Questions tagged [iphone]
The iPhone is a touch screen mobile device by Apple Computer Inc. running the mobile iOS operating system.
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How should a developer reject impossible requirements? [closed]
Here's the problem I'm facing:
Quote From Project Manager:
Hey Spark, I'm assigning you the task of developing a framework that could be used for many different iOS applications. Here are the ...
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How to avoid big and clumsy UITableViewController on iOS?
I have a problem when implementing the MVC-pattern on iOS. I have searched the Internet but seems not to find any nice solution to this problem.
Many UITableViewController implementations seems to ...
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what is a dylib?
I am developing an iphone app and working through some sample code I saw, which uses libz.dylib. I did some research and found nothing enlightening, other than libz.dylib could be used for zip files, ...
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MonoTouch vs Objective-C for iPhone/iPod/iPad development [closed]
For someone with .Net experience and wanting to develop for iPhone/iPod/iPad, is it worth learning Objective-C? Is MonoTouch a good alternative? What are some of the trade-offs when using MonoTouch vs ...
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Why it is necessary to to test my iPhone app on actual iPhone device
I developed one application for iPhone and now I want it on App Store. So many my iOS geek friends told me to test it on actual device i.e. on iPhone.
So I wonder that why it is necessary to to test ...
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What is the benefit of 64 bit A7 in iPhone
I'm trying to figure out why going to 64 bit processors is such a big deal in an iPhone. I understand that there will be twice as many registers so the processor can work with twice as much data which ...
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As a Europe-based company, is it possible to write a custom iPad application for a customer?
Our customer wants us to write a custom application for him that he can use on a handful of iPads in his company. This application is probably only useful for this one customer (maybe for two or three ...
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Any hard evidence on how much smart phone app developers have actually earned? [closed]
I am considering making a smart phone app. Before I start, I want to see whether it is worthwhile at all. Unfortunatelly, I find it very hard to find any hard evidence on how much the developers of ...
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Current iOS version/device statistics?
The answer to this SO question has become stale: iOS version/device statistics - where can I find?
because time currency wasn't part of that question, and iOS version updates have been release since ...
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MonoTouch/MonoDroid + C# = trustable? [duplicate]
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MonoTouch vs Objective-C for iPhone/iPod/iPad development
As a C# developer, would you learn Java to develop for Android or use MonoDroid instead?
I'm very curious about the ...
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Revenue sharing with customer who is unable to pay development fee [closed]
I have a potential customer who has an idea for an ipad application but is unable to find sufficient fundings for this.
One idea that came up is that I do the work either for free or for a minor fee ...
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Is a simple iPhone app more appealing to users than a mobile website?
My client wants to do an iPhone app because she's found that people are significantly more likely to use the iPhone app over a mobile optimized site. The iPhone app is very simple - it just displays a ...
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Is it unethical to track app usage through REST API calls?
I am building an app that communicates with my website with ASIHTTPRequest to a PHP-based REST API on the server side.
Naturally, in my app I have different endpoints on the server side, and usually ...
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Cloud service and IM protocol advice, for a backend to group chat mobile app
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I’m going to develop an app on Android and iOS. It will allow users to set up group ‘chat rooms’ and talk on chat rooms set up by other users. The service needs to be highly scalable, such ...
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Is it possible to use C++ code in an objective-c iPhone app
I'm thinking about writing an application that will have a web-version and an iPhone version (and perhaps later also an android version).
Since there is some algorithms that are the same on the ...
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How much C/C++ knowledge is needed for Objective-C/iPhone development?
First, a little background. I'm a .Net developer (C#) and have over 5 years experience in both web development and desktop applications. I've been wanting to look into iPhone development for some time ...
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Is it better to target iOS 5 and ARC or an earlier version with MRC?
I personally don't know much about iOS 5, but it seems like with automatic reference counting (ARC), you get rid of much of the memory management issues of the previous operating systems.
So is it ...
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"Release Early Release Often" for Android and iPhone Apps
I wanted to know the experiences others have about doing the Agile way of "Release Early, Release Often" with iPhone and Android Apps. Its not a problem with webapps as the update happens at the ...
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Observing MVC, can/should the Model be instantiated in the ViewController? Or where?
I'm writing an experimental iPhone app to learn about the MVC paradigm. I instantiate my Model class in the ViewController class. Is this stupid?
I'm asking because storing the id of the Model class, ...
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Copyright Laws for Apps
For my app that I'm about to release, I have used a bunch of 3rd party classes found for free online. I checked all the liscenses before using the code and each one said I could use the code ...
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What's the proper way to organize ViewControllers and XIB?
I am developing a very simple iPhone game with this view hierarchy:
Main Menu View
└> New Game View
| └> Player vs Computer Game View
| | └> Pause View
| | └> End ...
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Which mobile development platform is easiest to develop? [closed]
From your experience in developing mobile apps, which mobile development platform is easiest to develop? iOS, Android or WinPhone 7? And why would do you think it is the easiest? If you can order it ...
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Is there a way to dispute or challenge poor iPhone app reviews?
Problem: user has left review of iPhone app which is simply incorrect
Question: is there a way to make contact with the reviewer and a) explain how what they've said is incorrect and help them with ...
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Basic hardware for iPhone development [closed]
I am new to Mac. If I want to start a iPhone development, what is the basic hardware I require? Would Mac Mini be good enough?
