Hi, I want to start building iPhone apps and I know I need to learn Objective-C but is that the only language you need to know? Say I wanted to make a Twitter app using the Twitter API, would that also all be done with only Objective-C? What if I wanted to make an app using Foursquare data by incorporating their API into the app, would that also be in Objective-C? What about to include Game Center support in your app? Thanks.
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The vast majority of, and the most interesting, APIs are defined in Objective-C.
However for networking you might choose to use Posix (a C API), or CoreFoundation (also a C API), or Cocoa (an Objective-C API).
It's worth going through the "Getting Started" documents in the iOS Reference Library (http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/navigation/index.html?section=Resource+Types&topic=Getting+Started).
Good luck
However for networking you might choose to use Posix (a C API), or CoreFoundation (also a C API), or Cocoa (an Objective-C API).
It's worth going through the "Getting Started" documents in the iOS Reference Library (http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/navigation/index.html?section=Resource+Types&topic=Getting+Started).
Good luck
C (several iOS APIs are in plain ANSI C), and Javascript (for iOS UIWebview's and web clippings). The example documentation for a lot of web API's is either in Javascript or uses a Javascript library.
Also, for technologies, OpenGL ES (a C API) if you want to do 3D games.
Also, for technologies, OpenGL ES (a C API) if you want to do 3D games.