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It is pretty common for an iPhone/iPad app to make an API call to a server, get the JSON response data back, parse that data, and display it in a table view. The usual way to do this looks like this: – (void)apiCall { NSString *urlString = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"%@/some_models/some_action.json", apiEndpoint]; NSURL *url = [[NSURL [...]

If you’re using Apple’s reachability framework and compiling with OS4 beta SDK, you might get a crash like this: *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception ‘NSInvalidArgumentException’, reason: ‘*** +[Reachability<0xf37d0> init]: cannot init a class object.’ You can fix it by commenting out the [super init] line in + (Reachability*) reachabilityForLocalWiFi in Reachability.m: + (Reachability*) [...]

In developing an iPhone app for Pullfolio, we initially went with Titanium as Ray had used it before at Intridea, and we are familiar with web technologies. With that we were able to almost finish the app within a week. However, we quickly found limitations of the framework, more specifically, it was non-trivial to make a [...]

I’ve moved everything to Google Apps for Domains a long time ago, so my personal and work mails, contacts, and calendars are all on my GApps accounts. All my consulting clients are also on GApps. Using GApps, iCal and Addressbook on my Mac, and my iPhone, I got decent PIM integration between phone, mac, and [...]

If you’re interested, I jailbroke and unlocked our white iPhone 3G and they’re up on eBay here and here. update: first one just sold, don’t miss out on the second one!

Not the most practical iPhone case, but dope regardless. [From LW_NEWS: BEAMS+受注会ノベルティケース]

This is pretty damn cool!

Woke up, saw the tweets re: 2.1, which I thought was worth getting up to upgrade the phones… updates I really care about in bold. Update includes: * Decrease in call set-up failures and dropped calls * Significantly better battery life for most users * Dramatically reduced time to backup to iTunes * Improved email [...]

Just installed the free WordPress iPhone app. Working great so far. I need to get better at typing on this virtual keyboard.

Interesting read, I LOL’ed when I read his series of tweets on 7/11. He is getting it finally tomorrow afternoon, congrats!