This has been on the burner for a while. With all of the iPhone OS 4 / iPad / iSlate hoopla, I figured I better get it out the door before it all becomes a moot point.
One of the most perplexing omissions in the current SDK has been the CalendarStore API. It seemingly goes hand-in-hand [...]
This is an update to my previous post
Below is a list of my subscribed developer feeds along with a link to each home page.
At the end of the post you will also find an OPML file if you are so inclined
Enjoy!
First are the Aggregators:
[RSS] iPhoneFlow
[RSS] Planet Cocoa
[RSS] The MDN Big Blog
All development feeds:
[RSS] #iPhoneDev
[RSS] 47 [...]
Are you using this?
You should be.
FTUtils contains several classes that allow you to easily add semi-complex animations to your app, for “free”.
It’s a nice abstraction of Core Animation (which is a great abstraction of OpenGL + Quartz in it’s own right)
Check out the demo app to see what you can do.
Great Resource, tagged and organized:
http://cocoaheads.byu.edu/resources/open-source
Originally suggested in this Stackoverflow question.
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 come across an unexpected [...]
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 that [...]
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 “under [...]
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 approach.
First, you [...]
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 have to [...]
A great opportunity for you to hone your iPhone Dev skills is coming up this fall.
Voices That Matter: iPhone Developers Conference is a two day event that will be held in Boston on October 17-18. It will feature talks from some of the most talented and influential iPhone developers, authors, and experts.
Speakers include:
Bill Dudney
Daniel Jalkut
Fraser Speirs
Marcus [...]
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