Master state-of-the-art iOS 6 development for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch! Packed with code, this is the only book that covers the full range of intermediate-to-advanced iOS development topics in tutorial/reference form. Expert author Kevin Languedoc follows the natural flow of application design, development, testing, and deployment, and reviews each essential design pattern and development model available for building world-class iOS 6 apps. Skipping "beginner content," Languedoc drills down to explain today's most powerful techniques, and illuminate iOS 69's most significant advances. iOS 6 Development Unleashed offers extraordinarily thorough coverage of iOS 6 app development techniques, and each iOS 6 layer: Core OS, Core Services, Media, and Cocoa Touch. Each of the following topics is covered in its own complete chapter: Templates, Storyboards, Windows, Bars, Data Views, Controls, Gesture Recognizers, Grand Central Dispatch, Block Objects, SQLite, XML, Accelerate, Core Bluetooth, External Accessories, Security Frameworks, Address Book, CFNetwork, CoreData, iCloud, Core Foundation, Core Location, Telephony, Newsstand, Quick Look, Store Kit, System Configuration, AV Foundation, Audio Units, Core Audio, Core Graphics, Image Graphics, CoreMIDI, Core Text, Core Video, ImageI/O, Quartz, Address Book Framework, Event Kit UI and Event Kit Framework, Printing, GameKit, iAd, UiKit, MapKit, Twitter, documents, file sharing, and more. For all experienced iOS developers, architects, and development team members.

Table of Contents:
Part 1: What's New in the IOS 6 SDK 1. Core OS Layer 2. Core Services Layer 3. Media Layer 4. Cocoa Touch Layer   Part 2: Building IOS 6 Apps 5. Overview of IOS 6 application templates 6. Working with Storyboards 7. Working with Windows and Bars 8. Using Data Views 9. Working with Controls 10. Working with Gesture Recognizers 11. Understanding Grand Central Dispatch 12. Working with Block Objects 13. Using SQLite 14. Working with XML   Part 3: Core OS Layer 15. How To Use The Accelerate Framework 16. Discover the Core Bluetooth Framework 17. Gaining a Perspective on the External Accessories Framework 18. Diving in the Security Framework   Part 4: Core Services Layer 19. Using the Address Book Framework 20. Working with the CFNetwork Framework 21. Using the Core Data Framework 22. Using iCloud 23. Using the Core Foundation Framework 24. Using the Core Location Framework 25. Understanding the Telephony Framework 26. Working with the Newsstand Framework 27. Working with the Quick Look Framework 28. Diving into the Store Kit Framework 29. Understanding the System Configuration Framework   Part 5: Media Layer 30. Understanding the AVFoundation 31. Working with Audio Units 32. Using the Core Audio 33. The Core Graphics Framework 34. Using the Image Graphics Framework 35. Using the CoreMIDI Framework 36. Using the Core Text Framework 37. Using the Core Video Framework 38. Using ImageI/O 39. Diving into the GLKit and OpenGL ES 40. Working with the Media Player 41. Using the Quartz Framework   Part 6: Cocoa Touch Layer 42. Using the Address Book Framework 43. Using Event Kit UI and Event Kit Framework 44. Using the Game Kit 45. Using the iAd Framework 46. Using the UIKit Framework 47. Using Printing 48. Using the Twitter Framework 49. Using the Map Kit Framework 50. Working with Documents 51. Using File Sharing   Part 7: Appendix A. Objective-C Primer B. XCode Primer