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Useful Mac OS X and iOS Links for Developers

http://developer.apple.com/

http://www.iphonedevforums.com/forum/index.php

http://iphonedevelopment.blogspot.com/2008/06/web-services-core.html

http://www.iphonedevsdk.com/

http://idevkit.com/

http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl

http://cocoadevcentral.com/d/learn_objectivec/

http://pragmaticstudio.com/screencasts

http://www.mobileorchard.com/find-iphone-memory-leaks-a-leaks-tool-tutorial/

Cocoa Is My Girlfriend » ZDS Code Style Guide

We have come to that point in the company’s life that I can no longer review every single line of code before it is passed either to a customer or put directly into production. However, there is always going to be the situation where I need to dive into a piece of code to get an issue sorted out; even if it is just another set of eyes on the problem.

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Big Nerd Ranch Weblog » How to Time

I was asked three times last week how I find how long an activity takes on the Mac and the iPhone.  Here is the most accurate method that I know of:

#import uint64_t start = mach_absolute_time(); 
// do stuff to be timed 
uint64_t end = mach_absolute_time(); 
uint64_t elapsed = end - start; 
mach_timebase_info_data_t info; 
if (mach_timebase_info (&info) != KERN_SUCCESS) { 
  printf ("mach_timebase_info failed\n"); }
uint64_t nanosecs = elapsed * info.numer / info.denom;
uint64_t millisecs = nanosecs / 1000000;

As you use this, remember that the elapsed time for a given function will vary with the load the system is under.

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The "timing" couldn't be better - I was just researching this topic last week.

mikeash.com: Friday Q&A 2009-11-13: Dangerous Cocoa Calls

First, let me clarify what I mean by a dangerous call. I don't mean something that is obviously dangerous, like -[NSFileManager removeFileAtPath:handler:]. That call is dangerous because you could use it to wipe the user's entire hard drive, but it's not interesting, because it's obvious that it can do this. Instead, I'm going to cover calls which are subtly dangerous, things which you might easily use in an innocent manner, only to discover later that bad things can occur.

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iPhone Xcode "CodeSign error: a valid provisioning profile is required for product type 'Application' in SDK 'Device - iPhone OS 3.1.3'"

When working with multiple provisioning profiles you may occasionally encounter the CodeSign error. This may occur when opening up old projects that were built with profiles that you no longer have available. In some cases, either the release or debug build will work and the other will result in the error. The steps below fixed the issue for us:

1. In our case, we created a new wild card provisioning profile.
2. Delete old provisioning profiles in the Xcode Organizer.
3. From the Apple Developer Site, we downloaded the new provisioning profile. 
4. Next drag it to the Xcode icon to install. You can verify this profile using the Xcode Organizer by selecting your device and you should see the new profile under Provisioning. (If not you can click the + to add it.)
5. In Xcode, expand Targets and you'll see the application name - in this case Contacts. (See Image 1)
6. Double click on the application name to open the Targets "YourApp" Info dialog. (See Image 2a)
7. In the Code Signing section, Code Signing Identity, Any iPhone OS Device, my original setting, which was causing the error, was Don't Code Sign. (See Image 2a)
8. Next using the right column drop-down list, select the proper certificate. Note, once you select the drop-down the invalid certificate entry is gone (in my case iPhone Developer).  (See Image 2b)
9. Now select Build then Clean All Targets with Also Clean Dependencies and Also Remove Precompiled Headers checked.
10. Select Empty Caches from the Xcode menu. 
11. Now you should have success when clicking Build and Run on your device.

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Apple iPhone (iPad) SDK 3.2 Beta Released

Along with the iPad media event today, Apple released the iPhone SDK 3.2 beta which can be used for iPad development immediately. It does not support the iPhone or iPod touch.

With this software you can develop applications that run on iPad using the included iPad Simulator, which runs iPhone OS 3.2. Additionally, you can develop applications for iPhone and iPod touch, which run on iPhone OS 3.1.2. Installing the iPhone SDK 3.2 beta requires an Intel-based Macintosh computer running Mac OS X 10.6.2 (Snow Leopard) or later.

The Xcode development environment includes a new iPad simulator. And there are guidelines for developing universal applications that take full advantage of the technologies on the iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad from a single binary.

We have installed the SDK today and will be reporting on it over the next couple of weeks.

iPhone & iPod Touch OS 3.1.2 Update

The OS 3.1.2 update is for bug fixes not new features and it includes the following fixes:

• Resolves sporadic issue that may cause iPhone to not wake from sleep
• Resolves intermittent issue that may interrupt cellular network services until restart
• Fixes bug that could cause occasional crash during video streaming

According to Apple, iPhone OS 3.1.2 is compatible with the iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPhone 3GS. Users can update via iTunes - just connect your iPhone or iPod Touch and click the update button. The update is approximately 270-310MB depending upon device. Apple released iPhone OS 3.1 about one month ago.

Once finished your iPhone will restart. You will be alerted about a Carrier Settings update. This will upgrade the US iPhone OS 3.1.2 to AT&T carrier settings version 5.6. There is no reboot required after updating the carrier settings.

We have experienced the issue where the iPhone would not wake from sleep and it then had to be reset. And we have not run into any issues on the iPod Touch (2nd Generation).

Once we have a few days usage with the updated devices we will report our results. 

iPhone 3.0 Features

I have been playing around with the iPhone 3.0 Copy and Paste functions. Like most functions on the iPhone they are very intuitive. But I now have to stop leaving my finger on the display too long, otherwise I get the pop-up menu to Copy.

Also I was looking at how to use Voice Control only to find out that my 3G (running 3.0) does not support it. I did come across an article which lists the iPhone 3.0 features that work on the various iPhone hardware versions.

First post using using the iPhone Typepad app

I am running 2.0 on my original iPhone now. The upgrade went smoothly, although with resyncing etc. it took about 15 minutes.

iPhone SDK Beta 8 Released

iPhone SDK and Xcode 3.1 Developer Tools for Mac OS X v10.5.3

Beta release 8 is compatible with the final iPhone OS 2.0 release and must be used to
build and sign any iPhone OS application to be submitted to the App Store. As a
reminder, you must be a member of the iPhone Developer Program to submit apps.

See http://developer.apple.com/iphone/index.action for further details