November 2011
Intermediate to advanced
528 pages
10h 14m
English
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Index
Symbols
: (colon), method name with arguments, 36
@“...” construct, 47
@ symbol
C strings vs. NSStrings, 40–41
Objective-C keywords, 27
A
abstract class
defined, 160
NSCoder as, 160
NSController as, 129–130
acceptsFirstResponder method, keyboard events, 272–275, 280, 282
accessor methods
declaring for new class, 50–51
defined, 50
implementing, 123–125
actions
implicit animation and, 423–424
targets and. See target/action
actions
dictionary, 423
addObject method
add objects to end of array, 36
NSMutableArray, 46
addObjectsFromArray: method, NSMutableArray, 46
addOperationWithBlock: method, NSOperationQueue, 436–437
Alert panel
as modal window, 336–337
overview of, 229–230
using string table, 241
alloc method
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