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What’s Included
1,500+ pages of tutorials: Learn the APIs introduced in iOS 6 the quickest and easiest way – via high quality tutorials!
Forum access: Chat with authors and fellow readers in our official book forums!
15+ Sample Projects: Get a head start on your app with tons of sample projects – now fully updated for iOS 6 in the second edition.
Free updates: By purchasing these books, you get any updates to the PDF version for free.
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iOS 6 By Tutorials: 2 Huge Volumes!
The book contains 1,500+ pages and 25+ chapters, where you’ll learn:
- iOS 6 APIs: Auto Layout, UICollectionView, Passbook, In-App Purchases, Social Framework, and more!
- Bonus Content: Modern Objective-C, Attributed Strings, State Preservation and Restoration, Automated Testing, and more!
When it comes to tutorials, you’re in the right place – there’s none better than the iOS Tutorial Team. We focus on writing high quality tutorials that are educational and fun.
If you’ve enjoyed the tutorials we’ve written here in the past, you’re in for a treat. The tutorials we’ve written for this book are some of our best yet – and this book contains detailed technical knowledge you simply won’t be able to find anywhere else.
Learn the new iOS 6 APIs Quickly and Easily!
Hundreds of pages of high quality content and illustrations!
Who This Book Is For
This book is for intermediate or advanced iOS developers, who already know the basics of iOS development but want to upgrade their skills to the new APIs that came out in iOS 6.
If you’re a complete beginner, you can follow along with this book as well, because the tutorials are always in a step-by-step process, but there may be some missing gaps in your knowledge. You might want to go through the iOS Apprentice Series before you go through this book.
iOS 5 By Tutorials
Last year, we came out with another book called iOS 5 By Tutorials. Note this book is completely different than iOS 5 by Tutorials and has 100% new content.
There are so many new APIs introduced in iOS 6 that to properly cover them all, it needed an entirely new book. This book covers the new stuff in iOS 6, just like iOS 5 by Tutorials covered the new stuff in iOS 5.
iOS 5 by Tutorials is not required reading for this book, although if you haven’t mastered the new APIs introdced in iOS 5 like Storyboards, ARC, or Core Image reading it would definitely help since this book picks up in knowledge where the other book left off.
Our goal is for iOS 5 by Tutorials and iOS 6 by Tutorials to be complimentary to each other, and for both to be kept up-to-date, useful and relevant to all iOS developers. Want to save money and pick up both? Check out our iOS 5 and iOS 6 by Tutorials Bundle!
iOS 6 Topics Covered
iOS 6 by Tutorials is our biggest book yet! At a massive 26 chapters and 1,500+ pages, it covers these topics:
- Modern Objective-C: Learn how the new syntax can make your code cleaner and easier to read.
- Auto Layout: Learn how to make your views easier to localize and more adaptable to different sizes.
- UICollectionView: Learn how to easily display your data in a grid or your own custom layouts!
- Passbook: Learn how to create your own passes on your own server and modify them at runtime!
- In-App Purchases: Learn how to make a completely dynamic server-based In-App Purchasing system!
- Social Framework: Learn how to share data to social frameworks and access the Facebook API!
- Challenges with GameKit: Learn how to send challenges to friends in your game!
- Attributed Strings: Learn how to fully customize the look of your text with attributed strings!
- State Preservation and Restoration: Learn how to make your app pick up where it left off.
- What’s New with Cocoa Touch: Learn about viewDidUnload deprecation, autorotation mods, and more.
- What’s New with Storyboards: Learn about segue unwinding, view controller containment, and more.
- What’s New with UI Customization: Learn about the new UI customization options in iOS 6!
- What’s New with MapKit: Learn about MapKit changes and improved Maps integration.
- What’s New with EventKit: Learn about the new ability to view and edit reminders programmatically.
- What’s New with Core Image: Learn about the new iOS 6 filters and video filtering!
- Bonus: Automated Testing: Learn how to configure automated unit and UI testing in your app!
- Bonus: Accessibility: Learn how to make your iOS apps accessibile to those with disabilities.
- Bonus: Secrets of Info.plist: Learn everything you ever wanted to know about Info.plist!
By the time you’re finished reading this book, your skills will be completely up to date with iOS 6, and you’ll be ready to use these new technologies right away in your apps!
The PDF is in full color, and the books are black and white.
Try It For Free!
A few of the chapters from this book have been posted in abbreviated format as free tutorials during the iOS 6 Feast. This way, you can check it out and see if you like it!
We’re convinced you’ll like it so much (and learn so much along the way) that you’ll want the full book!
And don’t worry – we’ve only posted less than 1/4 of the chapters online, so you get a lot of extra tutorials you can’t find on this site when you purchase the book!
File Formats and Delivery
The source code comes as Xcode projects and the tutorials come in PDF format. Once you have purchased the iOS 6 By Tutorials, you can access the current version of both books and their source code immediately via direct download. If you purchase the print books, they will be shipped in 3-5 business days. You will also get access to a forum where we will post updates as they are ready.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I Upgrade to the Print Version?
If you previously bought iOS 6 by Tutorials, yes you can upgrade to the print version at a significant discount! Visit the private forums for more details.
How Can I Access the Private Forums?
First, create a forum account. Second, sign up for access to the private forums. Then you should see it in the list of forums (iOS 6 By Tutorials PDF).
How Long Will The Book Take to Arrive?
Please allow 3-5 business days for the book to ship, then shipping time varies based on country.
What’s Your Refund Policy?
We have a 30-day 100% satisfaction guarantee for the PDF version, but we do not offer refunds for the print portion of the PDF + Print Books bundle.
How Can I Find The Latest Version?
You can always find the latest version of the PDF in the private forums.
What People Are Saying
- “This is the most practical iOS development book I ever read. It’s easy to follow and a pleasure reading journey.”
- Steve Gu - “The iOS by tutorials series has become an essential part of my code bank and is often the first point of contact when looking to implement a technology due to its usage of the most modern Objective-C techniques.”
– Neil North - “A great resource that carefully integrates source code and programming concepts. Great for developers at every level. Shows and discusses differences in API, tools and the Objective-C language.”
– Ed Deveaux
Questions?
If you have any further questions that the above description hasn’t covered, feel free to ask a question in the forums or contact me directly!
What Are You Waiting For?
It’s critical as an iOS developer that you keep your skills up to date, and with iOS 6 there’s a lot of cool new stuff to learn.
Rather than banging your head against the wall trying to learn these topics by scouring through boring API references, learn iOS 6 the easy way via tutorials, in the style you know and love from this site!
So make yourself Pass on watching TV, auto layout some time on your schedule, and get ready to add some incredible new iOS 6 new knowledge to your inner UICollectionView by purchasing iOS 6 by Tutorials today! :]