iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, 3/e (Big Nerd Ranch Guides) (109 page)

and instance variables,
Strong and Weak References

declaring,
Declaring properties

defined,
Strong and Weak References

and outlets,
Unloading views

vs. unsafe unretained,
Strong and Weak References

caching data,
Caching the RSS Feed

credentials,
For the More Curious: Credentials

for data storage,
Trade-offs of Persistence Mechanisms

described,
Web Services

and HTTP protocol,
For the More Curious: The Request Body

parsing retrieved XML,
Collecting XML data

requesting data from,
NSURL, NSURLRequest, and NSURLConnection

security,
For the More Curious: Credentials

adding a user preference,
NSUserDefaults

changing map type,
NSUserDefaults

configuring user interface,
Interface Properties

finding and annotating locations,
Being a MapView Delegate

object diagram,
Object Diagrams

(see also
debugging tools
,
inspectors
,
Instruments
,
libraries
,
navigators
,
projects
,
simulator
)

assistant editor,
An Additional UIViewController
,
Taking pictures and UIImagePickerController

build settings,
Build Settings

building applications,
Accessor methods

building interfaces,
Building Interfaces

canvas,
Building Interfaces

canvas area,
Building Interfaces

code-completion,
Implementing Methods
,
Code Snippet Library
,
Using the Store

console,
Build and Run on the Simulator

containers,
Xcode Schemes

creating a class in,
Creating an NSObject subclass

debug area,
Build and Run on the Simulator

debugger,
Using the Debugger

editor area,
Building Interfaces

keyboard shortcuts,
An Additional UIViewController

navigators,
Creating an Xcode Project

Organizer window,
Deploying an Application

placeholders in,
Implementing Methods
,
Code Snippet Library

products,
Projects, Targets, and Frameworks

profiling applications in,
Instruments

projects,
Projects, Targets, and Frameworks

regular expression search,
Constructing a pattern string

schemes,
Deploying an Application
,
Xcode Schemes

size inspector,
Autorotation

static analyzer,
Static Analyzer

tabs,
An Additional UIViewController

targets,
Projects, Targets, and Frameworks

templates,
Creating an Xcode Project
,
Creating a Custom View
,
View Controller Subclasses and Templates

utilities area,
Building Interfaces
,
Code Snippet Library

workspaces,
Creating an Xcode Project

and archiving,
Archiving

bad connections in,
An Additional UIViewController

connecting objects in,
Declaring methods

connecting with source files,
An Additional UIViewController
,
Taking pictures and UIImagePickerController
,
Exposing the properties of HomepwnerItemCell

creating,
Another UIViewController
,
Demystifying the XIB: File's Owner

creating properties from,
Exposing the properties of HomepwnerItemCell

defined,
Building Interfaces

editing in Xcode,
Building Interfaces

File's Owner,
Demystifying the XIB: File's Owner

and initWithNibName:bundle:,
Initializing view controllers

for iPad,
Universalizing Homepwner

loading manually,
Editing Mode
,
Using HomepwnerItemCell

localizing,
Localizing Resources

making connections in,
An Additional UIViewController
,
Taking pictures and UIImagePickerController

naming,
Initializing view controllers

vs. NIB files,
Building Interfaces

objects in,
Demystifying the XIB: File's Owner

placeholders in,
Demystifying the XIB: File's Owner

and properties,
Exposing the properties of HomepwnerItemCell

setting pointers in,
Setting pointers

vs. storyboards,
UIStoryboard

top-level objects in,
Unloading views

and UINib,
Using HomepwnerItemCell

in universal applications,
Universalizing Homepwner

and view hierarchy,
Creating a Custom View

when to use,
Another UIViewController
,
Demystifying the XIB: File's Owner

collecting from web service,
Working with NSURLConnection

constructing tree,
Constructing the tree of model objects

parsing,
Collecting XML data

property lists,
For the More Curious: Reading and Writing to the Filesystem

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