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UIWebView custom font

In my case i try to use font Futura in UIWebView with method loadHTMLString and web tag but the problem is futura do not show in page. I think it's custom font, and i downloaded Futura.ttf but how to use it? In other forms in labels futura present normal. Please help. ...

How to sort a NSArray Alphabetically?

I have an array filled with [UIFont familyNames] but they aren't in alphabetical order. How do I do this? ...

How make a game loop on the iPhone without using NSTimer

Hi. In order to cleanly port my game to the iPhone, I'm trying to make a game loop that doesn't use NSTimer. I noticed in some sample code that, if using NSTimer, you'd set it up at the beginning with something like self.animationTimer = [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:animationInterval target:self selector:@selector(drawVi...

Rounded corners of MKMapView

Hi, I'm building a custom UITableView with each of the cells containing a piece of text and a MKMapView. I want the map "icon" view in the cell to have rounded corners and this seems to be an issue. I'm using custom drawing both for my UITableViewCell and my MapIcon (custom map view) that I add to my UITableViewCell. MapIcon is a subc...

How to read the useres preferred date+time format?

I need a representation of the current user's preferred date+time format, like for example: @"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ" Or in other words: When I print out a NSDate nicely compatible to the preferred locale of the user, then I need that format in string representation as Unicode Standard symbols like in the example above. Is there a way t...

How to print out dates nicely, depending on thre user's locale and calendar?

Imagine a user with a French locale, who prefers an Islamic calendar. How could I print this date nicely as string in such a way, that it matches the user's locale, but where the date+time information matches also the calendar? I believe that both the locale and the calendar have effect on how to format a day. Not the locale alone. Mayb...

how to release uiview added as subview in scrollview?

i have added a UIViewController's view and a button to scrollview as subview...now how do i release all instance of UIViewController's...here is an attached image in the view every uiview has a button over it for further navigation.... now i want to release uiview's and remove buttons from the scrollview ...here is my method to add su...

iphone why is he using valueForKeyPath

Hi, I found some mapkit code on the internet that looks like this: - (void)recenterMap { NSArray *coordinates = [self.mapView valueForKeyPath:@"annotations.coordinate"]; CLLocationCoordinate2D maxCoord = {-90.0f, -180.0f}; CLLocationCoordinate2D minCoord = {90.0f, 180.0f}; for(NSValue *value in coordinates) { CLLocationCo...

Is it possible to create an own calendar system in cocoa touch / UIKit?

There are some constants for NSLocale, like NSJapaneseCalendar, but what if I wanted to create a "Physical Calendar" or something that isn't there? Is there a way to define an arbitrary calendar system and then use that with NSDate, NSDateComponents and NSCalendar? ...

Populate a UITableView with data

Hi All, First of all, while I have an understanding of some of the basics, I'm am still somewhat of a newbie. I have a sectioned UITableView that I am currently using NSDictionary(for grouping) and 4 or 5 different NSArrays (for data, some of which gets passed to the next view when a cell is selected) to populate the table. It works b...

How to kill a Thread with Objective C?

Hi there, I have a call to a third-party C++ library which I have put into its own thread (currently using NSThread). I would like to give the user the ability to stop the execution of that thread. (I am well aware of all the problems this might cause, but I still wish to do so.) According to Apple's Thread Programming Guide, there ar...

Error when trying to hide a button from a sound callback function when using AudioServicesAddSystemSoundCompletion

I'm trying to use a sound callback function to show a button once my sound file completes playing. //defining the callback AudioServicesAddSystemSoundCompletion (soundID, NULL, NULL, AudioPlaybackComplete, self.nextButton); Here's the callback function: static void AudioPlaybackComplete(SystemSoundID ssID, void *clientData) { NSL...

Creating a unique id for a Core Data program on the iPhone

I am fairly new at programming in Objective-C, having been a windows programmer since I was a kid. I am falling in LOVE with it. I am, however, having a bit of trouble figuring out this Core Data stuff. How do I create a new entry with a unique ID? In SQL I would just declare one field as an autoincrement field. I'm not seeing anyth...

NSKeyedUnarchiver unarchiveObjectWithFile: returns nil in init: method

Update: This works if I call archiveRootObject: from applicationDidFinishLaunching:. If I call it from the init: method of a singleton class, it returns nil. I'm very confused by the behavior of NSKeyedUnarchiver unarchiveObjectWithFile:. The documentation says that it will return nil if the file doesn't exist. With one of my objects, t...

How to get a Unicode Standard (or other) string representation of the user's date+time format?

I can print out a date nicely based on the user's locale. But how could I get a string with the date+time format? ...

How to set UIButton type?

A small - little question. I have seen many application having buttons like following. While using Interface builder I didn't Found any option to have this kind of button. How to have this kind of button in your application. ...

How to print all available information of a locale?

The locale object must contain more information than apple talks about in the documentation. i.e. it must contain several date format strings. How can I print all this stuff to see where they are? Is there a method that would print out all information about an object? ...

How to compute the order of NSDateComponents objects for a given date format?

I have an date format in a string, like this: @"M/d/yy h:mm a" Now I want to create text input fields for every component of that date, in the order of the given format above (which may vary depending on the locale. Are there methods or ways to analyze this date format in such a way that the order of the date format components can be...

Tricks for improving iPhone UITableView scrolling performance?

I have a uitableview that loads fairly large images in each cell and the cell heights vary depending on the size of the image. Scrolling performance is decent, but can sometimes be jerky. I found these tips I found on the FieryRobot blog: http://www.fieryrobot.com/blog/2008/10/01/glassy-scrolling-with-uitableview/ http://www.fieryrobo...

What steps are necesary to automate a build of iPhone app?

I have prior experience in build a automatic build process for .NET & Delphi projects but now want to automate the building of a iPhone project... not only simply builds but also to the final deployment.. I want a generic step list, with the command line actions that need to be performed, so anyone could adapt it to their particular bui...