Usman KhanSweet Pixel Studios
What will we discuss today ?
• What is iOS ?
• Why should you even bother ?
• Now that you do, how to go about it ?
• App Building. (Part II)
What is iOS ?
Apple TV iPhone iPadiPod
Why iOS matters ?
Facts and Figures• 700 million iOS devices shipped.
• More than 1 million apps in the App Store.
• 65 billion app downloads.
• $15 billion to iOS developers.
• App Store reaches 155 countries.
Top Performers
• Candy crush saga
• Youtube
• Temple run 2
• Vine
• Google maps
• Minecraft
• Heads Up!
• Temple run: Oz
• Angry Birds
• Plague Inc.
Free Paid
Local Successes• Groopic
• Friends planet pro
• Mafia farm
• Tap Fish
And more . . .
iOS vs Android
• iOS apps earn almost 5 times more than Android.
• iOS 7 runs on 88% iOS devices while KitKat runs on 1.1% of Android devices.
Android’s Fragmentation Problem
Earlier 2%
iOS 6 10%
iOS 7 88%
Apple’s quick adoption rate
How to get started ?
Things you need
• Mac
• Xcode (Free)
• iOS device
• iOS developer program
Building for iOS
• Objective-C
• Model-View-Controller
• Core Frameworks
• iOS SDK
Objective-C
• Object-oriented.
• C programming language with Smalltalk-style messaging.
Controller
View Model
Model-View-Controller
Core Frameworks• Cocoa Touch • Core Services
iOS SDK
• Xcode
• Instruments
• Simulator
Selling on iTunes
• iAd
• In-App Purchases
• Free and Paid Versions
And more . . .
