eric e. dolecki

@interface YourAppDelegate : NSObject <UIApplicationDelegate> {
    UIWindow *window;
    YourAppViewController *viewController;
    UIImageView *splashView;
}
- (void)startupAnimationDone:(NSString *)animationID finished:(NSNumber *)finished context:(void *)context;

- (void)startupAnimationDone:(NSString *)animationID finished:(NSNumber *)finished context:(void *)context {
 [splashView removeFromSuperview];
 [splashView release];
}

- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(UIApplication *)application {    
    
    [window addSubview:viewController.view];
    [window makeKeyAndVisible];
 
 // Make this interesting.
 splashView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0,0, 320, 480)];
 splashView.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"Default.png"];
 [window addSubview:splashView];
 [window bringSubviewToFront:splashView];
 [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:nil];
 [UIView setAnimationDuration:2.0];
 [UIView setAnimationTransition:UIViewAnimationTransitionNone forView:window cache:YES];
 [UIView setAnimationDelegate:self]; 
 [UIView setAnimationDidStopSelector:@selector(startupAnimationDone:finished:context:)];
 splashView.alpha = 0.0;
 splashView.frame = CGRectMake(-60, -85, 440, 635);
 [UIView commitAnimations];
}

Labels: iPhone

- (void)onTimer:(NSTimer *)timer {
 long currentPlaybackTime = self.musicPlayer.currentPlaybackTime;
 int currentHours = (currentPlaybackTime / 3600);
 int currentMinutes = ((currentPlaybackTime / 60) - currentHours*60);
 int currentSeconds = (currentPlaybackTime % 60);
 self.currentLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%i:%02d:%02d", currentHours, currentMinutes, currentSeconds];
}

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    self.musicPlayer = [MPMusicPlayerController iPodMusicPlayer];
 
    // Initial sync of display with music player state
    [self handleNowPlayingItemChanged:nil];
    [self handlePlaybackStateChanged:nil];
    [self handleExternalVolumeChanged:nil];
    
    // Register for music player notifications
    NSNotificationCenter *notificationCenter = [NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter];
    [notificationCenter addObserver:self 
                           selector:@selector(handleNowPlayingItemChanged:)
                               name:MPMusicPlayerControllerNowPlayingItemDidChangeNotification 
                             object:self.musicPlayer];
    [notificationCenter addObserver:self 
                           selector:@selector(handlePlaybackStateChanged:)
                               name:MPMusicPlayerControllerPlaybackStateDidChangeNotification 
                             object:self.musicPlayer];
    [notificationCenter addObserver:self 
                           selector:@selector(handleExternalVolumeChanged:)
                               name:MPMusicPlayerControllerVolumeDidChangeNotification 
                             object:self.musicPlayer];
    [self.musicPlayer beginGeneratingPlaybackNotifications];
 currentTimer = [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:0.5 target:self selector:@selector(onTimer:) userInfo:nil repeats:YES];
}

- (void)handleNowPlayingItemChanged:(id)notification {
    MPMediaItem *currentItem = self.musicPlayer.nowPlayingItem;
    self.songLabel.text   = [currentItem valueForProperty:MPMediaItemPropertyTitle];
    self.artistLabel.text = [currentItem valueForProperty:MPMediaItemPropertyArtist];
    self.albumLabel.text  = [currentItem valueForProperty:MPMediaItemPropertyAlbumTitle];     
 
 // Current Playback Value - via the running timer
 
 // The total duration of the track...
 long totalPlaybackTime = [[[musicPlayer nowPlayingItem] valueForProperty: @"playbackDuration"] longValue];
 int tHours = (totalPlaybackTime / 3600);
 int tMins = ((totalPlaybackTime/60) - tHours*60);
 int tSecs = (totalPlaybackTime % 60 );
 self.durationLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%i:%02d:%02d", tHours, tMins, tSecs ];
 
    // Display album artwork. self.artworkImageView is a UIImageView.
    CGSize artworkImageViewSize = self.artworkImageView.bounds.size;
    MPMediaItemArtwork *artwork = [currentItem valueForProperty:MPMediaItemPropertyArtwork];
    if (artwork != nil) {
        self.artworkImageView.image = [artwork imageWithSize:artworkImageViewSize];
    } else {
        self.artworkImageView.image = nil;
    }
}

Labels: iPhone

Labels: Adobe Wave, Blogger

The water is refreshing and with a little effort you can create a splash using Adobe Wave without the need of going to the Publisher Portal to get the job done (once it's set up properly).

