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Professional Xcode® 3

Name: Professional Xcode® 3
Author: James Bucanek
ISBN: 9780470525227

by James Bucanek

March 2010

Intermediate to advanced

743 pages

19h 14m

English

Wrox

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Copyright
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
CREDITS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
WHO THIS BOOK IS FORWHAT THIS BOOK COVERSHOW THIS BOOK IS STRUCTUREDWHAT YOU NEED TO USE THIS BOOKCONVENTIONSSOURCE CODEERRATAP2P.WROX.COM
1. Installing Xcode
1.1. THE XCODE INSTALLER1.2. RUNNING THE INSTALLER1.3. UPGRADING XCODE1.4. REMOVING AND REINSTALLING XCODE1.5. SUMMARY
2. The Grand Tour
2.1. THE PROJECT2.1.1. Source Groups2.1.2. Smart Groups2.2. MENUS2.3. EDITORS2.4. SEARCHING, SYMBOLS, AND REFACTORING2.5. GETTING HELP2.6. BUILDING2.7. GETTING IT RIGHT2.8. COLLABORATION AND VERSION CONTROL2.9. SUMMARY
3. Xcode Layout
3.1. PROJECT LAYOUT3.1.1. Choosing a Layout3.1.2. Changing the Layout3.2. GROUPS & FILES3.2.1. Project Structure Group3.2.2. Smart Groups3.2.3. Organizing Groups and Their Contents3.2.4. Showing and Hiding Groups3.2.5. Making Your Layout the Default Layout3.2.6. Customizing the Implementation and InterfaceBuilder Files Smart Groups3.2.7. Custom Smart Groups3.2.7.1. Creating a Simple Smart Group3.2.7.2. Defining a Smart Group3.2.7.3. Using Custom Smart Groups in Other Projects3.2.7.4. Deleting Custom Smart Groups3.3. DETAILS, DETAILS3.3.1. Showing and Hiding Detail Columns3.3.2. Showing Details in the Groups & Files List3.4. INFO WINDOWS3.5. TOOLBARS3.6. STATUS BAR AND FAVORITES BAR3.7. ACTIVITY VIEWER WINDOW3.8. SUMMARY
4. The Project
4.1. CREATING A NEW PROJECT4.1.1. Choosing a Template4.1.2. Naming the New Project4.1.3. What's in a Name?4.1.4. Who's _MyCompanyName_?4.1.4.1. Closing a Project4.1.5. Opening One or More Projects4.1.6. Renaming and Relocating Projects4.1.7. Upgrading Projects4.2. PROJECT SETTINGS4.3. SUMMARY
5. Sources
5.1. REFERENCES5.2. SOURCE ITEM TYPES5.3. SOURCE ITEM ATTRIBUTES5.3.1. Setting an Item's Path5.3.2. Source Item Type and Encoding5.3.3. Changing Attributes for Multiple Items5.4. ORGANIZING SOURCES5.4.1. Default References5.4.2. Sharing a Subfolder5.4.3. Everything is Relative5.4.4. Outside the Box5.4.5. Bad References5.4.6. Best Practices5.5. CREATING NEW SOURCE FILES5.6. CREATING AN EMPTY FILE5.7. ADDING EXISTING ITEMS5.7.1. Selecting the Items to Add5.7.1.1. Copying Items into the Destination Group's Folder5.7.1.2. Reference Type5.7.1.3. Text Encoding5.7.1.4. Recursively Creating Groups and Creating Folder References5.7.1.5. Adding the New Items to Targets5.7.2. Adding a Framework5.7.3. Adding an Open File5.7.4. Ridding Targets of Unwanted Files5.8. REMOVING SOURCE ITEMS5.9. REORGANIZING SOURCES5.9.1. Moving Files5.9.2. Rearranging Folders5.9.3. Reorganizing by Re-adding5.10. SUMMARY

6. Editing Text
