Terms and acronyms for xCode, iMac, iPhone, iPad programming

The following is a sortable table, click on the headers to sort.

Term	Notes
OpenGL ES	open graphics library - embedded system
EAGL	?
iPad	Resolutions: 768 x 1024 1536 x 2048
iPhone	Resolutions: 320 x 480 640 x 960 640 x 1136
icons - application	Sizes: 57 x 57 - iPhone 144 x 144 - 3.5" iPhone and Retina 72 x 72 - iPad 144 x 144 - iPad Retina Icon.png and Icon@2x.png
Launch image	same size as full display - see iPhone and iPad entries

Project Types

iOS

Application

Master-Detail Application
OpenGL Game
Page-Based Application
Single View Application
Tabbed Application
Utility Application
Empty Application

Framework and Library

Cocoa Touch Static Library

Other

In-App Purchase Content
Empty

OS X

Application

Cocoa Application
Cocoa-AppleScript Application
Command Line Tool

Framework and Library

Cocoa Framework
Cocoa Library
Bundle
XPC Service
C/C++ Library
STL C++ Library

Application Plug-in

Automator Action
Accress Book Action Plug-in
Installer Plug-in
Quartz Composer Plug-in

System Plug-in

Generic C++ Plug-in
Generic Kernel Extension
Image Unit Plug-in
IOKit Driver
Preference Pane
Quick Look Plug-in
Screen Saver
Spotlight Importer

Other

In-App Purchase Content
Empty
External Build System

By: Nicholas Duchon.