CSV parser with low memory footprint for iPhone
After testing my app with Instruments I realized that the current CSV parser I use has a huge memory footprint. Does anybody have a recommendation for one with a low memory footprint? ...
objective-c
Conditional macro expansion
Heads up: This is a weird question. I've got some really useful macros that I like to use to simplify some logging. For example I can do Log(@"My message with arguments: %@, %@, %@", @"arg1", @"arg2", @"arg3"), and that will get expanded into a more complex method invocation that includes things like self, _cmd, __FILE__, __LINE__, etc...
Would a pointer to a pointer to nil match against NULL?
Example: A validation method contains this check to see if an NSError object shall be created or not: - (BOOL)validateCompanyName:(NSString *)newName error:(NSError **)outError { if (outError != NULL) { // do it... Now I pass an NSError object, like this: NSError *error = nil; BOOL ok = [self validateCompanyName:@"Apple"...
Objective-C syntax
I've been studying objective-c for a few days now. I keep coming across these two structures: NSString * somestring (NSString *) somestring I understand the first simply sets a pointer to an NSString object, but what does the second construct do, and when should I use it? What's the deal with the asterix marks? Sorry if this questio...
Issues declaring already existing NSMutableArray in new class
I have a class (DataImporter) which has the code to download an RSS feed. I also have a view and separate class (TableView) which displays the data in a UITableView and starts the parsing process, storing parsed information in an NSMutableArray (items) which is located in the (TableView) subclass. Now I wish to add a UIMapView which dis...
Drawing lines between windows just like in Interface Builder
I have two windows, each with a round NSView: ------------------ ------------ |X-+ Oscillator | |X-+ Mixer | |----------------| |----------| | | | | | O | | O | | | | | | | | | ------------------ ------------ Bo...
int vs NSNumber vs NSInteger
I have a line of code that will work differently depending on the datatypes "day" and "1". I believe it is the following although I will check my source code later. day = day + 1; Does this make sense? What would the differences be? ...
Showing IPhone keyboard in different languages based on user input.
Hi, My question is related to the following question, and can be said almost same. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/330542/setting-the-iphone-keyboard-language But here are my requirement. I am writing dictionary app for IPhone, which support multiple languages. So my requirement is to display the English keyboard when user has sele...
Making a circular NSSlide look and behave like in GarageBand
I am new to drawing with Cocoa, and I am making some software which will have sliders similar to these found in GarageBand: These look beautiful and can be controld by moving the mouse up and down. Can you help me with customizing NSSliders by subclassing them, so I can make them look and behave exactly as in GarageBand? Thanks. I...
I need objective-C syntax for calculating bmi
Actually I am working on bmi calculator. Where I would like to calculate bmi for height in inches and weight in lbs and also in need of correct formula for height in cm and weight in kgs. I have tried but couldn't calculate actual value coming withing the range as below. It exceeds the range. BMI Categories: * Underweight = <18.5 * N...
nsmutablearray and saving to file
hello all, I have class named Shop that contain data members (NSString , NSInteger and nsmutablearray that contain another class(that have also NSString and NSInteger) Now if i use nsmutablearray to hold alist of Shops what is the best way to save the list to file and load it later? again the class Shop contain data memeber that is anoth...
Changing the UIViewControllers self.navigationController value?
Hello I am building a custom UINavigationController (Not subclassing it, I subclass UIViewController for this), I would like to have the instances of UIViewController that are added to my custom navigationController to get a reference to the custom navigation controller when they access the self.navigationController. I.e You would, fr...
My view is displaying y=-20 dispite its frame set to y=0. After rotation it snaps back to y=0
I started by creating a universal window based app. Starting with the iPhone version I created a UIViewController and associated nib. My App delegate: rootViewController = [[RootViewController alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil]; [window makeKeyAndVisible]; [window addSubview:rootViewController.view]; return YES; My RootViewContr...
Fast (de)serialization on iPhone
I'm developing a game/engine for iPhone OS. It's the first time I'm using Objective-C. I made my own binary format for geometry data and for textures I'm focusing on PVRTC. That should be the optimal approach as far as speed and space are concerned. I really want to keep loading time to a minimum and - if possible - be able to save very...
How to do iPad Photos app pinch to expand
I don't think this has been asked before on this site, but I might be wrong. Does anyone know the basics of how to get that whole effect with the iPad Photos app? Basically, pinching a stack of photos lets you have a "peek" at the photos in that stack, which expands based on the distance between your 2 fingers in the pinch, then fully c...
Advice and resources for Apple iOS 4 development
I'm looking for resources, screencasts, books, courses, sites and the like to assist with learning Objective-C with the intention of developing applications for Apple's iOS 4. My development team has access to Apple's development program, and is largely coming from a similar background: they're Comp Sci graduates that have experience wi...
iphone UIPicker question
I have a picker that prompts the user to choose a gender and an age group (17-21, 22-26, etc.) These 2 choices determine which view the user will be brought to after pressing the button, but I am having troubles writing the method for that button. The code I have so far is this: - (IBAction) buttonPressed { NSInteger genderRow = [gend...
Rendering a Long Document on iPad
I'm implementing a document viewer with highlighting/annotation capabilities for a custom document format on iPad. The documents are kind of long (100 to 200 pages, if printed on paper) and I've had a hard time finding the right approach. Here are the requirments: 1) Basic rich-text styling: control of left/right margins. Control of fon...
Filtering NSMutableArray based on enum property
I've got an NSMutableArray filled with objects of type "GameObject". GameObject has a number of properties, one of which being "gameObjectType" . "gameObjectType" is of type GameObjectTypeEnum. I want to be able to filter this NSMutableArray so only GameObjects of a certain type are returned. I've got the following in place, but it's ...
NSDecimalNumber leaks memory if not used with AutoRelease pool?
NSString* str = [[NSString alloc] initWithString:@"0.05"]; NSDecimalNumber* num = [[NSDecimalNumber alloc] initWithString:str]; NSLog(@" %@", num); [str release]; [num release]; leaks memory *** __NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0x707990 of class NSCFString autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking Can someone suggest a worka...