6.1. WINDOWS AND PANES6.1.1. Editing Panes6.1.1.1. Opening a File in a Separate Window6.1.1.2. Editor Panes in Multi-Pane Windows6.1.1.3. The Project Window's Editor Pane6.1.1.4. Using a Group Editor Window6.1.1.5. Opening Files from the Filesystem6.1.1.6. Open Quickly by Filename or Symbol6.1.2. Closing and Saving Editor Panes6.2. THE EDITOR PANE6.2.1. Scrollbars6.2.2. Split-Pane Editing6.2.3. Gutter6.2.4. Navigation Bar6.3. DISPLAY OPTIONS6.3.1. Text Wrapping6.3.2. Invisible Characters6.3.3. Global Display Options6.3.3.1. Editor Pane Display Options6.3.3.2. Editing Options6.3.3.3. Save Options6.3.3.4. File Encoding6.4. NAVIGATION WITHIN A FILE6.4.1. Cursor Movement6.4.2. Emacs6.4.3. Scrolling6.4.4. Jumping to Functions, Breakpoints, and Bookmarks6.4.4.1. Functions6.4.4.2. Bookmarks6.4.4.3. Breakpoints6.4.5. Jumping to Other Files6.4.5.1. File History6.4.5.2. Aggregate History6.4.5.3. Adding an Arbitrary File to the History6.4.5.4. Included Files6.4.5.5. Switching Between a Header and its Source File6.4.5.6. Jumping to a Definition6.5. EDITING6.5.1. Selecting Text6.5.1.1. Selecting Columns6.5.1.2. Selecting Code Blocks6.5.1.3. Jumping to a Line or Character6.5.2. Deleting Text6.5.3. Drag and Drop6.5.4. Font and Text Styles6.5.5. Saving Files6.5.6. Undo6.6. SHELL SCRIPTS6.7. SPELL CHECKING6.7.1. Interactive Checking6.7.2. Checking One Word6.7.3. Checking While Typing6.8. FILE ENCODING6.9. LOCALIZING FILES6.9.1. Creating Localized Versions of a File6.9.2. Removing Some or All Localizations6.10. PRINTING6.11. SERVICES6.12. SUMMARY
7. Syntax-Aware Editing
7.1. CODE SENSE7.1.1. Enabling Code Sense7.1.2. Reindexing a Project7.2. SYNTAX COLORING7.2.1. Customizing Syntax Coloring7.2.2. Changing Syntax Coloring for a Single File7.3. CODE FOLDING7.3.1. Code Focus7.3.2. Folding Code7.3.3. Unfolding Code7.4. INDENTING TEXT7.4.1. Setting Tab Width and Indent Width7.4.2. Automatic Indentation7.4.3. Syntax-Aware Indentation7.4.3.1. Syntax-Aware Tab Indenting7.4.3.2. Indenting Solitary "{"7.4.3.3. Automatically Close { ... } Blocks7.4.3.4. Controlling When Automatic Indentation Occurs7.4.3.5. Indenting Comments7.4.4. Re-indenting Text7.5. CODE COMPLETION7.5.1. Accepting Suggestions7.5.1.1. Suggestion Display Settings7.5.1.2. Getting Another Suggestion7.5.2. Using Completion Lists7.5.3. Completion Arguments7.6. TEXT MACROS7.7. EDITING SYMBOL NAMES7.8. SUMMARY
8. Searching
8.1. SEARCHING AND REPLACING TEXT IN A SINGLE FILE8.1.1. Setting Search Options8.1.2. Replacing Text8.2. SEARCHING AND REPLACING TEXT IN MULTIPLE FILES8.2.1. Finding a Pattern in Multiple Files8.2.2. Replacing Text in Multiple Files8.2.3. Batch Find Options8.3. SEARCH PATTERNS8.3.1. Textual or String Search8.3.2. Regular Expression Search8.3.2.1. Regular Expressions8.3.2.1.1. Patterns8.3.2.1.2. Operators8.3.2.1.3. Try Some Regular Expressions8.3.2.2. Learning More about Regular Expressions8.3.2.3. Replacing Text Using Regular Expressions8.3.3. Symbol Search8.3.3.1. Definitions Search8.3.3.2. Symbol Search8.4. SEARCH HISTORY8.4.1. Recent Search Patterns and Replacement Text8.4.2. Recent Search Results8.4.3. Global Search Patterns8.5. FIND RESULTS SMART GROUP8.6. SEARCH SHORTCUTS8.7. SEARCHING LISTS8.8. SUMMARY
9. Class Browser
9.1. NAVIGATING THE CLASS BROWSER9.1.1. Browsing Classes9.1.2. Getting Class Documentation9.1.3. Opening Multiple Class Browsers9.2. CLASS BROWSER OPTION SETS9.3. BROWSER SHORTCUTS9.4. SUMMARY
10. Refactoring
