprentice (Third Edition)

Author: Michael Katz

Publisher: Razeware LLC

Published: 2022-09-13

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781950325740

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Build for iOS & Android With Flutter!Flutter is an exciting development toolkit that lets you build apps for iOS, Android and even web and desktop, all from a single codebase.It uses a declarative approach to UI development. You can "hot reload" code while developing, and apps will perform at native speed thanks to its custom rendering engine.With Flutter and Flutter Apprentice, you can achieve the dream of building fast applications, faster.Who This Book Is ForThis book is for developers who are new to Flutter, and also developers that already have some experience with building apps for the iOS and Android platforms, or web apps.Topics Covered in Flutter ApprenticeWidgets: Use Flutter widgets to build modern mobile user interfaces.Navigation: Navigate between multiple screens within a Flutter app, including using deep links.Networking and Persistence: Fetch data from the network, parse the JSON response and cache data locally in a SQLite database.State Management: Explore the all-important idea of state management in Flutter and learn about various state management techniques and tools.Streams: Learn about Dart streams and how to use them in Flutter apps.Deployment: Learn to prepare and deploy your app to mobile app stores.Firebase: Learn how to leverage Firebase Cloud Firestore to store data remotely.One thing you can count on: After reading this book, you'll be prepared to create and deploy full-featured mobile apps to both the iOS App Store and the Google Play Store, without having to write two separate apps.

The IOS Apprentice (Fourth Edition)
The IOS Apprentice (Fourth Edition)

Author: Matthijs Hollemans

Publisher:

Published: 2015-09-16

Total Pages: 790

ISBN-13: 9781942878087

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Completely up to date for iOS 9, Xcode 7, and Swift 2.0. Learn iPhone and iPad Programming via Tutorials! If you're new to iOS and Swift, or to programming in general, learning how to write an app can seem incredibly overwhelming. That's why you need a book that: Shows you how to write an app step-by-step Has tons of illustrations and screenshots to make everything clear Is written in a fun and easygoing manner! In this book, you will learn how to make your own iPhone and iPad apps, through a series of four epic-length hands-on tutorials. These hands-on tutorials describe in full detail how to build a new app from scratch. Four tutorials, four apps. Each new app will be a little more advanced than the one before, and together they cover everything you need to know to make your own apps. By the end of the series you'll be experienced enough to turn your ideas into real apps that you can sell on the App Store. Tutorial 1: Bull's Eye. In the first tutorial in the book, you'll start off by building a simple but fun game to learn the basics of iPhone programming. In the process, you'll get familiar with Xcode, Interface Builder, and Swift in an easygoing manner. Tutorial 2: Checklists. In the second tutorial in the series, you'll create your own to-do list app. In the process, you'll learn about the fundamental design patterns that all iOS apps use and about table views, navigation controllers and delegates. Now you're making apps for real! Tutorial 3: MyLocations. In the third tutorial, you'll develop a location-aware app that lets you keep a list of spots that you find interesting. In the process, you'll learn about Core Location, Core Data, Map Kit, and much more! Tutorial 4: StoreSearch. Mobile apps often need to talk to web services and that's what you'll do in this final tutorial of the book. You'll make a stylish app for iPhone and iPad that lets you search for products on the iTunes store using HTTP requests and JSON. It is my sincere belief that this series can turn you from a complete newbie into an accomplished iOS developer, but you do have to put in the time and effort. By writing this book I've done my part, now it's up to you...

