Feb 06

Using Multiple OpenGL Views And UIKit
In the Mobile Zodiac application for Chicago Tribune I started out using standard views for all animations but that turned out to be too choppy on the device, so I used OpenGL to animate the zodiac, but kept the rest of the views intact. I wish I could have read this article before I embarked on that project…

9 iPhone Memory Management Links and Resources
You can’t learn too much about memory management on the iPhone.

14 Essential Xcode Tips, Tricks and Resources for iPhone Devs
When you spend so many hours per day living in Xcode, every little trick that can save me some time is welcome. This article has lots of them.

iPhone dev: Retrieving user phone numbers
I have to admit that I did not know it was possible to retrieve the phone number of the device. And it turns out to be so simple. Nice detective work Erica!
 
Speed Matters
This is not directly iPhone related, but it brings up an important point that a 0.5 second delay has a great impact on usability. And it’s very easy to end up with 0.5 second delays in your iPhone app if you’re not careful.

written by Nick

One Response to “Five on Friday”

  1. Dan Grigsby Says:

    Glad you liked the Mem-Mgmnt links and Xcode resources we posted!

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