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Custom CALayer progress indicator Creating custom CALayers in your iOS apps can be very useful, and animating them can add some polish to the final result. CALayers are everywhere in UIKit - every UIView has a layer to draw its contents on. Layers have been around...
We've had this ongoing issue on our Continuous Integration server which had us scratching our heads. It went like this: We create a certificate for our CI "Developer" We add him to the provisioning certificate The build is fine Some time later, we update the...
Here at tapadoo, we've done a number of apps which communicate with back end data servers. Typically this means a RESTful API with JSON or XML payloads. There's one issue we've come across on a number of projects, where we're dealing with an existing Web API which is...
With the recent Nokia-Microsoft announcement, the smartphone race just got a shot in the arm. There will now be 3 main players in the smartphone and apps market. They are of course: iOS Running on iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and most likely AppleTV Android, running on...
Flat iPhone buttons as offered in Interface builder suck. They don't look nice. There's the option of using Three20 to get good looking buttons. Its an option, but frankly, it feels a bit like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. You end up with a large addition to...
We've had our heads down for a couple of months. This is because we've been working on a project we're very excited about. Now that our initial release is out the door, we're happy to give out some information about it. That project is Firepit. What is Firepit?...
The new windows 7 phone is upon us. Finally there's an "iPhone killer"!!! Ehhhhh. No. There will be an iPhone killer. But it's not going be today tomorrow. The iPhone is just far too advanced of any competition. Why? Apple have one thing in spades that no other...
It has come to our attention that current versions of "Ireland's Phone Book" and "Ireland's Phone Book Pro" are currently not operable. We regret to inform users that in light of a recent threat of legal challenge, we WILL NOT be providing a fix to the application in...
I'm gonna speak about two tools that I recommend if you are planning on developing apps, particularly for clients. These are just as important for any sort of iPhone app development, but they are very useful for interacting and collaborating with customers. Balsamiq...
Whilst working on my latest iPhone project (not yet announced), I wanted to do up a useful credits screen. This project had more than just myself involved and I wanted to ensure everyone got a mention. I was also conscious of the exposure my apps were getting through...