Comments for Ole Begemann: iPhone Development http://oleb.net iPhone Development, Cocoa and Objective-C Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:19:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Porting RRGlossCausticShader to the iPhone by Roy Ratcliffe http://oleb.net/blog/2010/02/porting-rrglosscausticshader-to-the-iphone/#comment-643 Roy Ratcliffe Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:19:22 +0000 http://oleb.net/?p=378#comment-643 Excellent work Ole! I've merged your enhancements as requested, albeit with a few more enhancements. Makes you wonder: where should it go from here? Kind regards, Roy Excellent work Ole! I’ve merged your enhancements as requested, albeit with a few more enhancements. Makes you wonder: where should it go from here?

Kind regards,
Roy

]]> Comment on The Music Player Framework in iPhone SDK 3.0 by Ole Begemann http://oleb.net/blog/2009/07/the-music-player-framework-in-the-iphone-sdk/#comment-580 Ole Begemann Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:40:57 +0000 http://oleb.net/blog/2009/07/the-music-player-framework-in-the-iphone-sdk/#comment-580 Shubham: there should be no difference in an OpenGL-based app. You can use the exact same calls. You can even use the media picker if you want. If you want to create your own OpenGL-based media picker, you have to build it from scratch, of course. Shubham: there should be no difference in an OpenGL-based app. You can use the exact same calls. You can even use the media picker if you want. If you want to create your own OpenGL-based media picker, you have to build it from scratch, of course.

]]> Comment on The Music Player Framework in iPhone SDK 3.0 by shubham http://oleb.net/blog/2009/07/the-music-player-framework-in-the-iphone-sdk/#comment-578 shubham Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:14:37 +0000 http://oleb.net/blog/2009/07/the-music-player-framework-in-the-iphone-sdk/#comment-578 How can we get ipod song lists and other functionalities in an OPENGL iphone app?? any pointers or examples? How can we get ipod song lists and other functionalities in an OPENGL iphone app??

any pointers or examples?

]]> Comment on Book Review: Cocoa Design Patterns by Book Review: Cocoa Design Patterns › Ole Begemann: iPhone Development | Mac Affinity http://oleb.net/blog/2010/01/book-review-cocoa-design-patterns/#comment-572 Book Review: Cocoa Design Patterns › Ole Begemann: iPhone Development | Mac Affinity Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:31:11 +0000 http://oleb.net/?p=331#comment-572 [...] Continued here: Book Review: Cocoa Design Patterns › Ole Begemann: iPhone Development [...] [...] Continued here: Book Review: Cocoa Design Patterns › Ole Begemann: iPhone Development [...]

]]> Comment on Mutable Properties of Immutable Objects by Book Review: Cocoa Design Patterns › Ole Begemann: iPhone Development http://oleb.net/blog/2009/11/mutable-properties-of-immutable-objects/#comment-570 Book Review: Cocoa Design Patterns › Ole Begemann: iPhone Development Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:58:03 +0000 http://oleb.net/?p=333#comment-570 [...] I pointed out a minor mistake in the book in an earlier post, I highly recommend Erik M. Buck’s and Donald A. Yacktman’s [...] [...] I pointed out a minor mistake in the book in an earlier post, I highly recommend Erik M. Buck’s and Donald A. Yacktman’s [...]

]]> Comment on The Music Player Framework in iPhone SDK 3.0 by Günni http://oleb.net/blog/2009/07/the-music-player-framework-in-the-iphone-sdk/#comment-563 Günni Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:08:03 +0000 http://oleb.net/blog/2009/07/the-music-player-framework-in-the-iphone-sdk/#comment-563 Hi, I've developed a simple application to display the current song info. It works fine with the normal ipod app. However, when I use the iphone connected to my car radio and when it is remotely controlled by this, I get the following behaviour: The notifcation handleNowPlayingItemChanged is received by my application, but the app does not get any info about the currently playing item. Any ideas if this is normal behaviour when the iphone is connnected to another device or if I'm doing something wrong? Hi, I’ve developed a simple application to display the current song info. It works fine with the normal ipod app. However, when I use the iphone connected to my car radio and when it is remotely controlled by this, I get the following behaviour:
The notifcation handleNowPlayingItemChanged is received by my application, but the app does not get any info about the currently playing item.

Any ideas if this is normal behaviour when the iphone is connnected to another device or if I’m doing something wrong?

