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DTRichTextEditor 1.6.0
This update brings the new features and fixes from DTCoreText 1.6 to the editor component. Changes FIXED: Multi-stage text input had issues with input delegate messaging ADDED [SPONSORED]: Support for...
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Zip Snapshot of GIT Repo
The sample apps I am making to accompany bug reports to Apple I generally create with a GIT repo behind them. I’ve gotten used to Xcode already creating a new repo when I start a new project, so why...
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Apple Product Non-Placement
A German TV movie (based on a Katie Forde novel) has a scene where a protagonist views from photos taken with a Canon camera. Though there are several things wrong here that cause Apple buffs to wince....
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Undefined Symbols
OC asks: “I’m doing some Objective-C exercises from a Big Nerd Ranch book, and I’m getting these errors. I’m still pretty lost in terms of how to handle unexpected errors and stuff, so I would...
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DTCoreText 1.6.1
For the most part this is a bug fix release on DTCoreText, but there are also two new little features in the demo app. This update was made possible by a generous sponsor. Changes FIXED: [DTHTMLWriter]...
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DTRichTextEditor 1.6.1
This is a maintenance update for DTRichTextEditor, for the most part bringing the changes in DTCoreText 1.6.1 into the editor plus a small fix. Changes FIXED: Pasted plain text missing typing...
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Radar: Unlocked iPhone should not require SIM Card to be activated
The following hassle became apparent when I restored an iPhone 4 to a iOS 7 BETA version. You are supposed to file issues for everything, even something that annoys you as infrequently as this. This...
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Taking Stackshots
You know how to take screenshots on your iOS device and that is quite useful when filing bug reports because as they say “a picture is worth a thousand words”. But there are situations – happened to me...
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Talking to Amazon Web Services
I have several boxes of books that I want to create a list of. I have the technology down to scan the book bar codes rapidly. But how could I get the book titles for my inventory? Amazon Web Services...
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Out of Office
We’re offline for “maintenance” until July 22nd with no way to receive emails or respond to your requests and orders. We mention this so that you know why you won’t hear from us until then. We haven’t...
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Radar: LLVM Enhancement: @switch
Since Apple is starting to enhance LLVM with new language elements I figure that it might be a good time to suggest them as well, of course via Radar. This is an enhancement request for getting an...
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DTFoundation 1.5.0
This update for DTFoundation was originally 1.4.5. But some breakage occurred from fixing the name of a sub spec. So the solution was promote that to 1.5.0. This works because DTCoreText references...
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DTCoreText 1.6.2
This hot fix update of DTCoreText addresses a few issues that arose from the cleanup and reorganisation of DTFoundation 1.5.0. Changes FIXED: Unable to run Demo App due to missing symbols FIXED: Random...
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iOS Developer Challenge
it is very rare that I review other developer’s apps; and usually only if they make use of one of my components. But for the iOS Developer Challenge I am making an exception. This app is quite unique...
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Monitoring a Folder with GCD
There is no notification to be gotten if the user adds or removes files to your app’s documents folder. The only way to update your list of files in that case is to monitor the folder for changes....
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Block-Based Logging Replacement for NSLog
It became apparent that we should have a standard method for logging in our frameworks. Some of use are happily using Cocoa Lumberjack in product apps, but not everybody might share this test. So there...
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DTFoundation 1.5.1
This is a mostly a clean-up release for DTFoundation with a few interesting additions. Changes ADDED: Ability to uncompress individual files in DTZipArchive ADDED: DTFolderMonitor for watching a folder...
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DTCoreText 1.6.3 + DTRichTextEditor 1.6.2
Two minor version updates are fixing issues in DTCoreText and DTRichTextEditor. Update: If you have trouble building via CocoaPods please make sure that you have version 0.23 and also refresh your pod...
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DTFoundation 1.5.2
This update for DTFoundation fixes issues with DTLog and DTHTMLParser and adds a few new utility methods. Changes ADDED: Method for duplicating template image tinting under iOS 6 ADDED: DTLog function...
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DTCoreText 1.6.4
This update for DTCoreText brings fixes and improvements of equal proportion. Changes FIXED: Crash when having multiple font-families in the default style sheet FIXED: Crash when encountering multiple...
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