Category Archives: iPhone

Creating Universal Overlays Using UIViews on iOS

Posted on October 31, 2010 by James

What happens when you are developing a UIViewController based application and you want to have an simple transparent overlay for displaying things, say a custom achievements UI in a game, or anything really. In my case, I had a singleton … Continue reading →

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60 songs, 60 minutes… can you guess them all?

Posted on January 11, 2010 by James

In August I began work on Disposable Apps. A new company focusing on iPhone software with my friend Jacob Wyke. Our first application was to be called Powerhour, after a popular musical drinking game. We built the application and submitted … Continue reading →

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Improve Performance and Draw Your Own Strings on iPhone

Posted on August 3, 2009 by James

Introduction Programmers are lazy. If you are going to have some no-frills text on the screen that does not change too often an UILabel is the way to go. Changing the is very simple. It’s just a matter of: myLabel.text … Continue reading →

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