Understanding Git Source Control in Xcode
During an application development process, a quite significant part is the way developers manage to keep track of the changes been made over time. It really consists of a necessary need to be able to store and handle copies of...
First Time App Developer Success Stories Part 2: From Zero iOS Programming Experience to Launching Their First Apps
You may have read some app millionaire stories that earn tons of money overnight. But you rarely find stories about app developers who are less successful. Recently I reached out to a number of first time app developers and asked...
iOS Programming 101: How To Create Circular Profile Picture and Rounded Corner Image
One of the changes in iOS 7 is that it favors the use of circular image over square image. You can find circular icons or images in stock apps such as Contacts and Phone. In this short post, we’ll explore the CALayer class...
Background Transfer Service in iOS 7 SDK: How To Download File in Background
In a previous tutorial I presented a specific new multitasking feature in iOS 7, the Background Fetch, showing how easy it is to make an app to schedule downloads in the background. In this tutorial, I am going to work with...
First Time App Developer Success Stories Part 1: From Zero iOS Programming Experience to Launching Their First Apps
“I got a great idea and want to build an app!” How many times have you heard of this? I heard quite a lot. But only a few people fire up Xcode and take action to build their own apps. Most of them may just say,...
Adding Animated Effects to iOS App Using UIKit Dynamics
In the recent tutorials, it has been underlined that iOS 7 has brought along great new features. Many new frameworks, libraries and APIs have been exposed to developers, letting them create modern and engaging applications and...
iOS Programming 101: Adding Section and Index List in UITableView
Recently, a reader asked me how to add an index list in a UITableView. As some of you may have the same question, I thought it’s better to write a post to share the solution. An indexed table view is more or less as the...
Working With Background Fetch in iOS 7
Among the millions of applications existing on the App Store, there is a great number of them that deals with data fetched from the web. Even more, today that carriers provide constant Internet access through 3G and 4G networks...
Working with Game Center and Game Kit Framework
On App Store, the most popular app category among all is the Games category, something that even Apple accepts as a fact. And how this couldn’t be true, regarding that all or almost all iOS users have downloaded and played...
Announcing Our First AppCoda Book – Learn iOS 7 Programming from Scratch
I got something big to share with you. Our very first AppCoda book – Learn iOS 7 Programming from Scratch is now live and ready for purchases! If you’re a follower of our blog, you know we encourage the “Get...