Looking around the App Store, I see most apps customize their UITableViews in a unique way. Flixster embeds movie posters and ratings, in addition to their titles. Tweetie integrates tweets, icons, usernames, and the date. GasBuddy lists service type, amount spent, gallons, and dollars per gallon in each row. Constructing these customized UITableViewCells is possible [...]
I’ve previously covered how Apple’s command-line utility ibtool can be used to automate localization tasks: generating a .strings file, localizing an English XIB, and incrementally updating a localized XIB. It’s a fantastic tool, included in the Xcode development installation, and works well for both Mac OS X applications and iPhone apps. I use this automation [...]
WWDC 2009 is next week, June 8-12, in San Francisco. I’ll be there, tweeting intermittently. If you’re going/around, be sure to check out CocoaHeads on Wednesday night at the local Apple Store. Scott Stevenson et al have an awesome lineup of people talking: Delicious Monster, Sofa, 280 North, and Sebastiaan de With (the guy behind [...]
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