objective-c

Unexpected key-value behavior in a Core Data Context

If I create an array of strings (via key-value coding) containing the names of a Managed Object entity's attributes which are stored in the App Delegate the first time, I get an array of NSStrings without any problems. If I subsequently make the same call later from the same entry point in code, that same collection becomes an array of N...

Mixing Objective-C and C++

Hello, I'm trying to mix together some Objective-C code with C++. I've always heard it was possible, but I've never actually tried it before. When I try to compile the code, I get a bunch of errors. Here's a simple example I've created which illustrates my problems: AView.h #import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h> #include "B.h" @interface AView : ...

Garbage Collection leak? Scripting Bridge leak?

Hello everyone! I'm always really picky about memory leaks and I cannot understand why my garbage collected application leaks. My code is entirely memory-managed and it runs great without garbage collection, not a single leak. However, as soon as I turn on garbage collection it leaks! Just to prove a point, why does this leak in a garb...

Trigerring other animation after first ending Animation (Objetive-C)

Hi, I have a simple animation which simply modify the position of a button: [UIView beginAnimation:nil context:nil]; [UIView setAnimationsDuration:3.0]; [UIView setAnimationCurve:UIViewAnimationCurveEaseInOut]; mybutton.frame = CGREctMake(20, 233, 280, 46); [UIView commitAnimations]; I want to perform some other animations when this...

Does a Category applied to NSString also apply to NSCFString via the "toll-free bridge"?

We're integrating a library into an iPhone app which appears to use the google toolbox for iPhone internally. The google toolbox adds a method gtm_stringBySanitizingAndEscapingForXML to NSString. The problem is, whenever we attempt to make a call to this library we get [NSCFString gtm_stringBySanitizingAndEscapingForXML]: unrecognized ...

-[CFString length]: message sent to deallocated instance 0x3881940 when i scroll to near the bottom of a table on iphone

Hey guys, i've got a problem debugging an iphone app that i'm attempting to write and it's got me stumped, bear with me, i'm a n00b to programming and might get some of the terminology wrong but i'll try to explain it as best as i can. The app gets an XML doc from the a web site, parses it into an array, and then displays it in a table ...

Statements are not getting commited in sqlite3 when using the wrapper

[sqlite executeQuery:@"UPDATE UserAccess SET Answer ='Positano';"]; NSArray *query2 = [sqlite executeQuery:@"SELECT Answer FROM UserAccess;"]; NSDictionary *dict = [query2 objectAtIndex:0]; NSString *itemValue = [dict objectForKey:@"Answer"]; NSLog(@"%@",itemValue); It does print Positano at this point .. But when I just print with...

How to sort filenames correctly like Finder in objective-c

I am binding NStableView with NSMutableArray contiaining filenames and other file details. Simple biniding and sorting with compare: is not properly sorting file names like finder. Please let me know if i need to define custom selector for sorting filenames and how? ...

Objective-C NSDate memory issue (again)

I'm developing a graphing application and am attempting to change the renderer from OpenGL to Quartz2D to make text rendering easier. A retained NSDate object that was working fine before suddenly seems to be deallocating itself, causing a crash when an NSMutableString attempts to append it's decription (now 'nil'). Build & analyse doe...

How to insert object already existing objects in NSMutableArray list.

I am getting a problem, while inserting an object into the main List. [editContactList addObject:editcontacts]; [editObject.contactList insertObject:editContactList atIndex:0];//error as mutating method sent to immutable object [editcontacts release]; ...

Objective C iPhone performance issue

Ok guys I am developing an iPhone app I have a Model class which follows a Singleton design pattern. Now I have an NSArray in it which is initialized to around some 1000 NSStrings in the init method. Now I need to use this data in some view controller. so I import Model.h, I create an array of NSString objects in view controller & set ...

“html agility pack” like solutions for C/Objective-c/iPhone

Hi everyone! I need a powerful HTML parser and manipulator for Objective-C/C, like HTML Agility Pack. Can anyone tell me some optimal solution? One solution is libxml2, but it seams is not the best. Thanks in advance! ...

Formatting in a UITextView

hi all , im having problems with formatting for a UITextView. my app pulls in XML, saves some of it to a string , and then displays the text in a UITextView. it understands if you put a return in there, and it starts a new line. but i want to put paragraphs in there, any idea how i can pass that information without doing multiple UITe...

iphone In app purchase

Hi... I'm adding in-app purchase on my application. I have a view that displays information about the product and one button for purchasing the product. My question was how can I stop the user to tap again the buy button so that the StoreManager will only call my Buy method once? Because sometimes I had tapped it twice that's why two al...

MkMapView Zoom Level

I m using MkMapView with google maps.I succeed to show map view and address with annotation pin.But I want increased zoom level.How Can I Set it programmatically???? (void)showMyAddress { //Hide the keypad MKCoordinateRegion region; MKCoordinateSpan span; span.latitudeDelta=0.2; span.longitudeDelta=0.2; CLLocationCoordinate2D loca...

set backgroundColor for UITextField within UITableViewCell

How can I programatically change the backgroundColor of an UITextField that sits in a UITableViewCell? Setting the UITextField.backgroundColor doesn't seem to work. ...

Image Size for Animation!

Hi Everybody, I m new to iphone app development and i need some help. I have a list of 30 images that i have to animate and display with 0.1 second interval. I put all the images in an Array using this imageletter.animationImages = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:[UIImage imageNamed:@"1.png"], ...... ,nil] And then animate it using these...

Add shadow to uiImage

Hi all, Please guide me that how i can add shadow to a uiimage in objective C. Regards Abdul Samad ...

Navigation controller and keyboard

I have a controller with textfield and its set to first responder when it display. What i know that the keyboard is the subview of uiwindow. when i pop the controller how the keyboard animating? Is keyboard animate to right with controller? or is that different animation? My problem is that keyboard is not animating with controller. Both...

sending control+c (SIGINT) to NSPIPE in objective-c

Hello, I am trying to terminate an openvpn task, spawned via NSTask. My question: Should I send ctrl+c (SIGINT) to the input NSPipe for my NSTask? inputPipe = [NSPipe pipe]; taskInput = [inputPipe fileHandleForWriting]; NSString dataString = @"\cC"; [taskInput writeData:[dataString dataUsingEncoding: [NSString defaultCStringEncoding]...