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Lock screen “Now Playing” with MPNowPlayingInfoCenter
Note: Example project is available here One of the great additions iOS 5 brought us is the ability to display meta data about currently playing tracks on the lock screen. This is a great convenience to...
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Post-Release Development Bundle Identifiers and Display Names
So you’ve released version 1.0 and it’s in the App Store but you’ve noticed a few bugs and there are still those features you were holding out until 1.0.1. You tweak some code and test on your device...
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Twitter on iOS: Tweeting a Tweet, The TweetSheet
Tweeting on iOS hasn’t been easier since iOS 5. To get started, add the Twitter.framework to your project: Next, import Twitter.h into your ViewController: #import <Twitter/Twitter.h> You’ll...
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Twitter on iOS: Access Twitter Accounts
Although it’s been around for roughly a year now, I feel I’ve witnessed a little bit of magic each time I see the following dialog: “Would like Access to Twitter Accounts” Prior to the integration of...
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Scanning a Bar Code with ZBarSDK
We’re going to focus on scanning UPCs, however I believe the ZBarSDK can be used to scan QRCodes and that may be the topic of another tutorial at a later date (feel free to leave a comment or tweet at...
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Using custom fonts on iOS (iPhone iPad)
This is a quick walk-through on using a font other than those supplied by Apple on an iOS device. For reference purposes, you can find out what fonts are available to you “out of the box” by checking...
View ArticleIt’s a Native Day
Facebook released their native iOS app today, finally putting to rest their wrapped UIWebView HTML5 frankenstein of an app. The performance improvement I’ve noticed thus far is amazing: more...
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Load it Faster: Speed Up Your iOS App Loading Time
I’m always thinking about how to make my apps run and load faster. It’s incredibly important, especially to your users. Earlier today I ran across a Twitter conversation...
View ArticleExtract (uncrush) Images from an iOS App
Often I’ll see an app incorporate a new UI implementation that really impresses me. Still being a learner, I always wonder how these elements are coded or put together — is it an image trick? Maybe a...
View ArticleiOS 6 UIRefreshControl – Pull To Refresh Like Mail App
viewDidLoad: self.refreshControl = [[UIRefreshControl alloc] init]; [self.refreshControl addTarget:self action:@selector(refreshView:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged]; Refresh: -...
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