SUMMARY
This chapter offered a quick tour of the available tools used for iPhone and iPad application development. You had a look at the iOS Simulator, which you will use to test your applications without using a real device. The Simulator is a very powerful tool that you will use very often in your iPhone development journey.
You also learned some of the characteristics of the iPhone and iPad, such as screen resolutions, as well as characteristics of the operating systems. In the next chapter, you will develop your first iOS application, and soon be on your way to iOS nirvana!
WHAT YOU LEARNED IN THIS CHAPTER
| TOPIC | KEY CONCEPTS |
| Obtaining the iOS SDK | Download Xcode 4 from the Mac App Store. |
| iOS Simulator | Most of the testing can be done on the iOS Simulator. However, it is strongly recommended that you have a real device for actual testing. |
| Limitations of the iOS Simulator | Access to hardware is generally not supported by the Simulator. For example, the camera, accelerometer, voice recording, and so on are not supported. |
| Frameworks in the iOS SDK | The iOS SDK provides several frameworks that perform specific functionalities on the iPhone. You program your iOS applications using all these frameworks. |
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