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Finding Technical Information

Finding technical information about an unfamiliar technology or API symbol is an important and often time-consuming activity for software developers. Xcode includes an array of features to help you quickly find technical information as you work on your project.

The Xcode documentation window provides a consistent, intuitive user interface and a wide range of search options for viewing the HTML-based documentation in the ADC Reference Library. Xcode provides several ways for getting you to the information you seek: focused API search, title search, and text-based search.

• API Search is the fastest way to get to reference documentation from an editor window or in the Documentation window. “Searching For API Documentation” describes this method.

• Title Search finds documents with titles that start with or contain your search string.

• Full-Text Search provides a way to find conceptual and reference documentation on a particular subject. With this method you can look through the set of documents that deal with the area in which you’re interested. “Searching for Relevant Documentation” delves into this search method.

This chapter shows you how to use Xcode to find technical information. It also explains how to view the header files in Mac OS X frameworks and how to update the ADC Reference Library on your computer.

Contents:

Downloading Documentation
Searching For API Documentation
Searching for Relevant Documentation
Following Links
Finding Information in Headers
Summary

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