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  • How to Use SQLite to Manage Data in iOS Apps

    Among the numerous applications existing on the App Store today, it would be hard for someone to find more than a few of them that do not deal with data. Most of the apps handle some sort of data, no matter in what format they are, and always perform some actions upon it. There are…

  • Using iAd to Display Banner Ad in Your App

    So, you are about to start developing the next super app, you have everything planned and designed, but there’s still one last thing you haven’t made your mind up about; how to make some earnings out of it! Well, there are two options apart from offering it completely free: Either to make it a paid…

  • Integrating Facebook Login in iOS App – The Manual Way

    In my previous tutorial, I presented an easy and fast way to implement the login with Facebook feature. Based on the FBLoginView class, I demonstrated how logging in and out from Facebook can be done in really a few minutes with the assistance of a predefined login button. In this tutorial we’ll do the exact…

  • Introduction to UIActionSheet and UIPopoverController

    All mobile applications, no matter what they are about, they have one common and obvious characteristic: They offer interaction, which means that they are not static, but require input or actions needed to be taken by users from time to time in order to function properly. One quite usual behavior, is the ability to provide…

  • Understanding Git Source Control in Xcode

    During an application development process, a quite significant part is the way developers manage to keep track of the changes been made over time. It really consists of a necessary need to be able to store and handle copies of working code versions in various stable stages, and revert back to them when bugs or…

  • Tally-Counter

    Tally-Counter is a quite helpful, easy to be used and simple tool for counting… whatever you may think or imagine. Count people, objects, cars, birds, dots, clouds, ants; Count everything! It's all a tap away with Tally-Counter being your assistant right into your hand. No more need to remember, no more need to write down…

  • Background Transfer Service in iOS 7 SDK: How To Download File in Background

    In a previous tutorial I presented a specific new multitasking feature in iOS 7, the Background Fetch, showing how easy it is to make an app to schedule downloads in the background. In this tutorial, I am going to work with another great multitasking feature, named Background Transfer Service. Prior to iOS 7, only a…

  • Adding Animated Effects to iOS App Using UIKit Dynamics

    In the recent tutorials, it has been underlined that iOS 7 has brought along great new features. Many new frameworks, libraries and APIs have been exposed to developers, letting them create modern and engaging applications and attract more users. One of them is the UIKit Dynamics library, integrated right into the UIKit framework, allowing the…

  • Exploring the Multipeer Connectivity framework: Game Logic

    In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a simple, multi-player game using the Multipeer Connectivity framework that was introduced in iOS 7. In the first installment of this series, we laid the foundation of the game. In this article, we'll implement the game logic. Read the full tutorial on MobileTuts+