10.1. REFACTORING WORKFLOW10.2. C AND OBJECTIVE-C TRANSFORMATIONS10.2.1. Rename10.2.2. Extract10.2.3. Encapsulate10.2.4. Create Superclass10.2.5. Move Up and Move Down10.2.6. Modernize Loop10.3. UPDATING A PROJECT TO OBJECTIVE-C 2.010.4. REFACTORING PITFALLS10.4.1. Rename10.4.2. Encapsulate10.4.3. Move Up10.4.4. Move Down10.4.5. Modernize Loop10.4.6. Use Properties10.5. SUMMARY
11. Snapshots
11.1. TAKING SNAPSHOTS11.2. MANAGING SNAPSHOTS11.2.1. Commenting on Snapshots11.2.2. Examining Snapshots11.2.3. Restoring Changes11.2.3.1. Restore Individual Changes11.2.3.2. Restore Individual Files11.2.3.3. Restore an Entire Project11.2.3.4. Undoing a Restore11.3. DELETING SNAPSHOTS11.4. SUMMARY
12. Help and Documentation
12.1. THE DOCUMENTATION WINDOW12.1.1. Browsing Documentation12.1.2. Navigating Help Documents12.1.3. Bookmarks12.1.4. External Links12.2. SAMPLE PROJECTS12.3. SEARCHING DOCUMENTATION12.3.1. Search Field12.3.2. Search Control Bar12.3.2.1. Word Boundary12.3.2.2. Documentation Sets12.3.2.3. Language Sets12.3.3. Text Search12.3.4. Command and Xcode Help Search12.4. DOCUMENTATION SHORTCUTS12.4.1. Editing Shortcuts12.4.2. Quick Help12.4.2.1. Transient Quick Help12.4.2.2. Persistent Quick Help12.4.3. Documentation Shortcuts12.5. MAN PAGES12.6. CUSTOMIZING HELP12.6.1. Managing Subscriptions12.6.2. Customizing Quick Help12.6.3. Limiting Font Size12.7. THE XCODE COMMUNITY12.8. SUMMARY
13. Interface Builder
13.1. WHAT IS INTERFACE BUILDER?13.1.1. Code vs. Interface Builder13.1.2. The Three C's of Interface Builder13.2. INTERFACE BUILDER WORKFLOW13.2.1. Editing NIB Documents in an Xcode Workflow13.2.2. Simulating an Interface13.2.3. Building Your Project from Interface Builder13.3. INTERFACE BUILDER'S INTERFACE13.3.1. Inspector Palette13.3.2. Library Palette13.3.3. Multiple NIB Document Windows13.4. CREATING A NIB DOCUMENT13.4.1. Choosing a Template13.4.2. Adding a New Nib Document to a Project13.5. OPENING SISTER LOCALIZATIONS13.6. CREATING OBJECTS13.7. COPYING, DUPLICATING, AND DELETING OBJECTS13.8. SELECTING OBJECTS13.8.1. Objects in the Nib Document Window13.8.2. Object Order13.8.3. View Objects13.8.3.1. Selecting Multiple View Objects13.8.3.2. Selecting Interior View Objects13.8.3.3. Drilling Into View Objects13.8.3.4. Object Selection vs. Object Focus13.8.4. Adjusting the Selection13.9. CONFIGURING OBJECTS13.9.1. Moving and Resizing Objects13.9.1.1. Sizing Objects to Fit13.9.1.2. Making Objects the Same Size13.9.1.3. Aligning Objects13.9.1.4. View Bounds Indicators13.9.1.5. Relative Position Indicators13.9.2. Subviews13.9.3. Guides13.9.4. Inspector Palette13.9.4.1. Attributes13.9.4.2. Connections13.9.4.3. Size13.9.4.4. Effects13.9.4.5. Bindings13.9.4.6. Identity13.9.4.7. Inspecting Multiple Objects13.10. CONNECTING OBJECTS13.10.1. Connections Inspector13.10.1.1. Connecting an Outlet13.10.1.2. Exploring and Breaking Connections13.10.1.3. Connecting Another Object to This Object13.10.1.4. Connecting an Action13.10.1.5. Connecting an Action to This Object13.10.1.6. Pop-Up Connections Panel13.10.1.7. Quick Connection13.11. CUSTOM CLASSES13.11.1. Creating an Instance of a Custom Class13.11.2. Adding Custom Outlets to Your Class13.11.3. Adding Custom Actions to Your Class13.11.4. Initializing Custom Objects at Run Time13.12. PLACEHOLDER OBJECTS13.12.1. File's