Tag Archives: iPhone

Understanding iOS 4 Backgrounding and Delegate Messaging

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Steven Fisher

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.

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Benchmarking the iPad

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Steven Fisher

Craig Hockenberry (Twitterrific) benchmarks the iPad. The speed just blows away the original iPhone.

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Adobe and Flash vs. Apple and iPhone

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Steven Fisher

Mike Chambers, in a more rational posting than the usual from Adobe employees. But I have a comments on it anyway: They want to tie developers down to their platform, and restrict their options to make it difficult for developers … Continue reading →

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Apple's Mistake

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Steven Fisher

Paul Graham (Wikipedia article) on Apple's Mistake, with a great comparison: What would happen if every update to Mac OS X had to go through an opaque, fickle intermediary?

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Joe Hewitt

Posted on November 14, 2009 by Steven Fisher

Joe Hewitt, creator of the iPhone Facebook application and Three20 framework, has moved back to web development. A blog post explains, placing on Apple’s App Store process without using so many words. But he makes an observation on how little … Continue reading →

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Rogue Amoeba no longer developing new iPhone applications

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Steven Fisher

Rogue Amoeba no longer has any plans for additional iPhone applications, following an egregious Apple rejection.

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Loren Brichter on Tweetie reload

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Steven Fisher

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.

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Adding shadow effects to UITableView using CAGradientLayer

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Steven Fisher

Matt Gallagher (Cocoa with Love): Adding shadow effects to UITableView using CAGradientLayer. Non-obvious and useful.

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Not Your Average iPhone Screencast

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Steven Fisher

Loren Brichter (Atebits, Tweetie): Not Your Average iPhone Screencast. How to make the simulator look like a real device in screencasts.