Build an app with the latest issue, on sale now in the UK
We originally started planning this issue back in April, shortly before that infamous tweak to the iOS4 SDK that sent ripples through the internet and divided public opinion. Flash had been banished from Apple’s walled garden, and it was back to square one for all of us.
Luckily for us, and you, that ban has since been lifted – allowing talented and ambitious Flash developers to use existing ActionScript skills to blast open a whole new market without the need to grapple with Xcode or Objective-C.
Almost a third of this special issue is given over to an epic extended project, courtesy of the very talented Matt Booth and Stewart Hamilton-Arrandale. Over 28 pages, they walk through the birth of an all-new Computer Arts app for iPhone and iPad, called Visualator. From concept, through UI design and branding into how to build, compile and submit to the App Store, it’s all here. And to conclude this five-part project, we have five copies of Flash CS5 Professional up for grabs.
Once you’ve created your app, the rest of the mag is packed with everything from deciding your price point to how to rise through the ranks of the App Store.
But if all this is making your head hurt, fear not: we have a generous splash of pure inspiration next month with an issue dedicated to Japanese design. ‘Til then...
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