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• iPhone can't play videos that require Flash player

  Asked by vsalt : 01 July 2010 - 06:26 PM

  

  Answered by mvark : Jul 02 2010 12:34 AM
  Check if the free Cloud Browse App workaround suits your need - https://content.usato...hone--sort-of/1 Alternatively, you may have to convert the Flash videos to a supported format. full answer >

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  • flash

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• What is the optimal size of an iPhone touch target?

  

  By adfm : 30 June 2010 - 07:30 AM

  Designing an interface usually involves matching up to a grid. For a finger friendly interface to be effective you'll want the active interface elements to be no larger than a finger tip. But who&...

  Tags:

  • UI
  • iPhone
  • interface
  • mobile

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• How to Render Anti-Aliased Lines with Textures in iOS 4

  

  By adfm : 24 June 2010 - 10:49 AM

  Want to cut some of that overhead incurred while rendering a scene? Why use full-screen anti-aliasing when you don't have to? This shortcut from Philip Rideout's iPhone 3D Programming will show you ...

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  • iPhone
  • iOS 4
  • rendering
  • 3D
  • iPhone 3D

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• Working with Static Analyzer in Xcode 3.2

  

  By Doron Katz : 23 June 2010 - 02:33 PM

  Hi folks, I wanted to talk about Static Analysis in XCode. For you iPhone and Mac developers, this new feature available in Snow Leopard and xCode 3.2, the advanced warning identifier that goes hand i...

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  • XCode
  • Objective-C
  • iPhone

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• Objective-C: FIXME, TODO and ?

  

  By Doron Katz : 23 June 2010 - 02:28 PM

  There are four different comment tags we can use when coding in XCode, that will allow us to to navigate the source code with some handy pointers. The tags are FIXME, TODO and ???. So far you may onl...

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  • iPhone
  • XCode

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• Objective-C and EXC_BAD_ACCESS

  

  By Doron Katz : 23 June 2010 - 02:24 PM

  For those of you who happen to come across the familiar console error EXC_BAD_ACCESS and you feel stumped, it helps to understand a bit about what this error actually is. The EXC_BAD_ACCESS that y...

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  • Objective-C
  • iPhone
  • EXC_BAD_ACCESS
  • Objective-C Errors

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• Simulating slow network speeds for iPhone app testing on your simulator

  

  By Doron Katz : 23 June 2010 - 02:10 PM

  If you are developing an app on your mac, and need to simulate slower network speeds, such as for testing 3G and 2G speeds, on your iPhone simulator, SpeedLimit is your answer. This free tool sits in ...

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  • iPhone
  • Objective-C
  • Network Speed

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• Why do you develop mobile apps?

  Asked by macslocum : 23 June 2010 - 07:01 AM

  Tags:

  • iphone
  • gold rush
  • App Store
  • mobile
  • android
  • apps
  • app development

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• How to Use the iPhone's Digital Compass

  

  By adfm : 22 June 2010 - 04:32 PM

  Are you building an iPhone app that could benefit from knowing which direction you're facing? Learn how to access the magnetometer (a.k.a. the digital compass) in iOS with the excerpt from Alasdair ...

  Tags:

  • iPhone
  • Objective-C
  • XCode
  • magnetometer
  • compass
  • sensor

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• A Super Simple Sample App for Supersampling on iOS

  

  By adfm : 22 June 2010 - 10:59 AM

  Looking for a shortcut to get full-screen anti-aliasing for your iPhone game? It might not be the optimal solution for your needs, but if you're rushing to get something out and need to cut some cor...

  Tags:

  • graphics
  • supersampling
  • 3D
  • iPhone
  • iPhone 3D

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