When installing or updating Xcode you need to close iTunes for it to complete. If you’ve closed iTunes but still get this message:
Open Activity Monitor and quit iTunes Helper. The installation will now finish.
This mainly seems to happen on beta versions of iTunes. The helper app runs to detect iOS devices being connected so it can auto-open iTunes.
Starting in PhoneGap 0.9.5 there’s an undocumented iOS only feature that allows you to handle whether the device should rotate to a particular orientation. It exposes the iOS Objective-C method shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation with a JavaScript function shouldRotateToOrientation.
function shouldRotateToOrientation (rotation) {
switch (rotation) {
//Portrait or PortraitUpsideDown
case 0:
case 180:
return true;
//LandscapeRight or LandscapeLeft
case 90:
case -90:
return false;
}
}
This needs to be in the global scope of your JavaScript and will get called before any rotations occur, so keep it lean to avoid locking up the UI. Returning true allows the device to rotate, returning false prevents it.
Works great in your HTML5 iOS, iPhone and iPad apps, sadly currently there’s no Android or other platform integration. Hopefully we’ll see a cross-platform method soon!
[yoo-zuh-bill-ity kramps]
This one mega-stresses me out; when the text label next to checkbox or a label doesn’t select it when you click it:
To fix this, just give the input field an ID, and the label a for=’inputID’:
This is particularly annoying when there’s lots of checkboxes or really small radio buttons.
tip: add the following CSS to force the browser to show a pointer on clickable labels and buttons:
label, input[type="button"], input[type="submit"] { cursor: pointer; }
If you use the correct types for your inputs then touchscreen devices adapt the keyboard to fit the need, and browsers can adjust the UI accordingly.
If you’re trying to find your iOS app screenshots you’ve snapped in Xcode during your app development they’re located here:
~/Library/Application Support/Developer/Shared/Xcode/Screenshots
Enjoy all your lovely iPad and iPhone app sn-apps..
Nexus S - Google Phone
Android 2.3 Gingerbread Home Screen
So Android 2.3 is being rolled out the next few days, and will be available on the Nexus One and the new Nexus S initially. It’s got some much needed UI tidying up (till HTC get to it), but here’s what else is cool in it:
Android 2.3 iPhone like Copy & Paste
You can now select a group of text easily without using the trackball.
Tapping on a single word also selects it.
Front Facing Camera support on Android 2.3
Sure lots of third party apps will support this, but I wonder if we’ll see a Google FaceTime competitor? They’ve got the infrastructure in place, so I’m sure it’s coming..
Near Field Communications on Android 2.3
Think of this as QR codes without the aggravation of having to fire up the camera and waiting for focus. Expect these to be popping up everywhere over the next 12-18 months.
Here’s the official summary video: