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Making an O'Reilly RSS iPhone App with TapLynx

October 27 2009

There has been an explosion of interest in creating content for the iPhone in the past couple of years, and recently, a corresponding rush of libraries and frameworks to make building iPhone apps easier for those of us who are not experts in Objective-C and Cocoa Touch. Some of these… read more

Developing iPhone Apps Requires Xcode on the Mac

October 07 2009

I've had a few questions about the software I used in my previous screencasts. I created the app using Xcode for the Mac. Xcode is a developer tool, and if you want to develop iPhone apps, you'll need to download both Xcode and the iPhone SDK. read more

O'Reilly Books Example updated: Show a different image for each book

July 12 2009

I got some great feedback on my first screencast - thank you! A few of you asked: how can you show a different view for each of the rows in the table view, instead of just showing the same view... read more

iPhone workshop frequently asked question: Key Value Coding error

July 01 2009

One of the most common questions from the iPhone workshops we held recently is: "What is key value coding and why the heck am I getting this error?" read more

Tab bars and Navigation bars together

June 24 2009

The TableView is a common way to display data on an iPhone. Combining a tab bar with a table view and navigation bar isn't very difficult, but it took me forever to figure out how to do it properly. read more

Big learning curve for iPhone development

June 22 2009

I just started learning how to develop for the iPhone. After helping to put together an iPhone workshop with my friend Joe Heck, I got really excited about this new platform. I've dabbled in Cocoa and Objective C before, many years ago, and figured it was time to relearn Mac… read more