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iBooks is an e-book application by Apple Inc.

iBooks is an e-book application by Apple Inc. for their iOS operating system and devices. It was announced in conjunction with the iPad on January 27, 2010.

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Documentation on the .ibooks format?

I've read that Apple's proprietary .ibooks format is almost similar to .epub but I can't seem to find the documentation on it anywhere. Yes, I do have a developer account. I need to compare both ibooks and epub format to see the differences.
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Automatic animation with iBooks Author

I am trying to create animations in an ebook (using iBooks Author) much like the the first few pages of Yellow Submarine ebook. Specifically I want to have animations in the content and immediately animate and interactable without the need to…
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iBooks test for an internet connection with HTML widget

I created a widget in dashcode that embeds a YouTube video. I'd like to test for an interent connection first and alert the user. I embedded the YouTube widget into iBooks. I'm guessing at times some will not have an interent connection. if I…
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Recreate the BookCase in iBooks

I just wanted to know how you could implement a bookcase, like in iBooks, into your iPhone app. I presume you would need to use a UIScrollView, but then I read somewhere that you need to use a UITableView. Which is it?!
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fetch pdf from iBooks to my app

is there a way to list pdf documents stored in iBooks from my iPad app ? The pdf would be first uploaded in the iPad through iTunes and then my app would list the titles. Clicking on a title would open the pdf in iBook. Cheers, Tib.
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Accessing English dictionary on iOS

I want users to be able to look up word definitions from inside my iPad App. Is there a way to access the English dictionary in iOS, the way iBooks does, or do I need to go to an outside API?
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Is the "X" delete button on the homescreen part of the SDK?

So when you want to delete an app from the Home Screen, or delete a book from iBooks, when you get into "Edit Mode" there is a little itty bitty X in the upper left hand corner of the app icon/book/whatever. Is this button part of the SDK? And...…
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iOS open a page or anchor of a book (in ePub format) in Books using URL scheme

I would like to know whether there is a URL scheme to open an ePub in iBooks and navigate directly to a page number or anchor tag from iOS (objective-c or swift). I can navigate to iBooks. But not able to open a particular page directly. Any sample…
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How to devide a UIWebView into multiple pages (like iBooks)

I am trying to build an application in which I need to divide the webpage into multiple pages. These pages will then be shown as the pages in a book, like the iBooks animation. First problem to tackle is to divide the webpage into multiple pages and…
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Using UITapGestureRecognizer to show/hide menus

I'm trying to find a good way to make a tap show/hide my menus, in the same way as iBooks. I set up UITapGestureRecognizer to do this, but unfortunately it means then that none of the buttons on the screen work. I know I can…
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open iBooks from my app

I have some PDF in my app. I want to provide an option to open those PDF in other third party e-readers app that might be installed on the device, like Stanza and iBooks. Dropbox application has successfully implemented this feature and I can't…
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how to open epub file in iBook from app

How to download epub file and open it in iBook in my swift app. I tried to handle it like this: var urlAt = NSURL(string: epubFileUrl); if (UIApplication.sharedApplication().canOpenURL(urlAt!)){ …
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iOS 8 share extension doesn't work with iBooks

I try to share selected/highlighted text in iBooks with my custom extension, but it doen't have anything inside self.extensionContext - UUID: <__NSConcreteUUID 0x1765e860> D69F0393-C5F1-4DEB-9A97-B479C2BC0C95 -…
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Add annotation in Ibooks

How can I add annotations on my book using iBooks? Any time that I try to create an annotation, iBooks wants to create a new copy, with this message: The original document can't be changed, so a duplicate with your changes has been created.
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iBooks on iPhone: pagination algorithm

My iBook has a click&jump feature. A simple location.href.hash="#id"; results in a page-turning effect even if the element in question is already being shown on the screen. So I want to detect if the element in question is already being displayed.…
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