objective-c

How to have a plugin import UTI types

I'm working on a video sharing application that can load plugins that share to different places (Youtube, Twitvid, Facebook, etc.) I have a plugin that reads in a custom file type. We'll call it a .foo file with some information about the video being shared. So I put this foo UTI type in the imported UTI type section of the plugin bundle...

How to tell amount of hours since NSDate

I initiated an NSDate with [NSDate date]; and I want to check whether or not it's been 5 hours since that NSDate variable. How would I go about doing that? What I have in my code is requestTime = [[NSDate alloc] init]; requestTime = [NSDate date]; In a later method I want to check whether or not it's been 12 hours since requestTime. P...

What is a good IRC channel for objective - c and cocoa programming

What is a good IRC channel for objective - c and cocoa programming? ...

Array of NSStrings from filenames within a folder?

I'm trying to create an array of NSStrings of the contents of a folder that I've dragged into my project... but when I count the items in the array afterwards, it's always comes back with 0; So, my folder in my project looks like this -Cards -Colors Blue.png Green.png Orange.png Yellow.png Purple.png Bla...

iOS4 breaks HTTP requests (POST/GET)

Hey stack, I've had a working version of our codebase working on 3.1.3 and 3.2, and recently we've noticed a substantial drop in the traffic to the URL this request is hitting. After investigation, I noticed that there is no longer any traffic to this URL, subsequently breaking the app completely. This exact code will properly execu...

How do I format an iPhone's app email as a 'form' with input fields ?

Hi, Can somebody explain to me how I can present an email to the iPhone-App-User that has input fields that the User should fill in before sending ?? Simple Example: The user should input their name.... Blockquote NSString *emailBody = @"\ <html><head>\ </head><body>\ <form>First name:<input type="text" name="firstname"...

"Best" Way to Implement a UISegmentedControl underneath a UINavigationBar

Hi all, I am working on an app that uses a navigation controller to control the views. In one part of my app, I want to have a UIView with a UISegmentedControl just underneath the navigation that will "filter" the UITableView. Essentially: ======================================== | < Back) Title Goes Here | <- navigation...

How to steal audio from specific application?

Hello, I am trying to figure out how to capture the audio from a given software running on a mac, just like audio hijack does. I'm aware that this is not the first question on the subject, but I'd like to better understand the possibilities on how to do it. Crete a user space driver is the only solution to achieve it? ...

Objective-C NSURLConnection

Can I put all connection related functions into it's own (singleton?) class or possibly the app delegate? I've got a lot of code repetition right now... eg. this method is in at least 5 files: - (void)connection:(NSURLConnection*)connection didFailWithError:(NSError*)error; Would I just import a class with these methods in it? Do I ...

Getting [NSObject description]s for objects holding circular references.

I have an NSDictionary. It holds several objects, including an array of child NSDictionaries, each of which have an object keyed as @"Parent" that point back to the parent NSDictionary. This circular reference breaks the ability to inspect the object with a classic call like: NSLog(@"%@", [myDictionary description]); Would anyone be ...

[SOLVED] Trouble spotting memory leak cStringUsingEncoding

Hey, I am trying to convert NSString to a C string using cStringUsingEncoding but I have a memory leak. My understanding is that cStringUsingEncoding returns a pointer to a character array that is only guaranteed to exist for the duration of the NSString object. As such you should copy its contents to another string. Here's where my prob...

Nested method calls vs. one-shot variables

What is the best practice when nesting method calls or using one-shot variables? Should you never use one-shot variables? example: [persistentStoreCoordinator addPersistentStoreWithType:NSXMLStoreType configuration:nil URL:[NSURL fileURLWithP...

Using loadNibNamed leaves a memory leak

For some reason, using loadNibNamed: is leaving me with a memory leak. Let's say I have the interfaces: @interface Step : UIViewController { IBOutlet UIView *keyPadPopupView; } @property (nonatomic, assign) IBOutlet UIView *keyPadPopupView; In Step: @synthesize keyPadPopupView; - (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundl...

Invalidate NSTimer not working

I am have created a timer where I convert the remaining time to a string with a format of:"mm:ss" and when the string value of the time is 00:00 I would like to invalidate the timer. For some reason it doesn't work, even when I log the remaining time I see the the value has the correct format so I don't know why my "if" branch in "countT...

bonjour between iphone and mac/windows

Is there any sample that I can use to learn how to transfer text between iPhone and a computer (mac/pc) using bonjour? ...

HTTP Server on iPhone that Supports Public Network?

Hi, I'm currently using cocoahttpserver to do some file sharing thing in my iPhone app. Does anyone know how to use public IP address to connect to the phone, that is to use the Internet, rather than internal connection via WiFi. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks in advance. ...

How to call the viewDidLoad in different time?

Hi, everyone, I want to ask a question about the iPhone application. In my program, I create the UITabBarController with 4 tabs. The 4 tabs display different information and have some connection. When I do something in the tab 4, it will update some data which display in tab 1. However, the page is the same if I add the element in th...

How to listen to microphone input in real time?

hey guys, I'm looking for a tutorial on how to listen to the microphone input while it is recording. I've been searching for a while but nothing really relevant comes up. Is this supported by the SDK or is it a bit of a hack to set up? I've found this but I'd like to find something a little more educational. Any tips? Thanks! ...

What could be causing all these Objective-C build errors

moveMe[639] <Error>: CGContextSaveGState: invalid context moveMe[639] <Error>: CGContextSetBlendMode: invalid context moveMe[639] <Error>: CGContextSetAlpha: invalid context moveMe[639] <Error>: CGContextTranslateCTM: invalid context moveMe[639] <Error>: CGContextScaleCTM: invalid context moveMe[639] <Error>: CGContextDrawImage: invalid ...

Whats more efficent Core Data Fetch or manipulate/create arrays?

I have a core data application and I would like to get results from the db, based on certain parameters. For example if I want to grab only the events that occured in the last week, and the events that occured in the last month. Is it better to do a fetch for the whole entity and then work with that result array, to create arrays out of...