Mobile apps have replaced many of the tedious routines of life that otherwise would have been very difficult such as locating nearby ATMs or booking train & flight tickets.
There are multiple mobile platforms based upon the device such as iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Windows, Symbian, etc. Among the many platforms, iPhone is considered to be a challenging one to build apps.
The iPhone is considered as one of the quality-driven platforms which produce standard app as per the norms of Apple with a committee to check and approve the best apps. There are many tools that help to build iOS apps. The iPhone developers should be flexible working with these tools to build the apps comfortably.
Some of the tools that are used for building iOS apps are discussed by experts from software development services company JatApp below:
9 Bet Tools For iPhone Apps
1. Apple SDK
The very basic need for an iPhone development company in order to develop apps in the iPhone platform is to get registered for $99 to procure a basic Apple developer license. Upon registration, the software development kit (SDK) is provided which helps to build iPhone apps. The iPhone simulator is also made available with SDK which is very useful for testing the apps. A reference library is also available which could be very useful for the iPhone developers.
2. Mac
Owning a Mac OS is the most fundamental need for developing iPhone apps. Any basic version of Mac will be enough to manage apps development for iPhone. One can always seek the help of web resources to develop apps.
3. Xcode
More than a code editor, the Xcode supports static code analysis to find bugs and has other debugging and performance tools. Multiple features are covered within the Xcode environment like using command-line tools for compilation. The iPhone developers can use the Xcode as an integrated development environment to build apps.
4. Graphics
Adobe Photoshop is used by most of the iPhone application development companies for introducing graphical effects in the app like image editing or building customer user interface for games.
5. Interface builder
The visual interface of your app such as placing buttons, tabs, sliders, etc can be managed using the interface builder. The complete action of the button including its sequence handling when a user interacts with the object is handled easily by the interface builder.
6. UIKit
This helps to generate the interface code manually without depending on the interface builder. The codes like UIWindow, UIButton, UILabel, etc are used to build the interface.
7. Objective C
Since Apple uses Objective C language for its devices, this language is used for iOS apps development. iPhone developers who have knowledge of C or C++ can handle Objective C very easy to build native apps in iOS.
8. Framework
Multiple frameworks are available with iOS which help to encrypt information, handle UI, audio, and video, draw graphics on screen, etc. Some of the frameworks for iOS include Appkit, CoreMedia, CoreGraphics, CoreText, etc. The frameworks simplify the job of doing complex work in a simple text line.
9. Cocoa
Cocoa is the best framework that contains libraries and application programming interfaces (API) for building Mac or iOS apps. Cocoa framework is written in Objective C.
Conclusion
Once when the coding of apps is successfully completed it is tested via a simulator. Later, the app is uploaded where experts check for its integrity and quality. If the app meets the requirement of the jury, then your app gets into the app store, otherwise, it is time to roll up once again. Hence only the accepted app which meets the standard gets into the app store. The best advice from anyone in the mobile app development field for iPhone developers will be to explore the tools properly in order to build a feature-rich app that is user-friendly and error-free.
