Here’s the video for the talk on React Native I did for Forward Swift in March of 2017 in San Francisco! I’m very glad I didn’t have to wait until November for this one – the Forward Swift team has done an amazing job of getting out their videos in record time! Evan K. Stone: …
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Evidently this got posted to Realm’s website back in November, and I was not informed. Better late than never! Evan K. Stone – Saving Lives with iBeacons You’ve probably heard of iBeacons, but have you seen them up close or developed apps for them? iBeacon technology is a fun and easy way to start working …
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React Navigation for React Native is “collaboration between people from Facebook, Exponent and the React community at large” as this comment on the project’s GitHub page indicates: React Navigation is born from the React Native community’s need for an extensible yet easy-to-use navigation solution. It replaces and improves upon several navigation libraries in the ecosystem, …
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This was really bugging me because I don’t care for the Heart button Love/Dislike function in the latest versions of the Music app. Therefore, to bring back the star rating in iOS 10 Music app, you can do the following: Open the iOS Settings app from your Home Screen Find the settings for the Music …
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I’m happy to announce that I recently updated Part Two of my Zero-to-BLE series on Core Bluetooth Post Updated for Swift at Cloud City Development Blog! It’s been updated for Swift 2, because when I wrote it, Swift 3 hadn’t officially been released and I honestly thought it would be published well in advance of …
This weekend I finished and uploaded to the App Store a new version of an app I’ve been working on for the better part of this year. I uploaded version 1.0 in June and it took an extremely long time to get just one or two extra features into 1.1, and I was at long …
I always like to see when iBeacons are used in educational ways… Adelaide Zoo deploys iBeacon technology to enhance visitor experience Adelaide Zoo claims it will become Australia’s first zoo to introduce enhanced visitor content and experiences through beacon technology. Thanks to iBeacon Trends for the link!
I do this all the time on my Mac. I like having a PDF version of websites (as opposed to printed versions). This really comes in handy with pages like receipts. Now we can have this functionality on iOS too. Thanks to TechCrunch for this tip! Convert Website to PDF in Mobile Safari Need to …
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This was a new one on me and I discovered it accidentally. In one of my apps, NineOneOne ~ One-Touch Emergency Dialer, I query for the presence of the Skype app, so that an emergency call can be placed using Skype instead of the phone app. Why would one want to do this? Well, as …
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I’ve had my Apple Watch for a little while now, and I have really found myself relying heavily on it as a device primarily for notifications. The one thing that has really bothered me, however, is the somewhat random nature in which notifications are delivered to The Watch. I’m not sure I want all notifications …
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