Questions about issues that are specifically related to Apple's iOS operating systems (whether directly or indirectly).
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What third-party iOS libraries are useful in almost any project? [closed]
Before NSJSONSerialization there was JSONKit (which still claims to be quicker), and AFnetworking makes network requests a little less dehumanizing. I'm looking for similar libraries that streamline ...
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I Know Objective C, but not how to make Apps [closed]
I have gone through a course on programming Objective C, but I want to begin App Development for iOS. The only issue is that I do not know where to begin learning the necessary skills required to ...
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iOS App Signing and Certificates
In order to sign an application for the Apple App Store, we need to create a certificate by saving a certificate request file from keychain and then upload it to the Apple store.
I was wondering, ...
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Why is it impossible for Google to port V8 along with Chrome's codebase in C/Obj-C on iOS?
Google has given a reason that All apps on iOS have to run in the sandbox environment except for special apps by apple that get to tap into some private APIs.
So Chrome on iOS uses whatever the ...
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How can I add invisible searchable text (from my ocr engine) to the image in a pdf in iOS? [closed]
I used the ocr client tesseract to generate ocr text and location data in an hocr file. I'd like top create a pdf from the images with an invisible layer of text from tesseract embeedded within it. I ...
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1answer
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Execution process of IOS application? [closed]
Hi am newbie to IOS dev my question is in java after compilation source file will be convertes to class files.Can anyone help me to understand execution process of IOS app i.e source files to .ipa ...
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How To Become More Comfortable with the Technical Terms
I have been working freelance for a few years, and before that I worked as an entry-level coder for a non-technical company. I "understand" how delegates, and MVC, and how to make an app and make it ...
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1answer
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How to implement a Theme for View Controllers in an iOS app?
I have an application, where font size, font type, color, background color, image and a lot of things change based on theme.
I realised in the beginning itself that using enums to denote themes and ...
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Trying to implement iAds in to my xcode project getting error in view controller.h [closed]
please help me fix here is a pic of the error xcode is giving me!
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/266/screenshot20130504at925.png/
//
// ViewController.h
// PhotoKit
//
// Created by ...
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1answer
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Can I remove features from my iOS app? [closed]
I have a free iOS App. So far, I have been using advertising to generate revenue (with an in-app option to remove ads), but I'm contemplating to change the model to limited functionality and then use ...
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2answers
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iPhone development - Which model to test? [duplicate]
I am about to start my own venture in App development. I need some sort of advice or tips on which iPhone model should I test to? My budget is quite tight so I am thinking should I buy 4GS over 3GS or ...
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Is it possible to offer an affiliate program for your iOS or Android app?
Independent of the App Store or Google Play, is there a way to track where new downloads or paying customers came from? For example, if an app advertises my app in theirs - is there a way for me to ...
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Separation of concerns: Whose concern is this?
My senior reviewer colleague wants me to do the following.
We have (on iOS, iPhone) a hierarchy of views in one of our screens. There is a simple rectangle that represents a Business card of a person ...
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3answers
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Why did Apple choose to design its programming language with future and past tense method names?
There are a lot of methods like this in iOS/Objective C:
- viewDidLoad
- viewWillAppear:
- applicationDidFinishLaunching
I've just been having a discussion with some colleagues about this design ...
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1answer
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Is it better to have file stored as a zip in cloud service?
I am developing enterprise iPad application which contained large amount of different bundle data in terms of group of images.
Is it worth to stored as a compressed file format or normal set of ...
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1answer
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Implement a file system for ios devices
I've read that ios apps can communicate via unique urls. An online tutorial on tutsplus
says
Communication between apps provides your application with an opportunity to take advantage of other ...
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1answer
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Putting a TableView on a ViewController [closed]
I am having trouble figuring out the best way to display my model for my iOS 6 app.
My model has a few properties and a to-many relationship with another object. I want to display the properties ...
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What is the best and most efficient structure of a typical iOS Application [closed]
I have dived into developing for iPhone/iPad lately. And while developing on XCode, I feel like My classes interfaces..etc is messy and I am running into that because I may have not given enough time ...
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1answer
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Possible to Comment on a storyboard?
I recently started working for a company that has me making mockups for an app they'd like to see converted to an iPhone app. I have not been informed as to how all the boards fit together, but I do ...
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1answer
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upload pdf via iOS app [closed]
I have a web-service that transforms an uploaded pdf into a flipping-book. I wan't to create an iOS app that allows the user to upload their pdf and recieve the flipping-book. What possibilities are ...
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1answer
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Which iOS developer account should I sign up for [closed]
I am currently working on an app for a local hospital. The hospital wants a rough version of my app to test on their employees before committing to full application development.
I am currently ...
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1answer
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Program Structure for Table Cells Representing Objects
So I have a program with "cue" objects and each have their own table cell. The thing is that the table cells have loading bars on them that represent the progress of the cues. This presents the ...
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3answers
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Checking if my app is using any undocumented parts of the API
I just read through this question, but I am still confused.
How can I know if my app is using undocumented API calls before submitting to it to the app store? Are there any tools I can use?
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2answers
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Testing UI for azure web app on iPad
I am working on debugging my mobile application. There is a specific requirement/issue that I am having related to a drag and drop touch interface on an iPad. I am at the trial and error phase of ...
