11 September 2013 by Alberto Pasca on generic

[Objective-C] Recognize letter pressed on UILabel

You have an UILabel and want to know which letter was pressed on touch.

From a question on stackoverflow, I’ve implemented in this fast and stupid way.

Solution

5 August 2013 by Alberto Pasca on generic

iOS – Hide apps on springboard

This is a trick to make an app invisible on Springboard.

Open your application .PLIST and add these lines:

[...]
<key>SBAppTags</key>
<array>
<string>hidden</string>
</array>
[...]

Build and Run!

Note that your app is hidden from recents and springboard!

have fun.

7 July 2013 by Alberto Pasca on generic

Objectivec – 3D View Rotation

Today, how to make a 3d rotation using two UIView.

Problem

I want to rotate my view in 3d perspective, but after animation, buttons not responds to touch events.
This happens because after a 3d trasform, the point of view is different, and the frame go out for a walk…

26 June 2013 by Alberto Pasca on macOS, mobile, objectivec, swift, tvOS, watchOS, xcode

Xcode – power of breakpoints

A collection of useful Xcode debugging technique, using Breakpoints and LLDBdebugger.

19 June 2013 by Alberto Pasca on generic

TV B Gone kit

What is?

TV-B-Gone is a ‘universal’ remote control device, it is basically like a remote control but with only the “Power” button.

“You can use TV-B-Gone® to control access to television for philosophical or practical reasons, or simply to have fun!“
—Mitch Altman, Inventor of TV-B-Gone®

19 June 2013 by Alberto Pasca on generic

Arduino Fingerprint

Habemus Arduino Fingerprint sensor!

23 May 2013 by Alberto Pasca on generic

ZBar, little hack

Just for fun, of course, changed default action for the Info Button of Zbar library on iOS.

enjoy nm! \m/

2 May 2013 by Alberto Pasca on generic

[Xcode] Warn about new API Classes and Methods

What?

Your project minimum iOS version is 5.0.
You are using SDK 6.1 and want to know if some method or some classes used in project are unavailable for iOS < 6.1?

Since Xcode don’t warn about it… here a trick to warn by yourself!

22 April 2013 by Alberto Pasca on generic

IT people and spare time

Picture!