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In doing localization work, I found several useful links, but this is the most concise: Localization Guide for iPhone Applications, built with Apple Xcode The… Read More »Localize an iPhone App

iPhone UIView Has Blurred Subview | markjnet As the box is sized with an even number of pixels, 174 x 82, setting the origin relative… Read More »iPhone UIView Has Blurred Subview | markjnet

JSON Framework Codesign – “object file format invalid or unsuitable” « Matt Galloway’s iPhone Apps (reposted here for archival) I started using the lovely json-framework… Read More »JSON Framework Codesign – “object file format invalid or unsuitable” « Matt Galloway’s iPhone Apps

I got an icon from a client w/ the corners already rounded and reflection added. I knew this was optional on the app store submission,… Read More »iPhone icon optional reflection/rounding

Cocoa Samurai: Complete Xcode Keyboard Shortcut List (UPDATED) Nuf said.

Conditional Linking to System Frameworks – CoreServices – iPhone Dev SDK Forum For 2.2.x… There may be occasions when you need to configure your application… Read More »Conditional Linking to System Frameworks – CoreServices – iPhone Dev SDK Forum

Installing iPhone SDK 3.0 The key step being number 5 below… 1. Boot into a partition with the Mac OS X v10.5.6 or later installed.… Read More »Installing iPhone SDK 3.0

Adding phonenumbers to ABPerson Also, email addresses are similar… [sourcecode lang=”cpp”] // Where email is the string and kABOtherLabel cd also be kABHomeLabel or kABWorkLabel.… Read More »Adding phonenumbers to ABPerson

I went back to an old project I hadn’t worked on in a while and got this error… ASSERTION FAILURE in /SourceCache/DevToolsBase/DevToolsBase-1148/pbxcore/Target.subproj/XCCodeSignContext.m:458 Details:  Error: failed… Read More »Build error after upgrading to iPhone SDK 2.2

iPhone on Rails and ObjectiveResource I can’t say it better than their site does: “Making communication between the iPhone and a Rails web-service pain-free.” “love… Read More »iPhone on Rails and ObjectiveResource

There’s lots of sites that talk about getting the AddressBook and such, but I wanted a good example and had a hard time finding code… Read More »iPhone AddressBook Names in App

Apparently there is a bug/feature in the Apple SDK such that until the user goes into the settings area for an app, the settings are… Read More »NSUserDefaults/Settings.bundle not loaded, returning nils

speedlimit speedlimit is a Leopard preference pane for limiting your network bandwidth to one of a couple different speeds—768k DSL, Edge, 3G, and Dialup. This… Read More »speedlimit – test your app in realworld connection speeds

Basically copy another file (either the Root.plist or something else) and name it whatever you like into the <your project>/Settings.bundle dir. Then just collapse and… Read More »Adding a new file to the Settings Bundle

From: Add entry to contacts using iPhone SDK « Mr. Rask This is what the code looks like: ABAddressBookRef addressBook = ABAddressBookCreate(); ABRecordRef person =… Read More »iPhone: add contacts to the address book

For JSON on the iPhone, I recommend this http://code.google.com/p/json-framework/ For “installation“… Option 1: Copy the JSON source files into your project This is the simplest… Read More »JSON on iPhone

Here’s a great resource for working with maps on the iPhone: http://code.google.com/p/iphone-google-maps-component/ This code will allow you to add maps which are interactive including panning… Read More »Maps on iPhone