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how to achieve story chimes ipad app like page turn and narration?

Hello all, I want to create an app like story chimes is. I wonder which page flip transformation they have applies also how do I achieve narration on text as they did? Any help regarding this much appreciable... Thanks & Regards, Rahul Vyas. ...

objective-c programmatically change table view from standard to grouped?

Hello all, The following situation pertains to an iPad app I am working on for my company. So I have an array of type "Person" that holds the information of a list of people. On the initial page, I have a table that displays their name and picture. When this loads, the results are ungrouped. I was wondering if there was a way to eas...

How to programmatically produce a video on the iPad platform?

Hi, I would like to programmatically produce a video using the microphone on the iPad (for sound) and the screen display (for visual)? Is this possible? How should I proceed? ...

Movable UIViews, like Tangram

In my iPad application, there is one main view. It contains various views which have different sizes and different images (tetragons, but not rectangles). The grey lines represent the frames, the red lines represent the outline of the image. It is a bit like Tangram, but more complicated since the tetragons are not rectangles. The vi...

How can I format a movie to play through MPMoviePlayerViewController on the iPad?

Hi guys, I've been struggling to make video on the iPad work. I'm using an MPMoviePlayerViewController and it plays fine in the simulator. I've tried several different converters, including ones dedicated to producing iPad-formatted video, but none of the videos play on the device. The MPMoviePlayerViewController loads and the controls ...

Universal app using way less memory on iPad vs iPhone

Hi, I have written a universal app that's working fine on both iPhone (iPod Touch) and the iPad. The only difference for either platform are the nib files and the launch page graphics. Both iPad and iPhone nib files have the same functionality, just the graphics, buttons and text are bigger on the iPad. When I run Instruments on both a...

How can I convert a Universal iOS app to a stand-alone iPhone app?

Hello. I started building a Universal app and it turned out the design doesn't work well with the iPad, so I've decided to make it a stand-alone iPhone app instead. By that, I mean I'd like the app store to see my app as an iPhone app, not a Universal app. I was just about to create a new project and move my existing iPhone code over ...

What is the ipads resolution minus the address bar in the browser!?

What is the browser resolution? I have been searching for a while on google and somehow I can't find it! ...

Present Popover from Modal View Controller

I am trying to present a Popover from a button in a UIModalPresentationPageSheet. It crashes the app and returns the following message to the console: Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: 'Popovers cannot be presented from a view which does not have a window.' My code works fine in a standard...

How to create iPad native looking html help pages?

I'd like to make some in-app help for my iPad app so I'm looking for examples of other apps that do it well. If I look the help for the Apple Pages app on my iPad, it opens the following url: http://help.apple.com/iwork/mobile/interface/#tan724868a9 This looks like a native app in Safari on iPad. How did Apple make their html help page ...

how do you use NSAttributedString?

Multiple colours in an NSString or NSMutableStrings are not possible. So I've heard a little about the NSAttributedString which was introduced with the iPad SDK 3.2 (or around 3.2) and is available on the iPhone as of iPhone SDK 4.0 beta. I would like to have a string that has three colours. The reason I don't use 3 separate NSStrings,...

wait_fences: failed to receive reply: 10004003 in iphone

Hi, i am developing an application on ipad to read and annotate pdf's.My application is working fine in Portrait/landscape mode but when I rotates the device or simulator its giving me weired error *wait_fences: failed to receive reply: 10004003* whenever i rotates either from landscape to portrait or from portrait to landscape. some t...

iphone - grabbing the contents of the main screen

I have a specific function on an app that is intended to work on iPhone 4 and iPad. I don't have an iPad yet (because Apple forgot my country), so I have to test it on simulator. I have a method that needs to grab the contents of the main screen as a CGImageRef. I have this method: - (CGImageRef)takeScreenshot { UIWindow *theScree...

Objective C Encapsulation

Hi All, I will explain my question from an example. In .H file// @interface Employee:NSObject{ @private NSString *name; } @property(nonatomic,retain) NSString *name; in .M file// @implementation{ @synthesize name; } In this scenario when i access the name property within another class , like myEmp.Name = @"John"; it doesn't...

Gray status bar out UIAlertView style

How can you "gray out" (overlay a gray view w/ alpha ontop of the UIStatusBar) on the iOS exactly like when a UIAlertView displays. I know that it's possible and that Apple allows it since Twitter (official Twitter app) and a few others implement it. I think you need to add a new window ontop of the current window or a full-screen view ...

How can I change the background image for my NavigationBar on a per page basis?

Hello. I've looking around for a way to change the background image of my NavigationBar and control the appearance of my NavigationBar as the user navigates the app. I've been looking around and it appears the accepted approach for changing the background image is this... @implementation UINavigationBar (UINavigationBarCategory) - (v...

Presenting modal view controller from popover

Hi, I have a view controller that is inside a popover, and I want to present a modal view controller from it. Here's my code: EditDateViewController *dateViewController = [[EditDateViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"EditDateViewController" bundle:[NSBundle mainBundle]]; UINavigationController *navController = [[UINavigationCon...

Graphic elements not assigned parent elements on Safari iPad when using Google Closure

I'm using Google closure to create a simple interactive graphic in HTML/JS to be viewed on iPad Safari. The code sample below shows expected behavior on Safari Mac and all other major browsers (a circle appears that when clicked generates a console message), but not Safari iPad. No event handler is registered with the circle. Instead, a...

How do I resolve this circular dependency?

Hello. I'm new to iOS development and am running into an issue with my header files. I'm running into a circular dependency issue with my header files. My application delegate class contains a pointer to my view controller, since I have to set one of the view controller's properties in my didFinishLaunchingWithOptions method... //app...

Can iPad communicate with embedded systems via RS232 serial communication ?

I have never used iPad. I am completely new to iPhone and iPad application development. I have a robot which can listen to commands sent to it via serial communication or through Xbee. Can someone tell me if it is possible to write an iPad application that can send commands through COM port? ...