Now that I have my iPhone App idea, I like to draft out on a piece of paper what my app will look visually. If you’re not a fan of drawing or can’t draw, here’s a simple online tool to help visualize your iPhone app. Looking at the content of the RSS feed from DZone, I want my application to look as follows. Don’t worry about getting every details right the first time. Trust me, it’ll evolve over time. Given the above, I know that I will need a tab bar to switch screens from Feature Links and Latest Links. I also want to…
Category: <span>iOS</span>
The hardest part is coming up with the idea. Given the success to failure ratio, don’t expect to make a quick buck building an app. Majority of developers barely break even. I’m in that failures bucket. Luckily, my primary objective is self-education. If the result of it interest/entertains others, great! Regardless, I’ve learned from the experience. For this tutorial, I’ve decided to make a DZone RSS app. This tutorial is a 7-part series: The Idea Putting Pen to Paper Interacting with web sites Parsing RSS XML Persisting RSS content Storyboarding In-App web browsing If you never visited DZone, I highly recommend it.…