How to Access iOS Calendar, Events and Reminders Using Event Kit Framework
One of the not so well-known frameworks existing on iOS (and Mac OS), is the Event Kit framework. This framework has one purpose only, to let us access the calendars, the events and the reminders of a device, and work with them....
iOS Programming 101: Implementing Pull-to-Refresh and Handling Empty Table
In this iOS Programming 101 post, I would like to answer two common questions raised by our readers. I follow your table view tutorial to create my first app. The tutorial is great. It shows us how to display data in the table...
How to Use SQLite to Manage Data in iOS Apps
Among the numerous applications existing on the App Store today, it would be hard for someone to find more than a few of them that do not deal with data. Most of the apps handle some sort of data, no matter in what format they...
Using iAd to Display Banner Ad in Your App
So, you are about to start developing the next super app, you have everything planned and designed, but there’s still one last thing you haven’t made your mind up about; how to make some earnings out of it! Well,...
Introduction to UIActionSheet and UIPopoverController
All mobile applications, no matter what they are about, they have one common and obvious characteristic: They offer interaction, which means that they are not static, but require input or actions needed to be taken by users from...
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...
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...
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...