Archive for 2010
Push Notifications for Ad Hoc Distributions
Here’s a quick one that may save you some time..once you have push notifications working on a development device and it’s time to create an Ad Hoc build for others to deploy and test your app, on the Apple Developer Portal you will need to configure the production SSL certificate for your application and install [...]
Touch or Untouch a File in Xcode
In a previous post, Tell Xcode Not to Compile a File, I mentioned that when a new file is imported into Xcode, if the file type is a recognized, it will be added to the Compile Sources folder. From there, Xcode will manage if/when the file needs to be recompiled based on its current time [...]
Writing a Flashlight Application using the iPhone LED
With the introduction of the iPhone 4, Apple has added an LED alongside the camera. It’s amazing how bright this little bugger is, ideal for a flashlight! Since the release of the iPhone 4 I’ve been meaning to take a few minutes and write a flashlight application using the LED. My understanding from what I’ve [...]
Get UDID from iTunes
The following tips runs you through the steps to quickly look up the UDID number for a device from with iTunes. Begin by plugging in the device and starting iTunes. Choose your device in the DEVICES section on the left side of iTunes. At this point you should see the iPhone stats (name, capacity, software [...]
Create a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID)
UUID’s are 128-bit values which are guaranteed to be unique – typically the value is based on a machines ethernet address combined with the current time since October 15, 1582. UUID’s are string values separated by hyphens, for example, here is how a UUID may look: 13222F23-C76A-7781-0C12-0293E3B34398. The method below creates a UUID and returns [...]
Creating Clickable Hyperlinks from a URL, Phone Number or Address
The following tips shows a quick way to create clickable hyperlinks using a UITextView. The trick is to set the dataDetectorTypes property to specify the data type you are after, from there, upon a tap the link will launch the appropriate application, namely Safari, Phone Dialer or Maps.
Creating Circular and Infinite UIScrollViews
Editor’s Note: This post was written by Jacob Haskins, Director of Mobile Development at Accella. Thanks to Jon Stroz of Accella for reaching out to me to share this idea. When creating paging functionality for iPhone apps, there may be times that an infinite page loop would be desired. For example, if you have a [...]
A Valid Provisioning Profile For This Executable Was Not Found
Over the past few months I’ve been working on a mobile commerce/payment project where my focus is on the architecture and design side of things, sans coding. This past weekend I started a development project and all was going swimmingly until I received the error message shown in the post title. As far as I [...]
Voices That Matter iPhone Developers Conference – Register Now and Save $150
Great news, our friends organizing the Voices That Matter: iPhone Developers Conference on October 24-25 in Philadelphia, have graciously provided iPhone Developer Tips readers a $150 savings on event registration, valid now until the start of the conference. This 2-day event offers dozens of interactive conference sessions across five conference tracks. Lots of new speakers [...]
