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iOS Boilerplate – A base template for iOS appsPosted in Resources on: April 23rd, 2013 by: Mark PetherbridgeTweet For those of you have developed for the web, you may have heard of the HTML5 Boilerplate. Now Alberto Gimeno (@gimenete) brings you iOS Boilerplate. This resource now gives you a almost blank slate of compliant code perfect for starting out on your own iOS Project.Read Full Article
Beginning iOS 6 Development: Exploring the iOS SDKPosted in Books, Resources on: January 30th, 2013 by: yffariaTweet Get your copy The team that brought you the bestselling Beginning iPhone Development is back again for Beginning iOS 6 Development, bringing this definitive guide up-to-date with Apple’s latest and greatest iOS 6 SDK, as well as with the latest version of Xcode. There’s coverage of brand new technologies, with chapters on storyboards and iCloud, for example, as well as significant updates to existing chapters to bring them in line with all the changes that came with the iOS 6 ...Read Full Article
The Core iOS 6 Developer’s CookbookPosted in Books, Resources on: January 30th, 2013 by: yffariaTweet Get your copy The Core iOS 6 Developer’s Cookbook brings together reliable, proven solutions for the heart of day-to-day iOS 6 development. World-renowned iOS programming expert Erica Sadun covers all the classes you’ll need to create successful iOS 6 mobile apps with standard APIs and interface elements and take full advantage of iOS 6 graphics, touches, and views. As in her previous bestselling iOS books, Sadun translates today’s development best practices into working code, distilling key concepts into concise recipes ...Read Full Article
27 Must have iOS Design Resources to BookmarkPosted in Resources on: June 7th, 2012 by: Daniel BramhallTweet With every great iOS applications comes a great interface that’s been designed well and makes the iPhone or iPad look completely different to the tradition iOS design-scheme – that’s why I have compiled a list of invaluable iOS design resources that’ll help you on your quest of designing a beautiful, unique and functional interface for your iOS application. Good luck and enjoy! PSD Resources iPhone 4 GUI PSD (Retina Display) Smashing Mag iPhone PSD Kit http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/11/26/iphone-psd-vector-kit/ Tutsplus iPhone 4 Vector ...Read Full Article
In-App web browser control for iOS appsPosted in Resources on: May 8th, 2012 by: Toni SalaTweet In today’s post I would like to share with you a little piece of code. If you need to integrate in-app web browser support into your iPhone apps, this handy module will save you some time. There are already some solutions to this problem out there but non of them offers the features I needed. First, the solution I present in this article uses a work-around for the well-known UIWebView bug that causes erratic behavior when combining “zooming operations” and ...Read Full Article
Getting information about your users – using Localytics in your appPosted in Resources, Tutorials on: April 9th, 2012 by: keithmkolmosTweet You’ve been working on your new app for months. You have created your beta build and send the app out to your army of beta testers. Now that you have people playing your app how do you know how they are interacting with it? You could spend money and do focus group testing – gather a bunch of people at one place and actually look over their shoulder while they play. Seems kind of intrusive to me, but you need ...Read Full Article
CoreBluetooth, Low-Energy connector framework for iOS5Posted in Resources on: February 27th, 2012 by: Sergio Martínez-Losa Del RincónTweet As part of new iOS5 Apple introduces COreBluetooth a brand new framework for Low-Energy devices (aka LE), this framework has no documentation by now but we can discover how to use it with bluetooth devices. According to this Apple also has the Made-For-iPhone program that allows companies to build new peripherals for the iPhone (http://developer.apple.com/programs/mfi/). We can figure out this new framework because we have an example of CoreBluetooth for Mac (http://bit.ly/z7BMB5). CoreBluetooth conforms CBCentralManagerDelegate and CBPeripheralDelegate protocols, first one ...Read Full Article
Free WordPress theme for creating iPhone app showcase websitesPosted in Resources on: October 1st, 2011 by: Dominik KrejcikTweet Building a website for your app is a very important part of marketing it. Even if you’re an indie developer developing for fun you should have one. But building it from scratch takes time. Too much time. That’s where this WordPress theme comes in. WordPress is a well-known CMS system built mainly for blogging. But with clever use of different themes it can perfectly serve as a website. You can create a website for your app in a few moments! ...Read Full Article