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DevJuice: Injection for Xcode

by Erica Sadun (May 10th, 2012)

Are you one of the many devs who miss Xcode's "Fix and Continue" feature? Apple removed "Fix and Continue" in Xcode 4. This option allowed you to patch your binary with updated code, as you ran and debugged it. Well, there's good news. Developer John Holdsworth has released Injection for Xcode. ...

DevJuice: Promotion from the Trenches

by Erica Sadun (May 9th, 2012)

TUAW Dev Juice talks with Mac developer Lyle Andrews, who agreed to discuss his real-world experience launching applications. He'll be sharing tips and hints about practical app promotion skills. I want to thank you for taking the time to talk to me and to TUAW readers. The reason I asked you ...

DevJuice: Should I develop cross platform?

by Erica Sadun (May 8th, 2012)

App Store. Android. Amazon. If you're a developer, there are lots of possible venues competing for your attention. So which one is worth your time and energy? I turned to Avatron Founder and CEO Dave Howell for the answer. Avatron makes Air Display, a popular app that allows you to use a mobile ...

TUAW Bookshelf -- The Business of iPhone and iPad Development: Making and Marketing Apps

by Erica Sadun (May 7th, 2012)

A recommendation by Chris Forsythe pointed me to Dave Wooldridge and Michael Schneider's book "The Business of iPhone and iPad Development: Making and Marketing Apps" (Apress, 2011). A practical primer on creating your business plan, the book offers advice on topics diverse as protecting ...

DevJuice: Sim Launcher updated

by Erica Sadun (May 3rd, 2012)

Landon Fuller of the Plausible Labs cooperative has just updated simlaunch, a github project that allows you to create iOS Simulator application bundles that launch from the desktop. This utility helps developers to share builds for testing, for promotion, and for fun that run on the Mac ...

DevJuice: Apple begins unique identifier crackdown

by Erica Sadun (Mar 25th, 2012)

The Verge writes that Apple has apparently begun to crack down on apps submitted using the now deprecated UDID (unique device identifier) APIs that allow developers to track individual devices. The programmer interface used to return an alphanumeric string unique to each deployed device. It was ...

DevJuice: ShipIt! provides customizable image resizing for multiresolution development

by Erica Sadun (Feb 21st, 2012)

ShipIt!, currently on sale for $0.99 at the Mac App Store, offers a simple utility for resizing multiresolution images. Its suite of standardized image formats (such as 512x512 iTunes artwork, 57x57 iPhone icons, and 72x72 iPad ones) ensure that you can create consistent elements from your core ...

DevJuice: Can I move Xcode off my main drive?

by Erica Sadun (Feb 20th, 2012)

Dear Dev Juice, Now that Xcode 4.3 is supposed to live in /Applications, can I move it off my main drive? I used to have it on my secondary, because I have a fast SSD as my primary. Also, where are all the files located, like the simulator? John Dear John, At over 3 GB, the new Xcode distro is ...

Dev Juice: The Art of Readable Code

by Erica Sadun (Nov 18th, 2011)

"The Art of Readable Code" by Dustin Boswell and Trevor Foucher is a fairly short work at under 200 pages, but it addresses a topic near and dear to many developers' hearts. Littered with cartoons and code samples, it's meant to convey the basic philosophy of creating well-structured code that ...

Dev Juice: New localization tool simplifies multi-language development

by Erica Sadun (Nov 16th, 2011)

Does multi-language Cocoa or Cocoa Touch development drive you nuts? With so many strings files and a need for high precision, you're not alone. A new application called Linguan may help simplify your work. Linguan ($4.99), from Drobnik KG, transforms the way you edit localization files. Instead ...

Dev Juice: When should you use out-of-app Settings?

by Erica Sadun (Nov 7th, 2011)

Dear Dev Juice, I've heard all the lectures and I understand that the discoverability of third party prefs in the Settings app is near zero. I also get that it's now best practice that developers should put preferences inside applications with custom screens. I'm writing to ask this: what use ...

DevJuice: HockeyApp improves crash reports, beta testing

by Erica Sadun (Oct 10th, 2011)

You may be familiar with the well-respected TestFlight beta distribution service. Now, HockeyApp has arrived on the scene to give TestFlight a little competition. TUAW sat down with its developer to discover what the service might mean to you. Like TestFlight, HockeyApp offers a core beta ...

Dev Juice: Automatic Reference Counting

by Erica Sadun (Sep 22nd, 2011)

Dear Dev Juice, I'm so confused. Is ARC Automatic Reference Counting or Automated Reference Counting? And is it Manual Retain and Release or Manual Reference Counting? Help a guy out. Paul W. Dear Paul, Let's separate those two questions because there's a cut-and-dried answer for the ...

Dev Juice: Help find me a standalone property editor

by Erica Sadun (Aug 31st, 2011)

"Dear Dev Juice, With Lion and new xCode 4, Property List Editor is missing. Opening xCode to just be able to edit a plist file is not what I want. So my question is how do you edit your plist files ? Do you know an alternative to xCode 4? Thanks. Thierry" Dear Thierry, If you ...

Dev Juice: Help me leverage Lion-only features

by Erica Sadun (Aug 29th, 2011)

Dear Dev Juice, I'm part of a tiny company developing iOS apps. We're about to develop our first Mac OS X app. There are many cool new features in MAC OS X Lion and we'd like to take advantage of these. However, this would mean only people on Lion could use our app... Do you think most people ...