Limiting 64-bit to 10.6
Now that we’re all using XCode 3.2 on Snow Leopard (you are, right?) and building 64-bit apps you may find that not everything 64-bit works when your app is run on Leopard. (more…)
Marching Ants With Core Animation
Our Core Animation book should be available by the end of the year. Go ahead and pre-order it now at Amazon if you would like ;-). When we started writing for Addison-Wesley back in September of 2008, I had no idea how long to expect it to take to finish a technical book as this was my first. One thing I discovered though, is that it is when you are about ready to go to production you start to realize all of the things that you probably should have added to the book, but didn’t think of in time. This blog post will cover one such item as a way to make up for not thinking of it in time. I may include this in a second edition if there is one, but consider this one a freebie. (more…)
Matt Long
Matt Long works for Colorado Springs iOS Development shop, Skye Road Systems. He is the founder and principal developer there. Matt also works for a startup company called Galen Medical Systems where he develops apps for the medical industry. Contact Matt at Matt at CIMGF dot com to discuss your iOS software development needs. Matt is the co-founder of Cocoa Is My Girlfriend and is the co-author of "Core Animation: Simplified Animation Techniques for Mac and iPhone Development"
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The journey to disabling sleep with IOKit
If your app is fullscreen, like a game, has a presentation mode, or plays long running movie files, you’ll want to disable the display from sleeping. DVD Player and Keynote are perhaps the two most obvious examples of this functionality. (more…)