Category: learn-ipad-book

Learning iPad Programming, 2nd Edition, is Available

by kirbyt on May 28, 2013 in announcements, learn-ipad-book

I'm excited to announce the second edition of [Learning iPad Programming][book] is now on sale at your favorite book store....

PhotoWheel 2 is Available for Download

by kirbyt on January 30, 2013 in learn-ipad-book, photowheel

The latest version of PhotoWheel, version 2, has been approved by Apple and is being processed for the App Store....

Learning iPad Programming, 2nd Edition Coming in Spring 2013

by kirbyt on January 23, 2013 in books, learn-ipad-book, photowheel

Learning iPad Programming, 2nd Edition is coming this spring. Tom and I updated the book to cover new features found...

How To Ignore performSelector Leak Warning

by kirbyt on April 03, 2012 in ios, learn-ipad-book, photowheel

In Listing 16.22 from the Learning iPad Programming book, I show how to invoke a method using `-performSelector:` where the...

Using Xcode 4.2 on Snow Leopard

by kirbyt on March 24, 2012 in learn-ipad-book, osx, xcode

A few people have recently mentioned to me that they are still running Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6). The...

Is There an Issue with the Print Version

by kirbyt on March 24, 2012 in learn-ipad-book

Learning iPad Programming has received two negative reviews on Amazon, both concerning the print quality of the book. I've received...

Learning iPad Programming LiveLessons Available for Purchase

by kirbyt on March 13, 2012 in announcements, ios, learn-ipad-book, livelessons, video

I learned today that the [Learning iPad Programming LiveLessons][1] videos are available for purchase from the [InformIT web site][2]. So...

Learning iPad Programming LiveLessons

by kirbyt on March 12, 2012 in announcements, ios, learn-ipad-book, livelessons, video

Last December I spent a week in a recording studio located in a Chicago suburb. The results of that week...

Kindle and iBooks Versions Are Available

by kirbyt on January 27, 2012 in announcements, books, learn-ipad-book

It took the publisher longer than expected, but I'm happy to finally report Learning iPad Programming is once again available...

Kindle and iBooks Stores versions will be available soon

by kirbyt on December 16, 2011 in books, learn-ipad-book

The Kindle and iBooks versions of the book have been pulled from the stores while the publisher fixes the content...

Kindle and iBooks Versions are Available

by kirbyt on December 10, 2011 in books, learn-ipad-book

The [Kindle][1] and iBooks Store versions of Learning iPad Programming are now available for purchase and download. This is exciting...

Breakpoint on All Exceptions

by kirbyt on December 10, 2011 in debugging, learn-ipad-book, xcode

In Chapter 9 of the book, I talk about an uncaught exception that will crash the app. Figure 9.4 shows...

PhotoWheel is Available in the App Store

by kirbyt on November 30, 2011 in learn-ipad-book, photowheel

PhotoWheel is now available for [download from the App Store][1], and it has its very own web site. Visit [photowheelapp.com][2]...

Tips for Writing a Universal App

by kirbyt on November 29, 2011 in learn-ipad-book, video

Here's another video that was recorded earlier this year. In this video I share some [tips for writing a universal...

Accessing the Photo Library

by kirbyt on November 17, 2011 in learn-ipad-book, video

Here is another brief video I did earlier this year for InformIT. This one is on [accessing the photo library][1]...

Author Intro Video

by kirbyt on November 14, 2011 in learn-ipad-book, video

InformIT asked me to record a few video podcasts about our book Learning iPad Programming. A lot has changed since...