Thursday, January 10, 2013

Getting Familiar With iPhone Apps Development

Everyone needs a smart phone. There is hardly anyone who can live an organized life without it. From a luxury it has become a necessity. There are number of smart phones available in the market and these are getting sold like hot cakes. If you have ever played a game on the iPhone, or got any idea about enhancing an iPhone application, then iPhone apps development can offer you a great way to utilize your creative skills and make a living from it.

 

On an average, iPhone users buy and download almost ten applications a month. iPod touch users buy eighteen applications a month, on an average. For both iPhone and iPod touch the average number of free applications downloaded lies between eight and sixteen a month. The free applications offer iPhone apps developers a great way to practice and enliven their ideas on applications. It also shows which ideas work and which do not. It also gives a clear idea on the number of people who want your application on their phone. If a developer designs an application and assigns it a price and then the application gets sold then he or she can become a part of the iPhone application development [1] uk industry. These applications help them earn a lot of money every month.

 

Prior to embarking the iPhone application [2] development uk process, there are certain things required. The first thing required at the starting of the process is an idea, An Intel base Mac computer, SDK or Software development Kit and an iPhone stimulator are the three main things required by iPhone apps developer to build an iPhone application. Though these can be downloaded on your computer, it is always a good idea to get your own smart device so that you can check how the application works on the device.

 

Firstly, any developer needs a Software Development Kit (SDK) to develop an application on iPhone. It can be downloaded for free at any apple developer website. After going to the website, you should click on Dev Center tab to become a registered iPhone developer. [3] After you select the Dev Center tab, you can find all the information related to documentation and sample codes. It is here that you will find an option to download SDK. Once the SDK gets downloaded, Xcode folder will be the most important content folder for you as it forms the foundation for building applications. After opening the developer application, you should drag Xcode to dock and then you can begin.

 

A new window opens up when you click on Xcode. With interface builder on the screen, you can go to the file tab and using a drop down menu, you can select “New Project”. After this you need to make a choice from the variety of templates provided for the application that you wish to design. The best option for amateurs is Window Based application. Once you select this you can begin building your application by applying labels and texts.

Links
  1. ^ iPhone application development (www.fusioninformatics.co.uk)
  2. ^ iPhone application (www.fusioninformatics.co.uk)
  3. ^ iPhone developer. (www.fusioninformatics.co.uk)

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