Contents

About the Author

About the Cover Image Artist

About the Technical Reviewer

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Day 1: Objective C, Xcode and iOS SDK Foundation Work

Chapter 1: Designing and Planning Our App

The app idea

Adding and editing birthdays

Importing birthdays from the Address Book and Facebook

Note taking

Reminder notifications

Facebook social integration and in-app marketing

The competition

The App Store title

The icon design

The user interface design

Retina displays, the status bar, and the iPhone 5

Paper prototyping: starting with the design

A walk-through of app designs

Exporting design image assets

A little extra help

Summary

Chapter 2: Provisioning Our App for Development

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