Features:
√ Send Custom messages
√ Valentine Message Sending Over Bluetooth
√ Stats Tracking
√ Full Retina Display Support
√ Original Backgrounds & Hearts
√ Animated Messages
√ Message Customisation
√ Message Previewing
√ Game Canter Leader Boards
√ Facebook Integration
√ Twitter Integration
More Info ]]> http://chrisoxley.me/?feed=rss2&p=1005 0 http://chrisoxley.me/?p=991 http://chrisoxley.me/?p=991#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:42:11 +0000 Christopher Oxley http://chrisoxley.me/?p=991 As the new year passed, i decided a nice new website look was in order. As of writing it is yet to be finished but i am almost there.

On a side note, 2 projects I have going on at the moment are;

An Architecture Portfolio – Both an iPad and iPhone Version. When finished and published to the App store it will be my first official iPad App.

A Quilting App – Planned to be released in the next few months for the iPad (iPhone planned at a later date). Bringing a unique approach to quilt design this app will allow users to design quilts in a fast and extremely efficient way. From a one click approach, colour matching and being able to create quilts from photos, this is set to be a must have companion App for quilters.

BetterSnapTool allows you to easily manage your window positions and sizes by either dragging them to one of your screens corners or to the top, left or right side of your screen. This lets you easily maximize your windows, position them side by side or even resize them to quarters of the screen.

BetterSnapTool is a fantastic way to make the most of your screen space on a Mac, particularly when using a larger resolution display and you can’t bare carefully resizing individual windows each and every time you open an App. Just drag your window to your desired position and watch as your window is resized with pixel precision to that section of the screen. Currently BetterSnapTool is rocking a well deserved 5 Stars and has a whole host of customisations for those who like to tinker.

Check out BetterSnapTool – HERE! Priced at $1.99US at the time of writing. While your at it be sure to check out Andreas Hegenberg’s blog @ http://blog.boastr.net/?page_id=2342

- Chris

First off, setup a new project or open an existing one. Next you need to add a new file create a new objective-c class and it wants to be a subclass of UIView.

Name it “ScrollerView”.

in the newly created files navigate to the header (.h) file and modify it to look like this.

@interface ScrollerView : UIView{

}
- (void)setScrollingText:(NSString *)string;
- (void)startScrolling:(UILabel *)label;

@end

The method signatures in the header file indicate the methods we will use in the implementation file. So first off add the 2 empty methods to the .m file at some point before @end.

- (void)setScrollingText:(NSString *)string{

}
- (void)startScrolling:(UILabel *)label{

}

Ok. so your new class has its basic skeleton, now we can start fleshing it out. Add the following to the setScrollingText: Method in the implementation file.

	UILabel *scrollingLabel = [[UILabel alloc] init];
	[scrollingLabel setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
	[scrollingLabel setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:self.frame.size.height / 2]];
	[scrollingLabel setText:string];
	[scrollingLabel sizeToFit];
	[self addSubview:scrollingLabel];

This is just some basic setup to add a label to the view and customise it. Feel free to play around with this at the end of the tutorial.

In preparation for scrolling the text along the screen we are going to position it off the side of the view, to do that add the following towards the bottom of the setScrollingText: method.

	[scrollingLabel setFrame:CGRectMake(self.frame.size.width, self.frame.origin.y, scrollingLabel.frame.size.width, scrollingLabel.frame.size.height)];

The final part of the setScrollingText: method is to pass the label we created to another method in order to animate it along the screen. This is done by adding the following below the previous line.

	[self startScrolling:scrollingLabel];

Ok, thats the end of the setScrollingText: method, we don’t need to visit again this tutorial, move over to the startScrolling: method, here we are going to handle the moving of the label over the screen.

add the following;

	float duration = (label.frame.size.width + self.frame.size.width)/111;

Here we dynamically set the duration of the animation for moving the label over the screen. If we were to set it so a constant value instead, the smaller labels will move across the screen faster than the larger ones. To alter the speed, just change the value to 111, once you have finished the tutorial you can play around with this value to see hos the speed changes.

Now, the bit that does the magic, animations. simple yet effective. All the code you need is below and should be placed just after the previous line.

	[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:nil];
	[UIView setAnimationDuration:duration];
	[UIView setAnimationCurve:UIViewAnimationCurveLinear];
	[UIView setAnimationRepeatCount:999];

	[label setFrame:CGRectMake(0-label.frame.size.width, label.frame.origin.y, label.frame.size.width, label.frame.size.height)];

	[UIView commitAnimations];

Your custom class is almost complete you just need to make sure that when your label is outside the bounds of the custom class it appears hidden. this is achieved by adding the following to the initWithFrame: of the custom class.

