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How do you read a third-party Cocoa project?

I know how to write a Cocoa project, with classes, xib files, localizations, property lists, resources, ... Sometimes, when I want to learn a specific API or a how-to for a cool feature, apple reference manuals or programming guides point to examples to download. And sometimes, I feel lost digging in all this source code and not findin...

Reinstall development stack

I need to relocate my iPhone development stack to a different machine. What do I need to do in preparation and are there any gotchas? Thanks! ...

Weird build error, problem with class name?

I'm doing a short project just to experiment writing without the use of nib files (personal interest only, don't plan on never using nibs!). I have my app controller set up as NSApp's delegate. Under -(void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(NSNotification *)aNotification, I attempt to initialize the interface. AppController.h: #import <C...

Read network traffic bytes received and sent in objective c

What is the easiest way to get the network traffic sent and received bytes in objective c? ...

Add new language to localization list in XCODE 3.1

In XCODE I'm trying to add another localization to an xib file. In the drop-down list I have 4 languages: English, Japanese, French, German. How do I add Chinese to the list so I don't have to type it every time when I add to another xib file? ...

QTKit, opening input devices???

I'm trying to add two inputs to a QTCaptureSession in the following: mainSession = [[QTCaptureSession alloc] init]; BOOL success; NSError* error; QTCaptureDevice *videoDevice = [QTCaptureDevice defaultInputDeviceWithMediaType:@"QTMediaTypeVideo"]; success = [videoDevice open:&error]; QTCaptureDevice *audioDevice = [QTCaptureDevice de...

using frameworks in a command line tool

I've built a command-line utility (Foundation tool) in Xcode, using Cocoa. The tool makes use of a 3rd party framework. Everything works OK in Xcode, but how do I deploy this program? If I run the app from Finder, it can't find the library because it's looking in "../Frameworks/etc." Can I statically link in the 3rd party framework? ...

Complete solution for writing Mac OS X application in C++

I am looking for alternatives for my current box and Mac OS X seems very appealing. My main area of interest is C++ programming. Currently I'm using Eclipse + CDT and g++ for creating my software; sometimes it is KDevelop. I know that primary IDE for Mac is Xcode and primary language is Objective-C. I would like to avoid learning Objec...

Cocoa/iPhone: How do I create a Simplified Chinese localization of my app?

I'm in the middle of localizing my iPhone app, and I've gotten English, French, German and Japanese localizations working without any problems. Now I'm trying to get a simplified chinese localization working, and no matter what I try, the chinese .lproj bundle just won't be used when I have the phone set to simplified chinese. One probl...

Mac OSX - Xcode Installation Directory

After Xcode has finished building is there a way to make it copy the executable to specific directory (~/Sites/cgi-bin/). I have the target "Installation Directory" set to the correct folder, with "skip installation" unchecked, but no luck. Is there something i'm missing? Thanks ...

How can I link a dynamic library in x-code?

I am currently developing a program in Qt and it uses the library libqextserialport.1.dylib. I build it and run in x-code and it spits back: dyld: Library not loaded: libqextserialport.1.dylib Referenced from: /Users/samuelreh/Desktop/QtOpenCV/build/Debug/QtOpenCV.app/Contents/MacOS/QtOpenCV Reason: image not found The libra...

How do I localize multiple files at once in Xcode?

In the process of localizing my app, I have about 50 resources (mostly xibs) that need to be localized. I know how to add a localization for each file, but it's a pretty time consuming process to open the info panel and add the localization for each file. Is there any way to select multiple files and add a localization to each of them i...

XCode crashes on startup

When I startup Xcode I get the following error: The application Xcode quite unexpectedly. Clicking on the Report... button gives the following: Process: Xcode [875] Path: /Developer/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/MacOS/Xcode Identifier: com.apple.Xcode Version: ??? (???) Build Info: DevToolsIDE-921...

Why is this line of Objective-C leaking memory?

I'm writing an iPhone app. I have a header file that looks like this: @interface EditTagsViewController : UITableViewController { NSMutableArray *allTags; NSMutableArray *selectedTags; NSInteger currentFavorite; } @property (nonatomic, retain) NSMutableArray *allTags; @property (nonatomic, retain) NSMutableArray *selectedTags; @...

Why Emacs/Vim/Textmate? Isn't Xcode good enough?

Hi I mostly do C++, Objective-C programming. And I found Xcode plus an auto completion/macro plugin (Completion Dictionary) quite adequate. However, all people seem to praise over their pure text editors. I tried Textmate for a bit; liked its simplicity but dislike its files/framework handling. Am I missing something here? Or, do Vim ...

what is this "go forward/backward" thing Xcode? ........and file switching

You know in Xcode, you can press option - command - left/right arrows to switch between multiple files. But what are these files? They seem to be the ones that have been opened. But is there any way to check what they are? And close some unwanted ones. Or, any other way you know to switch between files?? ...

Multiple iPhone Developer Accounts on One Mac?

I have searched but cant find this question anywhere. My wife and I are about to take on iPhone development and we've only got the funds to purchase one iMac 24" to do this. Anyone out there with iPhone development experience know if two different Apple developer accounts can be profiled on one development Mac? Not only via the devel...

Using libtidy for iPhone app

I'm trying to use libtidy for an iPhone app (since the iPhone 2.2 SDK doesn't include NSXMLDocument which has tidy functionality) but I get a linker error saying "library not found for -ltidy" when I build the app. As for other framework/library references, I've added the libtidy.dylib to my list of referenced frameworks and I've added ...

How to turn off startup text of GNU gdb in XCode

I'm new to XCode 3.1.2 and Objective-C 2.0. I've just discovered using breakpoints for logging instead of littering the code with millions of NSLog() statements. The problem is, when the debugger starts up it spews half a screen full of status and credits info into the console. Is there any way to suppress this text? ...

What is Xcode pbxstrings file for?

I have an Xcode project and needed to change the name of the product it builds. I went through the project files with a fine-toothed comb and thought I had made every change possible. The last step was to grep all files in the project folder for occurrences of the old name. It comes up clean. But after a build grep finds a file which...