Apple has published the manual for beginner software developers for iPhone platform. Most popular gadgets iPhone, iPad and iPod work on this platform as the Apple Insider informs.

The manual, available on the official site of the company, provides the main tools for mobile developers, the operating principles of iOS and the online App Store. “This manual represents a starting position for iPhone application development”, – said the official representative of the company.

At first, the future developer is offered to download the set of tools Xcode and register in the iOS Developer Program. Then he can take a short training online course on creating the simplest application and get acquainted with the basics of the apps development.

In the next section, some types of applications, design, interface and the principles of the App Store operations are discussed. The online manual ends with the tips on finding further more detailed technical information and more advanced materials on iOS application development.
At present, iOS is the most popular mobile development platform. Last year Apple informed that there were more than 550,000 apps in the App Store, 170,000 were developed specially for iPad. The company gives to developers 70% of the profit from the sold apps. According to the latest data, since the launch of the App Store, the company has paid more than 4 mln dollars to third-party developers.

The main competitor of the iOS is the Android platform developed by Google. At the same time, the Android Market has two times more applications than the App Store.