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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...
Adapting to Empty Views Android has a pretty flexible framework for displaying data from a database, array, or other list structure using classes called Adapters. There are plenty of great tutorials...
9-Patches Explained One of Android's most well-known points to consider in application development is the requirement to support a variety of different screen sizes and orientations in an...
Android Layout Relationships Developing UI layouts for Android is an experience unlike any other. I have developed for both desktop and mobile on a variety of platforms, and the XML structure that Android...
Android Lifecycle Callbacks I hear people say a lot that the lifecycle callback functions in an Android Activity are confusing. Their names address the events that can occur from a memory management...
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...
Android Dialog, or is it? We're all familiar with the concept of providing a temporary modal view to the user in an application for the purposes of notification or basic data entry. In the Android...
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...
Android Layouts Supporting Orientation It's been my experience that most developers don't want to deal with screen rotation in their applications. They will either specifically code the app not to respond to...
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...