iPhone app rootController (Facebook style) and network detection features

As planned I started my iPhone app again, being lightly inspired by LinkedIn’s new interface I decided to rewrite my app and move away from a tabbed interface. Now my app runs using a navigation controller and icons are used to browse to different view.

So how far have i got? Well I’ve been working on it for three days on and off and I’ve set up a root controller that houses the icon interface, blank views ready for my various app views and a network detection that detect if the phone has any networking issues, if it does a network unavailable view is displayed as opposed to an alert view (might change this).

Some resources that I found useful so far are:

http://adylitica.com/2009/12/15/test-if-your-iphone-app-is-connected-to-internet/

http://www.raddonline.com/blogs/geek-journal/iphone-sdk-testing-network-reachability/

http://fuelyourcoding.com/iphone-view-switching-tutorial/

Next I need to tackle user login, sqlite3 and connection to my website using RESTful services. I’ll post as I go!

Tags: development, iPhone, iphone app

iPhone development cont.

Right I’ve finally got my iPhone developer status on Apple last month so i can submit my application and get selling in iTunes. The only stumbling block? I’ve not written the application yet!

I have the idea as it links into my social site but Object C is proving to be harder to master than I liked. I’ve decided on a gently gently approach, so I’m hoping to develop a small part of the application and release it bit by bit, not sure if this is a wise strategy for the company but nonetheless its the one i’m going for.

I’ve now got 3 books of reference and probably read nearly 3/4 of each book, so i’m slowly building my knowledge and will begin the application soon.

Just for the record the books purchased are:

Beginning iPhone Development: Exploring the iPhone SDK (Paperback) -
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beginning-iPhone-Development-Exploring-SDK/dp/1430216263/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1250635153&sr=1-2 – First purchase, good lead in but a little too much for me straight away, the examples were ok but didnt really fit into all i want to do.

The iPhone Developer’s Cookbook: Building Applications with the iPhone SDK: Building Mobile Applications with the IPhone SDK (Developer’s Library) -
http://www.amazon.co.uk/iPhone-Developers-Cookbook-Building-Applications/dp/0321555457/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1250635153&sr=1-5 – a few tips in here, probably not a good step by step but i’ll defintely be referencing it when i get to certain feature of my app.

Phone SDK 3 Programming: Advanced Mobile Development for Apple iPhone and iPod Touch (Wiley)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/IPhone-SDK-Programming-Advanced-Development/dp/0470683988/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1250635153&sr=1-6 – good book, probably be a better second version as they’ve not followed typeface convention for sample code. Very informative and i’m about  to use some of these techniques to start my app.

Always on the hunt for a better book and an OS3 one so i may add to my library shortly!

Tags: development, iPhone, iphone app

First post from iPhone

iphone screenshot

Just downloaded the wordpress app for the iPhone and this is my first test blog… the genius of iPhone. no excuse not to blog now!

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