iOS/Cocoa/Android Development, App Store Releases, Random Diversions, &c
Greetings y’all. I’ve been uploading some newer / older / whatever iOS and MacOS projects to github. Some of these were just random ideas that I wanted to try out, others are products I was pursuing that never made it to the final stages for whatever reason. I thought it’s better for these to die … Continue reading Some Github Projects
Hey folks. For a variety of reasons I’ve deleted or deactivated most of my social media accounts. No more Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. I plan on a blog post to explain why. In the mean time, hi again after 5 (?!) years of silence. Let’s see if we can do the blog warp again!
Apple has introduced Swift! It’s a whole new language. I’ve rewritten the TweetGettr iOS app for Swift and put it up on the Githubs for you. Check it out and I hop you find it educational. Requires Xcode 6. https://github.com/jmenter/SwiftTweetGettr
Over a year ago I posted a tiny not-quite-tutorial on pulling down Twitter user timelines into a simple UITableView. Twitter has since changed the way their API works and you now need to be authenticated before you can use their API. I’ve put together a new Xcode project that handles the authentication (assuming you have … Continue reading Twitter Client Tutorial Update
I’ve created a subclass of UITextField that adds validation facilities and appearance feedback. The idea is that users are happier when it is clear what is expected from them. If you have fields in a form, say, and some either NEED to be filled out or they NEED to be filled out in a specific … Continue reading Extending UITextField to Have Validation
Let’s take a small break from programming topics so I can get something off my chest: I did not like “The Last of Us.” And actually, considering how adored this game is my feelings trend toward hate. And being hateful all by my lonesome makes me even more hateful. It’s like a shame-spiral of hate. I’d … Continue reading I Did Not Like The Last Of Us
I’ve added a simple SVG Parser for iOS on github. Get it here: https://github.com/jmenter/JMSVGParser Here’s how it works: 1.) Call the class method to get back an array of styled shapes self.shapes = [JMSVGParser parseFileNamed:@”awesome_tiger”] 2.) In your view’s – (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect method, tell each shape to draw, like this: for (JMStyledPath *styledPath in self.shapes) { [styledPath drawStyledPath]; … Continue reading Simple SVG Parser for iOS
A while back I had posted on concatenating NSString objects. Now that we have literal notation, let’s see how much easier and terse we can make this, hmmmm? Here is the category on NSArray: @interface NSArray (StringUtilities) – (NSString *)string; @end @implementation NSArray (StringUtilities) – (NSString *)string; { return [self componentsJoinedByString:@””]; } @end … Continue reading NSString Concatenation Using Categories and NSArray Literals.
Sometimes you just want a simple UIPageViewController that you can just feed a bunch of view controllers (either already newed up or a list of class names) has a dotted page control at the bottom, and just works the way you would expect it to. Well, here you go: https://github.com/jmenter/JMSimplePageViewController
If you’re like me, you love using .xib files to specify what your user interfaces are to look like. One unfortunate side effect of using .xib files is that they do not easily lend themselves to class inheritance. Described here is a technique for using class inheritance with your UI elements laid out in .xib files. … Continue reading Using UIViewController Class Inheritance with Nib Files
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