		[self setClipsToBounds:YES];

For an overview, the custom class header file should look like;

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface ScrollerView : UIView{

}

- (void)setScrollingText:(NSString *)string;
- (void)startScrolling:(UILabel *)label;

@end

and the corresponding implementation file should look like;

#import "ScrollerView.h"

@implementation ScrollerView

- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
{
    self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
    if (self) {

		[self setClipsToBounds:YES];
    }
    return self;
}

- (void)setScrollingText:(NSString *)string{

	UILabel *scrollingLabel = [[UILabel alloc] init];
	[scrollingLabel setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
	[scrollingLabel setFont:[UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:self.frame.size.height / 2]];
	[scrollingLabel setText:string];
	[scrollingLabel sizeToFit];
	[self addSubview:scrollingLabel];

	[scrollingLabel setFrame:CGRectMake(self.frame.size.width, self.frame.origin.y, scrollingLabel.frame.size.width, scrollingLabel.frame.size.height)];

	[self startScrolling:scrollingLabel];
}

- (void)startScrolling:(UILabel *)label{

	float duration = (label.frame.size.width + self.frame.size.width)/111;

	[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:nil];
	[UIView setAnimationDuration:duration];
	[UIView setAnimationCurve:UIViewAnimationCurveLinear];
	[UIView setAnimationRepeatCount:999];

	[label setFrame:CGRectMake(0-label.frame.size.width, label.frame.origin.y, label.frame.size.width, label.frame.size.height)];

	[UIView commitAnimations];
}

@end

Now you have your brand spanking new custom class. how do you make it work in your App? follow these simple steps;

1) import the header file in your viewController

#import "ScrollerView.h"

2) Add the following to your viewDidLoad method (or wherever you want the new class to be)

	ScrollerView *scrollerView = [[ScrollerView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 20)];
	[self.view addSubview:scrollerView];
	[scrollerView setScrollingText:@"Hello World"];

Thats it. you can change the size and location here to wherever you like and change the text to what you want.

Whats next? Adding delegates and randomly changing the text being displayed from an array of options. COMING SOON!

The answer is simply 1 line, you can then use your variable randomNumber wherever you need.

int randomNumber = arc4random() % 4;

The result from the previous code will be to produce a random number from 0 – 3.

If you want to check your code is working, you can add this loop to your code to print out a list of 100 randomly generated numbers.

for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {

        int randomNumber = arc4random()%4;
        NSLog(@"%d",randomNumber );

}

- Chris

Cracking Pictures has been designed to bring a new kind of camera based fun to the iPhone and iPod touch. Swipe your way though a selection of cracks designed for photographing walls and glass and the currently selected crack appears on the screen, place it over the area that you want to appear damaged and press the capture button; its as simple as that.

Version 1.2 has been redesigned and re-imagined to bring more features and a better flow than the previous version. Cracking Pictures originally released at $1.99 (USD) in the U.S. but can now be purchased at the reduced rate of $0.99 (USD). Also available is Cracking Pictures Lite, A perfect opportunity to try before you buy.

Update Overview:
New – Use gestures to manipulate the onscreen cracks. Pinch and Swipe
New – Ability to send pictures via Email, Twitter and Facebook in App
New – Preview image of last taken picture
New – Ability to import camera roll images to send to Facebook, twitter or by email
New – Option to auto launch camera when you open the App
New – In App Contact Me
New – Direct link to developer website
New – Ability to share a link to the App via, Twitter, Facebook, email, text and more

Updated – Changed from single screen utility to multi tabbed application
Updated – Faster switching between cracks
Updated – Faster saving of pictures
Updated – Better Placed and Larger Crack Selector

Features Overview:
* Gesture Enabled Editing
* Easy to use
* 13 Pre rendered glass / ceramic cracks
* 10 Pre rendered wall / masonry cracks
* 9 Special / Enhanced Cracks
* Saves Directly to Camera Roll for Easy Exporting and Uploading
* In App Social Sharing
* Watermark Free
* Ad Free
* Realistic Effects
* Adjustable Crack Sizes
* Blend Control
* Autofocus (On Hardware Enabled Devices)
* Image Preview

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, 4G iPod touch, iPad 2 Wi-Fi, and iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G
* Requires iOS 4.3 or later
* 13.3 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Cracking Pictures 1.2 is available worldwide through the Apple’s App Store in the Photography section for $0.99 (USD) in the U.S. and is priced accordingly in other regions. A “Lite” version is also available in All regions Free of Charge.

Located in Market Harbourough, UK. Christopher Oxley; Independent software developer specialising in iOS Apps. All Material and Software (C) 2011 Christopher Oxley / All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPod, the iPod logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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Developer
United Kingdom

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NEW – Use gestures to manipulate the onscreen cracks. Pinch and Swipe.
NEW – Ability to send pictures via Email, Twitter and Facebook in App.
NEW – Preview image of last taken picture.
NEW – Ability to import camera roll images to send to Facebook, twitter or by email.
NEW – Option to auto launch camera when you open the App.
NEW – In App Contact Me .
NEW – Direct link to developer website .
NEW – Ability to share a link to the App via, Twitter, Facebook, email, text and more.

UPDATED – Changed from single screen utility to multi tabbed application.
UPDATED – Faster switching between cracks.
UPDATED – Faster saving of pictures.
UPDATED – Better Placed and Larger Crack Selector.

Check out Cracking Pictures in my Portfolio  - LINK

Primary Updates

• Pinch to Zoom for the on screen cracks.
• Slide to Move the cracks.
• Redesigned user interface.
• Option to Share photo to Facebook or Twitter.
• Option to Email to a friend.
• Speed up time taken to change between crack sets.

Secondary Updates (May not make next update depending on time)

• Extra Cracks (New crack sets)
• Add a news feed
• Add audio “Crack” for when you take a picture
• Store the last taken picture for quick access to share.

Also, if anyone has any recommendations, feel free to ask.

Yummygum provide both a commercial and non – commercial licence for projects and allow you to customise them any which way you like. iconSweets 2 contains over 1,000 icons in a vector shaped photoshop format with over 400 pre formatted at 64×64 px ready for your iphone 4 projects.

Visit iconSweets 2 Site

Check out HERE my implementation of some of the icons on this site!