June 2009
23 posts
1.1 Update Approved
Yaay…. Well my 1.1 update just got approved. It just has a few bugfixes.
“Fixed a problem with the internet connectivity checking that could cause unnecessary slowness over edge networks. Fixed a problem with some websites not correctly showing the iphone optimized version of the website on subpages. Fixed a problem with iPhone 3Gs which was causing the news page graphics to show...
Note 2 Self
Note 2 self: when setting up a UIViewController class. Make sure you create it as such and not a regular Class file:-) Otherwise you get errors like UiSettingsController may not respond to pushViewController. Newbie mistake…
How to move code signing certificates to a...
This was a great link that got me most of the way there. http://www.theevilboss.com/2009/06/iphone-sdk-development-on-multiple.html
However once I installed everything I got this error. “a signed resource has been added modified or deleted”. After spending a while double and triple checking everything, I did a clean all targets and rebuilt and had success.
1.1 Update Submitted Again
Well I fixed the icons and I hope Apple will approve it this time. I also took the time to move development to a new machine and get all code signing working on it. It seems to be working ok but as with everything there was a weird error message and something new to learn.
UUGGHHHHH. I mean WTF!
Ok well after waiting over a week for them to approve my updates which are nothing but bug fixes. They rejected my app. Not because of anything I changed in this version. But because the icons for some of the news websites too closely match the look of the safari browser. Would they rather I make them look like internet explorer? I mean I can understand you can’t use the apple logo or...
Fixed Bug with iPhone 3Gs
Well the bug I found using the iPhone 3Gs is fixed. I submitted the fix to apple, I hope that doesn’t push me to the back of the queue. I have been waiting over a week already for my other fixes to be approved. The approval process is painfully slow.
Discovered a Bug with 3GS
Well I wasn’t planning on buying a new iPhone 3GS. But I got the discounted price so went ahead and upgraded, I am glad I did. I just discovered a problem in the 3GS that doesn’t exist in the 3G or Edge. I am wondering if there are different UIWebview optimizations only for the 3GS. I am pretty sure there are otherwise it should operate the same way as the 3G and edge. Now I...
Progress
Well after banging my head against the wall all day and trying at least 20 different methods, I went back to part of a routine I did two days ago. It turns out I think the rough one I had was the right way to do it after all. So I changed a couple of parameters and now its beginning to work better. I also figured out an additional trick, now I have it usable. Now I am going to work on some...
New Feature
Well the new feature I am working on has been going slow the last day or so. I was making good progress yesterday and I had it working though it was rough. I have seen one other app with this same feature and I don’t know how he made it work so nicely. I will keep working on it. There was one post by another developer saying it wasn’t possible at all without using private API...
Another Rookie Mistake.
Well I am working on a new feature and was using some NSLog statements to make sure things were working as they should. They worked great in the sample app I wrote that just had part of the new feature. However when I moved the code over to News Addict my NSLog statements weren’t showing. After double checking everything several times, I finally noticed the problem. I was compiling for...
Mostly good reviews!
Well News Addict has been out for a couple of days now and I am quite happy with the reviews so far. Thanks to everyone who took the time to review the app. I notice a few people are having trouble with edge network speed. I have one idea that I may be able to improve that some.
I believe the problem relates to the routine that checks to make sure the user has good internet connectivity. When...
Approved by Apple
Well Apple approved my app News Addict. I finally finished it and am happy with the way it turned out. I have lots more features planned. My website is mostly done. I still need to polish a few sections. Of course it all comes together the week I am at a family reunion. I have had to scramble a bit and hopefully will have some time once I am back this weekend to tie up a few loose ends on the...
Saved by DropBox!
Dropbox saved me from a lot of work… Well I hopelessly screwed up my framework linking while trying to install an additional framework. The first time I added the linking I believe I linked to the wrong version of the framework.. I was getting 6 really weird error messages after installing a framework. Initially I thought I could just remove it and reinstall it but the more I tried to...
Rejected by Apple
Well I made a mistake, I forgot to let users know if they weren’t connected to the internet. Apple rejected it. So I need to fix that and resubmit. No biggie… Actually it was for the best, my website design is not done and I decided to redo my icon for the app as it wasn’t as good as I would like.
Website Design
Well been working on my website design and icon. Sent the work to an artist I have been working with to polish things up and add his artistic touch to things.
Code Improvements
Well fixed a small problem I had in the earlier code that I wasn’t sure was fixable. However after fiddling with the extra feature I needed to add for apple to accept my app, I figured out how to get rid of the 2 compiler warning errors I was having. Now… no warnings, great! I hadn’t spent much time on these before because some posts from experienced developers seemed to...
Submitted to Apple!
Submitted my first app to Apple! Keeping my fingers crossed it gets accepted. Now I need to work on the website design.
Great link for getters and setters →
Code Signing fun
Trying to do an Ad-Hoc distribution. It’s not going so well. I believe I did everything correct but then when I distribute to some iphones it is giving a permission denied error in the log files that are viewable through the organizer. I guess I will just regenerate all my certificates and start the process from scratch.
(Well regenerated all my certificates and works great now. I think...
Compiling for 2.2.1 with 3.0 SDK
Only had SDK version 3 as active possible targets when trying to do a compile for Ad Hoc. After a little fiddling around I found that if I switch the Base SDK to 2.0 in Project Settings. I can now compile for all options.
Code Signing Ugghhh
Well my code signing broke again for who knows how many times. Turns out a reboot of the device fixed the trouble. So if your iphone in the organizer says: “Could not support development” try rebooting your device if that doesn’t work reboot your system.
(I finally traced the problem with code signing breaking to coda breaking my keychain. Got some help from the panic guys...