Provides information on creating a variety of applications for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad using standard iOS elements.

If you are a designer who knows HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you can easily learn how to make native iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad apps—and distribute them worldwide via the App Store. When combined with an Objective-C framework, web standards can be used to format and style content for iOS, using native controls and behaviors for an authentic Apple user experience. The Web Designer’s Guide to iOS Apps shows how to create apps using NimbleKit, the Objective-C framework featured on the Apple Development Tools web site. With it you’ll learn how to: Download and install the free software for creating iOS apps Use Xcode to manage project assets, test apps, and package binary files Implement standard iOS elements and behaviors for familiar Apple mobile user experiences Enhance your app designs with HTML5 and CSS3 Build a foundation for designing web apps that can be delivered to other smartphones and mobile devices

This book teaches web designers how to use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to build native iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad applications. By leveraging their existing skills, web designers can do the same specialized and content-specific work for new platforms. And by combining these skills with a code framework that allows them to bypass the need to learn a lot of Objective-C programming, web designers can focus exclusively on interface and content design. This results in better products for clients and their customers, and also saves the designer both time (by avoiding the need to learn - or subcontr.

Learning iOS Design will help students think systematically about the art and science of design, and consistently design apps that users will appreciate--and love. Pioneering Omni Group user experience expert William Van Hecke first explains what design really means, and why effective app design matters so much. Next, using a sample concept, he walks through transforming a vague idea into a fleshed-out design, moving from outlines to sketches, wireframes to mockups, prototypes to finished apps. Building on universal design principles, he offers practical advice for thinking carefully, critically, and cleverly about students' own projects, and provides exercises to guide the reader step-by-step through planning an app's design.

This eBook provides you with some useful tips and tricks, regardless of whether you're taking your first steps in app design or looking to adopt some best practices from industry pros. To help you broadly position your future app, our authors cover the three biggest platforms: iOS, Android and Windows Mobile. Some step-by-step coding tutorials will take you by the hand, as will exciting new techniques that go beyond the usual. In addition, the eBook features handy cross-platform topics such as prototyping, as well as a field guide to app testing, and advice on marketing your app. TABLE OF CONTENTS - A Guide To iOS App Development For Web Designers - Get Started Writing iOS Apps With RubyMotion - Mobile Prototyping With Axure RP - Creating Realistic iPhone Games With Cocos2D - Mobile Design Practices For Android: Tips And Techniques - C-Swipe: An Ergonomic Solution To Navigation Fragmentation On Android - Windows Phone Design For Developers - A Field Guide To Mobile App Testing - How To Succeed With Your Mobile App

Anyone with programming experience can learn how to write an iPhone app. But if you want to build a great app, there's a lot more to it than simple coding: you also need to know how design and market your creation. This easy-to-follow guide walks you through the entire process, from sketching out your idea to promoting the finished product. Get to know the tools for developing your iPhone app Design a great app before you start coding Build a complex app with Xcode and Interface Builder Decide how to brand your app-then beta-test that brand in the real world Learn the inside scoop on how to get your app into the App Store Promote your product, track sales, and build a strong customer following