Chris Dannen and Christopher White - Beginning iOS Apps with Facebook and Twitter APIs [2011, PDF, ENG]

Facebook and Twitter are perhaps the only platforms that are so vital to our daily communications that they could, for some users, supersede Apple's own communication apps, the SMS app, and the phone. In a few years, some people may live the majority of their iOS experience inside one of these platforms.

Fortunately for us. the third-party developers, both of these companies are growing so rapidly that they can hardly afford to explore and optimize every possible use for these platforms. (They also have the minor issue of monetization to worry about.) As the staffs at Twitter and Facebook busy themselves refining their products, privacy policies, APls, and business plans. there is a huge opportunity for smaller. more nimble developers to get out there and see what people want next from the online social experience. As an independent developer. you have the power to find a niche among Facebook and Twitter users-perhaps a very big niche-and create a tool that feels novel and useful, yet familiar and intuitive. We hope this book helps you do just that.