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Magical, revolutionary, and very difficult to get how great it is without having it in your hands. That’s what Steve Jobs said, right?… And how does he expect his fellow developers to create apps for this before the iPad comes to market if he doesn’t spare units to developers?
AppleInsider reports only a very few selected [...]

Objective-C supports extensions of classes using categories. Class categories are defined similar as the class itself. The example defines a class MyClass. The header file declares variables myString and myInt, and methods setMyString and setMyInt.

MyClass.h:
@interface MyClass : ParentClass
{
NSString *myString;
int myInt;
}
- (void) setMyString: (NSString*) str;
- (void) setMyInt: (int) i;
@end

Methods are defined in [...]

As you all know an NSDictionary object stores a mutable set of entries. An NSDictionary is immutable. If you need a dictionary which you can change, then you should use NSMutableDictionary. NSMutableDictionary is a subclass of NSDictionary, so that you can do with an NSMutableDictionary everything which you can do with a simple NSDictionary plus, you can modify it.

To set the value of a key in [...]

Objective-C is a programming language that allows object-oriented programming at a high level. It is an upgrade to the standard ANSI C programming language. Objective-C extends the standard ANSI C language by providing syntax for defining classes, methods and other constructs extension of classes. Before studying the Objective-C programming language, basic knowledge of programming [...]

Now you can schedule a series of price changes for those apps that will go into effect automatically on their target dates, effectively being able to plan promotions and do some real marketing on your apps on autopilot once you’ve planned your campaign (standing ovation please!).
iTunes Connect is Apple’s developers and publishers portal, which is [...]

“Apple has said that it will remove both film-only solutions from its stores, as well as any case or other accessory that includes film protection as part of its package, such as cases that include film screen protectors,” according to the report by iLounge.
In usual Apple fashion, the company is not disclosing the reason behind [...]

appFigures is a reporting platform for iPhone developers that automatically downloads and visualizes iTunes Connect sales data with App Store reviews and ranks for all of their apps.
We have been using appFigures for a while now and are pretty happy with it. Before we started using appFigures, we had no reliable and fast way to [...]

I wrote an introductory post a while back that gave a brief overview of the three main cross-platform mobile development frameworks. At that time, Rhodes was definitely the leading solution in terms of features and support of several different platforms, while Titanium was still in a pre-release state and presented an uncertain future in terms [...]

In an effort to compete with itself, Microsoft is preparing a new smartphone based on the Danger Sidekick. Microsoft recently relaunched the future of Windows Mobile under the name “Windows 7 Phone Series” which it hopes to ship as a product by the end of the year. Microsoft has taken the route of deemphasizing mobile [...]

Apple has announced that its long-awaited iPad will be available for purchase for consumers starting on Saturday, April 3, while pre-orders for the multi-touch device will begin on March 12. The Wi-Fi model will be the only available at first, the 3G-capable iPad is expected to arrive in late April. In addition, all versions of [...]