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Category Archives: Development
Open Source iPhone: Resources
November 18 09
Great Resource, tagged and organized: http://cocoaheads.byu.edu/resources/open-source Originally suggested in this Stackoverflow question.
Obscure iPhone: viewDidLoad and loadNibNamed
November 17 09
Quick tip. Sometimes, instead of traditional nib loading, you may want to use the following method: [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@”MyViewController” owner:self options:options]; For instance, if you want to provide a runtime replacement for proxy object in your nib (see UINibExternalObjects). If you do this and you also need to perform setup after the nib loads, you’ll [...]
We Finally Got It! (In App Purchases)
October 15 09
We now have in app purchases for free apps (read: trial ware). It’s not quite perfect, as I am sure most developers would like to allow full functionality to users for a timed duration. (Maybe this will be allowed?) From a consumer side, I hope this isn’t abused to much. I have a strong feeling [...]
Make it easier! – Dterm
September 24 09
I am new to git and shamefully incompetent with the Terminal. However, I am working on it. One of the tools I came across since I began using git is DTerm. It is essentially a free floating terminal that you bring up with a keystroke. The killer feature (for me) is once you invoke it [...]
Quick Code – AppleScript from Cocoa
September 23 09
This is just something I picked up over the weekend to interface with Terminal.app via AppleScript: NSString *s = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"tell application \"Terminal\" to do script \"cd %@\"", folderPath]; NSAppleScript *as = [[NSAppleScript alloc] initWithSource: s]; [as executeAndReturnError:nil]; The intent is pretty easy to pick up (Also, please feel free to handle the error). The [...]
Understanding the Objective-C Runtime
September 13 09
The runtime has been a bit of a mystery to me. To be sure, I have yet to explore some of the more dynamic aspects of Objective-C/Cocoa in my applications. In fact, as many know, you can move along quite happily though your Cocoa/iPhone programming without directly daling with it. Others might not realize what’s [...]
Open Source iPhone – Glossy Buttons
September 11 09
The buttons in the iPhone SDK suck. There, I said it. Almost everything on the iPhone round, glossy and “3Dish”. Except the standard RoundRect buttons included in UIKit. Of course we can go off and use one of many drawing apps to crank out some nice glossy buttons, but there a few problems with this [...]
…And The Dot Syntax Battle Rages On
August 10 09
I find the manner in which programmers vehemently defend and deride coding style preferences absolutely fascinating. I personally feel that dot syntax serves a worthwhile purpose. In fact, I have been refactoring old code to conform to this convention. In the end, I feel these types of debates speak to the health and growth of [...]
Open Source iPhone – JSON Data
July 24 09
I’ve used/repurposed several open source projects for use in my code. If you’re not trying to use someone else’s code as much as possible, you’re not doing OOP. I won’t call this a series, but I would like to showcase some of the great code that is out there waiting to be used. All you [...]