interface-builder

Custom UITableViewCell imageView not updating after setImage

I've got a custom UITableViewCell class whose model object performs an asynchronous download of an image which is to be displayed in the cell. I know I've got the outlets connected properly in IB for WidgetTVC, I know that image data is being properly returned from my server, and I've alloc/init'd the widget.logo UIImage too. Why is th...

How to connect a button to a method on Mac OS X

I am used to programming for the iPhone. There, I would connect a button to an action, and then a method by creating the method like so: -(IBAction) DoStuff{…}. Then I would make an outlet for the button, and then the actual button in Interface Builder. I would then connect the button to the outlet, and then connect the button to the act...

Interface builder is crashing upon startup

I downloaded xcode 3.2 and the iphone sdk 4.1, which has been working wonderfully, until a few days ago. For some reason whenever I open interface builder by clicking on a xib file all the pictures in the buttons and imageviews display a big blue question mark, and then interface builder gives me this: Assertion Message: An uncaught exc...

How can I make a NSDateFormatter accept input in one format and display it in another?

I have a table view that displays dates using a NSDateFormatter to format them using the Full date style (today would be formatted as "Friday, September 24, 2010" or in German "Freitag, 24. September 2010"). But when editing the date the formatter forces the user to type the date in the same format. How can I make the formatter accept da...

How to change the keyboard type for a text field in Xcode

I created a text field in XCode, not Interface Builder. In IB you can select different keyboard types. How can you do the same thing in XCode? ...

Apply an affine transformation to view in Interface Builder

Is it possible to apply an affine transformation to a view directly in Interface Builder? I know I can attach an outlet and assign it to the transform in code, but I'd like the convenience of visually tweaking the transform in Interface Builder. ...

IBPlugin: Adding additional objects on drag from IB Library

I have a list view class that just like NSCollectionView requires an additional prototype item and a prototype view to be of any use. When dropping an NSCollectionView from the library in Interface Builder those two helper items are automatically created. However I couldn't find a single official Apple document dealing with this use case...

iOS: What are the best resources for learning to use Interface Builder

I have been working on the iPhone development for three months now. I have a fairly decent understanding of Objective-C and iOS, but I have been putting Interface Builder on the back burner. I am looking for resources, preferably non-video as well as video (as my Internet connection is very slow) What's my best path to getting a han...

UIScrollView scroll detection

I have a UIScrollView in a UIViewController view that scrolls horizontally. How can I detect whether the scroll is at the left end or right end or somewhere in the middle? ...

Borderless NSButton turns gray when clicked.

I am making a little application with three NSButtons with an image set. These buttons have no border nor background. However, when I click a button it turns into a gray rectangle. How can I fix this? Thanks. ...

How to insert SplitViewController inside of TabbarController using IB?

is it possible ? i try to add it but it can not put inside of TabbarController, or it need to coding instead? ...

How can I use custom sorting on an NSTableView bound to an NSArrayController?

I have an NSTableView connected to an NSArrayController by setting the column values in interface builder to the appropriate keys in the NSArrayController. I'd like to use a custom sorting order, specifically, compare:options: with NSNumericSearch. Where can I either change my code to do this, or tell interface builder to use a differe...

Setting the tintColor for 2 buttons in an iPhone app Nav-Bar

I've created a UINavigationBar in IB. But don't see any way to set the button colors... so I do this with code: for(id subView in navBar.subviews) if( [subView isKindOfClass:[UIButton class]] ) { UIBarButtonItem *b = (UIBarButtonItem *)subView; if( [b.title isEqualToString:@"Cancel"] ) [b setTintColor:[UICo...

How to use a single NSValueTransformer subclass to toggle the titles of multiple menu items

I would like to make some bindings that toggle item titles in a popup menu based on a single numerical value in a text field. Let me explain: This is my UI: I want my menu items to automatically adjust to singular or plural based on the number in the text field. For example, when I type "1" in the box, I want the menu items to be l...

Localising xib's (iPhone) workflow

I have figured out how to loclize, but it seems yo end up with a lot of paralell xib's. Is there a good way to manage changes in xib's that as been localized, or do I have to be very strict about not localizing before the xib's are fixed? ...

Cocoa Bindings: Binding to the "many" end of a to-many relationship

Using the Employees-Departments example what I want to do is bind a column to "[email protected]" as outlined below: Entity Employee attributes: "firstName", "lastName", "hoursWorked" relationship: "departments" Entity Department attributes: "name" relationship: "employees" I want a table wh...

Make a View similar to Info-view of Maps

Hi, I am trying to make a view similar to the Info-view of the Maps-app i want to have a textview, 2 tableviewcells and a button in my view. which 1 one of the cells have a textfield and the other one to have a label. I tried to look it up on the internet, but I wasn't able to find any. also I don't know what keywords I should use. Pl...

How to make UISwitch a BOOL?

Hello! Forgive me if this is a simple question, but is a UISwitch a boolean variable? If it is not, how can I make it BOOL? Please allow me to explain why I'm having trouble. I declared my variable in my FlipsideViewController. UISwitch* mySwitch; //switch used to turn label2 on/off also creating an accessor @property (nonato...

[iOS] How to reposition UILabels and UIImageViews whose dimensions change dynamically?

I have a UITableView with many rows that push a DetailViewController depending on the selection. This detail view contains a UIImageView, and several UILabels (let's say book description, book comments etc). In viewWillAppear I assign the proper content to these outlets, in order to display content for the selected row. My problem is tha...

Create game sprites in Interface Builder?

Something I'm not very clear on is whether I should/could use interface builder to create reusable game sprites. For example, if I have a ball that I want to create an indeterminate amount of at run time, should I be creating a nib file (and either attaching graphics in IB or drawing them in drawRect) with it's own viewcontroller class a...