Yesterday Apple made the event official – at least according to the flurry of post about people receiving invites to an event: here, here, and here. If the rumors are to believed, this should be the launch of iOS7, iPhone5s, and iPhone5c, with a purchase date almost immediately thereafter. (According to Sept. 20th. In the […]
Author: Michael Rowe
Core Data and iOS (Part 2)
In the last post, I described how to create the template Core Data App, and showed you a few screenshots. In this one I’ll walk thru the files that are created: First lest’s look at the structure of the project. We choose a universal app, so we have two storyboards, one for the iPad and […]
Core Data and iOS
I’ve been working on a new app lately, and I’ve taken this time to try and teach myself CoreData. CoreData is the mechanism by which Apple has taken traditional SQL database and mapped it to the programming model used in iOS apps. Over the next few blog entries I will try and describe my learning […]
Is Your App Ready
If the rumor mill is to be believed, Apple will announce their new iPhone on Sept. 10th. That is not too far away, and as such means developers are working hard to have launch titles available. Realistically, I doubt that Apple will make the iPhone 5s/c or whatever it will be called, ready on the […]
Android – Root or wait?
For my Android needs, I currently have an Galaxy Tab 2 (10 inch). It is running Android 4.2.1 and I have been wanting to install the latest version of Android, but Samsung has yet to roll the update out for my device. I have read that they are rolling it out around the world, but […]
Apple finishes update to Developer Portal
Last night, as I was checking my email before going to bed, I got a note from Apple that their replace/rebuild of the Developer portal had been completed and all services are working again. Great news, and hopefully Apple has addressed, not only the security flaws identified by the Turkish researcher, but any fundamental design […]
iOS7 Adoption amongst Developers
I recently posted a blog entry about upgrading your app, if you should support past versions of iOS or Android. So imagine my delight when I saw this post – Majority of Developers working on iOS7 Updates. A study shows that 52% of iOS developers plan on making their apps require iOS7 and drop support […]
Security and will Monday see another iOS Beta?
Prior to the security issues on Apple’s site over a week ago, Apple had been on a bi-weekly cadence for iOS and OS X beta releases. Last Monday, (July 22nd) the developer portal was down while Apple rebuilt the site to address the security issues no iOS beta was reported to be released. With less […]
More Progress on Apple Site
Great news, last night the 2nd major round of site updates were deployed by Apple. As you can see the site now lets you get to the developer sites for iOS, Mac, and Safari, along with certificates, and software downloads. Here’s hoping that we are not far from Apple getting back on track for beta […]
Latest Update on Apple Site
Last night Apple sent a note to developers with an update on their site status. A new site has been created to let you know the system status of their efforts to recover from the recent site security breach. Bookmark this page so you know when to start testing iOS7 and xCode 5.