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Missing The Xcode Automatic Configuration Service 5 Aug 2013 | 01:17 am
This is the time of year when my iOS development certificate expires and I struggle to remember how I renewed it last year. Actually I first have to remember that Xcode complaining that I do not have ...
Using Launch Arguments To Test Localizations 23 Jul 2013 | 01:35 am
A quick tip for switching between localizations when testing. Changing the Language Settings If you have done any work with localizing an application I am sure you are familiar with changing the lan...
Xcode Interface Builder Tips 1 Jul 2013 | 12:20 am
A couple of quick tips when using Interface Builder that I picked up whilst watching the WWDC 2013 videos. It turns out that whilst these are new to me they are not actually new. I do not know when th...
Migrating to the new Twitter search API 24 Jun 2013 | 09:00 pm
It is a little over two years ago that I posted about searching Twitter with iOS. In the meantime the Twitter API v1 has been retired and replaced by the Twitter API v1.1. The example code relied on t...
UIRefreshControl Fun and Games 19 Jun 2013 | 12:57 am
The pull-to-refresh mechanism for updating a table view was originally created by Loren Brichter for his Twitter client (subsequently bought by Twitter). It has become such a popular user interface co...
WWDC Keynote 2013 11 Jun 2013 | 12:51 am
My quickly assembled notes from the WWDC keynote today with emphasis on what is new for the iOS developer. These notes are based on the public keynote and information on the public Apple website only....
Checking version and device when restoring state 2 Jun 2013 | 01:46 am
To finish up this recent series of posts on state preservation and restoration I wanted to deal with the situation where you want to prevent previously saved state data from being restored. By way of ...
Restoration Classes and UIWebViews 24 May 2013 | 01:10 am
I previously covered the basics of using state preservation and restoration but for the sake of brevity I did not provide an example of how to use a Restoration Class. This post will fix that omission...
State Preservation and Restoration 21 May 2013 | 04:00 pm
From the very first releases of the iPhone SDK Apple has encouraged developers to think about app startup and switching to make the experience as quick and transparent as possible for the user. The li...
Bug Table View State Not Restored When Embedded In Navigation Controller 8 Apr 2013 | 01:42 am
Sharing this bug report (rdar://13438788 duplicate of #12156999) for anybody attempting to get iOS 6 state preservation and restoration working for a table view embedded in a navigation controller. P...
