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I want to make an iPhone app

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  • 02-08-2010 5:27am
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    Daysha
    Registered Users Posts: 4,908 ✭✭✭


    More specifically, a radio app with a stream of an online radio station. I don't want to do anything fancy, literally all I want is the logo and a play button on the bottom. I've registered as a developer and I've downloaded Xcode and the iPhone SDK, so now what? I've had a look at the program and it looks very convoluted, even to do something as simple as a radio app. Can anyone point me in the direction of some easy to follow tutorials for something like this? I only have limited knowledge of HTML and nothing else, but I'm willing to learn! I'm not really interested in hiring a 3rd party to do it because of the cost involved and especially because I want it to be as basic as possible.

    Any help would be appreciated :)


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    Tom Dunne
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    Ah.

    I am not so sure learning programming with the iPhone SDK is the best way to get started.

    Then again, if you have loads of time on your hands, nothing is impossible. :)

    I am going to move this over to the mobile programming forum, you will probably get a better response there.


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    Red Alert
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 7,485 ✭✭✭Red Alert


    Is the radio station available as an online HTTP stream in MP3 format? If so it's easy enough apparently: I was going to start on one for a radio station that I listen to regularly.


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    Yeager101
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    Learning Python first is a good idea. Its Objective C. Then you graduate to c++ for iPhone.
    You can take the MIT coarse for free on iTunes U. Not easy, but if it was easy, then everyone would be doing it.


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    Cool Mo D
    Registered Users Posts: 1,419 ✭✭✭Cool Mo D


    Yeager101 wrote: »
    Learning Python first is a good idea. Its Objective C. Then you graduate to c++ for iPhone.
    You can take the MIT coarse for free on iTunes U. Not easy, but if it was easy, then everyone would be doing it.

    I think you're a bit confused...

    Objective-C is a language that is exactly the same as normal C, with a few extra features for object-oriented programming. It is the standard language for programming for the iPhone and Mac. C++ is a similar, but not fully backwards-compatible evolution of C, which also has object-oriented features.

    Python is an entirely different language, very, very different to C, C++ or Objective-C.


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    kevteljeur
    Registered Users Posts: 1,287 ✭✭✭kevteljeur


    Cool Mo D wrote: »
    I think you're a bit confused...

    Objective-C is a language that is exactly the same as normal C, with a few extra features for object-oriented programming. It is the standard language for programming for the iPhone and Mac. C++ is a similar, but not fully backwards-compatible evolution of C, which also has object-oriented features.

    Python is an entirely different language, very, very different to C, C++ or Objective-C.

    I would say that having a grasp of object-orientated programming in PHP or Perl is a help (they're far from identical, but both come from a C background).

    I'm still learning myself, but Objective-C is a lot easier to learn than the bad press it gets might lead someone to think. It's undeserved.


    k


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