If you want to have better insight into how your applications are being used, you can use Flurry Analytics. It is a free service, easily integrable into your iPhone applications. It provides accurate data about how consumers use your application. You will receive anonymous, aggregated usage and performance data, as well as robust reporting and… →
UINavigationBar tint color issue on iPad
The main issue here is that the tint color of the UINavigationBar instance inside UISplitViewController instance gets back to default grey color every time user changes devices interface orientation.
Medjugorje app: all messages from Mary Queen of Peace on your iPhone and iPad!
December 08 2010: The Surgeworks Mobile development team for Surgeworks Inc.; an established software development company based in Salt Lake City Utah, anticipate the release to the App store, another in a series of notable mobile applications created for the spiritual benefit of the Catholic community. Be among the many who will discover within the… →
Project Managing Christmas Lights
Every year I hear from one particular client, always just prior to the Thanksgiving holiday. Although it's expected, it always seems to hit me by surprise. As far as timing goes, I suppose the client is right, this project does always take a little longer than I think it will – not the actual doing of the project, but the planning, adjustments and some only marginally predictable outside influences seem to make it harder than it should be.
5 tips to reduce memory issues in iOS apps
Our recent game development experience with Letter Blocks 3D has shown once again that shared RAM system is one of the biggest bottlenecks on iOS devices. This became even more relevant with iOS 4 and its multitasking support. Careless users tend to leave a lot of apps and browser tabs to stay in background and… →
RIM vs. Android vs. iPhone: Q3/2010 sales, market share, desirability percentages emerge from recent studies by comScore, Nielsen and Gartner
Nathan Becker from the Dow Jones Newswires reports that for the three-month period ended in October, Blackberry-maker RIM again had the biggest market share at 35.8%, according to comScore Inc. But that was down 3.5 percentage points from the prior three-month period. Meanwhile, Apple’s iPhone operating system remained at No. 2, gaining 0.8 point to… →
Xcode 3.2.5 in iOS SDK 4.2 finally uploads a binary to the App Store in the background!
Developers rejoice! Xcode finally submits your binaries to the App Store in multi-threading, allowing you to continue to work with it while you upload your apps. This has been a feature I’ve been waiting for ever since we started working with iPhone apps: back when the App loader was in its early stages, we were… →
Learn & Improve your Vocabulary in 5 Languages with Letter Blocks 3D on your iPhone, iPod and iPad
A great update to our word game was released yesterday. The new Letter Blocks 3D is faster and got optimized to run great even on older devices. Be sure to check out our FREE Christmas edition as well! Letter Blocks is an educational game series that is fun and enjoyable for all the family: an… →
The best Christmas themed 3D Word Game of 2010 Holiday season on iPhone and iPod Touch is here, and it’s FREE!
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (November 22, 2010)—Surgeworks Mobile Lab — the mobile devices application design and development team at Surgeworks, Inc. — releases a free Christmas themed game for iPhone and iPod Touch, as a holiday season edition of the original 3D word game, Letter Blocks World. The game challenges players to manipulate 3D letter… →
MPMoviePlayerController
To present video in your application use MPMoviePlayerController Class. Place it in UIViewController Class that is initialized with an url. – (id) initWithURL:(NSURL*)theURL { self = [super init]; if (self != nil) { [self setUrl:theURL]; } return self; } Initialize player with url. Change player’s control style or remove controls. Select type of scaling (fit,… →
How did I use UIScrollView in my first iPhone application…
Emergency Light Application turns your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad in a great source of light. Need to be seen in the dark or in an emergency situation? Don’t worry real light is just one tap away! • Swipe on the screen to change the light color • Tap once to enable/disable the siren •… →
Samsung Galaxy Tab vs Apple iPad
NSXMLParser
NSXMLParser is often used for parsing XML files in iPhone/iPad application. Here is XML sample file…
How to make an iPhone/iPad app promo video
iPhone app marketing is the final frontier today: you have done a great app or game and you release it, is it enough to sell? Unless your app is unique in its kind, which gets harder to achieve every day, that is not enough. One of the key press and marketing materials you should consider… →
A taste of iLife 2011 on your iPad
While iMovie is already available for iPhone 4 and a new iPad will be presented early next year, Apple is preparing iOS 4.2 to support a full content creation suite a la iLife by adding Core Midi support. The iPad is a great content consumption device, the next iPad focus will be social interaction (FaceTime… →