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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 ArticleAutomagically: Easy Splash Screen (Default.png)
In my recent post about reducing load time for iOS apps, I discussed the importance of a proper Default.png. In the past I’ve made my Default.png “splash screen” image manually from mock ups and...
View ArticleDetect an iPhone 5
Here’s one way to detect an iPhone 5 CGRect screenBounds = [[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]; if(screenBounds.size.height == 568) { NSLog(@"iPhone 5"); }
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...
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iPhone 5 Design Resource Roundup
It’s not even out yet but there are some great resources available for creating iPhone 5 mock ups. Which is your favorite? Angled Mockup Constantinos Demetriadis [Black] iPhone 5 Photoshop Action Simon...
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: -...
View ArticleAndroid Newbie: java.net.UnknownHostException
I’ve been toying with Android a little lately. Today I am working with the Twitter API and got this error: 11-08 15:05:29.461: W/System.err(376): java.net.UnknownHostException: search.twitter.com You...
View Article[Rails] Mask an image using ImageMagick, Paperclip and S3
A project I’m currently working on requires image masking. I had already developed the site with plans to deploy to Heroku using Paperclip for image attachments using Amazon S3 for storage (you can...
View ArticleRuby Project Euler: Problem 1
I started Project Euler — I’m certainly no mathematician and no expert with Ruby but decided I might post my solutions. Here’s my solution to problem 1. If we list all the natural numbers below 10 that...
View ArticleRuby Project Euler: Problem 2
Each new term in the Fibonacci sequence is generated by adding the previous two terms. By starting with 1 and 2, the first 10 terms will be: 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, … By considering the...
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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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