Core Data for iOS: Developing Data-Driven Applications for the iPad, iPhone and iPod

Core Data for iOS Today, virtually every non-trivial iPhone and iPad app must manage data - quickly, smoothly, reliably, and with minimal impact on the CPU to conserve battery life. Core Data, Apples ready-made data persistence layer, can help you achieve all these goals. In Core Data for iOS, two leadimng iOS developers teach you the entire Core Data framework from the ground up. Writing for intermediate-to-advanced iOS developers, Tim Isted and Tom Harrington thoroughly explain how Core Data is used on iOS devices, introduce each of its primary classes, and show how they interact to provide amazing functionality with minimal configuration. Youll learn how to store, fetch and validate data; provide it efficently to views; and much more. Isted and Harrington first give you a firm grounding in the technology, and then present real-world examples. They present multiple sample projects, as well as start-to-finish, chapter-length case study. Cover includes Understanding Core Datas features, classes and interactions. Using Core Data in MVC-based iOS app development Mapping relational data to object models, and building them with Xcode 4s Data Modeler Working with managed objects and using UITableView to display them Creating predicates to match numbers, data, and objects Maintaining compatability across version of an apps data model Tracking managed object contexts across view controllers Using Core Datas automation Undo functionality Intergrating abstract entities, entity inheritance, and multiple view controllers in a complete app Optimizing for iOS devices tight memory limits Diagnosing and fixing common core data problems -