Chapter 3. Creating a Photo Sharing App
Nowadays, there is a big percentage of iPhone users who are also social network users. Don't ask how or why, you just have to accept this phenomenon. It implies that you probably may have to develop an app using social network APIs.
Another phenomenon that also comes with the popularity of smartphones is the camera usage. Basically, people have stopped buying traditional photo cameras and started using the camera that comes with their iPhones. There is a variety of reasons behind it and one of them is that they can take a picture with their phone camera and share it through their favorite social networking website.
Based on this fashion, in this chapter, we are going to develop an app to use the camera, edit pictures, and share them with our friends.
In this chapter, we will cover:
- Using the camera with
UIImgePickerController - Creating a custom
UIView - Manipulating an
UIImage - Posting on Facebook using Social Framework
