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1. How do you force Xcode to re-indent your code?


2. Xcode
Press CTRL+CMD+? over any code.
The IDE used to code iPhone and iPad (and Mac) applications.
Actions represent what you want your code to do in response to user interaction with a control or widget.
Highlight your code - Click on 'Editor->Structure->Re-indent'.


3. Why use a real device vs. the simulator for testing your game?


4. What is the Universal Device Family for?
The location in Xcode where your code is organized by class.
It allows you to create an application that runs both on the iPhone and iPad devices.
Press CTRL+CMD+? over any code.
The IDE used to code iPhone and iPad (and Mac) applications.


5. Outlets
Click on the magnifying glass in the search field and select 'Show Find Options'.
Press CTRL+CMD+? over any code.
Outlets connect your interface to the code by letting you refer to the items in your interface by name. Outlets create variables in your code that you can use to work with the UI widgets.
It contains the user interface for the view that displays your application.


6. How do you get quick help on your code?
Click on the magnifying glass in the search field and select 'Show Find Options'.
Press CTRL+CMD+? over any code.
The tool in Xcode that allows you to build interfaces inside iOS using a GUI.
The location in Xcode where your code is organized by class.


7. What is Cocoa Touch Static Library Template used for?
Building libraries of code that you can share amongst multiple projects.
The tool in Xcode that allows you to build interfaces inside iOS using a GUI.
Press CTRL+CMD+? over any code.
It contains the user interface for the view that displays your application.


8. How do you turn on more search options in the search tab of Xcode?


9. Symbol Navigator
Highlight your code - Click on 'Editor->Structure->Re-indent'.
The IDE used to code iPhone and iPad (and Mac) applications.
The location in Xcode where your code is organized by class.
Actions represent what you want your code to do in response to user interaction with a control or widget.


10. Interface Builder?
The tool in Xcode that allows you to build interfaces inside iOS using a GUI.
It informs you (and links you to) any issues in your code.
Outlets connect your interface to the code by letting you refer to the items in your interface by name. Outlets create variables in your code that you can use to work with the UI widgets.
Building libraries of code that you can share amongst multiple projects.


11. .xib file
Click on the magnifying glass in the search field and select 'Show Find Options'.
It contains the user interface for the view that displays your application.
The IDE used to code iPhone and iPad (and Mac) applications.
Allows you to use Interface Builder to lay out all of the screens in your program and define the transitions between them.


12. What is the Issue Navigator in Xcode?
Allows you to use Interface Builder to lay out all of the screens in your program and define the transitions between them.
Highlight your code - Click on 'Editor->Structure->Re-indent'.
It informs you (and links you to) any issues in your code.
Building libraries of code that you can share amongst multiple projects.


13. Some Xcode Project Types
Master-Detail Application - OpenGL Game - Page Based Application - Single View Application - Tabbed Application - Utility Application - Empty Application
Macs have more memory - Macs are more powerful (better CPU) - Macs have better GPU - You won't get a true performance test on a simulator.
It informs you (and links you to) any issues in your code.
Actions represent what you want your code to do in response to user interaction with a control or widget.


14. What does 'Use Storyboard' in Xcode allow you to do?
Master-Detail Application - OpenGL Game - Page Based Application - Single View Application - Tabbed Application - Utility Application - Empty Application
It contains the user interface for the view that displays your application.
Allows you to use Interface Builder to lay out all of the screens in your program and define the transitions between them.
Macs have more memory - Macs are more powerful (better CPU) - Macs have better GPU - You won't get a true performance test on a simulator.


15. Actions
It allows you to create an application that runs both on the iPhone and iPad devices.
Master-Detail Application - OpenGL Game - Page Based Application - Single View Application - Tabbed Application - Utility Application - Empty Application
Actions represent what you want your code to do in response to user interaction with a control or widget.
It informs you (and links you to) any issues in your code.