Steps 1) Create Master-Detail Application & Replace the MasterViewController First we want to create a Master-Detail Application just because it sets up a Master-Detail relationship even though thats the first thing we are going to break :). So go ahead and create a new project in XCode4 based on a Master-Detail Application type. Use ARC, Storyboards and CoreData because we will use CoreData to store information. Your storyboard should look like this: Now select the Master scene until its highlighted in blue and delete it with the Delete key. We simply replace it by dragging in a UICollectionViewController onto the storyboard in its place. This places a UICollectionViewController scene with… Read More
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Everyone loves Smarties! And much the same way Smarties Candies make you smarter… today we are talking about Code Snippets that make you….er Smarter! More than a source of cut/paste Objective C source code, this is meant to be a quick reference. As such, some of these will be incomplete and I will be filling them up as I go along. 1) UIAlertView UIAlertView *internetAlert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@”No hay farmacias” message:@”Favor cambie sus parámetros” delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@”Cancelar” otherButtonTitles:@”Ok”, nil]; [internetAlert show]; 2) NSNotification //1. Register as observer of notifications in viewDidLoad [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(receiveTestNotification:) name:@”TestNotification” object:nil]; //2. NSNotifCtr CLEANUP in viewDidUnload [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self]; //4. Post notif to NSNotif in… Read More
Continue ReadingiOS7 Sprite Kit for Game Design for iPhone & iPad
iOS 7 Series – Sprite Kit Welcome to iOS7 and to start off, I want to kick things off with SpriteKit. Although it deals with video games, many companies are using iOS apps as a marketing tactic to engage their users in an effort to promote their products. SpriteKit is the most prominent feature in iOS7 so we’re going to take a quick tour. Go ahead and create a New Project in XCode5 and select the SpriteKit template (the bottom right icon): Click next and fill in your project data. Once you are in the main XCode window notice we have the following files in the Project Navigator: 1) AppDelegate… Read More
Continue ReadingStatic Libraries in iOS – Video Tutorial
Libraries is another one of those rather obscure topics for newbie programmers, kinda like Blocks and Delegates/Protocols. Think of libraries as just that, a resource you can use which doesn’t belong to you. A loaner 🙂 NOTE: If you need a nice tutorial on Blocks or Delegates, check out: Video Tutorial: Objective-C Blocks Video Tutorial: Objective-C Protocols and Delegates Ok back to our tutorial! Well a library is a piece of code that you can use (by importing it into your projects) but its not yours, so you can’t really do what you want to that piece of code, except use its functionality. In this tutorial we will create our… Read More
Continue ReadingGoogle Glass & Android Series for Developers & Users
So I’ve gotten a little carried away with the Glass-Android thing. My posts are as disorganized as my thoughts, so I thought I’d organize my posts a bit. Here is the set of posts for Android & Glass Development as of Feb 15th, 2014: Google Glass Review – Part 1 – 什么 (shen me = what = what Glass is & isn’t) Google Glass Review – Part 2 – Pros & Cons Develop apps for Google Glass – Part 3 – Setting up! Glass Development Mirror API – Part 4 – Where to start after setting up First Android App – Part 5 First Android App – Part 6 First Google… Read More
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