Author Archives: idz

About idz

A professional software engineer dabbling in iOS app development.

Tutorial: Building a Web Browser with UIWebView Revisited (Part 1)

Posted on November 17, 2013 by idz

By far the most popular tutorial series on this site has been the “Building a Web Browser with UIWebView” series. Over time, however, the tools and code presented have become outdated. Manual memory management has been replaced with Automatic Reference … Continue reading →

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New iOS 7 SDK Features

Posted on June 10, 2013 by idz

During the WWDC keynote, Craig Federighi showed a very busy slide with a list of new and/or improved APIs in the iOS SDK. Here’s an alphabetical list: 3D Map View 60-fps Video Capture Add to Reading List AirDrop from Activity … Continue reading →

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Snippet: Macros for ARC-agnostic Code

Posted on May 24, 2013 by idz

In an ideal World, we would all be using ARC now and all our code bases would have been converted to ARC but, if like me, you still have some legacy code you may find yourself needed to make some … Continue reading →

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