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What’s Coming Up Next? – Tom Bluewater Introducing Oh-My-Arrays for Mac OS X

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Mac OS X software Oh-My-Arrays

TOKYO (MacHouse) – When you use several images in an Xcode project, you might probably create an array to store those file names. Occasionally, I use several dozen images in an Xcode project. If you have that many, you really want to avoid typing all file names manually. So what do I suggest?

Mac App Store application Oh-My-Arrays

Tom Bluewater
   Mac App Store application Oh-My-Arrays

Tom Bluewater

Oh-My-Arrays is a simple desktop application that lets you create an array of file names out of a folder you select. All you have to do is just drag and drop a folder right onto the application window. And just click on the disclosure button to retrieve code. Simple enough?   Continue reading →

iOS & Swift – Creating a Custom Progress Wheel

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TOKYO (MacHouse) – If you want to convince an Apple reviewer that an app that you are submitting to their App Store is something extraordinary, you’ll have to use a unique feature that might surprise or impress them. Maybe, use a custom progress wheel? So I created something a few weeks ago. And I’ve decided to convert it for Swift 3. That’s where I run into a lot of trouble. Well, it’s finally done. So let’s see what my progress wheel looks like. Continue reading →

iOS & Swift – Making a Custom Dial Menu

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TOKYO (MacHouse) – These days, I’ve been looking for a design challenge for an iOS application as I have plenty of free time. And I went to dribble.com yesterday again to see if there is anything interesting. What caught my eyes is this design. Whoa… Quite amazing… I don’t know how they make that kind of control. So I launched Xcode 8 and started writing code in Swift last night. Continue reading →

iOS & Swift – Making Custom Vertical Menu

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TOKYO (MacHouse) – Earlier, I introduced my simple horizontal menu that utilizes a subclass of UIViewController. And I went on to create a vertical menu a few days ago. I always have a design problem. That is, I’m pretty bad at coming up with my own app design. So I went to dribble.com and found this beautiful design sample. From there, I just started re-writing my UIViewController subclass. Of course, that screenshot looks way better than mine below (Screenshot 1). Well, at least, I’m getting there. Continue reading →

iOS & Swift – Making Custom UITabBar Menu (Sort of…)

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TOKYO (MacHouse) – For Apple, Inc., as far as iPhone apps are concerned, it’s apparent that looks are more important than features. Forget about painting the back of a fence unlike Mr. Jobs says in his biography, right? If you only use default controls that Xcode offers, chances are that your app won’t even be featured as a new comer to the 1st category of your choice.

Anyway, the other day, I visited stackoverflow as usual, looking for an interesting topic. One of them that I spotted is this one where sombody wants to use color images with UITabBarController. First, I ran a Google search for UITabBarController if I remember correctly and spotted some examples. But I’ve actually decided to go my own way. As a result, I’ve created a horizontal menu with color images at the bottom. Looking at Screenshot 1 below, it’s not that bad. Continue reading →