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 ?

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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 . . .

Thank You

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