Category Archives: iOS

Apple Watch Prototyping

ThinkApps has launched a prototyping tool that allows you create interactive mockups of your Apple Watch idea. This provides a great way to get hands on with the device. MarvelApp has released a new version of their app which included a Watch … Continue reading

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Develop Quickly with JSON

A large amount of app development involves integrating with third party systems, typically via an API. More typically via JSON. Paw is a great tool for working with API’s. It’s super simple to create your requests and organise them into groups. I … Continue reading

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Continuously Learning Xcode

For an indie developer it’s important to hear how other developers are working. Ben Scheirman of NSScreencast is posting an interesting series on his development of an app. Just watching how others work is really useful to spot shortcuts and efficiencies in … Continue reading

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MacID for iOS – ASO Review

MacID for iOS is the number 1 paid app (Monday 18th May 2015) The basics £0.79 – Universal app Offers Apple Watch App All 5 screenshots have text heading with features and benefits. No App Preview video. 27 Ratings, the … Continue reading

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NSConference Videos

NSConference has established itself as one of the best iOS Development conferences. That all came to a close this year. I was lucky enough to attend and am looking forward to watching the newly released NSConf7 videos. I was amazed to see that Scotty has uploaded … Continue reading

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App Business Interviews

There’s a huge resource of podcast interviews that I’ve recently discovered. Paul Kemp, TheAppGuy has recorded nearly 300 interviews with app business owners and developers. He’s also launching a new series called App Store Launch Stories. If you’ve not heard of Paul before … Continue reading

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iOS Development Tools April 2015

Each project with a new team brings new tools and workflows. Tools I’ve been using this month. iOS Development Fabric include Crashlytics Beta for deploying test builds. Planning to use Twitter Digits for user onboarding. Parse – for user management and uploading … Continue reading

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App Store Descriptions

Appbot have a great post on Writing a Great App Store Description. One of the points is about telling a story, something that many apps fail to do. Tell a story, don’t rattle off features Selling a story of the … Continue reading

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iOS Development Tools February 2015

Each project with a new team brings new tools and workflows. Tools I’ve been using this month. Design/Prototyping Invision iOS Development Fabric Parse CircleCi Analytics Segment Project Management Slack – integrated with Github and Trello PivotalTracker Podcasts Core Intuition iDeveloper Iterate … Continue reading

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iTunes Connect TestFlight Issues

It’s not been a great week for iTunesConnect in the first week since TestFlight was retired. There have been issues with accessing iTunes Connect, uploading builds for testing and notifications not being sent. This has affected my ability to send … Continue reading

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