XCode has changed a lot over the last few years and it becomes difficult for newbies to hit the ground even with basics of event handling etc. since the available literature refers how things were handled in earlier versions of XCode but now the approach has changed with iOS5 and XCode 4.2. In the video [...]
If you have been thinking of taking a plunge into iPhone / iPad programming and are not sure where to start then this EBook is for you. App-Crafter.com has a good introductory ebook about iPhone / iPad programming for free. Don’t expect a lot of syntax related details as it’s only about 70 pages but in it’s [...]
Recently QualComm launched Augmented Reality SDK for developing Apps based on iOS platform. Qualcomm has a dedicated site for company’s work in Augmented Reality space and has SDKs for iOS and Android platforms for building Augmented Reality based applications. In this post I’ll be going through the steps to access and run a sample [...]
Apple released iOS 5 Beta 6 today for developers. Beta 6 is also “On the Air” update like beta 4 and beta 5 and the upgrade is seamless. I haven’t really come across any issue so far. Here are some screenshots from the installation process. Once iPad is upgraded you would need updated iTunes for [...]
If you are new to iPhone / iPad programming and are still at a stage where you wish you didn’t have to learn objective C because of it’s syntax complexities then you are not alone. Anyone who takes a plunge in the world of iPhone / iPad programming or is thinking of doing so has [...]
If you are new to Objective and still getting used to the new terminology of implementation, protocols and what not. Here is a cheat sheet with information about basic terminology about objective C.
Apple launched iOS 5 Beta 5 today for iOS developers. It comes in Over The Air (OTA) update form just like iOS Beta 4 i.e. you can update the software wirelessly from your iPhone / iPod / iPad itself without connecting the device to computer if you don’t want to. Here is a step by [...]
CoolIris launched a set of open source APIs for iOS with features to use the front-end products by CoolIris. Most of the APIs in this package are meant for use in products Decks and Discover by Cooliris that provides features to have a graphic rich shopping experience on iPad / iPhone and a rich experience [...]
If you are one of those who like the Nuance speech recognition SDK but don’t like paying for using it then there is a good news for you. http://www.ispeech.org/ has a free text to speech and speech to text recognition system for iOS based devices. Register for a developer account here if you are interested [...]
Last week Apple launched the third beta edition of it’s latest mobile operating system iOS 5. First two beta editions of the OS were not that stable but this one appears to be much better. Here is how you can have the OS on your iPad – Before I get started, my assumption is that [...]