This post assumes the use of PHP. Other technologies, you're on your own.

The first thing you'll need to do is to obtain an API token used for authentication. Adobe has provided a URL for you to use: https://id-wave.adobe.com/identity/1.0/auth/apitoken.xml.

Cool, now all you need to do is make a little form to POST to that URL and it will return XML back to you containing your token.

<form action=
"https://id-wave.adobe.com/identity/1.0/auth/apitoken.xml" 
method="post">
 <input type="text" name="username"/>
 <input type="text" name="password"/>
 <input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" id="Submit"/>
</form>

I broke the form action line into 3 so it all fit correctly in a modern browser (the column gutter was clipping it). That was easy, you should get a really long string of characters that represents your token (if you entered your credentials correctly into the form). Now that you have your token, you can set up dynamic notifications.

Adobe supplied a samples folder of PHP scripts (zip file).

Upload those somewhere on your server or locally, whatever, and you'll want to edit that apiToken.php file. Where it has $api_token=''; you will want to replace that empty string with your actual token string. You shouldn't need to touch anything else in that file.

Now, to use that notification.php file you uploaded to create your notification, I made another form that contains my "topic" URI. It looks like this:

<form action="http://theURL/notification.php" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="topic" value="company_XX/feed_XX/XX"/>
Message: <input type="text" name="message" id="message"/><br/>
Link: <input type="text" name="link" id="link"/><br/>
<input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" id="Submit"/>
</form>

The magic sauce here is the hidden topic parameter sent to the notification.php file. This is the "topic" or the feed you wish to broadcast your notification to. You can get this from your Publisher Portal account for said feed.

Of note: You can also send along a thumbnail (in my case I have chosen not to because I have yet to see one of my notifications accompanied by a declared file I specified). It uses the name of "image" (base64 encoded image data of 40x40 preferred), as well as "imagetype" (of either "image/jpeg" or "image/png").

If you had many feeds, you could always slap the URIs into a drop down menu, or provide that UI in your Flash/Flex/etc.

Now, when you call that notification.php file correctly with your form (or perhaps with triggers you set up for your blog, your application, etc.), it communicates with Adobe and your notification is blasted. It works well.

I don't see a return notification other than I don't get an HTTP status error when it works. I could be overlooking something though.

So in short, this is how you can wire up dynamic notifications for your applications, your blog (posting, etc.), and more without having to visit the Wave Publisher Portal. If I missed something in this post, I apologize and will remedy it. I have gotten this to work all the time and it wasn't too hard to set up (some trial and error did take place however).

And yes, that wave image has free usage rights (thanks Google for adding that kind of detail in advanced image search).

Labels: Adobe Wave

Labels: Adobe Wave

Labels: Objective-C, tag

UIImage *image = [[UIImage alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"zooeyDeschanel" ofType:@"png"]];
 imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:image];
 
 myScrollView.contentSize = CGSizeMake(imageView.frame.size.width, imageView.frame.size.height);
 myScrollView.maximumZoomScale = 6.0;
 myScrollView.minimumZoomScale = 1.0;
 myScrollView.clipsToBounds = YES;
 myScrollView.delegate = self;
  
 UIButton *but = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
 but.frame = CGRectMake( 0, 0, 50, 50 );
 but.tag = 0;
 [but setTitle:@"Test" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
 [but addTarget:self action:@selector(displayValue:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
 
 UIButton *but2 = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
 but2.frame = CGRectMake( 200, 0, 50, 50 );
 but2.tag = 1;
 [but2 setTitle:@"Test 2" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
 [but2 addTarget:self action:@selector(displayValue:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];

 //... repeat this over and over

 [myScrollView addSubview:imageView];
 [myScrollView addSubview:but];
 [myScrollView addSubview:but2];

Labels: Objective-C, UIScrollView

Open Source Media Framework complements and solidifies Akamai's Open Video Player initiative," said Tim Napoleon, chief strategist, of digital media at Akamai. "OSMF leverages code from Akamai's Open Video Player and Adobe's expertise and resources to assist media companies and publishers in redefining the benchmarks for online video experiences that are powered by standards based workflows.

