November 17th, 2008
iPhone vs. Android development: Day 1
As I mentioned last week I’ve started learning more about developing for the Apple iPhone. This week I’ll be sharing my experiences during a 5-day course on iPhone programming presented by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. In particular, I’ll be pointing out differences between Android and iPhone development.
[Read: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5]
I have to preface this by saying that I’m not a big fan of class instruction. Give me a computer and an internet connection and I’m usually happy to find out everything on my own. The down side of this technique is that I sometimes spend a lot of time going off on some interesting tangent that, strictly speaking, isn’t necessary for the task at hand. Classes enforce a linear learning structure, which some people like but I find a bit restraining. There’s something to be said for total immersion in a subject though, in a setting where you won’t be interrupted. So that’s what I’m doing this week.
The first day of classes covered the following topics:
- Simple iPhone Application — Creating an XCode project, bringing up the Interface Builder, and using Targets, Outlets, and Actions.
- The Device — Provisioning, setting a default icon, and setting a frozen UI image.
- Text — Defining the UI, TextViews, TextFields, responder chains, and the virtual keyboard.
- Delegates — Handling user interface events.
- Core Location — Location based services.
Here are a few impressions I recorded during each session, followed by a wrap-up of my conclusions for the day:
Next: Simple iPhone Application, The Device >
Ed Burnette is a professional developer and author of several articles and books about computing including Hello, Android: Introducing Google's Mobile Development Platform, 2nd Edition. For disclosure of Ed's industry affiliations, click here or to view his full profile click here.
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