MOGenerator is a command line utility that generates NSManagedObject class files based on you model files. It creates a NSManagedObject derived class for each entity of your model. The utility can be run manually every time you change your model files (.xcdatamodeld). This manual process can easily be forgotten, and ideally we want it to […]
Author Archives: Sérgio Estêvão
XCode Build and Version numbers based on GIT
Since XCode 4.3 you can find in the Summary Tab of your targets the following fields: Version and Build. Version should be used to identify the “comercial” version of your app, something like 2.0, for more details on how to proper change version numbers have a look at semver.org. Build should be a internal number to unique […]
Al Jazeera iPad app
Al Jazeera for iPad brings you all the latest news and live broadcast of Al Jazeera English, free of charge. The 24-hour news and current affairs channel is the first international English-language news channel to broadcast across the globe from the Middle East. Al Jazeera’s global footprint continues to grow and now broadcasts to more […]
Application Folders
I found in Apple documentation a good write up about the iOS application folders and how to use them.
Core Data – How to organize your contexts
One of the main questions people have when using CoreData is how to organize their contexts. This theme always causes fired up debates of what is the best technique. In the following links you can find an explanation of main approaches and some pitfalls. http://www.cocoanetics.com/2012/07/multi-context-coredata/ http://cutecoder.org/programming/multithreading-core-data-ios/ http://floriankugler.com/blog/2013/4/29/concurrent-core-data-stack-performance-shootout
Core Data Issues
iOS 5 brought a new way of organising your contexts(parent0-child) but be aware it also brought some interesting bugs: http://wbyoung.tumblr.com/post/27851725562/core-data-growing-pains#notes
Font Awesome
A cool font and even better iOS integration.
The Telegraph for iPad
Selected as Editor’s Choice on the App Store, The Telegraph for iPad delivers agenda-setting news, business and sport seven days a week. Features include: Full-screen photo galleries of the day’s best images, videos and infographics. Weekend magazines and supplements Daily crosswords and Sudoku A 30 day archive of editions Offline reading Role: Senior Software Engineer Client: The […]