• OSMF is the open source part of the Strobe project that enables easy-to-build media players optimized for the Adobe Flash Platform
• The flexible OSMF architecture enables developers to easily create unique playback experiences that can leverage plug-ins for advertising, reporting metrics and content delivery along with standard video player features such as playback controls, video navigation, buffering and Dynamic Streaming. OSMF provides standard functionality along with plug-ins from third parties so content providers have the flexibility to adapt monetization strategies to specific content and the needs of their audiences.
• OSMF includes an API for partners to build plug-ins for value-add services. OSMF will enable more innovation around media experiences on the Web by allowing partners to easily experiment with new services for content providers, which spans content delivery, presentation and monetization.
• OSMF source code and pluggable software components are available immediately under the Mozilla Public License and available atwww.OpenSourceMediaFramework.com.

Akamai & Adobe Collaboration
Akamai has joined Adobe to advance the industry toward a widely adopted, cohesive standard for media players that support Adobe Flash Platform technologies. Akamai and Adobe are collaborating on the Open Video Player initiative, previously founded by Akamai, and the release of OSMF technologies. The goal is to ensure a consistent framework for media player development that enables developers, publishers, content owners, corporations and others to more quickly and easily build new video players that create and sustain profitable new business models. By providing all the components for media player development, the combined efforts will help strengthen the industry shift towards open standards.

Labels: OSMF

Labels: old technology

Labels: AS3

- (EASession *)openSessionForProtocol:(NSString *)protocolString {
   NSArray *accessories = [[EAAccessoryManager sharedAccessoryManager]
      connectedAccessories];
   EAAccessory *accessory = nil;
   EASession *session = nil;

   for (EAAccessory *obj in accessories) {
       if ([[obj protocolStrings] containsObject:protocolString]){
           accessory = obj;
           break;
       }
   }

   if (accessory){
       session = [[EASession alloc] initWithAccessory:accessory
            forProtocol:protocolString];
       if (session) {
           [[session inputStream] setDelegate:self];
           [[session inputStream] scheduleInRunLoop:[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop]
           forMode:NSDefaultRunLoopMode];
           [[session inputStream] open];
           [[session outputStream] setDelegate:self];
           [[session outputStream] scheduleInRunLoop:[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop]
            forMode:NSDefaultRunLoopMode];
           [[session outputStream] open];
           [session autorelease];
       }
   }
   return session;
}

// Handle communications from the streams.
- (void)stream:(NSStream*)theStream handleEvent:(NSStreamEvent)streamEvent
{
   switch (streamEvent)
   {
       // case NSStreamHasBytesAvailable: this was incorrect in Apple documentation...
       case NSStreamEventHasBytesAvailable:
           // Process the incoming stream data.
           break;
        case NSStreamEventHasSpaceAvailable:
           // Send the next queued command.
           break;
        default:
           break;
   }
}

Labels: ExternalAccessory, iPhone, Objective-C

When I set out to jump into iPhone development, I knew that I wanted to collect a lot of material that I could read through.

I printed tons of pages found on the internet, and I also purchased a few books on the subject. I keep two on my desk at all times: Beginning iPhone Development (Exploring the iPhone SDK) by Dave Mark and Jeff LaMarche, and The iPhone Developer's Cookbook.

I refer to them every now and then in case I forget something pretty silly and need a quick reference. And yes, I am also guilty of opening up previous Projects looking for techniques I used before that I want to employ again. I just did that twenty minutes ago. I'm sure I'll do it again before the close of the day.

But what's the point of this post? You see, the Beginning iPhone 3 Development book is new, but it's not completely new. A little sprinkling of Core Data has been added and some Table View styling. That's about it.

If you are into the new stuff in the 3.0 SDK (GameKit, MapKit, Push Notifications, In-App Purchase, more Core Data, etc.) then you want to wait for the book from the same guys to be called More iPhone 3 Development. So check Amazon every now and then. These guys put together really fine books, so you'll be well-served. Just don't get the new one they just put out thinking it's going to cover SDK 3.0 in any great detail.

