iphone

Why is UITableViewCell text floating to top on the device?

The text lables in my UITableViewCells are getting displayed differently on the device than on the sim. How do I fix it? ...

Objectiveflickr set properties, more than one call

I cant to set Meta and set Location in ObjectiveFlickr if I do only one it works fine, but if I do both it only does the first one - (void)flickrAPIRequest:(OFFlickrAPIRequest *)inRequest didCompleteWithResponse:(NSDictionary *)inResponseDictionary { NSLog(@"%s %@ %@", PRETTY_FUNCTION, inRequest.sessionInfo, inResponseDictio...

How to retrieve data from server and save into a file in [Objective-C] iPhone programming?

I've saved the contents of server into a NSData. How do I copy the contents of NSData into a file. ...

Setting Grouping in UITableView under UINavigationController

In my UINavigationController app, my first view is a UITableView. I can't seem to find a way to set the property of this UITableView to 'grouped'. Since UITableView is dynamically generated I don't have the luxury of Interface Builder. Searched forums here and googled other places and closest I saw was to override either initWithStyle o...

Rotate UIViewController to counteract changes in UIInterfaceOrientation

Hi there, I've been searching a lot on this, and can't find anything to help me. I have a UIViewController contained within another UIViewController. When the parent UIViewController rotates, say from Portrait to LandscapeLeft, I want to make it look as though the child didn't rotate. That is to say. I want the child to have the same or...

Video in iPhone App

I have an idea for an app that I would like to build which would include video tutorials for a particular topic. What is the best way to go about doing this? Embed the video with the app and make it a part of the distribution? or - Stream the video from a CDN? ...

sqlite3 update text in uitextview

i had the sqlite statement ready for update..but i am confuse about grabbing text from uitextview and updating it..and i waned to update it using a uibutton..how do i carry on after creating the sql statement???kinda lost..any new solution is appreciate.. - (void) saveAllData { if(isDirty) { if(updateStmt == nil) { const c...

Can keyboard of type UIKeyboardTypeNamePhonePad be made to start in phone mode?

Is there some way to have a keyboard of type UIKeyboardTypeNamePhonePad start in phone number pad mode rather than alphabetic? The keyboard works well for what I need but I'd like it to start in the "other" mode since that is more likely what the user will enter. ...

How to set text in a UITextView as a link to a URL

So this is a really simple question, I just can't find the answer. I have some text in a UITextView, that I would like to have show as blue, and serve as a link to a website. How do I do that in interface builder? Thanks ...

Getting started with writing a desktop app that talks to an iPhone

I'm thinking of writing an app to selectively transfer photos/music to and from my iPhone, mostly for fun and personal convenience. However, I'm stuck at the very beginning -- where do I look to find information on how to do this? Pretty much every link I see talks about developing applications that run on the iPhone, but nothing about ...

iPhone Text and Image Display

Hello, I am creating a ebook iPhone application and it consists of a bunch of pages. My problem is some of the pages consists of images. Is there a way to put the text and image in the same component. What would be the best way to acheive this? Thanks ...

Slow SQLite access on iPhone

I have a quite slow data retrieval from a sqlite database on my iPhone and perhaps someone have an alternative idea to explain this. From what I tracked down so far sqlite3_step(statement) is sometimes unusually slow. While retrieving e.g. 50 rows from the database to execute this step takes normally some milliseconds but sometimes it t...

How to develop an iPhone application

I want to develop an ebook application for iPhone. I'm new to iPhone developement, so don't have much idea about how to proceed. What I know is, I need the following:- iPhone SDK Intel Mac running mac OS X Xcode (?) Please indicate is that correct and how I can proceed to build an ebook application. Thanks. ...

How do I hide the text on a label in Obj-C?

I'm using label of a button to send a value into a function. However, I want the button to be invisible. I have the background color turned of in IB, and the text color is also set to nothing, but the text still shows up on the button. Is there another way to have a clear button that sends a value when it's clicked? If I could just tur...

Handling empty UITableView in UITableViewController

I have a UITableViewController that is populated with some data. If the data comes back empty, obviously the table is empty. What is the appropriate method to use to handle this case and put up something like a UILabel with "No Data Available". I have been using - (NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(N...

A question related to initWithNibName

hi These are the steps i'm following on click of home button i had set 1 value so i'm clicking on home button now i again click on application so my applicationdidfinishlaunching method calls i'm getting that value 1 now in applicationdidfinishlaunching method i check wether the value is 1 or not now as per discussion value is 1 in th...

How to send sms and receive sms in Iphone sdk?

I want to implement SMS functionality in my application. Is there any way to do this, or any documentation to implement this functionality? Can anyone provide sample code for this? ...

Memory management for NSURLConnection

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I'm wondering what the best memory management practice is for NSURLConnection. Apple's sample code uses -[NSURLConnection initWithRequest:delegate:] in one method and then releases in connection:didFailWithError: or connectionDidFinishLoading:, but this spits out a bunch of analyzer warnings and ...

After adding a UILabel to my view, how do I delete it?

I have added a UILabel to my view programmatically like this: myLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, 100.0f, 30.0f)]; myLabel.center = CGPointMake(160.0f, 120.0f); myLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor]; myLabel.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor]; myLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size: 18.0...

iPhone App rejected because of Three20 private API undocumented, private UITouch instance variables:

I got a notification mail after submitting my iphone application to apple store.. "During our review of your application we found it is using private APIs, which is in violation of the iPhone Developer Program License Agreement section 3.3.1; "3.3.1 Applications may only use Documented APIs in the manner prescribed by Apple and must no...