iOS Development with Xamarin Cookbook -- Table of Contents -- iOS Development with Xamarin Cookbook -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more -- Why subscribe? -- Free access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Development Tools -- Introduction -- Installing prerequisites -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Xcode -- Interface Builder -- iOS Simulator -- There's more... -- Useful links -- Updates -- See also -- Creating an iOS project with Xamarin Studio -- Getting ready... -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- MyFirstiOSProjectViewController.xib -- MyFirstiOSProjectViewController.cs -- MyFirstiOSProjectViewController.designer.cs -- AppDelegate.cs -- Main.cs -- Info.plist -- There's more... -- List of Xamarin.iOS assemblies -- See also -- Interface Builder -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- More information -- See also -- Creating the UI -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- Adding a label -- Adding a button -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Setting titles on Buttons -- See also -- Accessing the UI with Outlets -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Adding Outlets through code -- See also -- Adding Actions to controls -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Compiling an iOS project -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- iOS build options -- iOS application options -- There's more... -- See also -- Debugging our application -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more...

App performance when debugging -- Breakpoints in FinishedLaunching -- See also -- 2. User Interface - Views -- Introduction -- Adding and customizing views -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Adding views programmatically -- View content layout -- See also -- Receiving user input with buttons -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Changing the appearance of buttons -- See also -- Displaying images -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using images for different screen sizes -- See also -- Displaying and editing text -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Using the keyboard -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Displaying progress -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- UIProgressView height -- See also -- Displaying content larger than the screen -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- UIScrollView events -- See also -- Navigating through the content divided into pages -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Proper usage of UIPageControl -- See also -- Displaying alerts -- Getting ready -- How to do it… -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Creating a custom view -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Styling views -- Getting ready -- How to do it… -- How it works… -- There's more… -- Limitations of UIAppearance -- See also -- 3. User Interface - View Controllers -- Introduction -- Loading a view with a view controller -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- UIViewController methods to override -- See also.

Navigating through different view controllers -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Managing navigation bar buttons -- See also -- Providing controllers in tabs -- Getting ready -- How to do it… -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Useful UITabBarController properties -- Determining tab selection -- See also -- Modal view controllers -- Getting ready -- How to do it… -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Accessing a modal controller -- How many modal controllers? -- See also -- Creating a custom view controller -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Using view controllers efficiently -- Getting ready -- How to do it… -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- iPad view controllers -- Getting ready -- How to do it… -- How it works... -- There's more... -- iPad-specific controller usage -- See also -- UI flow design with storyboards -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Passing data -- See also -- Unwinding in storyboards -- Getting ready -- How to do it… -- How it works… -- There's more… -- Where is the unwind segue in the storyboard? -- See also -- 4. Data Management -- Introduction -- Creating files -- Getting ready -- How to do it… -- How it works... -- There's more... -- The Documents folder -- The Caches folder -- See also -- Using a SQLite database -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- SQL table creation -- See also -- Preparing for iCloud support -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- iCloud key/value storage -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Getting notified on key/value store changes -- See also -- 5. Displaying Data -- Introduction -- Providing lists -- Getting ready.

How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- More UIPickerView customization -- Date and time selection -- See also -- Displaying data in a table -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- The UITableView styles -- The UITableViewCell styles -- See also -- Customizing rows -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Useful properties of the UITableViewCell class -- UINib class -- Adding content programmatically -- See also -- Editing a table -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Enabling editing modes for individual rows -- See also -- Table indexing -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Searching through the data -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Creating a simple web browser -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Scaling the content -- UIWebView supported files -- Displaying data in a grid -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- More information on UICollectionView -- See also -- Customizing the grid -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- 6. Web Services -- Introduction -- Consuming web services -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Invoking web service methods asynchronously -- The XSP shutdown -- See also -- Consuming REST services -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Communicating with native APIs -- Getting ready -- How to do it… -- How it works… -- There's more… -- Synchronous NSUrlConnection -- Usability -- See also -- Using WCF services -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more...

More information on Xamarin Studio's WCF support -- WCF service creation -- See also -- 7. Multimedia Resources -- Introduction -- Selecting images and videos -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Picking videos -- See also -- Capturing media with the camera -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Image editing -- See also -- Playing videos -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Wireless streaming -- See also -- Playing music and sounds -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Playing sound files -- See also -- Recording with the microphone -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Recording for a predefined amount of time -- See also -- Managing album items directly -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Reading EXIF data -- Retrieving individual assets -- Checking for permission -- See also -- 8. Integrating iOS Features -- Introduction -- Starting phone calls -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- More information on OpenUrl -- See also -- Sending text messages and e-mails -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- More information on opening external apps -- See also -- Using text messaging in our application -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Attachments -- Using e-mail messaging in our application -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Managing the address book -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Adding a phone number to a contact -- Displaying contacts -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works...

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