Labels: books, iPhone

#import "ClickThroughViewController.h"
#import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>

@implementation ClickThroughViewController
@synthesize imageView, imageViewTop, aboutView, aboutButton, 
   advanceButton, backButton, label, gestureStartPoint, dirString;

- (void)updateLabel {
 NSString *c = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"%i", count];
 label.text = c;
 [c release];
}

- (void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event {
 UITouch *touch = [touches anyObject];
 gestureStartPoint = [touch locationInView:self.view];
 dirString = NULL;
}

- (void)touchesMoved:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event {
 UITouch *touch = [touches anyObject];
 CGPoint currentPosition = [touch locationInView:self.view];
 if(fabsf(gestureStartPoint.x - currentPosition.x ) >= kMinimumGestureLength && fabsf(gestureStartPoint.y - currentPosition.y) <= kMaximumVariance){
  //Horizontal Swipe
  if( gestureStartPoint.x < currentPosition.x ){
   dirString = @"fromLeft";
  } else {
   dirString = @"fromRight";
  }
 }
}

- (void)touchesEnded:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event { 
 if( [dirString isEqualToString:@"fromLeft"] ){
  [self prevImage];
 } else if( [dirString isEqualToString:@"fromRight"]){
  [self nextImage];
 }
}

/*
 You need to make sure the prototype images that you use are JPGs
 and use the "image_" convention, otherwise the total count will
 be off and your application will bork.
*/
- (void)viewDidLoad {
 
 UIImage *img = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"image_1.jpg" ofType:nil]];
 UIImage *img2 = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"image_1.jpg" ofType:nil]];
 imageView.image = img2;
 imageViewTop.image = img;
 imageView.hidden = YES;
 totalCount = 0;
 aboutShowing = NO;
 
 NSArray *d = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathsForResourcesOfType:@"jpg" inDirectory:nil];
 for(NSString *s in d){
  if([[s lastPathComponent] hasPrefix:@"image_"]){
   totalCount++;
  }
 }
 count = 1;
 prev = totalCount;
 label.alpha = 0;
 
 [self updateLabel];
    [super viewDidLoad];
}

- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning {
    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning]; 
}

- (void)dealloc {
 [imageView release];
 [backButton release];
 [advanceButton release];
    [super dealloc];
}

// #pragma isn't very cool in my opinion, so...
//MARK: Custom Code

- (IBAction)advanceImage:(id)sender {
 [self nextImage];
}

- (void)nextImage {
 count++;
 if( count > totalCount ){
  count = 1;
 }
 if( count == 1 ){
  prev = totalCount;
 } else {
  prev = count - 1;
 }
 [self updateLabel];
 
 NSString *tmp = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"image_%i", count];
 NSString *old = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"image_%i", prev];
 UIImage *img = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:tmp ofType:@"jpg"]];
 UIImage *img2 = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:old ofType:@"jpg"]];
 
 imageView.image = img2;
 imageViewTop.image = img;
 label.alpha = 1;
 
 CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
 [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:context];
 [UIView setAnimationTransition:UIViewAnimationTransitionFlipFromRight forView:[self imageViewTop] cache:YES];
 [UIView setAnimationDuration:0.5];
 [UIView commitAnimations];
 
 CGContextRef context2 = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
 [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:context2];
 [UIView setAnimationDuration:1.0];
 label.alpha = 0;
 [UIView commitAnimations];
}

- (IBAction)aboutChange:(id)sender {
 if( !aboutShowing ){
  aboutShowing = YES;
  aboutView.hidden = NO;
  aboutView.frame = CGRectMake(0, -50, 320, 480);
  aboutView.alpha = 0.0;
  CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
  [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:context];
  [UIView setAnimationDuration:1.0];
  aboutView.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 480);
  aboutView.alpha = 1.0;
  [UIView commitAnimations];

 } else {
  aboutShowing = NO;  
  CGContextRef context2 = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
  [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:context2];
  [UIView setAnimationDuration:1.0];
  aboutView.frame = CGRectMake(0, -50, 320, 480);
  aboutView.alpha = 0.0;
  [UIView commitAnimations];
 }
}

