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Mixing iPhone Components With OpenGL ES
Something that I’ve been asked in the past is whether it was possible (or allowed) to mix the iPhone’s UI (UIkit) components with OpenGL ES views. I can certainly understand the desire to do this, after all who wouldn’t want the convenience of using interface builder while having the power of raw OpenGL ES. My response in the past was always, yes it is possible, but there are performance implications, and Apple used to give warnings about instability.
Getting The Most Out Of The Three20 Open Source Library
I mentioned the Three20 open source library many months ago as a quick way to perform many utility operations within your app quickly such as photo-viewing, creating stylized buttons, and http caching.
Since then I’ve come across several tutorials that have really helped get more out of this library, and add some pretty cool functionality to iPhone apps.
Learning iPhone Game Programming Book
Just a quick shout out from a book from 71 Squared, the creators of the excellent iPhone game programming videos that you may have been found on this site.
Mike Daley’s upcoming book iPhone Game Programming has been released as a rough cut (essentially a beta verson of the book). You can read about it here: Learning iPhone Game Programming – available on Safari Rough Cuts.
[Source: 71 Squared]
7 Massive Marketing Mistakes GUARANTEED To Even Kill Killer Apps
Editors Note: I received this submission, and I was reluctant to look at it since there seems to be a flood of marketers trying to cash in as app marketing experts. I decided to accept this one as it is somewhat different, and didn’t simply provide a simplistic list of tips such as take good screenshots, start a blog, or sell internationally. Please comment on whether you’d like to see more content on app marketing in the future. – John
Is It Worth Advertising Your App With Admob?
Purchasing ads in the Admob network is a method used by many to increase the number of downloads their app receives.
The question is, would it be worth it to purchase ads for your app?
Recently, the owners of Strip Creator, a $1.99 app that allows you to create comic book strips using photo library or camera pictures ran a campaign to test the Admob network.