My long dormant app project is feature complete. Everything seems to work as it should. Squashed a few memory bugs when Instruments was cooperating. Seems good.
So I'm done right? Nah. Still got the other 80% of app development to do.
Back to work.
The iAd framework is very easy to work with but adding support to an app with a complex view heirarchy is work. Adding support to a complex view heirarchy hand coded and left dormant for almost a year is a nightmare.
I finally figured it out and my app now supports iAds in a tab view controller with a tableview. You won't understand the level of difficulty unless you have tried this. I'm sure if you started from scratch with the intent of having ad support it isn't very difficult but if you have no xib to tweak this sort of setup can be tricky.
I did a bunch of reading online but this tutorial really helped me get my head around it.
It works. I'm happy. Today was a good day.
This is the type of book that before you get more than a few chapters into it you are off on your own projects applying what you just learned. I'm normally the type that insists on doing everything by hand the hard way. I have developed games in the past only to burn out after writing the engine, editor and tools. Looking to bypass the hassle in the future. Cocos2D seems like an excellent framework with a very active community. Rather than developing your own engine and tools you can concentrate on making a game.
You will need a background in Obejctive-C programming. This is not a book for begining iOS developers. Highly recommended for aspiring game programmers looking for a crash course in Cocos2D.
