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,...
Integrating Facebook Login in iOS App – The Manual Way
In my previous tutorial, I presented an easy and fast way to implement the login with Facebook feature. Based on the FBLoginView class, I demonstrated how logging in and out from Facebook can be done in really a few minutes with...
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...
iOS Programming 101: How To Create Swipeable Table View Cell to Display More Options
When iOS 7 was first released, one of the many visual changes that particularly interested me was the swipe-to-delete gestures in the Mail app. By now you should be very familiar with the feature. After you swipe a table cell,...
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...
Adding Animated Effects to iOS App Using UIKit Dynamics
In the recent tutorials, it has been underlined that iOS 7 has brought along great new features. Many new frameworks, libraries and APIs have been exposed to developers, letting them create modern and engaging applications and...
iOS Programming 101: Adding Section and Index List in UITableView
Recently, a reader asked me how to add an index list in a UITableView. As some of you may have the same question, I thought it’s better to write a post to share the solution. An indexed table view is more or less as the...
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...