With <i>Advanced iOS 4 Programming</i>, developers have the expert guidance they need to create amazing applications for Apple's iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. <p> Inside, veteran mobile developer Dr. Maher Ali begins with a foundation introduction to Objective C and Cocoa Touch programming, and then guides readers through building apps with Apple's iPhone SDK 4 &#8211; including coverage of the major categories of new APIs and building apps for the new Apple iPad. <p> This book concentrates on illustrating GUI concepts programmatically, allowing readers to fully appreciate the complete picture of iOS 4 development without relying on Interface Builder. In addition, Interface Builder is covered in several chapters. <p> <i>Advanced iOS 4 Programming</i> delves into more advanced topics going beyond the basics of iOS 4 development, providing comprehensive coverage that will help you get your apps to the App Store quicker. <p> Key features include: <ul type="disc"> <li>Objective-C programming language and runtime <li>Interface Builder <li>Building advanced mobile user interfaces <li>Collections <li>Cocoa Touch <li>Core Animation and Quartz 2D <li>Model-view-controller (MVC) designs <li>Developing for the iPad <li>Grand Central Dispatch <li>Parsing XML documents using SAX, DOM, and TouchXML <li>Working with the Map Kit API <li>Remote and Local Push Notification <li>Blocks (closures) in Objective-C <li>Building advanced location-based applications <li>Developing database applications using the SQLite engine <li>GameKit framework </ul>