- (IBAction)backImage:(id)sender {
 [self prevImage];
}

- (void)prevImage {
 count--;
 if( count < 1 ){
  count = totalCount;
 }
 if( count == 1 ){
  prev = totalCount;
 } else {
  prev = count + 1;
 }
 [self updateLabel];
 NSString *tmp = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"image_%i", count];
 NSString *old = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"image_%i", prev];
 UIImage *img = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:tmp ofType:@"jpg"]];
 UIImage *img2 = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:old ofType:@"jpg"]];
 imageView.image = img2;
 imageViewTop.image = img;
 label.alpha = 1;
 
 CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
 [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:context];
 [UIView setAnimationTransition:UIViewAnimationTransitionFlipFromLeft forView:[self imageViewTop] cache:YES];
 [UIView setAnimationDuration:0.5];
 [UIView commitAnimations];
 
 CGContextRef context2 = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
 [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:context2];
 [UIView setAnimationDuration:1.0];
 label.alpha = 0;
 [UIView commitAnimations];
}

@end

Labels: iPhone, Objective-C

Labels: AS3, Flash, Text Layout Framework

Labels: Conference, iPhone

var myTimer:TrueTimer = new TrueTimer( 100, 100 );
myTimer.addEventListener( TimerEvent.TIMER, onMyTimer );

function onMyTimer( e:Event ):void {
    //you can't use the e.currentTarget.currentCount or anything like that
    trace( myTimer.currentCount );
}

package {
 import flash.display.*
 import flash.events.*
 import flash.utils.*
 public class TrueTimer extends MovieClip {
  public var delay:int
  public var repeatCount:int
  public var initTime:Date
  public var currentTime:Date
  public var currentCount = 0
  public var __offset:int = 0
  public var running:Boolean = false
  public var timeFromStart = 0
  public var timeShouldBe = 0
  
  public function TrueTimer(DELAY,REPEAT){
   delay = DELAY
   repeatCount = REPEAT
   
   initTime = new Date()
   currentTime = initTime
  }
  public function evaluateTime(e:Event){
   var now = new Date()
   var msDiff = now.valueOf() - currentTime.valueOf()
   __offset += msDiff
   currentTime = now
   if(__offset > delay){
    while(__offset > delay){
     currentCount ++
     __offset -= delay
     
     if(repeatCount != 0){
      if(currentCount == repeatCount){
       timeFromStart = now.valueOf() - initTime.valueOf()
       timeShouldBe = (repeatCount*delay)
       dispatchEvent(new Event(TimerEvent.TIMER))
       dispatchEvent(new Event(TimerEvent.TIMER_COMPLETE))
       __stop()
      }else if(currentCount < repeatCount){
       timeFromStart = now.valueOf() - initTime.valueOf()
       timeShouldBe = (repeatCount*delay)
       dispatchEvent(new Event(TimerEvent.TIMER))
      }
     }else{
      timeFromStart = now.valueOf() - initTime.valueOf()
      timeShouldBe = (repeatCount*delay)
      dispatchEvent(new Event(TimerEvent.TIMER))
     }
    }
   }
  }
  public function __start(){
   initTime = new Date()
   currentTime = initTime
   running = true
   addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,evaluateTime)
  }
  public function __stop(){
   running = false
   removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,evaluateTime)
  }
  public function __clear(){
   currentCount = 0
   __offset = 0
   running = false
   removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,evaluateTime)
  }
 }
}

Labels: AS3, Timer Class

FlashDevelop 3.0.2 RTM released

This release fixes issues found after 3.0.1. We added few options and fixed some issues in the completion and the UI. Enjoy!

About FlashDevelop:

* Features
* Screenshots

Note to customizers:

This release is fully compatible with RC2 - 3.0.1 RTM.

List of changes:

* Find and replace regex engine fixed
* TraceManager now resist message flooding
* Start Menu group creation is now optional
* Script errors are now ignored by the browser control
* Completion now shows local "Class" vars after new keyword
* Option added to generarate code always with access modifiers
* Option added to disable haXe compiler based completion
* Option added to disable the find text updating on F3
* Other small completion and UI bug fixes

Future plans:

* Finish the one of the debuggers, investigate profiling.
* Implement class imports reorganisation and packages refactoring.
* Add HTML/JS projects, investigate Jangaroo AS to JS compilation.
* Evaluate the possible cross-platform implementation.
* Make the MXML completion actually smart.

