Tag Archives: iOS Development

How to detect iOS hardware, simulator, or Mac from Greg Parker: TargetConditionals.h. (I’ve used this chart several times since it was posted, but I haven’t linked to it before.)

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off

Jeff LaMarche provides several animation curve functions. Cool math, but probably not necessary for most apps.

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off

Dave Dribin (now of Apple): Fun with C99 Syntax. From May 2010, but I missed it then: C99 offers a better syntax than NSMakeRect.

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off

Xcode tip: Renaming files shared by projects

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Steven Fisher

What if you want to rename a file that’s used in multiple Xcode projects? Well, previously I’d rename the file in one project, then open each project in series and correct broken references. But I discovered today that this is … Continue reading →

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Changing UINavigationBar’s title text color

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Steven Fisher

You can’t, directly, but you can substitute your own view. For example, start with Apple’s NavBar sample. Drop this code into initWithNibName:bundle: in PageThreeViewController.m: ? – (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil { self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil]; if (self) { // this will … Continue reading →

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Greater transparency and flexibility for App Store developers

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Steven Fisher

From Jim Dalrymple over at The Loop: Apple promises greater transparency for App Store developers: A new statement from Apple would seem to indicate a more conciliatory and open approach to its relationship with developers of software for iOS devices. It’s … Continue reading →

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Oliver Drobnik (Dr. Touch): Understanding iOS 4 Backgrounding and Delegate Messaging. State diagram for iPhone applications with respect to multitasking. The only thing I see missing is some times when your app will be killed, but you can’t handle those anyway.

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off

Cocoa With Love (Matt Gallagher): Assign, retain, copy pitfalls in Objective-C.

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off

A one day project

Posted on February 6, 2010 by Steven Fisher

I started work today on an iPhone project with a friend. I figured it would take only a day to get to a reasonable 1.0. I’ve only put in about a half day on it so far, but at this … Continue reading →

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Joshua Kaufman interviews Loren Brichter on Tweetie’s reload gesture. A good, non-technical read on finding the right way to present a feature, adding a custom gesture, and providing feedback.

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off