]]> Comment on The Apple Symbols font: a great repository for iPhone button icons by Eddie Marks http://oleb.net/blog/2009/10/apple-symbols-font-repository-for-iphone-icons/#comment-555 Eddie Marks Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:33:31 +0000 http://oleb.net/?p=300#comment-555 If you look at the bottom right of the character viewer there is a button that says "Insert with Font". If your active window is a program that can accept these characters (such as TextEdit), that button will be active, and clicking it will insert the character into your text. My Photoshop CS4, however, will not accept any of the characters in the 4800+ range, which is basically all the ones I want for my iPhone apps. If you look at the bottom right of the character viewer there is a button that says “Insert with Font”. If your active window is a program that can accept these characters (such as TextEdit), that button will be active, and clicking it will insert the character into your text.

My Photoshop CS4, however, will not accept any of the characters in the 4800+ range, which is basically all the ones I want for my iPhone apps.

]]> Comment on The Music Player Framework in iPhone SDK 3.0 by Daniel Bonates http://oleb.net/blog/2009/07/the-music-player-framework-in-the-iphone-sdk/#comment-554 Daniel Bonates Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:29:45 +0000 http://oleb.net/blog/2009/07/the-music-player-framework-in-the-iphone-sdk/#comment-554 So, can I change the volume from any view? How can I access the current background music from a, lets say, a Settings viewcontroller? Also, does it provide the same resources to play sound files from App bundle? Thanks in advanced :) So, can I change the volume from any view? How can I access the current background music from a, lets say, a Settings viewcontroller?

Also, does it provide the same resources to play sound files from App bundle?

Thanks in advanced :)

]]> Comment on The Apple Symbols font: a great repository for iPhone button icons by Walt Sellers http://oleb.net/blog/2009/10/apple-symbols-font-repository-for-iphone-icons/#comment-553 Walt Sellers Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:48:18 +0000 http://oleb.net/?p=300#comment-553 I recall hitting this one myself when I found those font entries. I recall taking an intermediate trip through TextEdit to put the symbols I wanted into a text or RTF file, then copy and pasting from there to GIMP. (My copy of PhotoShop 7 quit working with OS X 10.5 and I was making do.) My goal was a png file of the symbol with a transparent background and this did work. Pixelmator makes the same job pretty easy for me now (and a lot cheaper than PhotoShop.) When I didn't need a transparent background, taking a screen shot of a large-sized font symbol in TextEdit did a good job. I recall hitting this one myself when I found those font entries.

I recall taking an intermediate trip through TextEdit to put the symbols I wanted into a text or RTF file, then copy and pasting from there to GIMP. (My copy of PhotoShop 7 quit working with OS X 10.5 and I was making do.)

My goal was a png file of the symbol with a transparent background and this did work. Pixelmator makes the same job pretty easy for me now (and a lot cheaper than PhotoShop.)

When I didn’t need a transparent background, taking a screen shot of a large-sized font symbol in TextEdit did a good job.

]]> Comment on The Apple Symbols font: a great repository for iPhone button icons by SW http://oleb.net/blog/2009/10/apple-symbols-font-repository-for-iphone-icons/#comment-511 SW Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:22:36 +0000 http://oleb.net/?p=300#comment-511 How can I copy one of these symbols into Photoshop to work with them? Copy/paste doesnt work for the hidden symbols... Please help! How can I copy one of these symbols into Photoshop to work with them? Copy/paste doesnt work for the hidden symbols… Please help!

]]> Comment on Managing the Network Activity Indicator by Andy http://oleb.net/blog/2009/09/managing-the-network-activity-indicator/#comment-198 Andy Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:54:40 +0000 http://oleb.net/?p=277#comment-198 For my first version of Train Brain I had a ProgressViewController with a 50% black overlay indicating network status, but did not have [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setNetworkActivityIndicatorVisible:YES]; set. The app was not rejected. I am adding it now though because I think it helps even if slightly redundant. For my first version of Train Brain I had a ProgressViewController with a 50% black overlay indicating network status, but did not have [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setNetworkActivityIndicatorVisible:YES]; set. The app was not rejected. I am adding it now though because I think it helps even if slightly redundant.

]]> Comment on The Music Player Framework in iPhone SDK 3.0 by Ole Begemann http://oleb.net/blog/2009/07/the-music-player-framework-in-the-iphone-sdk/#comment-165 Ole Begemann Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:31:48 +0000 http://oleb.net/blog/2009/07/the-music-player-framework-in-the-iphone-sdk/#comment-165 Jóhann: Yes, I noticed the same. MPMediaQuery is really slow. I don't know of any alternative, short of maintaining your own cached song database (e.g. with Core Data). I believe the iPod app does something like that. But how will you then get notified when the music library on the device has changed while your app is not running? Jóhann: Yes, I noticed the same. MPMediaQuery is really slow. I don’t know of any alternative, short of maintaining your own cached song database (e.g. with Core Data). I believe the iPod app does something like that. But how will you then get notified when the music library on the device has changed while your app is not running?

