Objectives
• Enable the trainees to build mobile applications and games for iPhone.
• Instruct the trainees how to use standard views and ViewControllers.
• Instruct the trainees how to animate views using both Basic Animation and Core Animation.
• Introduce trainees to the Cocos games engine and Box2D physics engine.
• Deliver hands-on practical training and exercises in application and games development.
• Develop practical problem-solving, and creative-thinking skills.
• Enhance trainee understanding of computer science principles and software development processes.

Course outline

Day 1 : Introduction
* Why go native? (Pros and cons) * Alternatives to native development
* iOS architecture, frameworks and hardware
* Creating a View Based project
* Using XCode and Interface Builder
* “Hello World” (with no code)
* Structure of an iPhone project
* Introduction to Objective-C syntax
* Outlets and Actions
* Delegates, protocols, and MVC
* Application Lifecycle
* Buttons and Textfields
* Images
* More UIKit
* WebView
* Foundation classes


Day 2 : Applications with Multiple Views
* Scrolling and view flippers
* Switching between views - the easy way
* Switching between views - multiple xib files
* Animating between views
* Project templates
* Utility applications
* Split View based applications
* Modifying a Tab Bar application
* Adding Tabs
* Navigation Based Applications
* UI Navigation Controller
* Using UITable View
* Switching to a detail view
* Objective-C memory managemen
* Objective-C Objects
* Alloc, retain, and release
* Autorelease and the autorelease pool
* Properties, setters and getters
* Categories and the (Private) category

Day 3 : Advanced techniques
* Database principles
* Introduction to SQL
* Creating a database using sqlite3
* Querying a database using Objective-C APIs
* Display the data in a UITableView
* Embellishing UITableView rows
* Timers
* Selectors
* iPhone multi-threading
* DetachNewThreadSelector
* PerformSelectorOnMainThread
* A Comparison of XML Parsers
* Using the libxml2 parser
* Parsing an XML tree
* Web services
* More UITableView
* Getting fancy with UITableView

Day 4 : Delving deeper into iPhone APIs
* Application Preferences
* Reading and modifying settings
* P List
* File I/O
* File System and Permissions
* Navigating the file system
* Creating, updating, and deleting files
* Multimedia Programming
* Playing and recording audio and video
* Localisation and Internationalisation
* NSLocale class
* Maps
* MapKit
* Core Graphics primitives
* Custom Views
* Animation using a timer
* Introduction to OpenGL ES
* Core Animation
* Window, View, and Layer animations
* CABasicAnimation
* Keyframe Animation
* Layer Transforms
* Layer Filters and Filter Transitions

Day 5 : Games
* Cocos2D Games Engine
* Structure of a Cocos2D application
* Textures and Sprites Sheets
* Manipulating Sprites
* Animated Sprites
* Movement, Velocity, Acceleration, Rotation
* Shooting
* Collision detection
* Box 2D Physics
* Box2D with Cocos2D
* Fixtures and Defining a Body
* Gravity
* Dynamic, Static, Kinetic
* Interacting with the game
* Building Towers
* Knocking them down
* Adding Platforms