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• Open doors effect at App launch February 4, 2012
  This is a copy of a blog entry I originally wrote for ios-blog There are a number of apps in the App Store that launch with a set of closed doors, these are then opened to present the actual UI underneath it. I had to create this effect for an app I wrote for a […]
• New App – Ballpark Costs January 26, 2012
  When potential clients ask for a ballpark figure on development costs, these are the questions I ask to help clarify whats required and therefore affect the cost. They are in no particular order… What are the target platforms, iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows Mobile? If iPhone do you want a universal version, i.e. the same app […]
• CCLabelBMFont – not displaying May 13, 2011
  I hit a problem today where the CCLabelBMFont wasn’t rendering the text I wanted at all. I created the the fnt file using http://www.n4te.com/hiero/hiero.jnlp Turns out that as it creates the underlying png for some reason it saves it in a flipped format, therefore you need to load the png into your favourite graphics package […]
• AirPrint – direct to the Printer February 7, 2011
  If you have an AirPrint enabled printer and an iPhone/iPad running iOS4.2 or above you can print directly to the printer without the need for both devices to be connected through the same WiFi access point. On your iOS device, go to your WiFi settings and in the list of networks you should see an […]
• Free icons website August 25, 2010
  Great site for sets of free icons that can be used in your apps http://webtreats.mysitemyway.com/ Social Bookmarking […]
• Localisation language names August 2, 2010
  When creating a new localisation file Xcode expects you to supply the correct name for the file, the list of valid values is here Social Bookmarking […]