iphone

Change the state of a customized button (button with an image)?

I know how to change the state of the regular button, as well as change the background color of a regular button. However, when I do UIButton:setBackgroundImage (customized button), then I cant change the state anymore. I want, when the user click on it, something visually would happen to let the user know that button is selected, and wh...

What does the 'a' prefix represent in aString?

I'm just looking at NSString.h and wonder why some method declaration args use (NSString *)string; while others use (NSString *)aString. What are the conventions practiced here? Thanks for any insight. ...

Prevent sqlite INJECTION ATTACKS on your own iPhone?

I always take precautions regarding SQL INJECTION ATTACKS when data is saved between someone's iPhone and a remote database on the cloud. But is it also necessary to do the same... when just saving data (using sqlite) from someone's cell phone, to a database that's just on their own phone? What's the worse they can do? Delete their ow...

Iphone Custom Scrollview indicator

I am currently working on an application for a client, and they have made an odd request. The request involves putting a custom image as the indicator for the scrollview. I am not even sure if this is possible but if it is can you please let me know how one would go about doing that. Thanks ...

Moving UITableView cells and maintaining consistent data

I've enabled editing mode and moving cells around to allow users to position table view content in the order they please. I'm using Core Data as the data source, which sorts the content by the attribute "userOrder". When content is first inserted, userOrder is set to a random value. The idea is that when the user moves a cell around, the...

How to change wallpaper in iPad programmatically?

How to change wallpaper in iPad programmatically? ...

How implement Space ,Back space , Enter Buttons ? {iPhone SDK}

hi i create a custom keyboard , now i don't know how can implement Space ,Back space , Enter .. Thank you . ...

Left with extra UITableViewCell after re-ordering

After going into Edit mode, moving a cell, and leaving edit mode, i am left with one extra cell sitting on top of its duplicate cell while still in edit mode. The problem has to be somewhere in here: - (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView moveRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)sourceIndexPath toIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)destinationIndexP...

ObjectiveFlickr - how to call getSizes on a photo ID not known until the response?

Hi guys, I'm building a free music instrument iPhone app with the Flickr API and ObjectiveFlickr.A random photo from the interestingness list is displayed in the background, but I can't center it without knowing its size. (so I can reset the UIWebView frame) I've been researching this for awhile, and if the answer is super easy, please...

Any way of getting current playback time for iPhone video play in pre 3.2 API?

Is there an API that works for pre OS 3.2 for getting the current time of a video being played back? There's this one http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/MediaPlayer/Reference/MPMediaPlayback_protocol/Reference/Reference.html But it's 3.2 or later.... Is there any way to do this with the MPMoviePlayerController API...

CGContextDrawPDFPage doesn't seem to persist in CGContext

I am trying to access the pixels of a CGContext written to with a PDF, but the bitmap buffer doesn't seem to update. Any help would be appreciated: //Get the reference to our current page pageRef = CGPDFDocumentGetPage(docRef, iCurrentPage); //Start with a media crop, but see if we can shrink to smaller crop CGRect pdfRect1 = CGRectInt...

UINavigationController creating a blank view out of thin air?

Ok, this one is really weird... I can't show code for it exactly cause it follows a pretty snake-like pattern through subclasses etc, there would be a pile of it. The important parts are that I push a view controller, which during viewWillAppear pushes another view controller onto the nav controller. My nav controller is an item in a t...

Darkening a UIView

I'd like to "darken" a UIView by a certain amount. Right now, I'm doing the darkening like this: UIView *overlay = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:mainView.bounds]; overlay.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor]; overlay.alpha = 0.5f; [mainView addSubview:overlay]; Unfortunately, this also adds a semi-transparent black overlay to parts ...

Compile OpenSSH for use in iphone application

I am trying to create an application to take advantage of OpenSSH to create an sFtp client for the iphone. I know that it is possible to create ssh clients for iPhone (iSSH, TouchTerm, etc) and I also assume they are using openssh as a base. Would I just need to create a static library? ...

Subview appears behind tableview

When I add a subview to my UITableViewController, it seems to be underneath the tableview. I may be loading my subview incorrectly, or calling addSubview in the wrong place. The subview I'm referring to is the red area above the tabbar that also contains the "Click me" button: You can see that the cell lines kind of overlap. Here i...

Keep object oriented towards a point while it's animated along a path

I'm trying to animate an object along a path...while it's moving it should continue to "point" towards another object (or CGPoint). What should I be looking for in the framework (Cocoa-Touch) to accomplish this? Maybe something in CAShapeLayer? Though I think that's more for animating the path itself... It's not jumping out at me... ...

Why is my iPhone SDK 3.2 iPad code showing a white screen?

I'm trying to get a UISplitViewController working with an iPad app. I have the table view controller linked up under the Master pane and a plain UIView under the Detail view. I also have [window addSubview:splitView.view]; in my code. For some reason I just get a white screen even though the table view controller code is properly code...

What is the best way to move a UIToolbar?

Here is an interesting problem. On the iPhone, I have a view set up that has a toolbar on the bottom of the screen. I am currently trying to make this a universal app so that it runs on iPad as well. I would like the toolbar to be at the top of the iPad screen, so in the viewDidLoad method of the specific viewController I have the follow...

iphone facebook framework

i'm able to successfully integrate facebook into my iphone application. but just before publishing, it will show a dialog which is an instance of "FBStreamDialog". I'm only setting "userMessagePrompt" which is "Share the app with Facebook and follow the link to obtain the app" and "attachment" with "Share the app". When the app is run a...

How do I use a modalViewController Identically in Two Controllers?

I'm using the Three20 TTMessageController in my app. I've figured out how to use it, adding on a bunch of other stuff (including TTMessageControllerDelegate methods and ABPeoplePickerNavigationControllerDelegate methods). It works great for me, after a bit of a struggle to figure it out. The trouble I'm having now is a design issue: I w...