Owner13.12.2. First Responder13.12.3. Other Placeholders13.13. DECOMPOSING AN INTERFACE13.14. IMPORTING AND EXPORTING CLASSES13.15. NIB DOCUMENT FORMATS13.15.1. Document Format13.15.2. Document Locking13.15.3. Checking Deployment Compatibility13.15.4. Keeping Backward Compatibility13.16. CUSTOMIZING INTERFACE BUILDER13.16.1. Customizing the Library Palette13.16.1.1. Creating Custom Groups13.16.1.2. Saving Custom Objects13.16.2. Customizing Document and Compatibility Checking13.16.3. Developing Custom Interface Builder Objects13.17. SUMMARY
14. Class Modeling
14.1. CREATING A CLASS MODEL14.1.1. Creating a New Class Model Document14.1.2. Creating a Quick Model14.2. CLASS MODEL BROWSER14.3. CLASS MODEL DIAGRAM14.3.1. Nodes14.3.2. Tools14.3.3. Navigation14.3.3.1. Selecting14.3.3.2. Quick-Jump to Source14.4. EDITING A CLASS MODEL14.4.1. Moving Nodes14.4.1.1. Automatic Layout14.4.1.2. Resizing Nodes14.4.1.3. Locking Nodes14.4.1.4. Grid and Grid Alignment14.4.2. Page Layout14.4.3. Changing the Tracking14.4.4. Adding Annotations14.4.5. Customizing Colors and Fonts14.4.6. Hiding Classes and Members14.5. SUMMARY
15. Data Modeling
15.1. TECHNOLOGY15.2. TERMINOLOGY15.3. CREATING A DATA MODEL15.3.1. Creating Entities15.3.2. Creating Properties15.3.2.1. Attributes15.3.2.2. Relationships15.3.3. Adding Fetched Properties15.3.4. Adding Fetch Requests15.4. DATA MODELING INTERFACE15.4.1. Data Model Browser15.4.2. Details Pane Views15.4.2.1. General Pane15.4.2.2. User Info Pane15.4.2.3. Configurations Pane15.4.2.4. Synchronization Pane15.4.3. Data Model Diagram15.4.4. Tools15.4.5. Duplicating Entities and Properties15.4.6. Predicate Builder15.4.6.1. Simple Expressions15.4.6.2. Compound Expressions15.4.6.3. Textual Expressions15.5. CREATING AN INSTANT INTERFACE15.6. MIGRATING DATA SCHEMAS15.6.1. Creating a New Version15.6.2. Adding Lightweight Migration Hints15.6.3. Creating a Migration Mapping15.7. CREATING NSMANAGEDOBJECT SUBCLASSES15.8. EXPORTING CLASS METHODS15.9. IMPORTING DATA MODELS15.10. SUMMARY
16. Targets
16.1. TARGETS VS. SUB-PROJECTS16.1.1. The Ideal Single-Project Project16.1.2. The Ideal Multi-Project Project16.1.3. The Project in the Middle16.2. THE ANATOMY OF A TARGET16.2.1. Target Dependencies16.2.2. Target Build Phases16.2.3. Target Membership16.2.4. Target Build Settings16.2.5. Target Build Rules16.2.6. Target Product16.3. TARGET TYPES16.3.1. Native Targets16.3.2. External Targets16.3.3. Aggregate Targets16.3.4. Java and Other Jam-Based Targets16.3.4.1. Using Jam-Based Targets16.3.4.2. Upgrading Jam-Based Targets16.4. CREATING A TARGET16.4.1. Target Template Groups16.4.1.1. Cocoa Touch Templates16.4.1.2. Cocoa Templates16.4.1.3. Application Plug-In Templates16.4.1.4. BSD Templates16.4.1.5. System Plug-Ins Templates16.4.1.6. Other Templates16.4.1.7. Legacy16.4.2. Duplicating Targets16.4.3. Deleting Targets16.5. BUILD PHASES16.5.1. Files in a Build Phase16.5.1.1. Adding Items to Targets16.5.1.2. Precisely Controlling Target Phase Membership16.5.1.3. Removing an Item from a Target16.5.2. Build Phase Types16.5.2.1. Compiler Phases16.5.2.2. Copy Phases16.5.2.3. Script Phase16.6. BUILD RULES16.6.1. Creating Custom Build Rules16.6.1.1. Customizing the Build Rule Compiler16.6.1.2. Build Rule Variables16.6.1.3. Writing the Build Rule's Output Files16.6.2. A Build Rule Example16.7. DEPENDENCIES16.7.1. Adding Target Dependencies16.7.2. Adding Project Dependencies16.7.3. Strategies for Target Dependencies16.8. BUILD SETTINGS16.9. JAM-BASED TARGET EDITOR16.10. PROPERTIES16.11. PRODUCTS16.12. EXECUTABLES16.13. SUMMARY
