UITabBarController - Xcode and MonoTouch
Friday, September 18, 2009 at 3:11AM This two part screencast will walk through an example of creating a UITabBarController and adding a custom UITableViewController to it in both Xcode and MonoTouch. I have tried to highlight the similarities and differences between the two frameworks/IDEs.
Having the option of creating iPhone applications in C# is intriguing and with the right project needs it could be a lifesaver. While parts of the process are still a little rough around the edges, this is still an exciting project to follow/get involved with.
Part I: Creating the app in Xcode with Cocoa - click to watch
Part II: Creating the app in MonoDevelop with MonoTouch - click to watch
Also, here is the uitvc code template that was used to create the UITableViewController subclass: uitvc.template.xml You will need to add this to ~/.config/MonoDevelop/templates/code (choose "Go to folder..." from the Finder menu and paste the directory to find it) and restart MonoDevelop. (Note: If you don't see templates/code in ~/.config/MonoDevelop, go to Preferences in MonoDevelop and click on Code Templates under Coding. This should populate this directory. You don't need to do anything else here, just close Preferences and follow the instructions above to add the file to the ~/.config/MonoDevelop/templates/code directory.)
UPDATE: I fixed the IntPtr constructor in the uitvc template. It did not correctly pick up the name of the TableViewController subclass. This new version should fix that.
If you have any questions, please visit http://monotouch.net. Join the IRC at irc.gnome.org channel #monotouch.
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Reader Comments (19)
Excellent post. Thanks so much for doing this. Great template too!
This is AWESOME! I haven't watched them yet, but spent all of Friday looking into creating my first iphone app and stumbled upon http://monotouch.net ... If you can create more videos on using it, it would be very appreciated (And I think you'll get quite a following).
Thanks for the comments! There will be some more free content and there is also a plan in place for some highly detailed in-depth screencast training for a fee similar to http://www.peepcode.com.
Do you have another link for the second one? Its stopping right in the middle for me.
maybe a stupid question, but I'll ask anyway.
As a .net developer (C#) does it allows me to run windows platform with Mono Develop for development? Or am I still locked to Mac OS X? (thus buying an apple)
What version of C# does MonoTouch support?
Thanks
Yes, the screencast videos stop mid-video. Do you have full videos available somewhere? This is awesome.
The full video is here. I don't know why it is stopping mid-video for you as plenty of people (including myself) have had no problem viewing it.
That being said, if you are having trouble, I have also posted these on YouTube:
Xcode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xiLg_Zm10c&feature=channel_page
MonoTouch Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL0LwcVRsJk&feature=channel_page
MonoTouch Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=May8Ys7INss&feature=channel_page
@uzivatel: MonoTouch currently requires a Mac. The limitation is primarily due to needing a Mac to sign your application for distribution. You also need a Mac to use Interface Builder. In the future, it may be possible to do iPhone development on a Windows machine but at the moment that is not feasible.
thanks Brent.
2nd question, do I really need a Mac or will VMWare help there? I really hate Mac keyboards, so would like to keep my notebook and run virtual Mac OS X if possible. Or I'll look on "hackintosh"...
btw, eager to watch other videos, objective C is a mess for me, but I'm more than familiar with C# so yes, I would pay to watch the development...(I payed for snow leopard and don't own a Mac;-)
just a comment on the template... the ctor isn't linked to the class name field
@uzivatel You can use whatever USB keyboard you want on a Mac. Same with the mouse.
There's no good way to run Mac OS X in a VM. It's technically possible, but doesn't run very well and requires a lot of hacks to even get it running at all. I'm not sure I would recommend that.
@blindahl: I'm not sure I follow. The template was derived from working sample code from the monocatalog-md sample.
@blindahl: The uitvc template is now fixed. Thanks for pointing this out!
Hi
is it possible to have the whole project and files for this excellent demo for download?
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An 18 minutes tutorial on writing an app that displays 3 literal strings. Coming from Windows Mobile I'm stunned by how hard it is to do even the simplest things. How can such a great device not have better development tools? I wish Apple would take some of the huge iPhone profits and invest in building better tools.
Very informative post. Will share this with other developers.
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