Important:

* Get the debug Flash Player (You need: Projector and ActiveX)
* Get Adobe Flex 3 SDK. The free Flex SDK (2 or 3) is required for ActionScript 3 development if you don't use Flash CS3.
* Java 1.6+ is required for the Flex compiler (ActionScript 3).

If you think the program is good, please donate some money for this project.

Download:

Built from rev. 612
Download FlashDevelop 3.0.2 RTM

Labels: AS3, Flash, FlashDevelop

#import "ClickThroughViewController.h"
#import <quartzcore/quartzcore.h>

@implementation ClickThroughViewController
@synthesize imageView, imageViewTop, aboutView, aboutButton, advanceButton, backButton, label;

- (void)updateLabel {
NSString *c = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"%i", count];
label.text = c;
[c release];
}

/*
You need to make sure the prototype images that you use are JPGs
and use the "image_" convention, otherwise the total count will
be off and your application will bork.
*/
- (void)viewDidLoad {
UIImage *img = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"image_1.jpg" ofType:nil]];
UIImage *img2 = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"image_6.jpg" ofType:nil]];
imageView.image = img2;
imageViewTop.image = img;
imageView.hidden = YES;
totalCount = 0;
aboutShowing = NO;

NSArray *d = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathsForResourcesOfType:@"jpg" inDirectory:nil];
for(NSString *s in d){
 if([[s lastPathComponent] hasPrefix:@"image_"]){
  totalCount++;
 }
}
count = 1;
prev = totalCount;
label.alpha = 0;
[self updateLabel];
   [super viewDidLoad];
}

- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning {
   [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
}

- (void)dealloc {
[imageView release];
[backButton release];
[advanceButton release];
   [super dealloc];
}

// #pragma isn't very cool in my opinion, so...
//MARK: Custom Code

- (IBAction)advanceImage:(id)sender {
count++;
if( count > totalCount ){
 count = 1;
}
if( count == 1 ){
 prev = totalCount;
} else {
 prev = count - 1;
}
[self updateLabel];

NSString *tmp = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"image_%i", count];
NSString *old = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"image_%i", prev];
UIImage *img = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:tmp ofType:@"jpg"]];
UIImage *img2 = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:old ofType:@"jpg"]];

imageView.image = img2;
imageViewTop.image = img;
label.alpha = 1;

CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:context];
[UIView setAnimationTransition:UIViewAnimationTransitionFlipFromLeft forView:[self imageViewTop] cache:YES];
[UIView setAnimationDuration:0.5];
[UIView commitAnimations];

CGContextRef context2 = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:context2];
[UIView setAnimationDuration:1.0];
label.alpha = 0;
[UIView commitAnimations];
}

- (IBAction)aboutChange:(id)sender {
if( !aboutShowing ){
 aboutShowing = YES;
 aboutView.hidden = NO;
 aboutView.frame = CGRectMake(0, -50, 320, 480);
 aboutView.alpha = 0.0;
 CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
 [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:context];
 [UIView setAnimationDuration:1.0];
 aboutView.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 480);
 aboutView.alpha = 1.0;
 [UIView commitAnimations];

} else {
 aboutShowing = NO; 
 CGContextRef context2 = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
 [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:context2];
 [UIView setAnimationDuration:1.0];
 aboutView.frame = CGRectMake(0, -50, 320, 480);
 aboutView.alpha = 0.0;
 [UIView commitAnimations];
}
}

- (IBAction)backImage:(id)sender {
 count--;
 if( count < 1 ){
  count = totalCount;
 }
 if( count == 1 ){
  prev = totalCount;
 } else {
  prev = count + 1;
 }
 [self updateLabel];
 NSString *tmp = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"image_%i", count];
 NSString *old = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"image_%i", prev];
 UIImage *img = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:tmp ofType:@"jpg"]];
 UIImage *img2 = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:old ofType:@"jpg"]];
 imageView.image = img2;
 imageViewTop.image = img;
 label.alpha = 1;
 
 CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
 [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:context];
 [UIView setAnimationTransition:UIViewAnimationTransitionFlipFromRight forView:[self imageViewTop] cache:YES];
 [UIView setAnimationDuration:0.5];
 [UIView commitAnimations];
 
 CGContextRef context2 = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
 [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:context2];
 [UIView setAnimationDuration:1.0];
 label.alpha = 0;
 [UIView commitAnimations];
}

@end

Labels: iPhone, Objective-C, Xcode

Labels: Timer Class

Here is an image of a component I already started:

How I imagine it. The slider has a base min and max. Defaults to 1 thumb maybe. You can add thumbs and when you do you specify a value for it's initial placement.

Labels: AS3, Component, Slider

There is an open-source graphing library available for both Mac OS X and the iPhone called CorePlot. If you've gotten accustomed to the graphing packages available for Flex and Flash applications, you'll get a little tingle when you see this graphic library.

In order to integrate into your iPhone application, after checking the code out of the repository or downloading you can follow this information:

Because frameworks cannot be used in Cocoa Touch applications in the same way as on the Mac, the means of including Core Plot within an iPhone application are slightly different.

First, drag the CorePlot-CocoaTouch.xcodeproj file into your iPhone application's Xcode project (making sure that nothing's copied and the paths are relative to your project). Then go to the Targets tab in Xcode, select your application's target, and bring up the inspector. Go to the General settings page and add the CorePlot-CocoaTouch library as a direct dependency.

Core Plot is built as a static library for iPhone, so you'll need to drag the libCorePlot-CocoaTouch.a static library from under the CorePlot-CocoaTouch.xcodeproj group to your target's Link Binary With Libraries folder.

You'll also need to point to the right header location. Under your Build settings, set the Header Search Paths to the relative path from your application to the framework/ subdirectory within the Core Plot source tree. Make sure to make this header search path recursive. You need to add -ObjC to Other Linker Flags as well.

Core Plot is based on Core Animation, so if you haven't already, add the QuartzCore framework to your application project.

Finally, you should be able to import all of the Core Plot classes and data types by inserting the following line in the appropriate source files within your project:

#import "CorePlot-CocoaTouch.h

I have yet to try this out myself since I don't immediately have a need for it, but I am seeing some people encountering problems with the steps outlined. They get a EXC_BAD_ACCESS error. Perhaps this library isn't set up in it's downloaded form properly and may require some tinkering to get it rolling properly. Here is the Issues List where you can tool around to see what problems currently exist that have been commented upon.

Labels: Graphing, iPhone

// Creates canvas 320 × 200 at 10, 50
var paper = Raphael(10, 50, 320, 200);
// Creates circle at x = 50, y = 40, with radius 10
var circle = paper.circle(50, 40, 10);
// Sets the fill attribute of the circle to red (#f00)
circle.attr("fill", "#f00");
// Sets the stroke attribute of the circle to white (#fff)
circle.attr("stroke", "#fff");

Labels: Javascript, Vector

Labels: Amazon, iPhone

The city of Pittsburgh has reclaimed its reign as the "City of Champions" with the Steelers' Super Bowl XLIII title and Penguins' Stanley Cup victory just months removed from each other. But if you include the defending World Series Champion Philadelphia Phillies, the state of Pennsylvania could probably adopt the moniker "State of Champions."

In an unprecedented event, all three championship trophies - the Stanley Cup, the Lombardi Trophy and the World Series Trophy - were all on hand in Harrisburg Tuesday afternoon to commemorate the outstanding achievements of Pennsylvania's professional sports teams.

The three reigning championship teams brought their respective trophies to Harrisburg for the festivities. The trophies made their way to Governor Ed Rendell's office (photo taken from the Governor's Reception Room). Later, the championship trophies made an appearance at the Capitol Rotunda, which is where important ceremonial events take place.

The event was an opportunity to recognize a very unique situation in which with three current professional championship teams all hail from the same state.

Labels: Champions, Penguins, Pennsylvania, Steelers

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Labels: iPhone, Objective-C, Simulator

Labels: awesome, Penguins, Steelers