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Comment on Eval iPhone apps: the good, the bad, and the ugly by Lester Livezey

Lester Livezey — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:55:47 +0000

My ipod touch 1G is the most valuable iPod, Pda and more, and even has has been from the time I got it. It also operate the most up-to-date iPod system software, and also any application I will want it to run. I’m using it to post this comment at the moment. I would point out it’s a much more in comparison with simply an “excellent hobbyist system” — it really is an good iPod

Comment on Leopard firewall and hotspot security by Christian Martinez

Christian Martinez — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:35:35 +0000

Really nice post. Theoretically I could write something like this too, but taking the time and effort to make a good article is a lot of effort…but what can I say….I’m a procrastinater. Good read though.

Comment on Debugging peer-to-peer and wifi apps on the iPhone by Gary Arctic

Gary Arctic — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:59:41 +0000

I kind of agree with what he was saying just not as direct

Comment on Semi-Modal (Transparent) Dialogs on the iPhone by jotwee

jotwee — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:10:37 +0000

@ramin
??
first time show: middleCenter = middle of the screen
second time show: middleCenter = offScreenCenter

after hiding, you have to reset the center (when the view is not visible)

Comment on Eval iPhone apps: the good, the bad, and the ugly by Eric Granata

Eric Granata — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:08:13 +0000

Thank you for the informative and thoughtful post.

Comment on Eval iPhone apps: the good, the bad, and the ugly by MWT

MWT — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:20:46 +0000

Thank you for this post. I am developing an app with IAP, and have encountered just the problem you mention above; viz. how to *securely* persist on the phone the fact of a user purchase.

I’m curious if you have seen any good answers to this question in the months since this post. I would appreciate any pointers.

Comment on Building Games for the iPhone (and other platforms) by magnetic motors

magnetic motors — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:17:08 +0000

Finally, Finally…I’ve been looking for this information for a long time. Thanks

Comment on Semi-Modal (Transparent) Dialogs on the iPhone by ramin

ramin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:20:06 +0000

@Jason: It should be pretty straightforward to use. Just create a class derived from UIViewController, add the above methods to it and then call those methods to show and hide the view as a modal.

@jotwee: To adjust only the transparency of the background, try setting the alpha of the background view to < 1.0 *before* adding any subviews to it.

On flipping up/down/up: not sure why you’d want to do that, because if you’re holding a reference to the modalView so it can be reused later, the ’showModal’ routine sets the center before it starts off. And if you do it in the hideModalEnded after it’s been removed from the subview then it won’t be visible. Maybe I’m not getting your usage scenario.

Comment on Semi-Modal (Transparent) Dialogs on the iPhone by jotwee

jotwee — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:03:03 +0000

btw:
if you want to flip it up and down and up again, you have to reset the center in -(void)hideModalEnded:

- (void) hideModalEnded:(NSString *)animationID finished:(NSNumber *)finished context:(void *)context
{
UIView* modalView = (UIView *)context;
[modalView removeFromSuperview];
CGSize offSize = [UIScreen mainScreen].bounds.size;
CGPoint middleCenter = CGPointMake(offSize.width / 2.0, offSize.height / 2.0);
modalView.center = middleCenter;
[modalView release];
}

Comment on Semi-Modal (Transparent) Dialogs on the iPhone by jotwee

jotwee — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:32:08 +0000

very nice, exactly what I was looking for

but I am messing around with that transparency stuff: if I set the view alpha of the view below 1, all elements on it will also be semi-transparent. what am I doing wrong??