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Using iAds While Maintaining Backwards Compatibility

Jerry — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:24:25 +0000

Great post from Greg Fiumara about using iAds and still deploying to pre-iOS4 devices.

Screenshots for the App Store

Jerry — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 06:00:44 +0000

This app is going to save me a ton of time making screenshots for HandiBible. http://www.curioustimes.de/iphonesimulatorcropper/

Column selection in Xcode

Jerry — Thu, 27 May 2010 15:25:50 +0000

Sometimes it really helps to be able to copy and paste in a column format instead of lines. Say you have a bunch of statements like this:

[[myObj1 alloc] initWithVal:10]; [[myObj2 alloc] initWithVal:20]; [[myObj3 alloc] initWithVal:30];

Now there are a lot of reasons you might want to copy those numbers, but let’s say you don’t like having the constants inline, so you want to pull them out into #define statements, like this:

#define value1 10 #define value2 20 #define value3 30

You could just retype the numbers or copy/paste the line and delete the rest of the line, but this is where column selection shines. Simply hold down the option key before starting the selection (Note: if you start dragging first, it won’t work). The cursor changes to a plus. Then select the column of numbers and cut. Before you paste them to your new lines, you will need to create the blank lines. Unlike traditional copy/paste, it will not insert the lines for you. Now add the #define and names. Finally, use column selection to copy the names and paste them back in the original lines. The paste will insert the names right in place with the original code.

Adding jQuery to an iPhone project in XCode

Jerry — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:47:01 +0000

You might think that if you add the jquery js file to your project, you can build and reference it from html you load into a UIWebView. That’s what I thought too. Here are the steps you need to take.

1. Add the jquery file to resources. Drag the file in, right-click and choose to add an existing file. Whatever you are comfortable with.

2. The file will be automatically added as source code. In Xcode under Targets, expand the target you are working on and you’ll find two groups, “Copy Bundle Resources” and “Compile Resources”.

3. Drag the file from the “Compile Sources” group

to the “Copy Bundle Resources” group.

This tells Xcode to package the file up and include it with your app as a resource instead of compiling it.

4. Include the reference to jQuery in your HTML.

html = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", body];

5. Set the baseURL using the path to your jQuery file.

[myWebView loadHTMLString:html baseURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@”jquery-1.4.2.min.js” ofType:nil]]];

That’s it. You can now make jQuery calls in your code.

Poker Night for iPad

Jerry — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:16:33 +0000

Poker Night is an iPad app that makes poker with your buddies more fun. You don’t have to hassle with counting chips any more. Just put Poker Night on your iPad in the middle of the table and let it handle keeping track for you. Check it out in the app store. itms://itunes.apple.com/us/app/poker-night/id364895238?mt=8

App store review time

Jerry — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:49:02 +0000

Was the app store closing over the holidays used to do a major overhaul of the approval process? JamSession was submitted yesterday morning, and today I got an email that it is ready for sale. I was expecting 2-4 weeks. Actually, I was hoping it wouldn’t be longer than 4 weeks due to a backlog from the holidays. See for yourself:

Coming Soon – JamSession

Jerry — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:27:05 +0000

We’ve got an exciting new product that was submitted to the app store today. JamSession is an app that you can use to practice playing with a band – even if your band isn’t available. Just plug in your headphones or your sound system, and play along. Check out these awesome graphics by c1design.com:

The first version ships with 4 songs in different genres to choose from. Soon we will add the ability to download new songs for FREE.

If you want to play along with the full band, you can do that, but if you want to turn off just the instrument you are playing, you can.

So in this example, I have turned off the drums so I can play that part. Or, if I wanted to hear the drums more clearly, I could turn off the bass and guitar and hear just the drums.

Live in the App Store!

Jerry — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:42:18 +0000

We finally got an email from Apple on Thursday afternoon that HANDiBIBLE would be live in the store in “48-72 hours”. I couldn’t sleep that night, so I checked the store around 12:30 in the morning, and it was live!! Check out HANDiBIBLE on iTunes.