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My last iDevBlogADay entry was about the second edition of the Prags’ iOS development book, so this time, I want to shine some light on my other current writing project, the long-in-coming Core Audio book. Last month, I mentioned that we’d shipped an update with three new chapters. A lot of the focus is and [...]

If you’ve ever wondered how to code gesture recognition for complex shapes I’ve come across a couple of open source libraries that should be a great deal of help.  This goes well beyond finger swiping. This library is based on the $1 gesture recognizer which I remember being discussed quite a bit a few years [...]

We have a great giveaway for our readers today. We are giving away two PDF copies each of Objective-C Fundamentals and iOS 4 in Action from Manning Books. How To Win: 1. Follow @ManningBooks on Twitter. 2. Leave a comment on this post telling us which book you would like and why you want to [...]

iPhone 5 may be delayed due to overheating issues.
Looks like Apple may not be spreading the love for iPad manufacturing, staying with Foxconn for now.
iOS beta 3 adds AirPlay Mirroring for Facetime.
Applie planning to add handsfree voice control and audio feedback to iPhone.
Apple now owns iPhone4.com and WhiteiPhone.com.

If you are looking for a unique way to present paged data (series of images or other views), iCarousel is worth a look. This is a very flexible control with many paging styles available including linear, cylinder and a coverflow look. There are also hooks available in the source code to provide your own paging [...]

In the past I’ve posted about creating iOS style buttons mentioning this tool, and this library which allow you to draw glossy buttons similar to those found in most iOS apps. The basic calculator app however has different buttons.  They have a rounded gloss at the top, and a steady gradient all the way down [...]

In the recent past I mentioned a great open source example for beginners interested in using the Map Kit on iOS devices, and utilizing several open source projects. I’ve come across a couple of excellent beginners tutorial on how to parse an XML feed, and display the contents on the map.  Another giving a good explanation [...]

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As you may have noticed if you have been reading this site for awhile, I occasionally mention product updates. This one is pretty significant as after numerous release candidates the incredibly successful open source Cocos2D iPhone game engine has finally released v1.0.0. There are an incredible amount of feature updates since the previous official release [...]