17. Building Projects
17.1. STARTING AND STOPPING A BUILD17.1.1. Selecting the Active Target and Build Configuration17.1.2. Controlling the Build of Individual Items17.1.3. Building an Inactive Target17.2. CLEAN BUILDS17.3. PARTIAL BUILDS17.4. THE BUILD WINDOW17.4.1. Build Transcript Items17.4.1.1. Message Groups17.4.1.2. Issue, Warning, and Error Statements17.4.1.3. Build Summary17.4.2. Transcript Item Text17.4.2.1. See the Entire Message17.4.2.2. Reveal the Source Build Output17.4.2.3. Extract Some or All of the Build Log17.4.3. Navigating Errors and Warnings17.4.3.1. Build Window Editor Pane17.4.3.2. Jumping to the Source17.4.3.3. Jumping to the Next Warning or Error17.4.4. Message Bubbles17.5. BUILD PREFERENCES17.5.1. Establishing Common Build Locations17.5.2. Automating Build Window Behavior17.5.3. Other Global Build Options17.5.4. Handling Unsaved Files17.6. BUILD LOCATIONS17.7. BUILD LOCATION STRATEGIES17.8. BUILD SETTINGS17.8.1. The Scope of Build Settings17.8.2. Build Setting Evaluation17.8.3. Build Setting Value Substitution17.8.4. Conditional Build Settings17.8.5. Variable Build Settings17.9. BUILD CONFIGURATIONS17.10. EDITING BUILD SETTINGS17.10.1. Filtering Build Settings17.10.2. Viewing Names and Definitions17.10.3. A Peek-A-Boo Build Script17.10.4. Changing Build Setting Values17.10.5. Creating a Conditional Build Setting17.10.6. Creating a Custom Build Setting17.10.7. Deleting a Build Setting17.10.8. Switching Between Build Configurations17.11. EDITING BUILD CONFIGURATIONS17.12. CONFIGURATION SETTINGS FILES17.12.1. Adding a Configuration Settings File17.12.2. Using Configuration Settings Files17.13. MOVING BUILD SETTINGS AROUND17.14. ENVIRONMENT SETTINGS17.15. CUSTOMIZING THE BUILD17.15.1. Per-File Compiler Flags17.15.2. Cross-Development17.15.2.1. Installing Cross-Development SDKs17.15.2.2. Choosing a Target SDK17.15.2.3. Choosing a Deployment Target17.15.2.4. Cross-Development Building17.15.2.5. Cross-Development Deployment17.15.3. Building Universal Binaries17.15.3.1. Choosing the Architecture Set17.15.3.2. Your Native Architecture17.15.3.3. The Valid Architectures17.15.4. Selected Build Settings in Detail17.15.4.1. Products17.15.4.2. Info.plist Files17.15.4.3. Search Paths17.15.4.4. Precompiled Headers and Prefix Headers17.15.4.5. C Compiler17.15.4.6. Other Compilers17.15.4.7. Linker Settings17.15.4.8. Kernel Modules17.15.4.9. Deployment17.15.4.10. Build Information17.15.4.10.1. Tools17.15.4.10.2. Standard System Locations17.16. THE XCODEBUILD TOOL17.16.1. Using the xcodebuild Tool17.16.2. Compatibility17.17. XCODE AUTOMATOR ACTIONS17.18. DISTRIBUTED BUILDS17.18.1. Sharing Your System with Others17.18.2. Distributing Your Builds to the Workgroup17.19. SUMMARY
18. Debugging
