I'm new to app development can you give me some tips?

I'm new to ios app development I've downloaded Xcode and I'm kind of getting the hang of it. Anyways how do you actually program the app and tell it what to do? How do you know what each thing tells the app to do? I know how to change the background and add text boxes. How do you create an icon for the app? Are there any programs you recommend? Thank you!

Something like Beginning iOS 5 Development would be a good start to teach you the basics of app development, using XCode and deigning your app using the facilities of the SDK.

To code an application entirely by hand, you also need to be proficient with Objective-C or at least C to be able to pick up Obj-C quickly..know OOP programming will help greatly..

There is no program that will allow you just click your way into creating some other app..gotta write the code..

Thanks for your help! Is there anything that tells you what each code does?

The iOS API reference is a good place to start to learn all about the SDK. This site will define what all the functions/objects/classes are and do.

Once you go through a book like the one I mentioned, they will introduce you to the basic classes, you can then look at the Reference to see what other stuff is in there..

Alright Thanks man.