iOS simple app dev.?

[Newbie111]

hey all.

Attemptinng my first Ipad IOS app...
Have done many other programs with VBA etc, however VERY new to this style.

Seemingly a simple idea - take a photo of some ID, manually type a phone number, press GO and this emails a default email address...

Is doing something like this as simple as i am thinking?

any ideas where to start?

many thanks.

 

[1458279]

hey all.

Attemptinng my first Ipad IOS app...
Have done many other programs with VBA etc, however VERY new to this style.

Seemingly a simple idea - take a photo of some ID, manually type a phone number, press GO and this emails a default email address...

Is doing something like this as simple as i am thinking?

any ideas where to start?

many thanks.

It does sound simple, in fact, this could be a tutorial for an entry level programmer.

You could probably get away with just searching thru tutorials and finding the parts you want and putting it together.

If you want to learn programming just for this app, I'd pass on that idea and just have the app made for you or program it from tutorials. If you really want to get into programming, this would be a fine starting point.

All you need to get started is to download Xcode on your mac and start reading about how to use it. Maybe one of the "your first app" tutorials would be a good starting point.

Watch the date of the tutorials, once they're more than a year or so old, they can have compatibility problems. That's not to say they don't have value, but you have to dig deep sometimes to make older code work.

Some kind of "getting started with Swift" might be a good place to start. Xcode is free, you can load and run on your own device.

 

[tyche]

Sure it's simple once you know what to do.

Can you build a single view application?
Add buttons and imageviews?
Call uiimagepickercontroller and retrieve a camera or library photo?
Use MFMailComposeViewController to compose an email?

That's should be a starting outline.

 

[Newbie111]

It does sound simple, in fact, this could be a tutorial for an entry level programmer.
You could probably get away with just searching thru tutorials and finding the parts you want and putting it together.
Some kind of "getting started with Swift" might be a good place to start. Xcode is free, you can load and run on your own device.

thanks for the tips

Sure it's simple once you know what to do.
Can you build a single view application?
Add buttons and imageviews?
Call uiimagepickercontroller and retrieve a camera or library photo?
Use MFMailComposeViewController to compose an email?
That's should be a starting outline.

Perfect

thanks for the tips all. i'll have a go!