18.1. RUNNING YOUR APPLICATION18.1.1. Monitoring Your Process18.1.2. Stopping the Executable18.1.3. Choosing the Active Executable18.2. DEBUG ANYTIME, ANYWHERE18.3. BUILT TO BE DEBUGGED18.4. DEBUGGING EXECUTABLES18.4.1. The Process Behind the Curtain18.4.2. Debugger Spoken Here18.5. ATTACHING TO RUNNING EXECUTABLES18.6. IN-EDITOR DEBUGGING18.6.1. Editing Breakpoints18.6.2. Controlling Execution18.6.2.1. Selecting the Thread and Stack Frame18.6.2.2. Running and Stepping Through Code18.6.2.3. Hover Step Controls18.6.3. Viewing Variables18.7. THE DEBUGGER WINDOW18.7.1. The Threads Pane18.7.2. The Listing or Editor Pane18.7.3. The Variables Pane18.7.3.1. Variable Groups18.7.3.2. Exploring Variables18.7.3.3. Value Summaries18.7.3.4. Variable Types18.8. CONTROLLING THE DEBUGGER18.8.1. Pause and Continue18.8.2. Step Over and Into18.8.3. Stepping Out18.8.4. Stepping Over and Into Single Instructions18.8.5. Continue to Here18.9. THE MINI-DEBUGGER18.10. BREAKPOINTS18.10.1. Breakpoint Types18.10.2. Breakpoints Window18.10.2.1. Breakpoint Groups18.10.2.2. Breakpoint Details18.10.3. Breakpoint Details in an Editor Pane18.10.4. Deleting Breakpoints18.10.5. Enabling and Disabling Breakpoints18.10.6. Creating Symbolic Breakpoints18.10.7. Iffy Breakpoints18.10.7.1. Conditional Breakpoint Example18.10.7.2. Conditional Expressions18.10.8. Breakpoint Ignore Count18.10.9. Breakpoint Actions18.10.9.1. Log a Message18.10.9.2. Make a Sound18.10.9.3. Have the Debugger Do Something Else18.10.9.4. Run a Script18.10.10. Breakpoint Continuation18.10.11. Importing and Exporting Breakpoints18.10.12. Breakpoint Templates18.11. EXAMINING DATA18.11.1. Scalar Formats18.11.2. Viewing Data in Another Window18.11.3. Viewing Global Variables18.11.4. Expressions18.12. DATA FORMATTERS18.12.1. Creating a Custom Data Formatter18.12.2. Troubleshooting Data Formatters18.12.3. Beyond Data Formatter Strings18.12.4. Object Descriptions18.13. WATCHPOINTS18.14. CHANGING DATA AND CODE18.14.1. The Magic Fix18.14.2. Magic Fix Limitations18.15. DEBUGGER CONSOLE18.16. SHARED LIBRARIES18.17. CUSTOM EXECUTABLES18.17.1. General Settings18.17.2. Arguments and Environment18.17.3. Debugging18.17.4. Selecting an Executable18.18. DEBUGGER PREFERENCES18.19. REMOTE DEBUGGING18.20. DEBUGGING AIDES18.20.1. Catching a Throw18.20.2. Stopping for Debugger() and DebugStr()18.20.3. Guard Malloc18.20.4. Debug Variables18.21. SUMMARY
19. Performance Analysis
19.1. PERFORMANCE BASICS19.1.1. If It isn't Broken . . .19.1.2. Embrace Your Own Ignorance19.1.3. Improve Performance Systematically19.2. PREPARING FOR ANALYSIS19.3. SHARK19.3.1. Profile View19.3.2. Code View19.3.3. Stack View19.3.4. Refining the Analysis19.3.5. Saving and Comparing Shark Sessions19.3.6. Merging Shark Sessions19.3.7. Using Shark to Analyze Remote and iPhone Applications19.3.8. Learn More About Shark19.4. INSTRUMENTS19.4.1. Terminology19.4.2. Recording Trace Data19.4.2.1. Accumulating and Discarding Traces19.4.2.2. The Run Browser19.4.3. Analyzing Trace Data19.4.3.1. Tracks19.4.3.2. More Detail19.4.3.3. Even More Detail19.4.3.4. Timeline19.4.3.5. Peeking and Navigating Using the Playhead19.4.3.6. Using Flags19.4.3.7. Setting the Inspection Range19.4.4. Customizing Instruments19.4.4.1. Adding Instruments19.4.4.2. Removing Instruments19.4.5. Saving and Exporting Instrument Data19.4.6. Creating Instrument Templates19.4.7. Using Instruments by Itself19.4.7.1. Choosing the Target Process19.4.7.2. Using Quick Start Keys19.4.7.3. Mini Mode19.4.7.4. Analyzing an iPhone Wirelessly19.4.8. Typical Scenarios19.4.8.1. Code Performance19.4.8.2. Retain Problem19.4.8.3. Spinning Pizza of Death19.4.8.4. Repeating a User Interface Test19.5. SUMMARY
