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Category: iPhone
iOS7: What’s New in Bluetooth LE?
Core Bluetooth The Core Bluetooth Framework, which was introduced in iOS 5, put Apple and iOS at the forefront of enabling mobile developers to integrate Smart Bluetooth LE...
Signing Up UITableView
Thanks mainly to Apple's design choices when building the Settings app for iOS devices, the Grouped-Style UITableView has become the de facto standard UI for app developers to...
Processing UIImagePickerController
The UIImagePickerController class has been the developer's best friend and worst enemy since its introduction into the iPhone SDK in iOS 2.0. For those who have not used it,...
A Short Note About Modal Presentation
iOS5 Update New in iOS5, the use and meaning of many of the existing UIViewController properties has changed as part of the new container view controller framework that is...
Striking the Balance: Interface Builder vs. Code
In my last post here, I touched a little on the need for a balance between building user interfaces in code and using IDE tools like Interface Builder. Today I would like to...
UIScrollView has a Secret
Sometimes, it's not always clear in iPhone development when one should create their interface elements using Apple's Interface Builder (IB) application, or directly in...
Editorial: Your Reviews May Be Hurting You
Normally I target developers in my posts, but today I had a special message that I wanted to send out to the user community. I've noticed a trend over the past year that...
What's awakeFromNib for?
Sometimes traversing through the life-cycle callbacks of view loading on the iPhone still gives me a headache. Especially when using Interface Builder (IB) as part of the UI...
Don't Get Lost! Tag your Comments!
Project Management, like version control, is something every developer should always be doing at some level in their work...period. Regardless of the size and scope of a...
iPhone Tip: Info Button Woes
Today's tip is a simple solution to a common problem. The fix for this problem is all over the internet, but none of the places I visited seemed to give the whole story, they...
Editorial: Why Android Deserves Your Attention
I've read an increasing number of articles on the web recently from people who fervently believe that the Android platform is dead before it ever really got started. The...
Adding Core Data Existing iPhone Projects
Core Data is a very powerful framework that Apple provides to developers for persisting data in their applications. The primary advantage that is provided by Core Data is the...