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Adding in-app purchase
I just added in-app purchase in my ad-supported apps to allow users to remove the ads by paying $0.99. The whole process is quite simple in theory, but it was a pain to make it work. A sample of the issues I had and solutions: To use the Sandbox, you must must remove (uninstall) any [...]
Beware of screenshots showing test iAds
I just had my first iAds apps rejected because Apple requires that the screenshot do not display test ads. I understand this, however it was not documented (or I missed it), so I am good for one more week waiting for approval… So to summarize, if you use iAds in your apps: Implement the delegate [...]
Cropping the iPhone screenshots
When providing your application screenshots in iTunes Connect, one thing that Apple recommends is removing the status bar from your screenshots. Chris Gummer created a great little tool to make this tedious task automatic. You can find it here.
ScrollView creates problems with Pickers
I found out that including pickers (in my case DatePickers) as subviews of a ScrollView prevents them from operating normally. I think this must be a bug in the iPhone OS…
iAd delegate not optional
Apple just published a note in AppStore submission requirements: it is now mandatory to implement the ADBannerView delegate to hide the iAd banners when no ads are available (for example when no Internet connection is available…).
Xcode 3.2.3 showing only 3.2 and 4.0 Base SDK
Now how do you now create an app that will run on 3.0 – 3.1.3 devices? After some research I found the (easy) solution: In Xcode, go to “Project” – “Edit Active Target” – “Build” – “Deployment” Change “iPhone OS 4.0″ (or 3.2) to whatever minimum version is needed by this app. Done!
Facebook Open Graph SDK for iPhone?
Facebook is replacing their old “connect” SDK with their new “Open Graph”. However the only iPhone SDK available from Facebook is still using the old connect SDK. This will be a major issue since Facebook is going to disable more and more features obtained using this old API. I looked for solutions on the Web, [...]
About Me
Ary Tebeka - Professional Geek and Serial Entrepreneur. I am currently doing iPhone/iPad app development.
