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November 18th, 2008

iPhone vs. Android development: Day 2

Posted by Ed Burnette @ 2:05 pm

Categories: Android, Apple, General, Google, Programming, iPhone, iPhone Bootcamp 2008

Tags: Apple iPhone, Integer, String, Localizable.strings, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Welcome to day 2 of a 5-day course on iPhone programming presented by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. During the course I’ll be blogging about the differences between Android and iPhone development.

[Read: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5]

Yesterday we learned about creating a simple iPhone application, using Interface Builder, handling user interface events, and Location based services with the CLLocationManager class. Today’s agenda includes:

  1. Localization
  2. View Controllers
  3. Table Views
  4. WebKit
  5. Sound

Here are some impressions I recorded during each session, followed by a wrap-up of my conclusions for the day:

Next: Localization >

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Ed BurnetteEd 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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RE: iPhone vs. Android development: Day 2
While it is true that you have to localize the .xib files for
each language, typically that is a Good Thing (tm). If you
have text labels in your user interface, and you localize
them to ... (Read the rest)
Posted by: easco Posted on: 04/01/09 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
Localization not actually supported by Android yet.  mathiastck | 11/18/08
RE: iPhone vs. Android development: Day 2  simon_puleo@... | 11/19/08
RE: iPhone vs. Android development: Day 2  ctwise@... | 11/21/08
What's more important?  Ed BurnetteZDNet Moderator | 11/21/08
RE: iPhone vs. Android development: Day 2  easco | 04/01/09

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