Building a Note-Taking App for iOS

Building an app for one platform just isn't good enough anymore. Android, Windows, and iOS support are all required for a successful product—but learning the different environments is difficult. This course is one of a matched set spanning the three platforms and will demonstrate their similarities and differences. Start with the product most familiar to you, then watch the parallel courses to understand how to bridge your knowledge.

Like its companions, this course will take you through building a complete mobile app from scratch; but this installment uses the iOS SDK and Xcode to get the job done. Author Todd Perkins shows you how to create an Xcode project, layout apps visually, connect UI elements to code, and save data to persistent storage.

These three related courses will use the same assets to develop the same app. (See Building a Note-Taking App for Android and Building a Note-Taking App for Windows Phone 8 and Windows Store for more information.) Compare and contrast the different steps and discover the similarities and differences!
Topics include:
Previewing the note-taking app
Setting up the developer tools
Unique concepts in iOS
Creating the Xcode project
Using local data storage
Creating a data class
Saving data to a file
Creating and editing notes
Controlling note display in a table view