Building an iOS App - From Zero to App Store in 30 minutes(-ish)

Presented at the iOS Dev Scout Hackathon 2012.

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1. From Zero to App Store in 30 minutes(-ish) Building an iOS App
2. Agenda • Orientation to Xcode • Anatomy of an App • Basic UIKit controls • View Controller Lifecycle • Compiling an App • Provisioning & Deploying to iPhone • App Store Submission
3. IDE: Xcode
4. Anatomy of an App Info.plist AppDelegate Interface Builder / Storyboard Files ViewControllers RootViewController Graphic Assets Frameworks SQLite
5. Basic UIKit Components • Everything is an Objective-C Object. • UIButton object is • Native iOS SDK interface components. • Optimized for touch interactions. • Interaction elements that are familiar to every iPhone/iPad user. • Can be extended and enhanced.
6. UIScrollView
7. UIScrollView
8. UITableView
9. UITableView
10. UIButton
11. UIButton
12. UIBarButton
13. UISwitch
14. UISlider
15. UITextView
16. UITextField
17. UIToolbar
18. UINavigationBar
19. UITabBar
20. UISegmentedControl
21. UIAlertView
22. UIActionSheet
23. UIPickerView
24. UIDatePicker
25. View Controller Lifecycle • Callback methods that get triggered when the view controller gets: • Instantiated/loaded (viewDidLoad) • Before it appears (viewWillAppear) • After it appears (viewDidAppear) • Before it disappears (viewWillDisappear) • After it disappears (viewDidDisappear) • After its unloaded (viewDidUnload)
26. Compiling an App The Hello World Demo
27. Deploying App to iPhone • Get a iOS Developer Account. ($99USD) • Register your device.
33. Deploying App to iPhone • Get a iOS Developer Account. ($99USD) • Register your device. • Create App in iOS Provisioning Portal (no charge).
40. Deploying App to iPhone • Get a iOS Developer Account. ($99USD) • Register your device. • Create App in iOS Provisioning Portal (no charge). • Create provisioning profile.
45. Deploying App to iPhone • Get a iOS Developer Account. ($99USD) • Register your device. • Create App in iOS Provisioning Portal (no charge). • Create provisioning profile. • Refresh Xcode’s Organizer.
50. Deploying App to iPhone • Get a iOS Developer Account. ($99USD) • Register your device. • Create App in iOS Provisioning Portal (no charge). • Create provisioning profile. • Refresh Xcode’s Organizer. • Select profile & build!
52. App Store Submission • First Time: • Get Distribution Profile (one time).
54. App Store Submission • First Time: • Get Distribution Profile (one time). • Create App in iTunes Connect.
59. App Store Submission • First Time: • Get Distribution Profile (one time). • Create App in iTunes Connect. • Submission Preparation: • Add new version in iTunes Connect.
61. App Store Submission • First Time: • Get Distribution Profile (one time). • Create App in iTunes Connect. • Submission Preparation: • Add new version in iTunes Connect. • Build and upload archive file from Xcode.