20. Unit Testing
20.1. HOW UNIT TESTS WORK20.2. GETTING STARTED WITH UNIT TESTS20.2.1. Independent Unit Tests20.2.2. Dependent Unit Tests20.2.3. iPhone Unit Tests20.3. ADDING A UNIT TEST TARGET20.3.1. Unit Test Target Dependencies20.3.1.1. Independent Unit Test Dependencies20.3.1.2. Dependent Unit Test Dependencies20.3.2. Configuring an Independent/Logic Unit Test20.3.3. Configuring a Mac OS X Dependent Unit Test20.3.3.1. Testing an Application20.3.3.2. Preparing Your Application20.3.3.3. Testing Libraries and Frameworks20.3.4. Configuring an iPhone Application Test20.4. CREATING A UNIT TEST20.4.1. Common Test Initialization20.4.2. Objective-C Tests20.4.3. Objective-C Test Macros20.4.4. C++ Tests20.4.4.1. C++ Test Registration20.4.4.2. C++ Test Macros20.4.4.3. C++ Test Execution20.5. DEBUGGING UNIT TESTS20.5.1. Debugging iPhone Application Tests20.5.2. Debugging Dependent Mac OS X Unit Tests20.5.3. Debugging Independent Unit Tests20.6. SUMMARY
21. Sharing Source
21.1. SHARING VIA XCODE21.1.1. Source Tree Basics21.1.2. Source Control Basics21.2. SOURCE TREES21.2.1. Define a Source Tree21.2.2. Source Tree References21.3. SOURCE CONTROL21.3.1. Using Source Control21.3.2. Defining a Repository21.3.2.1. Repository on a Local File System21.3.2.2. Repository Access via a Web Server21.3.2.3. Subversion Server via a Network or SSH21.3.2.4. Checking Your Repository Definition21.3.3. Source Control Options21.3.4. Your SSH Certificates21.3.5. Creating a Subversion Repository21.3.6. Filtering Out Noise21.3.6.1. Omitting the build Folder21.3.6.2. Excluding the build Folder21.3.6.3. Excluding Other Noise Files21.3.7. Browsing Repositories21.3.8. Adding a Project to Source Control21.3.9. Checking Out a Project21.3.10. Exporting a Project21.3.11. Configuring a Project for Source Control21.3.12. Project Roots21.3.13. Source Control Interface21.3.14. SCM Smart Group and Window21.3.15. Committing Changes21.3.16. Discarding Changes21.3.17. Adding Files to Source Control21.3.18. Deleting Files under Source Control21.3.19. Renaming Files under Source Control21.3.20. Updating Files21.3.21. Comparing Revisions21.3.22. Merging Changes21.3.23. Viewing Annotations21.3.24. Resolving Conflicts21.3.25. Going Offline21.3.26. Source Control and the Project Document21.4. SOURCE CONTROL VS. SNAPSHOTS21.5. SUMMARY
22. Using the Organizer
22.1. PROJECTS & SOURCES22.1.1. Adding Items to the Organizer22.1.2. Embracing Foreign Projects22.1.3. Searching Organizer Folders22.1.4. Taking Snapshots22.2. USING ORGANIZER ACTIONS22.2.1. Automatically Created Actions22.2.2. Creating Custom Actions22.2.2.1. The Anatomy of an Action22.2.2.2. Action Types22.2.2.3. The Action Folder Hierarchy22.2.2.4. Action Directory22.2.2.5. Input and Output22.2.3. Preserving and Sharing Actions22.2.4. Action Ideas22.3. DEVICES22.3.1. Adding and Removing Devices22.3.2. Installing Provisioning Profiles22.3.3. Managing Development Applications22.3.4. Downloading Application Data22.3.5. Installing Alternate Operating Systems22.3.6. Reviewing Crash Logs22.3.7. Monitoring the Device's Console22.3.8. Capturing Screenshots and the Default Image22.4. IPHONE DEVELOPMENT22.4.1. Crash Logs22.4.2. Provisioning Profiles22.4.3. Screenshots22.4.4. Software Images22.5. SUMMARY
23. Customizing Xcode
23.1. XCODE PREFERENCES23.2. KEY BINDINGS23.2.1. Menu Key Bindings23.2.2. Text Key Bindings23.3. USING AN EXTERNAL EDITOR23.3.1. Using an Alternate Editor Once23.3.2. Specifying the Default Editor23.3.3. Using an External Editor23.3.4. Supported External Editors23.4. TEXT MACROS23.4.1. Creating Text Macro Definitions23.4.1.1. Macro Definition23.4.1.2. Text Macro Properties23.4.1.3. Placeholders23.4.1.4. Property References23.4.2. Sanctioned Text Macro Customization23.5. EXPERT PREFERENCES23.5.1. Projects and Files23.5.2. Editing23.5.3. Functions Menu23.5.4. Building23.5.5. Distributed Builds23.5.6. Debugging23.5.7. Snapshots23.5.8. Source Code Management23.5.9. Documentation23.6. TEMPLATES23.6.1. File Templates23.6.2. Template Macros23.6.3. Project Templates23.6.3.1. Project Templates with Macros23.6.3.2. File References in Project Templates23.6.3.3. Problems with Project Templates23.6.3.4. Project Template Portability23.6.4. Target Templates23.7. USER SCRIPTS23.7.1. The StartupScript23.7.2. Creating a User Script23.7.3. User Script Options23.7.4. Anatomy of a User Script23.7.5. User Script Variables23.7.5.1. PBXFilePath23.7.5.2. PBXSelectedText and PBXAllText23.7.5.3. PBXTextLength, PBXSelectionStart, PBXSelectionEnd, and PBXSelectionLength23.7.5.4. PBXSelection23.7.6. Script Helpers23.7.6.1. Prompt for a String23.7.6.2. Ask for an Existing File or Folder23.7.6.3. Prompt for a New File23.7.6.4. Ask for an Application23.8. APPLESCRIPT23.9. RESETTING YOUR XCODE CUSTOMIZATIONS23.10. SUMMARY

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A solid guide that responds to the active interest in Apple's Xcode tools

Apple's Xcode tools are a collection of applications and frameworks that are used to develop, test, and optimize applications primarily written for Mac OS X or the iPhone. The steady increase in sales of Apple computers has triggered a strong interest in gaining a thorough understanding of Xcode and its tools and what they have to offer. This book provides you with an inside look at the array of Xcode tools from top to bottom.

You'll go beyond the basics and dive into such in-depth topics as installing the latest version of Xcode tools, customizing the look and behavior of Xcode, creating and managing projects, using the built-in class browser to model complex applications and structures, and more.

Offers you a solid foundation for getting the most out of Apple's Xcode tools, a collection of applications and frameworks used to develop, test, and optimize applications written for Mac OS X or the iPhone
Includes clear, comprehensive lessons for installing the latest version of Xcode tools, customizing the look of Xcode, creating and managing projects, testing your interfaces, and building and debugging your projects
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