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3answers
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Why Apple doesn't “force” the user to update by installing the needed API updates when the user downloads a new app? [closed]
I was here programming in iOS with a class that's available only for iOS 6, and I was wondering: why should I implement my app to handle multiple operating systems when my app will be distributed by ...
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2answers
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What is Delegation and why is it important in iOS programming?
At the moment I am teaching myself iOS programming, and one concept I find really hard to wrap my head around is delegation. What is it? Why and how is it used? What is the advantage? The technical ...
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define a gradient color and call that into a button for a background color? [closed]
For iOS using xCode, is there a way to define a gradient color and then when using an element say a button, to call that color as the background color?
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In an event-driven environment, how should a “cancel” function abort all further events?
In my iOS app, things are mostly driven by events.
The user presses a button
The app listens for an external device to be connected to the iOS device
Once the device is detected (is connected), an ...
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1answer
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How to add a subclass to a viewcontroller in storyboard
Here's what I've created
I created a view controller element (in storyboard)
I created a new viewcontroller .h and .m file
Here's my issue
Can't seem to figure out how to get the content that ...
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Building a chat-like functionality in iOS
I was planning to implement a functionality wherein a user can send data to a friend of his, similar to sending messages in WhatsApp. This is how I broke down the problem :
The user registers for ...
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2answers
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Is every page a new view?
I just started building an iOS app and wanted to get some feedback regarding views.
I've got specs for
Activity Page
Activity Recording
Activity Create
Activity Save
Each of the specs show a ...
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2answers
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What are the differences between AppMobi and PhoneGap?
I am new to the cross platform application development. I came across the very similar cross platform frameworks AppMobi and PhoneGap.
I want to know
Is there any differences between apk/ipa ...
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4answers
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What are the most important languages to localize for on the App Store?
It's obvious that to gain more customers on any given platform, one of the most important steps to take would be to localize your software into many languages: as many as possible, ideally. However, ...
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2answers
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A better workflow between designer and developer on iOS XIB files development
We're working on an iOS project and right now, and whenever the designer has some feedback about fonts, colors, positions of elements, what images should go where etc., I have to go back and go ...
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2answers
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Why Android created emulator rather simulator?
From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4544588/difference-between-iphone-simulator-and-android-emulator
The difference between emulators and simulators is that emulators mimic the software and ...
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Why it is necessary to to test my iPhone app on actual iPhone device
I developed one application for iPhone and now I want it on App Store. So many my iOS geek friends told me to test it on actual device i.e. on iPhone.
So I wonder that why it is necessary to to test ...
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What is the most cross-browser/system compatible option for 3d graphics on a web page?
I would like to develop a bit of functionality for a web site that involves a bit of 3D - the user can move around objects, rotate them and texture them.
So far I've looked into:
WebGL (in ...
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2answers
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Setting up a development standardization guide for in-house/vendor programmers
I was recently hired by a large multi-national corporation to head up mobile development for their sales operation/support team. In a company of close to 10,000 people I am, at least in the America's, ...
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1answer
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Why do Core Data sqlite table columns start with 'Z'?
I was looking at the sqlite table that Core Data generates and noticed that all table columns start with 'Z'. I realize this is an implementation detail, but I was curious as to why that's the case ...
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How to duplicate an app name in Apple app-store? [closed]
I tried creating an app for Apple's app-store. The name I want is "Chess". Unfortunately it was in used. Okay, fair enough. But I can count at least six apps in the app store using the same name. If ...
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MVCS - Model View Controller Store
I recently decided to start learning iOS Development, and to this end I’ve been reading iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide. In the book the authors describe a design pattern MVCS - ...
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How should a developer reject impossible requirements?
Here's the problem I'm facing:
Quote From Project Manager:
Hey Spark, I'm assigning you the task of developing a framework that could be used for many different iOS applications. Here are the ...
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4answers
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Beginning with smartphone app development [closed]
I have a job from a client that needs a iPhone/iPad app. I'm new to the smartphone development so where do I begin with? Do you have some nice in depth beginning tutorials of some kind? JS libraries I ...
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3answers
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What are the language alternatives for developing on iOS? [closed]
Really struggling to "click" and get my head around Objective-C coming from a C# background. Enrolled in the Apple Developer program and a little bit down about my seemingly lack of progress with ...
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2answers
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Arguments for and against backwards compatibility for new iOS projects [closed]
At the time of writing, iOS 6 has been available for about 3 months.
In the proposal-phase of a new iOS project, the client asks for backwards compatibility of the app involved, all the way back to ...
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What should my license contain for a medical-related app? [closed]
I am still developing an app and it is getting pretty close to being finished. I am just a single developer, so I do not have anyone who can tell me what to put in it.
My app is medical-related (it ...
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1answer
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Pictures from iPhone to clients FTP server - Directly (iPhone->FTP) or Cloud (iPhone->Amazon->FTP)
My clients wants to take pictures with their iPhone's and place them collectible on their server, suggested by FTP.
I can see there is two solutions:
Directly upload from the iPhone to the FTP ...
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How to Release to the App Store as an Individual
I've written an iOS app, and I'd like to release it on to the App Store. I'm an individual so it's not being released via a company or anything, just me.
Is it typical to just release a free app ...
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3answers
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Multi-platform Mobile Development?
So my question is this:
Is there any easy way for a single developer to release an app on iOS and Android?
I am a web developer that primarily plays in PHP, Node, Ruby, AS, and JS. I have dabbled a ...
