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Thursday, March 27, 2008, 03:00 pm
Apple releases second beta version of iPhone SDK
Apple on Thursday released a new version of its iPhone software developers kit (SDK) that allows third parties to develop applications for the iPhone and iPod touch digital media player."The second beta version of the iPhone SDK includes Interface Builder, Xcode IDE, Instruments, iPhone simulator, frameworks and samples, compilers, and Shark analysis tool," the company said on its iPhone developer website.
Thus far, the most significant changes appear to be the inclusion of a version of Interface Builder tailored specifically for the iPhone, as well as beta 2 of Apple's proprietary Xcode 3.1 integrated developer environment (IDE), which also serves as the primary IDE for Mac OS X-based application development.
For those unaware, Apple describes Interface Builder as an application for designing and testing user interfaces.
"Developers can use Interface Builder to create user interfaces that follow the Mac OS X human-interface guidelines by dragging user-interface elements from a palette of predefined controls and dropping them into the window or view they are configuring," the company says. "Interface Builder works closely with Xcode to provide a development experience that facilitates the concurrent but specialized development of an application's user interface and business logic."
The initial beta version of the iPhone SDK was released three weeks ago. It saw over 100,000 downloads from prospective developers and curious enthusiasts in its first four days.
Apple plans to release a finalized version of the SDK, along with iPhone software v2.0, in the June timeframe.
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Well, this should answer the person who I and others were arguing with about the SDK.
Yes, it is a beta. And, yes, Apple will be adding features. And, yes, you will be able to get them.
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Originally Posted by hypermark 
Definitely interested in feedback from members of the board as to the utility of the Interface Builder. My past experience dealing with Sun's bean box model was that you could build sexy demo-ware but it was pretty useless for real, compelling differentiated applications.
I am guessing that that won't be the case here but interested in hearing from developers as they use it.
Regards,
Mark
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My Blog: www.thenetworkgarden.com
Definitely interested in feedback from members of the board as to the utility of the Interface Builder. My past experience dealing with Sun's bean box model was that you could build sexy demo-ware but it was pretty useless for real, compelling differentiated applications.
I am guessing that that won't be the case here but interested in hearing from developers as they use it.
Regards,
Mark
--
My Blog: www.thenetworkgarden.com
I'll download it when I get a chance, but in general Interface Builder has been the shining star of NeXT and now MacOS X software development. Unlike XCode/Project Builder, it's always been a best-of-breed tool. I have high hopes for its applicability to the iPhone/iTouch.
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Unlike XCode/Project Builder
I dont do Mac specific code atm, but is there some other development environment that is better for Mac devs?
I have a great idea for an iphone app, but gave up after it took me 3 hours to put 4 stupid buttons properly on the iphone using their UIKit framework. Now that I can drag and drop ... I look forward to getting back to real coding and letting interface building take care of the look and feel of the app.
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Originally Posted by mbene12
I dont do Mac specific code atm, but is there some other development environment that is better for Mac devs?
I dont do Mac specific code atm, but is there some other development environment that is better for Mac devs?
As Booga said above you, Apple's development tools are best in breed.
Download OmniGraffle to get a great example of how beautiful a 100 % native Mac OS X application (Cocoa/Objective C). That or, Delicious Library.
Developers for Windows cannot even come close to this type of beauty.
And now, these same amazing tools come to the iPhone.
I can't wait!
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Originally Posted by Booga
I'll download it when I get a chance, but in general Interface Builder has been the shining star of NeXT and now MacOS X software development. Unlike XCode/Project Builder, it's always been a best-of-breed tool. I have high hopes for its applicability to the iPhone/iTouch.
I'll download it when I get a chance, but in general Interface Builder has been the shining star of NeXT and now MacOS X software development. Unlike XCode/Project Builder, it's always been a best-of-breed tool. I have high hopes for its applicability to the iPhone/iTouch.
Thanks a bundle, Booga. That is good to hear at least as far as knee jerk goes. Would love to get read better read as you actually use it.
Cheers,
Mark
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Originally Posted by mbene12
I dont do Mac specific code atm, but is there some other development environment that is better for Mac devs?
I dont do Mac specific code atm, but is there some other development environment that is better for Mac devs?
Xcode is the only dev environment for Macs. There used to be others, but everyone moved to Xcode when Apple changed to Intel.
When ready, just sign up for it and you will get it for free including full documentation for every single API and you can also use it to develop for the iPhone.
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Originally Posted by mbene12
I dont do Mac specific code atm, but is there some other development environment that is better for Mac devs?
I dont do Mac specific code atm, but is there some other development environment that is better for Mac devs?
RealBasic can be used to develop windows, mac, and Linux applications. Not as powerful as Xcode though.
Well apple it is a good start, but not good enough. I'll wait for next version. Basically app builder gives you only a few controllers, but not the ones I need. Such as flip switch and the rotating wheel.
Text field and label and basic rect button nice, along with table viewer. Table view cell is also handy. But the problem is if you don't have the controllers you need, you can't use the interface builder to set up all the bindings. So for my app that I'm writing now, I can't use it yet.
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Definitely interested in feedback from members of the board as to the utility of the Interface Builder. My past experience dealing with Sun's bean box model was that you could build sexy demo-ware but it was pretty useless for real, compelling differentiated applications.
I am guessing that that won't be the case here but interested in hearing from developers as they use it.
Regards,
Mark
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My Blog: www.thenetworkgarden.com