]]> Comment on The Music Player Framework in iPhone SDK 3.0 by Jóhann http://oleb.net/blog/2009/07/the-music-player-framework-in-the-iphone-sdk/#comment-164 Jóhann Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:04:17 +0000 http://oleb.net/blog/2009/07/the-music-player-framework-in-the-iphone-sdk/#comment-164 Did you run into any performance problems when using MPMediaQuery? I've been performing some tests and [query items] is painfully slow. Do you know of any other method for getting a list of every song in the library? Did you run into any performance problems when using MPMediaQuery? I’ve been performing some tests and [query items] is painfully slow.

Do you know of any other method for getting a list of every song in the library?

]]> Comment on Managing the Network Activity Indicator by Nir Levy http://oleb.net/blog/2009/09/managing-the-network-activity-indicator/#comment-151 Nir Levy Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:48:21 +0000 http://oleb.net/?p=277#comment-151 Thanks -- worked for me. /NL Thanks — worked for me.

/NL

]]> Comment on Managing the Network Activity Indicator by mobibob http://oleb.net/blog/2009/09/managing-the-network-activity-indicator/#comment-139 mobibob Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:16:59 +0000 http://oleb.net/?p=277#comment-139 Thanks -- that worked for me. I have a reference in my code and I will repay for this tidbit in the future. -mobibob Thanks — that worked for me. I have a reference in my code and I will repay for this tidbit in the future.

-mobibob

]]> Comment on Updated iTunes Connect Financial Reports to HTML script by Ole Begemann http://oleb.net/blog/2009/09/updated-itunes-connect-financial-reports-to-html-script/#comment-138 Ole Begemann Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:55:48 +0000 http://oleb.net/?p=283#comment-138 I'm glad you like it, Daniel. I’m glad you like it, Daniel.

]]> Comment on Updated iTunes Connect Financial Reports to HTML script by Daniel Sperl http://oleb.net/blog/2009/09/updated-itunes-connect-financial-reports-to-html-script/#comment-136 Daniel Sperl Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:36:43 +0000 http://oleb.net/?p=283#comment-136 Hi! I just wanted to say thanks for providing this great script. It really saved me a lot of time! It's small, simple and does exactly what it should -- perfect =) Best regards & greetings from Austria Daniel Hi!

I just wanted to say thanks for providing this great script. It really saved me a lot of time! It’s small, simple and does exactly what it should — perfect =)

Best regards & greetings from Austria
Daniel

]]> Comment on The Music Player Framework in iPhone SDK 3.0 by Daniel http://oleb.net/blog/2009/07/the-music-player-framework-in-the-iphone-sdk/#comment-133 Daniel Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:06:56 +0000 http://oleb.net/blog/2009/07/the-music-player-framework-in-the-iphone-sdk/#comment-133 What I observe with MPMediaItemPropertyLyrics: After syncing the iPod library, no lyrics are returned. Then, when you open a song in the iPod application on the iPhone and display its lyrics, only the lyrics of this song are returned. What I observe with MPMediaItemPropertyLyrics: After syncing the iPod library, no lyrics are returned. Then, when you open a song in the iPod application on the iPhone and display its lyrics, only the lyrics of this song are returned.

]]> Comment on The Music Player Framework in iPhone SDK 3.0 by Meta http://oleb.net/blog/2009/07/the-music-player-framework-in-the-iphone-sdk/#comment-119 Meta Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:23:27 +0000 http://oleb.net/blog/2009/07/the-music-player-framework-in-the-iphone-sdk/#comment-119 Hy I'm trying to use the MPMediaQuery to get all of my albums. It works fine, but sometimes, it's get timed out. I get a notification to the console, but how can I reload the timed out items? Since it could be really bad, when I get timed out when I cache the items. :( Hy

I’m trying to use the MPMediaQuery to get all of my albums. It works fine, but sometimes, it’s get timed out. I get a notification to the console, but how can I reload the timed out items? Since it could be really bad, when I get timed out when I cache the items. :(

]]> Comment on Updated iTunes Connect Financial Reports to HTML script by Formatting iTunes Connect Financial Reports › Ole Begemann: iPhone Development http://oleb.net/blog/2009/09/updated-itunes-connect-financial-reports-to-html-script/#comment-99 Formatting iTunes Connect Financial Reports › Ole Begemann: iPhone Development Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:25:15 +0000 http://oleb.net/?p=283#comment-99 [...] 2009-09-23: There is an updated version of the script available. Please see the corresponding blog post and get the newest version of the code from [...] [...] 2009-09-23: There is an updated version of the script available. Please see the corresponding blog post and get the newest version of the code from [...]

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