A simple credits screen with Core Animation
Whilst working on my latest iPhone project (not yet announced), I wanted to do up a useful credits screen. This project had more than just myself involved and I wanted to ensure everyone got a mention....
View ArticleTwo tools if you’re developing iPhone apps for clients
I’m gonna speak about two tools that I recommend if you are planning on developing apps, particularly for clients. These are just as important for any sort of iPhone app development, but they are very...
View ArticleA message about Ireland’s Phone Book
It has come to our attention that current versions of “Ireland’s Phone Book” and “Ireland’s Phone Book Pro” are currently not operable. We regret to inform users that in light of a recent threat of...
View ArticleThe iPhone killer is on the way
The new windows 7 phone is upon us. Finally there’s an “iPhone killer”!!! Ehhhhh. No. There will be an iPhone killer. But it’s not going be today tomorrow. The iPhone is just far too advanced of any...
View ArticleProject Firepit
We’ve had our heads down for a couple of months. This is because we’ve been working on a project we’re very excited about. Now that our initial release is out the door, we’re happy to give out some...
View ArticleTired of trying to create nice buttons for your iPhone app? Try this.
Flat iPhone buttons as offered in Interface builder suck. They don’t look nice. There’s the option of using Three20 to get good looking buttons. Its an option, but frankly, it feels a bit like using a...
View ArticleOn cross platform toolkits
With the recent Nokia-Microsoft announcement, the smartphone race just got a shot in the arm. There will now be 3 main players in the smartphone and apps market. They are of course: iOS Running on...
View ArticleRegular problem with XML to JSON Converters
Here at tapadoo, we’ve done a number of apps which communicate with back end data servers. Typically this means a RESTful API with JSON or XML payloads. There’s one issue we’ve come across on a number...
View ArticleCertificates Magically Re-appearing in your keychain? Try this
We’ve had this ongoing issue on our Continuous Integration server which had us scratching our heads. It went like this: We create a certificate for our CI “Developer” We add him to the provisioning...
View ArticleAnimating Custom CALayer Properties in Swift – And What To Check For When...
Creating custom CALayers in your iOS apps can be very useful, and animating them can add some polish to the final result. CALayers are everywhere in UIKit – every UIView has a layer to draw its...
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