iphone

iPhone: detect "touch-and-drag" gesture from UIBarButtonItem?

I have an "add" button that's represented by a UIBarButtonItem. Hitting the "add" button adds an object into a list that represents a moment in time. By default, that time is "now"...but I'd like to be able to use dragging behavior to let the user specify earlier times for the object. Here's the behavior I want to implement: If the use...

MPMoviePlayerController on large videos causes massive memory spike, and a level 1 memory warning

When viewing images my application hums along nicely with low memory consumption, once I try to watch a video using MPMoviePlayerController memory usage spikes way up, dwarfing the previous memory graph and if I play the video it causes a 'memory warning. Level=1' message. The video files (mp4) aren't even that big, 40MB or so, and it d...

ASIHttpRequest problems. "unrecognized selector sent to instance"

Hi, I am experiencing problems using ASIHttpRequst. This is the error I get: 2010-04-11 20:47:08.176 citybikesPlus[5885:207] *** -[CALayer rackDone:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x464a890 2010-04-11 20:47:08.176 citybikesPlus[5885:207] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '*** ...

Load (and display) a .XIB from the web

I want to be able to download (via a NSURLConnection request) a .XIB file, and have it presented in a view. I have implemented the NSURLConnection, and surely enough, when the connection completes, I am left with a NSString of XML data representing the XIB file. Example: (just the first few lines of many) <?xml version="1.0" encoding="U...

Detect blow in Mic and do something

Hi , i found this tutorial , and it's good , but doesn't work for me ! here is the code : - (void)listenForBlow:(NSTimer *)timer { [recorder updateMeters]; const double ALPHA = 0.05; double peakPowerForChannel = pow(10, (0.05 * [recorder peakPowerForChannel:0])); lowPassResults = ALPHA * peakPowerForChannel + (1.0 - ...

Localization text when using the gamekit bluetooth (iphone)

Does anyone know why when changing the language on the iphone, the bluetooth message does not change? thanks ...

Access to iTunes Sound Check Results on iPhone

I would like to propose to the user some songs whose volume doesn't exceed a certain level. Is there any way to access to the results of the 'Sound Check' option, from the iPhone ? If not, do you know if I can calculate that with the audio tools in the iPhone SDK ? Thanks a lot. ...

Refreshing UIScrollView / Animation, timing (Objective-C)

I have a UIScrollView that is displaying a list of data. Right now, when the user adds one more item to the list, I can extend the content size of the UIScrollView and scroll down smoothly using setContentOffset and YES to animated. When the user removes an item from the list, I want to resize the content size of the UIScrollView, and s...

How do I remove a button from a view controller's toolbar on the iPhone?

I have code that works great for adding a button to the toolbar: NSArray* toolbarItems = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:flexibleSpace,shuffleBarItem,flexibleSpace,nil]; self.toolbarItems = toolbarItems; However, I also want to be able to remove toolbar items. When I use the below method, my application crashes: NSArray* toolbarItems = [N...

iPhone: UIImagePickerController Randomly Fails to Take Picture

I use a UIPickerViewController to take picture. It works 80% but seemingly at random it fails to take a picture. In tracing the code I found out that it occasionally goes to -PinRecordNewTableViewController:viewDidUnload. That is where it fails because it set nil to all ivars. @interface PinRecordNewTableViewController : UITableVie...

Does the iPhone 3G/3Gs camera put metadata in its images? (and how do you get it?)

I've been trying to figure how whether the iPhone (either 3G or 3Gs) camera puts metadata into it's images. Anecdotally, it appears that it does (e.g., I've seen images posted on the web that included a bunch of metadata), but I can't find reference to it anywhere in the SDK documentation. So....does anyone have a definitive answer? A...

Basic string and value functions in Objective-C for iPhone

I have very little programming knowledge; only a fair bit in Visual Basic. How do I take a value from a text field, then do some simple math such as divide the value by two, then display it back to the user in the same field? In Visual Basic you could just do txtBoxOne.text = txtBoxOne.text / 2 I understand this question is more than ...

How do I get notified when a user opens my iPhone app while in a phone call?

I need to adjust several views in the event that a user visits my app while in a phone call. Is there a best practice for being notified of this? Thanks! ...

iPhone SDK NSString To NSDate

I got a string from parsing a XML file which looks like this: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:00:45 +0200 and the corresponding pattern should be this "EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss ZZ", but I get (null). This is my code: NSString *dateString = @"Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:00:45 +0200"; NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init]; [dateF...

Universal iPhone/iPad application debug compilation error for iPhone testing

I have written an iPhone and iPad universal app which runs fine in the iPad simulator on Xcode, but I would now like to test the iPhone functionality. I seem unable to run the iPhone simulator with this code as it always defaults to the iPad? Instead I tried to run on the device and as it begins to run I get the following error: dyld: ...

iPhone status bar orientation with opengl

I have opengl only view that displays in portrait and landscape mode using projection matrix (view's transformation is identity all the time). I need to show status bar with proper orientation. I do this by setting status bar orientation property in UIApplication and changing frame of opengl view so the view won't go under status bar. W...

view update problem on transition

Hello, when flip from one view to a new one, I get refreshing problem. New view contains a navigationItem with two buttons, one right, one left and when transition starts, I see buttons on opposite sides and not correctly positioned until the transition ends. Then view is showed correctly according to xib file. How to solve it?? ...

iPhone: Which Method to Use to Rotate View Back to Portrait Orientation?

I use... -(void)didRotateFromInterfaceOrientation: ... to adapt a view that has been rotated to landscape. However, I don't know which method to use when the view needs to be rotated back to portrait. ...

How do I layout an image that will be dynamically sized in interface builder?

I am having trouble laying out scrollable view in interface builder. A screen shot of my layout is here. As you can see the layout is pretty simple. The UIImageView above the text will not have a specific height. It may be 100px high or 300px high. This is why the view is scrollable. I am experiencing two problems with this layout:...

Objective C iPhone save text

How is it possible to save text from a text field when the user quit's the app then when the user re opens the app the text appears back in the same text box, can this be done with out a save button? What code is needed for the text to be saved and what action is needed for doing this when the app is opened? Thanks, David ...