iphone

Keyboard input to music notation

I am working on a music composition application that supports midi keyboard input. Are there any open/free libraries that can quantize those inputs (with time as the domain) to a format suitable for music notation, such as ABC? Thanks ...

Current time of other cities

Is it possible to get current time of other cities from code?(for example current time of Paris) ...

What is the color used in Table View section head / footer text?

This muted blue grey color is all over the place, and I can't find a convenience color that looks even remotely close. Clearly I'm missing something obvious... I'm trying to "fake" a stock look for a UIView that is my section footer for a UITableView. Has anyone else had any luck? My UILabel will also need a white drop shadow. ...

Dynamic linking on mobile platforms

I have heard that the iPhone does not support dynamic linking. I want to know whether any mobile platforms support dynamic linking, such as Android or BlackBerry? ...

[btn1 addsubview:view1], now btn1 cant handle touches

Hi there, im trying to add a view as a button's subview like this: btn1 is a UIButton [self.btn1 addSubview:view1]; After adding it, the button wont give any touch related events, the button works fine without this subview added. Any thoughts? ...

How to build a framework or library for other developers, the secure way?

We have an idea for an framework or library that will be very helpful for any iOS developer. So we're seriously thinking about switching from app development to framework/library development. But when we want to charge for the library/framework, we must protect the code somehow. How can we build a framework in such a way that the user o...

Allowed Core Data size

How much data can we store in Core Data? On which parameter does it depends? ...

CoreData Performance and Field Autocomplete

I have this remote database of artists. About 6,000 entries for now. I want my app to: download a JSON-formatted index of the artist names (~95kb) import that data to CoreData provide suggestions/auto-complete when the user adds a new artist I've done this before, but not on such a big scale. Will it become problematic when the dat...

iPhone app like Twitter design structure

I'm new to iOS development and am working on this app that has a similar interface to the official Twitter app. However, I'm not sure how to organize the view controllers and the hierarchy, especially for UITabBar and UINavigationBar (which one is the parent controller?). Can you guys point me to the right direction? I started from a b...

Trouble with detecting touches inside a moving UILabel

I have a subclass of UILabel (MYLabel), and I'm adding instances of MYLabel to my Main ViewController's View and then animating them (using [UIView beginAnimations:] and [UIView commitAnimations]. If I have a static instance of my MYLabel, it has no problem being touched and calling touchesBegan: but while they are animating, they aren'...

Facebook API (Wall) Possible to let Facebook pick an image?

Facebook API (Wall) Possible to let Facebook pick an image? When you like a website you can enter the following URL: http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=(some url)&t=(some title) you will be brought to a page where a default image is showing and you can even browse through the images on the website to choose another (if available). Thi...

Using sound on a website for smartphones

I am looking for advice on the capabilities of smartphones. I am developing a website that plays sound files to all smartphone users -- BlackBerry, Android, iPhone. The iPhone is the easy one - it's the other two that I have no idea about. ...