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When you create any kind of app that will go on Apple’s App Store, they require you to have an icon for your app. Well because of the number of different devices and resolutions out there, you’ll need multiple copies of this icon before submission. This script can do that for you in a few seconds!
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This week I’d like to share a piece of a project I’m currently working on that I use to figure out how big my sprites should be on the screen.
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I was casually walking back to my car when my right ankle buckled. In order to prevent me from twisting my ankle, my body reacted by falling appropriately. Unfortunately for me, I was holding my new 3rd generation iPad (64GB with 4G) at the time.
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Oddly enough, I get this question a lot. Many of the iOS developers I hang out with are in the game development business and iOS games in general are a hot commodity right now (about 40% of the App Store!).
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Do you have an app that takes so much resources and power that you’d rather just not support an older iOS device? It’s not recommended (since these users will feel left out), but it is possible.
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It’s been all but confirmed that the iPad 3 will be released sometime in March, or shortly there-after. What does that mean for software developers like us and what does that mean for others with apps already?
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As someone who owns their own company, it seems like always working, even when I’m on vacation. The working part of my brain is still on, just waiting for opportunity in the background when the moment arrives.
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I get this question a lot. So much that I decided to make a blog post about it. If you don’t want to read the rest of the article, I’ll tell you the answer right now: It depends. Let me tell you why…
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Apple makes it easy to set up Google’s e-mail and calendar on our iOS devices, but there’s a better way to do it! If you’re a Google power user, this is for you!
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Most of the clients I work with use Xcode to run a project for testing on their own system and devices. Clients can easily use Xcode to get the latest code updates straight from the Subversion (SVN) repository. This article is a guide for anyone working with developers on a Xcode project.
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