Category Archives: Code Snippets

Directory Paths on the iPhone and iPad

Posted on May 17, 2011 by idz

The correct way to retrieve the path of the documents directory in iOS is, according to Apple Documentation: I never seem to be able to remember this when I need it. So I wrapped this and other directory related routines … Continue reading →

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Quick Performance Measurements

Posted on May 3, 2011 by idz

A quick and easy way to measure the performance of a piece of iOS code is to dig down below all the Cocoa Touch stuff and use the low-level mach_absolute_time. This call returns a tick count that can be converted … Continue reading →

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Handy UIKit Debugging Functions

Posted on May 3, 2011 by idz

I don’t know how many times I had typed something like before I discovered that UIKit has the following handy string conversions functions Reference UIKit Function Reference

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