Resources for the iPhone Application Developer

Resources

The internet is a huge archive of resources, some of the giants of search like Google and Yahoo do a pretty good job at indexing them. If you search for ‘iPhone Application development Resources’ you’re are bound to find a plethora of articles, links and downloads. The question is are they any good?

The aim of this section is to show you a collection of the best and most useful resources for iPhone Application development.

We cannot do this alone however, If you have an awesome resource, a bookmark, a favourite tweet or a cut out from a magazine then we want to know.

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CoreBluetooth, Low-Energy connector framework for iOS5

Posted in Resources , on: February 27th, 2012 by: Sergio Martínez-Losa Del Rincón

As part of new iOS5 Apple introduces COreBluetooth a brand new framework for Low-Energy devices (aka LE), this framework has no documentation by now but we can discover how to use it with bluetooth devices. According to this Apple also has the Made-For-iPhone program that allows companies to build new peripherals for the iPhone (developer.apple.com/programs/mfi/). We can figure out this new framework because we have an example of CoreBluetooth for Mac (bit.ly/z7BMB5). CoreBluetooth conforms CBCentralManagerDelegate and CBPeripheralDelegate protocols, first one …

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Free WordPress theme for creating iPhone app showcase websites

Posted in Resources , on: October 1st, 2011 by: Dominik Krejcik

Building a website for your app is a very important part of marketing it. Even if you’re an indie developer developing for fun you should have one. But building it from scratch takes time. Too much time. That’s where this WordPress theme comes in. WordPress is a well-known CMS system built mainly for blogging. But with clever use of different themes it can perfectly serve as a website. You can create a website for your app in a few moments! …

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I’m a designer by profession, here’s my story in learning iOS development

Posted in Getting Started Resources , on: August 22nd, 2011 by: Nick Reffitt

So you’ve decided that iOS development is for you, or maybe you haven’t and you need some convincing. You have heard or read success stories on small ideas generating tons of money in the Apple Store, and your keen to get on board, but your afraid of the overwhelmingly large iOS documentation, or worse, having your app rejected by Apple! Don’t fear, I was, and still am of that opinion. My name is Nick Reffitt and I have been designing …

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A Recommended Reading list for any and all budding iPhone Developers

Posted in Resources , on: August 17th, 2011 by: Mark Petherbridge

This could just be me here, however I find it so much easier to read from a book than a screen or an iPhone. I must also admit, that there is a guilty pleasure I have about owning books. There is just something great about a full book shelf. Anyways I digress. Keep reading for a list of recommended (by the twitter community) books for the budding iPhone Application developer. Not exclusively for the newbies, I find that these can …

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Games and Carrots

Posted in Resources , on: August 1st, 2011 by: Fine Fin

If you start making games, probably your first product will fail in terms of making people like it and play it, and most important: show it to their (online-)friends and make the game ‘viral’ in some kind of way. Making games is one hell of a job, full of tears, blood, sweat and sleep deprivation. And in the end it’s all about carrots. Believe me! In addition to my activity in game development I’m also a private tutor for teenagers …

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A4 iPhone UI Wireframe Templates

Posted in Resources , on: July 7th, 2011 by: Mark Petherbridge

UIstencils, you have to admit provide some beautiful, well thought out kits for iPhone, iPad and windows phone developers. They are a true resource for the budding UI designer. I am not sure if any of you have noticed that im running a competition to win one of their kits. However whilst going through their site I discovered their A4 iPhone UI Wireframe templates and thought wow, this should be on my blog in the resources section. If you have …

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Beautiful collection of iPhone wallpapers

Posted in Resources , on: June 20th, 2011 by: Nicola Armellini

In the search of a nice iPhone wallpaper I’ve always been frustrated by the fact that, while looking great, they were mostly designed neglecting the lock screen UI boundaries, and the main subjects ended up being covered by the time and unlock areas. One day, after weeks sketching on a notepad simple minimalist objects with no specific purpose (and in portrait oriented rectangles!!) I realized the two things were matching and started designing the first one, Raindrop. It looked pretty …

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Converting DateTime to “Fuzzy Time” in Objective-C

Posted in Resources , on: June 14th, 2011 by: Josh Kendall

This tutorial shows you how to convert DateTime to “Fuzzy time” in Objective-C. // // ViewHelper.h // Branch // // Created by Joshua Kendall on 6/12/11. // Copyright 2011 JoshuaKendall.com. All rights reserved. // #import <Foundation/Foundation.h> #import "NSDate-Utilities.h" @interface ViewHelper : NSObject + (NSString *)fuzzyTime:(NSString *)datetime; @end // // ViewHelper.m // Branch …

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A simple COCOA Asynchronous image loader class to use in your iPhone app.

Posted in Resources , on: June 14th, 2011 by: Curtis Hard

This isnt a tutorial, this is just some source code that you might find useful. This class will load images in the background so it wont lock your UI up! UPDATED:Please note that this post has a new updated version found here: UIImage From URL – Simplified (Using Blocks) Here’s the header file : @interface GGImageLoader : NSObject { NSURLConnection * connection; NSURL * url; NSMutableData * mutData; UIImage * image; …

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iPhone 4 GUI PSD (Retina Display)

Posted in Resources , on: June 14th, 2011 by: Mark Petherbridge

Thanks for you patience on this one. It took a good deal longer to complete given the sheer size and level of detail the retina display has. It wasn’t a simple scale-up from the last file. It was clear as we created it that Apple has spent a lot of time considering how each element should be translated to such a dense resolution. What were single pixel elements are now two or three pixels thick and effects are exaggerated to …

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iOS5 – What’s the deal?

Posted in Resources , on: June 14th, 2011 by: Sam Doyle

On June 6th 2011 Steve Jobs revealed to the world iOS5. “The most advanced Mobile Operating System EVER”. Being an iPhone developer, I have access to the Developers Program and in turn iOS5 Beta 1. Over the next few weeks / months, I’ll be giving you an insight into iOS5; The Good, The Bad & The Ugly. Notification Center Apple boasts over 200 new features to the latest installment of its operating system with over 2000 API methods. What’s being …

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iPhone GUI PSD Version 4

Posted in Resources , on: April 11th, 2011 by: Mark Petherbridge

Now in its fourth iteration, this version of the template has been completely redesigned from the ground up. Based on iOS4, it includes all the elements you need to design proof-of-concepts or production ready assets. Previous versions of this file we’re riddled with issues like blurry edged buttons and incorrect “bevels”. These issues have been addressed as best they can using Photoshop’s shape layers and layer styles. If you’re modifying any of the vector elements be sure the shapes are …

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CoreBluetooth, Low-Energy connector framework for iOS5

Free WordPress theme for creating iPhone app showcase websites

I’m a designer by profession, here’s my story in learning iOS development

A Recommended Reading list for any and all budding iPhone Developers

Games and Carrots

A4 iPhone UI Wireframe Templates

Beautiful collection of iPhone wallpapers

Converting DateTime to “Fuzzy Time” in Objective-C

A simple COCOA Asynchronous image loader class to use in your iPhone app.

iPhone 4 GUI PSD (Retina Display)

iOS5 – What’s the deal?

iPhone GUI PSD Version 4

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