Pro iOS Table Views: for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

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Название: Pro iOS Table Views: for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

Автор: Tim Duckett

ISBN: 1430233486

Издательство: Apress

Год издания: 2012

Страниц: 340

Язык: English

Формат: PDF

Размер: 28.5 Мб

If you’re an iOS app developer, chances are you’ll be using table views in your development projects. Table views are the bread and butter of iOS apps. With them, you can create everything from the simplest of lists to fully tricked-out user interfaces.

Table views are one of the most complex components found in UIKit. While using them for boring standard user interfaces is quite simple, customizing them can become really challenging.

Pro iOS Table Views takes atask-oriented focus to assist you when implementing customized table views. Although it delves deeply into the Table View API, you can always decide in which level of detail you want to dive in. It’s aimed to be a great reference and customization cookbook at the same time, useful for beginners as well as intermediate developers.

Covers the entire Table View API in depth

Covers customization and performance topics in depth

Task-oriented reference with multiple levels of detail

What you’ll learn

The anatomy of tables and cells

The design patterns that power the table view

How to create and configure table views

How to customize every last little detail of the table view

How to use table views on the iPad

Advanced tips and tricks for performance and killer user interfaces

The latest updates in iOS 5 and how to exploit them

Who this book is for

The book is targeted at iOS developers who need to customize Table Views. The information is divided into several layers of detail. While the book covers complex customization topics and user interaction techniques, it provides the fundamental basics needed for customization. Both beginners and intermediate developers will find great value in this bookas ahelpful reference, at hand to quickly refresh their knowledge at any given time.

Table of Contents

Part 1: The background and the basics

Chapter 1. Table views from the ground up

Chapter 2. How the table fits together

Chapter 3. Feeding the table with data

Part 2: Working with table content

Chapter 4. How the cell fits together

Chapter 5. Using tables for navigation and static content

Chapter 6. Indexing table content, grouping & sorting table content

Chapter 7. Selecting & editing table content

Part 3: Customizing the look and feel

Chapter 8. Customizing cells: 12/15

Chapter 9. Customizing cells: 12/22

Chapter 10. Improving the cell’s interaction: 12/29

Chapter 11. iPad