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[...]... over the Internet when the iPhone is connected to a network Memory Limits On the iPhone, memory management is critical .The iPhone does not support disk-swapbased virtual memory.When your run out of memory, the iPhone reboots—as Apple puts it, random reboots are probably not the user experience you were hoping for.With no swap file, you must carefully manage your memory demands and be prepared for the iPhone. .. bring your application into the autoterminate zone Note Xcode automatically optimizes your PNG images using the pngcrush utility shipped with the SDK (You’ll find the program in the iPhoneOS platform folders in /Developer Run it from the command line with the iphone switch to convert standard PNG files to iPhoneformatted ones.) For this reason, use PNG images in your iPhone apps where possible as your... Simulator The iPhone Simulator runs on the Macintosh and enables you to create and test applications on your desktop.You can do this without connecting to an actual iPhone or iPod touch .The Simulator offers the same API used on the iPhone and provides a preview of how your concept designs will look.When working with the Simulator, Xcode compiles Intel x86 code that runs natively on the Macintosh rather... your iPhone or iPod touch to tether your unit to the computer and install the software you’ve built n n n n An Apple iPhone Developer License You will not be able to test your software on an actual iPhone or iPod touch until you join Apple’s iPhone Developer program (http://developer.apple.com /iphone/ program) Members receive a certificate that allows them to sign their applications and download them... Apple’s iPhone SDK Are you ready to start programming for the iPhone? You’ll need Apple’s iPhone Software Developer Kit (SDK), which is free and available to members of Apple’s online (free) developer program Download your copy of the iPhone SDK from Apple’s site at http://developer.apple.com /iphone It consists of several components that form the basis of the iPhone development environment.These components... triggered by the controller Together these three elements form the backbone of the MVC programming paradigm Let’s look at each of these elements of the iPhone MVC design pattern in a bit more detail .The following sections introduce each element and its supporting classes View Classes The iPhone builds its views based on two important classes: UIView and UIViewController.These two classes are responsible... book’s chapters: n Chapter 1: Getting Started with the iPhone SDK Chapter 1 introduces the iPhone SDK and explores the iPhone as a delivery platform, limitations and all It explains the breakdown of the standard iPhone application and enables you to build your first Hello World style samples xviii Preface n n n n n n n Chapter 2: Views Chapter 2 introduces iPhone views, objects that live on your screen.You... elements, responding to users, accessing local data sources, and connecting to the Internet .The cookbook approach delivers cut-and-paste convenience Programmers can add source recipes into their projects and then customize them to their needs Each chapter groups related tasks together Readers can jump directly to the kind of solution they’re looking for without having to decide which class or framework best... be added to and sold through the iPhone App Store On the other hand,Apple does support push data from Web services Registered services can push badge numbers and messages to users, letting them know that data is waiting on those servers 9 10 Chapter 1 Introducing the iPhone SDK Note According to the iPhone Terms of Service, you may not create external frameworks for your iPhone application or use Cocoa’s... including the compiled executable, supporting media (such as images and audio), and a few special files that describe the application to the OS .The folder is treated by the operating system as a single bundle Application Folder Hierarchy Unlike the Mac, iPhone bundles do not use Contents and Resources folders to store data or a MacOS folder for the executable All materials appear at the top level of the . Black Pixel Luminance The iPhone Developer’s Cookbook: Building Applications with the iPhone SDK should be the first resource for the beginning iPhone programmer, and is the best supplemental material. Devices  The iPhone ™ Developer’s Cookbook  The iPhone ™ Developer’s Cookbook Building Applications with the iPhone SDK Erica Sadun Upper. Started with the iPhone SDK Chapter 1 introduces the iPhone SDK and explores the iPhone as a delivery plat- form, limitations and all. It explains the breakdown of the standard iPhone applica- tion