iPhone Application Development and iPhone Game Development The Thundering Field

iPhone Application Development and iPhone Game Development is so far the most interesting development in the mobile application development field and has changed the way we have looked and worked with app development and designing. With good user interface and coding prefixes we are at the stage of the beginning of totally new era of programming and designing Apps and Games. If you look at the basic SDK which was release in 2008 and the SDK which we use right now (4.3), it has been dramatically improved. iPhone Application Development and iPhone Game Development has not as same as what we used to deal with last year.

There has been lot of change on the technical point of view for the developers, in iPhone Application Development. One of the major differences now we can see is the speed of the user interface and more systematic approach to the file management and coding methodology. There are many other improvements which apple has done and also not to forget making multitasking available for apps has really given wings to iPhone Application Development. Development of business apps, apps for children, utility apps etc. can be widely covered by the base SDK itself and most of the time there is no need for using any external APIs.

iPhone Game Development on the other hand has also got some new things to play with. As we know iPhone Game Development can not only be done using base SDK, especially for complex game and graphics. We need engines like Coco2D and Unity for better lookout and smooth play. The Good news for all the game development community is Cocos3D has been launched and is getting updated while I am writing this article, it might be in initial stages but we believe it will make much difference compare to developing games in Unity 3D which on the other has is bit costly considering the game development requirements.

As we are near the launch of iOS 5 which is in its 5th beta release, we expect there will be many more things on the platter then what we see right now on Apple’s website. iPhone Application Development and iPhone Game Development has changed the way we have programmed, designed and scaled our level of mobile app development and estimated mobile computing future. With iPhone 5 look and feel rumors in air, one can smell the thunder coming right to us, like Apple throwing updates to developers and saying... “Let’s see what you can do with that ....”

iPhone Application Development and iPhone Game Development Scenario

Being .NET developer, I had never thought of working so deeply in mobile application development. From the day I have entered to learn about iPhone Application Development and iPhone Game Development, I have never looked back. It took me about 20 days to get totally involve in iPhone Application Development process and get use to methods. To learn iPhone Application Development, it took some training from the people who have already worked in it and some of my own R&D. Since then I have developed about 50 Apps by myself and hoping to develop more.

iPhone Application Development comprise of 2 to 3 steps

a) Understanding Requirements
b) Understanding User Flow
c) Actual Development

First we need to understand the requirements and make user flow accordingly. User flow means the way user is going to use the app or the way you want to guide user through app, and then the actual development starts. Same is for iPhone Game Development. There is a story line, plot, game logic and main features, depends on the type of game you develop.

iPhone Application Development is being done using three important tools, you need MAC, iOS SDK and yes a device to test developed iPhone App. For iPhone Game Development, there are also third party software available on paid basis which enables you to port graphics and game for iOS, like Unity. It take some time to learn them but once you are done it is easier to develop game in their environment and port it than to make it from scratch up in iOS SDK. Well, on the other hand iPhone Application Development is better to be done in iOS and take care while using any third party API, as Apple might reject your app because of that.

Apple has recently launched iOS 5 Beta 4 and we are waiting for it to have final release. It has many features which includes iCloud based development. This will surely bring new era of sharing and storing your data and for developers working in iPhone Application Development and iPhone Game Development to develop more exciting apps.