How-to articles for iPhone development, Objective-C
I am looking for an introduction into developing for the iPhone. Any recommendation? I do not speak Objective-C either, so tutorials on that would not hurt either. ...
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What's the best way to test an iPhone game for iPod Touch?
I've developed a game for the iPhone... on my iPhone. When I submitted it to the store I marked it as "iPhone only". Now I'm getting emails asking "Why not iPod touch?". The game doesn't use any iPhone only features btw. So... I'd like to test it on an actual iPod Touch to be sure it works. Is this really necessary? If so do devel...
What do I need to test on the iPod touch (besides the actual device) ?
I've tested my iPhone app on the iPhone. Now I want to test it on the iPod touch. Assuming I have an iPod touch what else do I need? I just want to make sure all the certificates and stuff that I used for the iPhone will work for the iPod touch too. ...
What is the difference between iPod touch and iPod touch 2nd generation?
When submitting an app to the app store what is the real difference between iPod Touch and iPod Touch 2nd generation? ...
Can an application find out information about currently playing song on iPhone/iPod Touch?
I've searched around a bit in the small amount of iPhone/iPod Touch development information available and couldn't find anything for or against. Can an application find out information about currently playing song on iPhone/iPod Touch? Since the music can continue to play while you are in 3rd party applications, is there a function or ...
Can an iPhone or iPod Touch communicate with another device in the same room?
I'm new to developing applications for the iPhone and iPod touch. Is it possible to communicate directly between 2 devices in the same room by using WiFi or perhaps even BlueTooth on the iPhone? I've seen a demo of a fire application where one iPhone "lights" other iPhone when they get close to each other. How is this accomplished? T...
How can I reformat a PDF file for easier reading on iPhone?
I'd like to read an arbitrary PDF on my iPod Touch (or iPhone) with a reasonable font size. Some PDFs are already formatted with narrow columns and wide margins. Once I zoom the document to "remove" the margins, the text is easy to read. Most documents have one very wide column of text. When I zoom in enough to make the text readable,...
iPhone designmode support
Hi, Anyone knows if Safari on the iPhone and iPod touch supports iFrame in design mode and if so, how I can enable it? I have tried following ways, but none work (but it works on my PC): theIframe.contentWindow.document.body.contentEditable = true; theIframe.contentWindow.document.designMode = 'on'; theIframe.contentDocument.designMo...
What are all the special iPhone / iPod Touch HTML tags?
After peeking at the SO source, I noticed this tag: <link rel="apple-itouch-icon" href="/apple-touch-icon.png" /> Which after a quick Google revealed an Apple "favicon" type thing for display on your homepage ("WebClip Bookmark" to be exact). The only other one that jumps to mind is the: <input type="search" results="5"/> This t...
What software and hardware are essential for developing for iPod? On a PC?
I have an idea for a simple application to run on an iPod. I'm an experienced programmer but have no experience on iPod or any Mac or Apple operating system. What are the bare essentials in terms of hardware and software to begin developing using a PC as the development platform? Does the PC need to be running Linux? ...
What debugging techniques do you use for iPhone/iPod web development?
I'm working on a web application, and we are targeting the iPhone and iPod Touch. I'm familiar with the debugging tools for FireFox and IE (e.g. Firebug and IE Developer Toolbar), but I can't find anything for the iPod. I am not looking forward to using alert as my main debugging tool, especially when I expect mouse events to be one of...
Back button not rendering
I have an overlay that I want to slide in my cocoa-touch application. I have created the view controller for it and the corresponding nib. The nib just has a View with a text field in it. I move to the view using: [[self navigationController] pushViewController:[[[AddPlayerViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"AddPlayerViewController...
Multi-touch is not working in the iphone app I'm building
I have the following code: - (void)touchesMoved:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event { NSUInteger touchCount = 0; // Enumerates through all touch objects for (UITouch *touchb in touches){ touchCount++; } // When multiple touches, report the number of touches. if (touchCount > 1) { lblStatustouch.text = [NSString stringW...
What can I do with an iPhone and no service?
I'm interested in developing software for the iPhone camera, but I don't currently own an iPhone and don't really want to pay for service. If I were just doing general app development, I'd probably just pick up an iPod Touch, but the Touch doesn't have a camera. I know I can walk into the AT&T store, buy an iPhone and immediately cance...
What do I have to do to test my iPhone / iPod App on my iPod Touch (not iPhone)?
I'm developing an App for my iPod Touch that doesn't use the iPhone-Special-Hardware like phone or cam. I want to test it on my iPod touch. I am already a registered developer (free account, no fee). What are the steps to get my app working on my iPod touch? ...
What is the difference between iPhone Developer Standard Program (99 USD) and Enterprise Program (299 USD)?
Can someone point out what is the difference? And what for do we actually pay so much money, when supporting the iPhone with our hard work? Is it right that I have to have the Enterprise Membership (299 USD), when I want to sell Apps for money? Or can I also sell Apps when I "only" have the cheaper Standard Membership (99 USD)? Is the...
Is there a risk that Apple will not accept me as an applied iPhone Developer (with paid membership)?
What does it mean that I have to "apply"? Can day say: "No, we don't like your nose. Do something else!"? Did they do that in the past? I've been investing now two full months worth about 20.000 USD on learning for iPhone programming, and I didn't apply yet... ...
How can I test my own application in ipod touch and iphone?
Hi, I have some iphone application that I created. I want to test my application in ipod touch. How can I test my application in ipod touch? Now I have no Apple id my own. If I open an id then how many applications can be tested with that id? If you have an available solution then please give me the answer and help me. ...
Detecting iPhone/iPod Touch Accessories
I've been searching and can't seem to find the answer elsewhere - is it possible to detect if the iPod Touch/iPhone has any headphones or other accessories connected to it? I'm building an app that requires a microphone, and need to know if the "iSomething" has one connected or not, either via the dock connection, or using the headphone...
How to get a list of the playlists and songs in an iPhone/iPod Touch?
Can I get a list of the playlists and songs in each playlist in an iPhone? This is for a legal app. so hidden APIs/jailbroken solutions don't apply. ...