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11 August 202211 August 2022

Swift – Simple full screen loader

Hello,

resuming an old post, that help you to create an UIAlert extension to show a modal popup, https://www.albertopasca.it/whiletrue/objective-c-modal-view-in-navigation-and-tabbar-controller-projects/ , I’ve created a new modern implementation that use UIWindow.

The scope is to show a spinner (or a Lottie spinner, or whatever you prefer), centered in the screen with automatic or manually dismission. Background can be blurred or colored, like this screen:

8 March 20229 March 2022

DIY: Hack Weward for iOS

Weward is a mobile app that basically pay-you if you walk; offer also a price exchange and lots of offers inside the app.

The first time I opened it, I see at glance that I can hack it… and of course you can do it by yourself, very quick and easily. Let’s see how.

15 February 202112 February 2021

iOS – Fake GPS position: how to use and prevent

Very often a lots of iOS applications use your gps position to retrieve data or to lock / unlock contents positions based.

With Android you can use lots of apps called Fake GPS or similar that allow you to change your real gps position with a mocked one.

On Android development side this can be blocked checking via code the:

13 October 202012 October 2020

Remove alpha channel from png images

Every time you upload a screenshot on the App Store for a new app submission, you receive from Apple this error message:

“Images can’t contain alpha channels or transparencies.”

24 August 202022 July 2020

macOS – App Icon Maker free utility

I want to introduce you to the new “App Icon Maker“, a simple and free utility for macOS that helps you to convert the images in the 3 Apple formats, @1x, @2x, and @3x.

27 July 202022 July 2020

Swift – Identify misspelled words and errors in phrases

A simple tutorial for find and identify the wrong typed words of the user in your application using the UITextChecker framework and the NatualLanguage framework.

Final result:

14 June 20203 June 2020

Create your own XCode template

Very often you create a new class or a new view controller and customize it before start coding.

Every time you select from XCode, New File, the file type and add it to your project, like this:

17 May 20207 May 2020

Hacking “Laica Body Touch” weight scale with iOS

I have bought a new weight scale that works with or without a smartphone.

There is a proprietary app, called Laica Body Touch.

Problem with this app are:

24 July 20196 March 2020

XCode – Debug macOS PreferencesPane applications

You need to build a System preference panel extension for your app but you’re unable to debug it from XCode due to Apple System Integrity lock?

Let’s see how!

But how to debug this extension?

Latest macOS block the execution or the debug of all system application. Now all apps are signed and if you try to attach a debugger you’ll receive this error:

Message from debugger: cannot attach to process due to System Integrity Protection

5 July 20169 February 2021

PokemonGo – Catch world wide pokemon… from your desk!

Hi guys!

Today i’ve discovered a simple and funny way to catch all Pokemon around the world simply stay sit in front of your pc!