Instead of loading a URL into a UIWebView we can also launch Safari to display it: UIApplication *mySafari = [UIApplication sharedApplication]; NSURL *myURL = [[NSURL alloc]initWithString:@”http://www.mydomain.com”; [mySafari openURL:myURL]; The method returns a BOOL value which will feed back if this operation was a success or not: if (![mySafari openURL:myURL]) { // opening didn’t work } […]
To read out the URL of what a Web View is currently displaying we can use this method: NSURL *myURL = [[NSURL alloc]init]; myURL = self.myWebView.request.URL.absoluteURL; Or, if we’d like to retrieve this as a string: myString = self.myWebView.request.URL.absoluteString;
Storing small bits of info in iCloud is very similar to using the local NSUserDefaults device storage. The only difference is that your App ID needs to be enabled for iCloud in iTunes Connect and that you need to enable it in your project: Here’s how you save data to iCloud (from a text label): […]
Observers are a great way to call a method in a class when you don’t have direct access to it. If you can’t figure out what relationship this class has to the one you want to call the method from, Observers are a very easy way to send a message and trigger an action. In […]
I’ve had this problem that Xcode 4.5 would run my app fine in the simulator, but didn’t do so anymore on the device. Something about the “derived data folder was not found”. I checked, it was definitely there. Then I found this post on Stackoverflow to show some suggestions: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11456312/xcode-suddenly-stopped-running-project-on-hardware-could-not-launch-xxx-app This solution worked for me […]
Usually when you create a new Xcode Project you can choose to setup a new Git repository. This is the best and easiest way to track your changes. However if you have a project that is not under version control you can create a Git repository retrospectively. This is fairly straightforward using the Terminal app […]
Usually when you create a new Xcode Project you can choose to setup a new Git repository. This is the best and easiest way to track your changes. However if you have a project that is not under version control you can create a Git repository retrospectively. This is fairly straightforward using the Terminal app […]
If you don’t want your cell to be highlighted you can de-select the option “User Interaction Enabled” in the storyboard. This is ticked by default. Untick it and nobody can select your cell anymore.
