In this recipe, we'll learn how to create a project for an application that runs on iOS devices such as iPhone and iPad.
To get ready with TinderBox, please refer to the Getting ready section of the Creating a project for a basic application recipe.
Please note that the iOS touch application will only work on iOS devices such as iPhones and iPads, and that the projects created with TinderBox will be for OSX Xcode only.
We'll use TinderBox, a utility tool that comes bundled with Cinder that allows easy creation of projects. Perform the following steps to create a project for an iOS touch application:
- Open TinderBox and choose your project's location. In the main TinderBox window select Cocoa Touch as Target and Simple as Template, as shown in the following screenshot:
- Select the compilers you want to create a project to, either Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 and/or OS X Xcode.
- Click on Create and TinderBox will direct you to the folder where your project was created.
TinderBox will create an OS X Xcode project and create the references to link against the compiled Cinder library. It will also create the application's class as a subclass of ci::app::AppCocoaTouch, which is the class with all the basic functionality for a screensaver application. It will also create some sample code with a basic example to help you get started.
This application is built on top of Apple's Cocoa Touch framework to create iOS applications.