Posts Tagged ‘iphone programming’
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.
iPhone Math Library – Open Source 400%+ Faster
If you’re app makes extensive use of trigonometry (and if you’re working on game development then you probably are) then you probably make extensive use of the built in math functions. This isn’t the first open source iPhone math library to offer a speed increase, but it is the only one as far as I know that is still in active development.
According to Apple apps that make extensive use of floating point numbers should not make use of the thumb compiling option which reduces code size.
How To Use Xcode’s Folder References
If you’ve been programming on the iPhone and iPad you may have noticed that the way you format file paths can seem quite odd.
I know they certainly do for me, and for the most part I have avoided separating the resources in my apps into separate folders to avoid having to go through the multi-line and annoying process of setting up the correct paths.
The Best Resources In iOS Development July 12th 2010 (For Week 07/03-07/09)
The number of resources being shared for iOS developers has grown dramatically. I created this site to feature my own tutorials and tips along with those created by other iPhone programmers.
It seems that with the introduction of the iPad and iPhone 4 there is an explosion in the number of resources and blog posts for iOS development, and it certainly appears that the popularity of the iOS SDK has hit a new peak.
Core Animation: Simplified Animation Techniques – Book Review
Core Animation is a topic that I’ve brought up a few times showing some code snippets for simple animation effects, and talking about how it could be used in simple games. Unfortunately the amount of material available covering Core Animation has been somewhat lacking, and nothing especially specifically covering iPhone OS 3. Fortunately Core Animation: Simplified Animation Techniques For Mac And iPhone Development was released in Late 2009 that covers this topic in more depth.