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Update: Balloon Game Tutorial In Xcode 4

Recently I received a few comments and e-mails stating that the beginner’s game programming tutorial featured on this site had issues when running with Xcode 4.  I decided to test things out, and had no issues when running the tutorial in Xcode 4 with the latest release version of the SDK.

You can see a screenshot of the game running in Xcode 4 and the simulator below.

Tool: Objective-C Code Generator For Faster App Development

Found a very interesting tool that I have been using today that is absolutely brilliant for anyone programming in Objective-C on iOS and Mac.  The tool is known as Accesorizer.

What this tool does is allow you to generate repetitive Objective-C code using fully customizable parameters.  It’s tough to explain exactly what this tool does as it is completely different from anything I have used before, and it will take awhile for me to exploit the power of this tool.

Apple Pay Frequency Increasing And Payments Being Consolidated

One of the little complaints is the Apple pay frequency for iOS app store developers, having to wait months, or not meeting the threshold for payment can be unnerving.  While tools have been created by third parties to better track earnings little had been done to improve things since the start of the app store.

The Magic Formula For Getting Your App Featured By Apple

It’s the dream of pretty much everyone who has worked on an app to get an app featured by Apple.  By now I’m sure we’ve all heard the stories of ridiculous profits that can be earned within a few days.

Now the problem is, how does Apple choose which apps are featured?  I’ve seen absolute junk get featured in the Canadian app store while some brilliant apps seem to get glanced over.  So unfortunately,  no matter what luck definitely seems to be the biggest factor in the formula for getting your apps featured in the magic formula.

Get iAds Into Your App Fast With This Tutorial

You may have heard about how some  apps have been making a lot of money through advertising.

The eBuddy success story comes to mind, but for most of us it’s a tough way to earn money, and to earn the most money we’ve had to put a price tag on things.  It’s really been an up or down thing, and since the early rush from advertisers the payouts went down dramatically and stabilized.