Mobile Programming

Unit 1
 Introduction to Programming
 Building Blocks
 Variables
 Integer
 Float
 Boolean
 Class
 Object
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 Variables
 Bank account balance, it shows the current amount of money you have
available. Your bank account may be $100 at the beginning of the month,
and $350 on your payday.
 This is an example of a variable.
 A variable is a representation of a value.
 Variables come in many different shapes and sizes.
 Different types of variables hold different types of values.
 Numbers, letters, words, true, false, or even a custom car.

 Integer
 An integer is a whole number, a number without any decimal places,
positive or negative: Example -10, 0, 100, 21031
 An integer could be used for the number of stars for a movie review, a
house’s street address, or the score for a sports team.
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 Float
 need to be more precise with a value.
 In the case of currency, a decimal place is used to keep track of the cents on a
dollar $10.51
 A decimal-based variable is called a float. Float is short for floating point,
another name for a decimal place

 Boolean
 Respond with either Yes or No.
 cannot respond with 7, $103.45, or “Banana.”
 Yes or No variable is referred to as a Boolean.
 Similar to a light switch—they are either on or off,true or false; there is no in-
between value
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 String
 Name - collection of letters that form a set of words
 Eg:"SteveDerico"
 A string is used to represent characters strung together to make words
and sentences.
 A string can hold a series of letters, numbers, and symbols. Strings are
surrounded by a pair of quotes. For example:
 "Steve is cool."
 "Where is the ball?"
 "Go Giants
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 Classes
 Different types of automobiles –different –few core
characteristics
 wheels, an engine, and brakes
 Core characteristics are called attributes.
 purpose and provides value to the consumer.
 A car can drive, honk, brake, and steer. Basic methods are
available in every car.
 Without these methods, it would not be a car. These core methods
are called behaviors.
 Designing a new car, a blueprint would be a good place to start.
 Blueprint is a document that serves as a template for building
something. Blueprint defines the attributes and behaviors of the car
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Car blueprint

Has Wheels Class is a blueprint for a virtual object.

Has Engine
Has Brakes Class defines the required attributes and
Can Drive Forward behaviors.
Can Stop
Can Steer Left and Right
Just like a cookie cutter, a class can produce
endless objects from a single
blueprint.
 Has –attributes
 Can -Behaviors
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Green station wagon

 Objects Wheels- Standard
Engine- Diesel
 Attributes make them unique Brakes -Standard
 Each of these cars is an object from the car class. Acceleration -Poor
Stopping -Great
 Object is the product produced by a class. Steering -Fair
 An object has the attributes and behaviors from its
class, in this case, the car class.
 Instance and object are commonly used as synonyms
Red sports car
 combination of the values with their associated Wheels Big
Engine Big
attributes is what makes an object unique. Brakes Performance
Acceleration Great
 Humans have hundreds of attributes and thousands Stopping Great
of possible values for each attribute. Steering Great
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 Methods
 computer processes a list of steps to achieve a task. This
list of steps is called a method.
 A method is a collection of code to complete a specific
task
 Example –Cooking Process
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Car
 Inheritance Wheels Standard
Engine Standard
 passing down of attributes and behaviors from
Brakes Standard
parent to child is called inheritance. Can Drive Forward
 Inheritance is the ability for a class to extend or Can Stop
override functionality from a parent class. Can Steer Left and Right
 Example - class you created was the parent of SUV
the SUV class. Wheels Mud
 SUV class will inherit all the attributes and Engine V8
behaviors of the car class. SUV will also be Brakes Standard
Drive System All-Wheel
able to add its own attributes and behaviors.
Can Drive Forward
Can Stop
Can Steer Left and Righ
Can Drive Uphill
Can Tow a Boat
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 Override the inherited attributes.

 Overriding is the ability to change how an attribute or behavior
works for a class.
 This allows the SUV class to customize and control the inherited
attributes and behaviors the SUV class has an engine, but it is a V8
engine.
 The child class is often referred to as a subclass of the parent class.
In this case, the SUV class is a subclass of the car class.
 Model View Controller
 Model-View- Controller architecture helps to
organize your code into three distinct parts.
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Model View Controller
Model
 Portion of code has to do with the data.
 For example, consider creating an application
that stores all your friends’ contact
information.
 Model portion would hold the phone numbers
and addresses.
 Containing zeros and ones
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Model View Controller
View
 Code contains all the code related to the user
interface.

 view is like a picture frame; it holds and

displays a picture, but it doesn’t know what
picture it is displaying

 View code should not be connected to the

content it is displaying.

 This way, if the interface is changed, it doesn’t

affect the content.
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Model View Controller
Controller
 All the logic and decision-making code.
 Like a traffic cop; he directs the others where to go.
 It talks to the view and the model directly.
 The controller responds to taps on the screens, pulls
data from the model, and tells the view what to
display.
 The model and view never speak directly to each
other. All communication goes through the
controller.
first app
 Xcode
 Open up Xcode.
 If you don’t see Xcode in your Dock,
 click the Spotlight search icon in the
upper-right corner of your screen. Type
in Xcode and click Top Hit
 Click “Create a New Xcode Project.”
 Next, you will see the project template dialog
 Select Single View Application and click Next.
 fill in details for your new project