Posted by Terry on Jan 3, 2010 in
Web Development,
iPhone 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
Posted by Terry on Aug 25, 2009 in
Uncategorized 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
Posted by Terry on May 19, 2009 in
iPhone 
My topscore, sideways
I’ve been playing flight control on the iphone for a few months (about 2) now, I’m not as committed as I once was but I’m still proud of my 126 landed! I’ve found the latest update that allows you to share your score around the world has also increased the difficulty of the game, planes seem much fast and i’m rarely seen with a score over 100…. I’ve submitted my score and i thought i was doing well until i realised there are people around the world with a score of 14000+. I find it hard to believe that people are getting scores this high and i’m wondering if there could be cheating going on…. or maybe i should face facts i’m just no good at it… or i dont have as much time as a 13 year old boy in Nebraska!
http://flightcontrol.cloudcell.com/Stats.php?nStat=1
I shall have to investigate possible cheating 
and look forward to more updates.
Tags: iphone app, score