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Can python and php work together?
I am having a mobile app created for ios. The developers built the app in php. The app requires an algorithm so I found another programmer to develop it. The algorithm programmer built the algorithm ...
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Connecting mobile apps to a web service; What is it called and where do I start?
I have some basic knowledge of iOS development and I want to now start connecting my apps to databases hosted on the internet, so that users will have access to remote / public data that pertains to ...
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Mobile App Development Language Converter?
I was talking with a friend about developing a mobile app (android/iphone) but I've never messed around with mobile app development code before.
My friend flippantly told me that I don't "need to ...
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New to iPhone Development - iOS5 Storyboard [closed]
I'm new here and pretty new to iOS development. My question is basically, should I learn the old school development methods or just learn how to do things using the latest tools (i.e. Storyboard)?
I'...
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What is a good design pattern to implement REST services on mobile?
It is easy to implement calls to API endpoints, then to parse JSON and handle the data - but what is a good design pattern for this?
Here are some ways I have tried but I feel like there should be a ...
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do I need French export compliance approval to submit an iOS app that uses encryption? [closed]
My company just (5th July 2011) received the following email from Apple:
Starting in the first week of July,
apps that meet the following criteria
are required to comply with French
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WWDC 2012 announced features on iOS 5?
I am relatively new to iOS development, so after watching a bunch of WWDC videos announcing new awesome features for the iPhone SDK, I still got a few questions regarding their support for older ...
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Do Universal iOS Apps have more "issues" when new versions of iOS come out?
I was discussing developing an iOS App with a client and I mentioned that we should ideally have a Universal App that would perform as an iPhone App on an iPhone and as an iPad App on an iPad.
The ...
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How can I manage my ViewControllers in my game?
I'm building a very simple iOS game that doesn't require any fancy OpenGL; I'd like to stick with Core Graphics & Core Animation. I'd like to make this a fullscreen game, and my question is of ...
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What is the industry term for those "earn credit by affiliates" programs in iPhone/Android/etc games?
In iPhone, Android, and other gaming platforms you can sometimes earn credit by installing other games, going to someones website, even signing up for a credit card.
For iPhone, for example, there ...
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Making sure nobody has created an app for something before?
I've an idea for a smartphone game app. I want to make sure nobody has made an app like this before; how can I check that? I don't want to remake something that already exists now.
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iPhone vs Windows Phone development
I am a computer science student working on some mobile games. However, I am completely torn and keep going back and forth deciding whether to learn Windows Phone or iPhone development.
I love ...
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Do I need to notify a user if I am using statistics software in an iPhone app?
I am currently creating a (very simple) Objective-C client to send basic statistical data to my server for an iPhone app - just things like the state of the app (first-launch or launch, error, etc), ...
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What are the most over-saturated iPhone App category/markets? [closed]
I'm considering learning iPhone development and Objective C but don't want to avoid developing something for the most saturated markets and app categories.
What categories should I avoid? Are there ...
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Is it possible to create and boot a scratch-built Operating System for iTouch devices?
So, what would I need to write "Hello world" on the iPod Touch on boot? Make that the entire operating system? Which compiler would I use, how would the graphics be done...? Can this be done without ...
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Are there any significant advantages to using a native language for mobile app development? [closed]
Forgive me if this question has already been answered but I couldn't quite find the answer I was looking for. What I wanted to know was, is there any significant advantage to using a native language ...
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Possible to Comment on a storyboard?
I recently started working for a company that has me making mockups for an app they'd like to see converted to an iPhone app. I have not been informed as to how all the boards fit together, but I do ...
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Value of Internationalization in the iPhone App store?
I have several iOS/iPhone apps that have been continually selling in small amounts in over 2 dozen different countries, even though the app UIs and all the store descriptions are only in English. In ...
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If I develop a media player for mobile or desktop do I have to pay for a license if my player is able to read MP3 files?
I know MP3 is not open source format but proprietary and I found this website http://mp3licensing.com/help/developers.html that states that you need a license for basically everything that uses MP3.
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Two factor authentication using time base key generator on smartphones
I recently enabled two factor authentication for my Google account. One of the ways of getting the second factor (the key that I have) is to install an Android app on my phone that displays a key for ...
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Android or iPhone application collecting payments [closed]
I'm starting to study a project that mainly will allows users to make payments from their iPhones or Androids. Since I don't have e-commerce experience and also I have never owned a smartphone, I ask ...
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How do large companies deal with the 100 device limit in the Apple Developer Program [closed]
As far as I know both the regular and enterprise developer programs both have a 100 iPhone limit for development. I don't mean distributing the app for testing where the limit is higher, but for ...
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Core data syncing (deletion) using a custom REST web service
I need to sync my local core data stack against a server running a persistent data storage underneath the covers. (I've gone through other posts here and on SO on similar topics)
My requirements:
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How often should one update an app with a new version?
I've created my own iPhone app which is presently in the App Store. What is the maximum period that should pass without a new version update? What is the average time span between version releases?
I'...
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Saving Passwords To The Local Device
So In my app (iOS), you have to register in order to use the service (a food service). But in order to change details about your account (username, password, and email), you have to reenter your ...
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Need advice on which route I should take for porting app from Android to iOS [closed]
I have developed this android application and I am looking to port it to iOS.
My questions are:
1) I am planning to finance the iOS development with the money earn't from the android sales which is ...
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