With the success of its first launch, Apple introduced diverse versions, the newest one is iOS6. Every time, users appreciated the iPhone introduced by Apple that is why today it is holding a large market share on the mobile platform.
iPhone App Development Stages:
Why is it iPhone? Whether a person is developing the app for his own purpose or for the clients, he wishes that it must be accessed by numbers of users. So, Apple is seen as a strong player as it covers a broad market. From development perspective as well, it follow simple things and iOS is the operating system that powers Apple mobile devices such as iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, etc. Now, the information is in front of you and the decision is yours.
iPhone App Structure:
The first phase of development comprises the task of sketching and planning. First, you need to come on a conclusion what is your focus to develop an app? Second, you must ponder over the things that why users should download it, what features you would include, etc.
Take a glance over the various UI bar elements:
1. First is the status bar which showcases present battery levels, phone carrier, 3G connection and many related aspects. You need to ensure that all these elements are included.
2. In between the hierarchy pages, you should provide your users navigation option. It is usually integrated on the left side to return on the previous menu.
3. The toolbar comes at the bottom of the iPhone application. It has some icons like download, share, delete and more. Similar to the toolbar, tab bar is nothing but you start working with tabs.
The Designing Process:
This step consists of collecting, analyzing and designing elements for all the significant features that you need to include in your app. You need to decide that you would incorporate direct feedback system or you want to embrace users’ ratings. If you are doing it under the guidance of a developer so he can offer you better suggestions.
There are also further steps of designing process that need to be kept in mind. A person who has planned to develop an application must be versed with Adobe Photoshop. It is because the software is used to create banners, logos and mobile mockups. But, the designing process becomes a bit tricky when it is for iPhone app design because you should build a pixel perfect mockup designing right from the beginning.
Comprehending Hierarchy of MVC Programming:
You should not only have expertise in designing but also need to understand the working process of an app. By keeping MVC (Model, View, and Controller) as a foundation, Xcode is able to separate interface code and displays from processing and logic function as well you cannot afford to go for another option. At first glance, MVC might be confusing but with ample efforts you will be able to handle and love its structure.
1. If we talk about the working process of this programming so model holds the functions and information those are supposed to be displayed onscreen.
2. But, you cannot expect the model to interact with a screen that is why view is required to pull the data on visuals.
3. The last is a controller which has defined a better way to hide back the end data from its front end designing. In this manner, the design can be polished several times.
Designing & Pre-Launching:
The iPhone app development phase usually consists of designing an app and then implementing it. It is called the development phase but after this, it comes the pre-launch phase. This step consists of the marketing and promotion of your designed application. Now, you are done with the pre-launching so you can move ahead with its post-launch. It comprises keeping an eye on its response in the marketing, reviews from the users, etc.
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This process seems detail intensive which makes perfect sense for any app development. Thanks for sharing the keen insight Nate!
Ryan
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This is certainly a great reference material. The steps can be replicated for the success of any software development cycle. Thanks for sharing.
Hey Nothan,
Well, I haven’t tried to build an i-phone app with its native code, but yes I have tries to build an application with phonegap’s cross platform and got an executable .ipa file to run on the apple devices. The main problem and patchy thing is to upload any apple apps to the apple store because it requires a long process to get distribution certificates and development certificates and so on.
Thanks a lot for this informative tutorial.
Charmie :)
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Just like any app store, listing an app requires some certificates. Thanks for your comment, do have an awesome day.
Hey Bro,
I have not created any iphone app as my friend with me who normally designs the stuff meanwhile you are turning to be more technical writer keep coming
Thanks Shameem for your comment, i hope i improve more
Thanks for sharing this awesome post brother
I’ve never used to create an Iphone app as I don’t have any knowledge in this field
thanks for sharing this deep insight brother
have a cool day ahead :D
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This is very informative stuff. I found every thing is explained with complete detail. Iphone App Development has many steps as well as procedures that help to reach ultimate success.
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Your post was truly impressive. I had a wonderful time reading and understanding your post. It is worth discovering. Thank you for sharing it with us. Thank you and keep posting.
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iPhone App development – this is definitely an eye opener. am actually comfortable with web development. would recommend this post to my iPhone app developer friend.
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If we discuss the working procedure of this development so design maintains the features and information those are expected to be shown on-screen.
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Thank you for sharing these valuable step by step procedure.
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Hi there. Really a step by step post to develop an iPhone App. Thanks for sharing it. :)
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This is what I was looking for I am new to this field.This post helped me what to do in the right manner.Thanks for sharing this.
Thanks for your comment Alexis glad you found the post interesting.
Its a great post, cos i learnt a few new things. Like im reading about MVC for the first time. But Nate, before talking about “iPhone App Structure”, i think for the sake of people who don’t have much knowledge but is interested in this topic, we have to know if the dev. will be done with our computers, if yes, which app are will to install to get us started? If online, what is the address?
Like i knew nothing about MVC, but filling a few form on conduit got past all the tech details while creating an Andriod, Windows OS & iOS app for my blog http://jobmating.com first designed by my cuz Nwosu.
So please, i need more enlightment. Its a great topic you’ve written on
I visited this blog it is nice and very informative for apps developers. Thanks for sharing this information
Thanks Lee for visiting and leaving a comment.