Android Programming
Android Programming

Author: Bill Phillips

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Published: 2015-08-01

Total Pages: 859

ISBN-13: 0134171500

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Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide is an introductory Android book for programmers with Java experience. Based on Big Nerd Ranch's popular Android Bootcamp course, this guide will lead you through the wilderness using hands-on example apps combined with clear explanations of key concepts and APIs. This book focuses on practical techniques for developing apps compatible with Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and up, including coverage of Lollipop and material design. Write and run code every step of the way, creating apps that integrate with other Android apps, download and display pictures from the web, play sounds, and more. Each chapter and app has been designed and tested to provide the knowledge and experience you need to get started in Android development. Big Nerd Ranch specializes in developing and designing innovative applications for clients around the world. Our experts teach others through our books, bootcamps, and onsite training. Whether it's Android, iOS, Ruby and Ruby on Rails, Cocoa, Mac OS X, JavaScript, HTML5 or UX/UI, we've got you covered. The Android team is constantly improving and updating Android Studio and other tools. As a result, some of the instructions we provide in the book are no longer correct. You can find an addendum addressing breaking changes at: https://github.com/bignerdranch/AndroidCourseResources/raw/master/2ndEdition/Errata/2eAddendum.pdf.

Sams Teach Yourself iPad Application Development in 24 Hours
Sams Teach Yourself iPad Application Development in 24 Hours

Author: John Ray

Publisher: Sams Publishing

Published: 2010-08-04

Total Pages: 949

ISBN-13: 0132316706

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The clear, easy-to-understand tutorial for developers who want to write software for today's hottest new device: Apple's iPad! Figures and code appear as they do in Xcode Covers iOS 3.2 and up In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, learn how to build powerful applications for today’s hottest tablet device: the iPad! Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll master every skill and technology you need, from setting up your Xcode development environment to utilizing the full iPad screen real estate for touchable interfaces, integrating maps and media, to improving the reliability and performance of your software. Each lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, giving you a rock-solid foundation for real-world success! Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common iPad development tasks. Quizzes and Exercises at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge. By the Way notes present interesting information related to the discussion. Did You Know? tips offer advice or show you easier ways to perform tasks. Watch Out! cautions alert you to possible problems and give you advice on how to avoid them. Printed in full color Learn the features of the Xcode development suite Prepare your system and iPad for efficient development Get started fast with Apple’s Objective-C and Cocoa Touch Understand the Model-View-Controller (MVC) development paradigm Implement advanced application interfaces with interactive widgets and web-connected interfaces Enhance the user experience with popovers and other iPad-only UI features Build interfaces that adjust to the iPad’s orientation Read and write data, and navigate it with table views Implement media playback and recording capabilities Integrate your software with the iPad’s email, photos, iPod, and address book applications Create map and location-based services Sense motion with the iPad accelerometer input Discover the tools for building universal iPad/iPhone/iPod touch applications Distribute your applications through the App Store

Swift Apprentice (Seventh Edition)
Swift Apprentice (Seventh Edition)

Author: Eli Ganim

Publisher: Razeware LLC

Published: 2021-10-26

Total Pages: 576

ISBN-13: 9781950325528

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Learn How to Program with Swift 5.5!Swift is the easiest way to get started developing on Apple's platforms: iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS. In this book, you'll learn the basics of Swift from getting started with playgrounds to simple operations to building your own types. Everything you'll learn is platform-neutral; you'll have a firm understanding of Swift by the end of this book, and you'll be ready to move on to whichever app platform you're interested in.Who This Book Is For:This book is for complete beginners to Swift. No prior programming experience is necessary!Topics Covered in The Swift ApprenticePlayground basics: Learn about the coding environment where you can quickly and easily try out your code as you learn.Basic types: Numbers and strings are the basic kinds of data in any app - learn how to use them in Swift.Flow control: Your code doesn't always run straight through - learn how to use conditions and decide what to do.Functions: Group your code together into reusable chunks to run and pass around.Collection types: Discover the many ways Swift offers to store and organize data into collections.Protocols & protocol-oriented programming: Define protocols to make your code more interface-based and compositional.Advanced topics: Learn how to create custom operators, organize your code, write tests, manage memory, serialize your types, concurrency and so much more.After reading this book and completing your Swift apprenticeship by working through the included exercises and challenges, you'll be ready to take on app development on the platform of your choice!

A Degree of Mastery
A Degree of Mastery

Author: Annie Tremmel Wilcox

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13:

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