Pro iOS Apps Performance Optimization

Table of contents

1. Title
2. Dedication
3. Contents at a Glance
4. Contents
5. About the Author
6. About the Technical Reviewer
7. Acknowledgments
8. Preface
9. Chapter 1: Introduction to iOS Performance Optimization
   1. A New Era of Smartphone
   2. Why Performance Matters
   3. Who Should Use This Book?
   4. My Teaching Style
   5. What Do You Need?
   6. How to Use This Book
   7. An Overview of the Book
   8. Source Code
   9. Contact the Author
10. Chapter 2: Benchmark Your Apps with Tools: Simulators and Real Device Test
    1. Simulator and Device
    2. Memory and Performance
    3. Tools
    4. Summary
11. Chapter 3: Increase and Optimize UITableView Performance
    1. Introduction to the Examples
    2. Other Techniques
    3. Performance for Editing/Reordering
    4. Summary
12. Chapter 4: Increase App Performance Using Image and Data Caching Techniques
    1. Differences in Performance Between Network, File, and Memory Processing
    2. Introduction to Caching
    3. What You Should Cache
    4. Summary
13. Chapter 5: Tune Your App Using Algorithms and Data Structures
    1. First Example
    2. Theoretical Issues of Measuring Algorithmic Performance
    3. Practical Measurement
    4. Data Structure and Algorithms
    5. Other Algorithms and Problem-Solving Approaches
    6. Summary
14. Chapter 6: Improve Parallel Data Access using Multithreading Techniques
    1. What Are Threads and Multithreading?
    2. Threading Terminology
    3. First Example
    4. Benefits of Multithreading
    5. How to Write Multithreaded Applications
    6. Thread Instrument for iPhone
    7. Summary
15. Chapter 7: Optimize Memory Usage for Better Performance
    1. A Little Review
    2. Automatic Reference Counting
    3. Advanced Memory Issues
    4. UIViewController
    5. Object Copy
    6. Advanced Autorelease Pool
    7. Instruments
    8. Summary
16. Chapter 8: Integrate Multithreading and Efficient Memory Usage for Multitasking Apps Performance
    1. What is Multitasking in iPhone?
    2. Background Services
    3. Dealing with iOS Versions
    4. Summary
17. Chapter 9: Improve Performance with Native C/C++
    1. Benefits and Costs
    2. Basic C and C++ programming
    3. A Practical Example
    4. Summary
18. Chapter 10: Comparing Android and Windows Phone Performance Problems
    1. Benchmarking on Emulator and Devices
    2. Data Caching
    3. Data Structure and Algorithms
    4. Multithreading
    5. Memory Management
    6. Multitasking
    7. Support of C/C++ Programming
    8. Summary
19. Index