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Avatron retires Air Dictate tool for remote Siri dictation

by Erica Sadun (Jan 23rd, 2012)

Avatron is a company well known for their iOS and Mac utilities. We are particularly fond of their Air Sharing apps and Air Display, among others. They have a reputation for building solid, reliable products. I could sense the dismay in CEO Dave Howell's message when he pinged me today to let me ...

App developers skirt Apple's 100-device testing limit

by Mike Schramm (Dec 30th, 2011)

The Wall Street Journal reports that some big iOS developers are having a real issue with Apple's limit on testing devices. According to the App Store rules, developers are restricted to 100 devices for testing via ad-hoc distribution. That may sound like a lot (and it likely is for small or ...

TeleNav announces free HTML5-based GPS nav service

by Steven Sande (Dec 14th, 2011)

TeleNav is a large provider of GPS navigation applications for smartphones and in-car infotainment systems. Whether it's the AT&T Navigator app or Ford vehicles, TeleNav is behind the scenes. Today the company announced the upcoming availability of an HTML5-based navigation service that works ...

LiveCode launches Game Academy

by Kelly Guimont (Dec 7th, 2011)

Starting today, if you want to be a mobile developer, you have a prime opportunity to make it happen. RunRev, makers of LiveCode, are offering Game Academy, an online course in game development. Here's how it works: Over the course of seven weeks (there's a break in the middle for Christmas), ...

Dev Juice: Stanford updates courses to iOS 5

by Erica Sadun (Nov 22nd, 2011)

Stanford's extremely popular series of iPad and iPhone development classes have been updated to iOS 5. Join instructor Paul Hegarty for a series of 9 lectures (to date) that cover basic iOS application design. Topics in this iTunes U series include model-view-controller basics, Objective C, ...

MacTech 2011 pulls in huge attendance, videos available now

by Mike Schramm (Nov 4th, 2011)

MacTech Conference 2011 was held this week in Los Angeles, California, and since last year, this conference has definitely grown. There were almost twice as many people as last year's event, says MacTech publisher Neil Ticktin, reaching a total of almost 350 people. There were plenty of great ...

An iOS developer's take on Android development

by Steven Sande (Aug 2nd, 2011)

iOS developers who create successful products for Apple's mobile platforms are often faced with feedback from potential users asking "When are you going to move XYZ over to the Android platform?" Developer Nick Farina is the co-founder of Meridian Apps, a company that develops a platform for ...

Apple posts iOS 5.0 Beta 4

by Erica Sadun (Jul 22nd, 2011)

Is it time for a new beta already? I was just getting used to Beta 3, which was such a relief after Beta 2. Apple has posted iOS 5 Beta 4 at the iOS developer site. The new beta is ready for you to download and install, as well as the other items that have been synchronously updated to support ...

Apple posts iOS 5 Beta 3, other developer updates

by Erica Sadun (Jul 11th, 2011)

If the bugs and instability of iOS 5 Beta 2 are driving you completely, utterly, and totally nuts[1], then this news will surely please you. Apple just posted iOS 5 Beta 3 at its developer site and it's ready for you to download, enjoy, and rip out your hair as you refactor your code. Again. If ...

Dev Juice: Help me create a hidden logo

by Erica Sadun (Jul 6th, 2011)

Dear Dev Juice, How do you implement that slightly egotistical Apple logo hidden in iBooks.app if you drag the bookshelf down from the top? Brandon E. Dear Brandon Ah. You speak of the hidden drag-to-reveal logo. Actually, that's super-easy to do. Just remember that you can add ...

Dev Juice: How do I autocomplete in Xcode 4?

by Erica Sadun (Jul 5th, 2011)

Dear Dev Juice, I just moved from Xcode 3 to Xcode 4. How can I make autocomplete give me a template? I type -(void)deal and the drop down pops up. tab just completes the dealloc word. I want it to pop out the template for me. Space bar doesn't work, enter, escape, nothing anymore. I need ...

XBLA developer Twisted Pixel aiming for iOS

by Mike Schramm (Jun 28th, 2011)

Touch Arcade recently chatted with the CEO of developer Twisted Pixel Michael Wilford. Twisted Pixel is the group behind Xbox Live Arcade hits like The Maw and Splosion Man, the latter of which was the "influence" for Capcom's "MaXplosion." Touch Arcade asked about iOS development, and Wilford ...

iOS 5 Beta 2 ready for download

by Erica Sadun (Jun 24th, 2011)

iOS 5 Beta 2 is now available for download from Apple's developer site. If you are a paid ($99/year) dev, you can sign in with your developer credentials to gain access to this beta. The beta is, as always, released under the terms of Apple's NDA. For that reason, enhancements, APIs and features ...

Dev Juice: Help me fix my UIView animations

by Erica Sadun (Jun 21st, 2011)

Dear Dev Juice, I'm having an issue with UIView animations, that I'm struggling to describe in keywords, so I can't find anything helpful with Google. The problem is that I can't seem to work out how to make a UIButton move relative to the bottom of the parent view, as I shrink the parent ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Installing new betas borks my production Xcode

by Erica Sadun (Jun 20th, 2011)

Dear Aunt TUAW, Every time I install a new Xcode beta these days, it kills my production Xcode and I can't submit to App Store. What gives? I thought you said that Xcode installs could live side-by-side in separate folders! Your loving nephew, Scott McA. Dear Scott, Although you can ...