Category Archives: iOS

Test Your Apps Without Apple Developer Program

As announced at WWDC 2015, changes to Xcode 7 mean you no longer need to sign up to the Apple Developer Program to test your apps on your device. From the Xcode 7 Release Notes: Now you can go beyond … Continue reading

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Apple Release Dates 2015

The Apple announcement on 9th September 2015 announced the following release dates for Apple products: Thurs 10th Sep – iPad Mini 4 ships Sat 12th Sep – iPhone 6s preorders Weds 16th Sep – iOS 9 ships (Xcode 7 available … Continue reading

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The Art of App Pricing

App and in-app pricing best practice is a moving target. Sensor Tower have a mini case study of the effect of price changes on five apps – Tiny Wings, Angry Birds, Goat Simulator, Heads Up and Sims 3. It shows the effect of price … Continue reading

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iOSDevUK 5: Roundups

The 5th iOSDevUK took place in Aberystwyth last week. Many of the presentations are being made available. The best of the roundups are: Oliver Foggin – Thoughts DeveloperDave – Summary Steve Westgarth – My Favourite Bits  

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iOS Development Tools July 2015

Each project with a new team brings new tools and workflows. Tools I’ve been using this month. See previous listings for February 2015, April 2015. iOS Development Fabric include Crashlytics Beta for deploying test builds and Twitter Digits for user onboarding. Parse – for user … Continue reading

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30 Word Sales Pitch and Free App Store Template Download

Can you sell your app in 30 words? No? Bad news, because that’s all you get in the App Store. These screenshots show the small amount of space available for your app description.   These screenshots also highlight the importance of the … Continue reading

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Xcode Runtime Attributes

The last 1% of pixels in an app, take 10% of the time. Quickly changing a button to have rounded corners and a coloured border is still not completely possible in Interface Builder. The use of Runtime Attributes does make … Continue reading

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WWDC and iOS9 Roundup of Roundups

A quick roundup of roundups and reviews from WWDC 2015 on 8th June. The main announcements were iOS9 and watchOS2. iOS 9 Release Notes Mac Stories iOS9 Complete Review Swift 2.0 Announcement Developer Account Membership changes: Deploy to personal devices … Continue reading

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