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terms of its capabilities — that evolved from the iPhone design and uses iOS,
the iPhone/ iPad Operating System.
The iPad already runs the 300,000+ iPhone...
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can review the Privacy Policy at http://gamesalad.com/privacy.
After filling the required information, you ... templates like ‘‘Basic
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depending on your iOS device (see Figure 1-28).
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the programming aspects of iOS development! The iOS development
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based out of Seattle and Shanghai that specializes in web and mobile
games. He has extensive experience with game ... Device
For development, any Intel-based Mac computer suffices. Even the Mac mini is perfectly
fine for developing iPhone applications and games. I do recommend you have 2 GB of
RAM (Random Access ... the game projects for this book based on popularity on the App Store and
relevance forgame developers, who often inquire about how to solve the specific
problems that these games present. For...
... 300,000 iPads on the first day. Compare
that to 270,000 original iPhones, and it’s apparent that the iPad was received very well.
1.2 All for one and one for all: the iPhone OS platform
The ... from the authors and from other users. To
access the forum and subscribe to it, point your web browser to http://www.manning.
com/iPhoneandiPadinAction. The Author Online forum and the archives ... iPhoneandiPad input and output specifications
The general specs we’ve just described tell only part of the story. By looking deeper
into the iPhone s andiPad s input and output, network, and...
... solution so far performs a portrait-only transition, which is usually fine
for most iPhone apps. iPad apps, on the other hand, are often expected to
work in both portrait and landscape modes. Because ... and landscape variants
of your default image, and UIKit chooses the right one for you. However,
your code has no way of knowing which image was used and therefore can’t
choose the right one for ... examples and in-
corporated the latest, most current iOS software development best practices
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mad looking for it before ... Douglas Pundick and Brian
MacDonald, for their valuable comments; Paul Haine for his close reading and testing of every
chapter and example in this book; and Kim Wimpsett, for helping us make ... Design with HTML5 and CSS3 65
■Chapter 4: The Anatomy of a Web Application 67
The iPhone Revolution 67
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distinct separation between my EMC efforts and ...
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titles, Dummies ... security
solutions for mobile platforms, most especially the BlackBerry smartphone.
In his spare time, he develops software for smartphones such as BlackBerry,
iPhone, and Android as part of...
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Facebook’s Developer Forum 355
Facebook Application DevelopmentForDummies —
the Facebook Group 358
Facebook Application DevelopmentForDummies —
the Facebook Page 360
Contacting ... your development environment set up and
creating a simple Facebook application. And I promise that it will all seem
much less scary when you’re done.
Understanding the Development Process
Before...
... Boston and works for RSA, the Security Division of EMC, where he
develops security solutions for mobile platforms such as BlackBerry and
iPhone, and desktop operating systems such as Windows and ... expertise sharpened and shiny.
Thanks to Daniel Bailey at EMC for his efforts to ensure that I maintained a
distinct separation between my EMC efforts and my writing efforts.
And very special ... enough.
To my family — Lee Anne, David, Rosemarie, Joseph, Candi, and Reese and
Mason — who helped me to keep focused and moving forward. Thanks for
letting me vent when things weren’t always perfect.
Finally,...
... mobile SDKs fordevelopment on mobile phones. They have
provided an iPhone SDK, and more recently, an Android SDK for mobile appli-
cation developers to integrate into their iPhoneand Android applications.
Each ... report your problems
and ask your questions here before going to the Facebook Developer Forum
(which I talk about in Chapter 2).
The iPhoneand Android SDKs
Facebook isn’t just for the Web! At the ... . . . . . .355
Facebook’s Developer Forum 355
Facebook Application DevelopmentForDummies —
the Facebook Group 358
Facebook Application DevelopmentForDummies —
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AppBrain 324
AndroLib
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Your Website
326
BitTorrent Sites
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Chapter 16: Ten Websites for Android Game Developers 327
Stack Overow 328
Android ... Adopting the Android
Gaming Mindset
Part I provides you with a history of Android and mobile gaming to this point
in time. I contrast Android gamedevelopment with other platforms and dis-
cuss...