Blog Tag: iPad

• iPad Mini Review

  Published on: Friday, November 2nd, 2012 Author: Dave
  

  For years people have been speculating about a mini iPad. Now it’s finally here. Apple products invoke a lot of emotions in people.  It’s amazing.  People line up outside in the cold to purchase them the minute they come out. [...]

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• New iPad Review

  Published on: Sunday, March 18th, 2012 Author: Dave
  

  Now that I’ve had the new iPad in my hands for over two days, I can put it down just long enough to post this blog about how much I really really really like this new iPad. On the exterior, [...]

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• X-Code Programming: DIY Please Wait Bubble

  Published on: Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 Author: Dave
  

  The default UIActivityIndicatorView that is native to X-Code is nice, but doesn’t always give the greatest user experience.  A great use for a UIActivityIndicatorView is to show a user that a web page is loading when you’re using a UIWebView.  [...]

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• Best Way to Check for an Empty NSString

  Published on: Monday, September 12th, 2011 Author: Dave
  

  When developing your iPhone apps, you’ll run into situations where you want to check to see if an NSString that is declared in another location is empty.  At first, you’d think it would be a simple check for nil. NSString* [...]

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• Don’t wait too long to test your app on the actual iPhone/iPad

  Published on: Wednesday, September 7th, 2011 Author: Dave
  

  Don’t wait too long to test your app on the actual iPhone/iPad. Apple’s done a great job with their development tools.  Within minutes of starting an app, an iPhone developer can be hammering away at code.  Their simulator is great.  [...]

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