Developing Enterprise iOS Applications

If you plan to develop iOS applications in a corporate setting – for internal consumption or for sale to end users – you need to read this book.

Veteran developer James Turner shares best practices and lessons learned from his recent on-the-ground experience planning, building, and shipping an iOS application in an enterprise environment.

With lots of examples and solid advice, you’ll learn how to use Xcode, Objective-C, and other Apple development tools within the confines of enterprise software methodologies.

If you’re familiar with Xcode, this guide will help you build and launch enterprise iOS apps successfully.

• Get Xcode’s single-developer model to work in a concurrent development environment
• Integrate Xcode builds into tools such as Ant and Hudson
• Use open source libraries to connect iOS with SOAP and other backend services
• Set up a framework to test iOS apps for code coverage and CCN metrics
• Manage the legal, marketing, and production issues involved when interacting with iTunes Connect
• Meet iTunes’ requirements for provisioning and distributing your app
• Provide long-term support by sidestepping Apple’s distribution limitations.