Richard Gaywood wrote a nice and clear explanation of what NFC is and why you should care.
I do wonder if this road ends with Apple acquiring Square and integrating the latter’s staff and know-how into whatever NFC plans they have internally.
Doug Sjoquist:
I am not a TDD expert, nor am I a TDD purist, but I wanted to share my experience and lessons learned while it was fresh. Hopefully this will encourage other developers to add more testing to their development diet.
It’s an interesting read with some good advice and tips for people trying to get started doing TDD with iOS development.
Another interesting concept video.
(via Mike Rundle)
There has been no shortage of people trying to come up with a new notification system for iOS because, let’s face it, the current notification system sucks and people want better. I haven’t really found any valid suggestions to how this problem can be solved. All proposed ideas I’ve seen so far felt like “hacks”. Andreas Hellqvist is the latest to give the notification system in iOS a shot. Unlike the other proposed solutions he decided to stick to stock iOS controls which gives his solution a more native feel. There is however no doubt in my mind that Apple will release or at-least announces a new notification system for iOS 5 during WWDC this year. Andreas’s solution looks really slick though and I suggest you have a look at his 2 min video.
- Why is Apple tracking the location of my iPhone? Apple is not tracking the location of your iPhone. Apple has never done so and has no plans to ever do so.
Just a Quick list of what to keep in mind when designing your app with the new Fast App Switching in place:
- the entry point of your app might be anywhere and data may have changed. Even built in Apps like the Photos app get that one wrong. Have the Photos app open. Make new pictures. Go back. Or…
These are all great tips and things to keep in mind when developing for iOS 4
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