I have a great idea for an iPhone app. I have a great app idea and it’s a simple app, which in my mind, should be simple to create.
I know how to create the app for Mac OS X using Cocoa, how hard could it be to do it on the iPhone?
It uses the same stuff: Cocoa (although Cocoa Touch), Objective-C, Xcode, Interface builder… how hard could it be?
Well. It’s not as easy as I thought it.
You can easily create interfaces, using the Interface Builder and slap on some labels and controls on a layout, but if you want a polished look, you want to use some of the better implementations, like the Table View.
My normal MO is to quickly implement the a controller and read the doc’s for whatever required methods I have to implement.
Boy. This. Is. Different.
I already got that fidgety feeling like I want to get up and read a magazine cause I don’t want to read the technical article from Apple about how to implement a table view.
This, I think, is going to take some time.