Posts

All the articles I've posted.

• Fixing UISearchDisplayController On iOS 7

  Published: 4 Oct, 2013

  • 1 min read

  Fix the broken animation, frame positioning, and status bar issues in UISearchDisplayController on iOS 7 with this comprehensive solution.

• Smart Proxy Delegation

  Published: 30 Jul, 2013

  • 4 min read

  Eliminate delegate boilerplate code in Objective-C using NSProxy to automatically handle respondsToSelector checks and method forwarding.

• Adding Keyboard Shortcuts To UIAlertView

  Published: 6 Mar, 2013

  • 3 min read

  Add keyboard shortcuts to UIAlertView and UIActionSheet for faster simulator testing by intercepting keyboard events with Enter and Escape keys.

• How To Center Content Within UIScrollView

  Published: 21 Feb, 2013

  • 3 min read

  Learn the best approach to center content in UIScrollView using contentInset instead of layoutSubviews or setContentOffset for better zooming behavior.

• UIAppearance for Custom Views

  Published: 12 Feb, 2013

  • 4 min read

  Learn how to properly implement UIAppearance in custom views, including important gotchas about setter tracking and initialization patterns.

• Hacking Block Support Into UIMenuItem

  Published: 17 Jul, 2012

  • 12 min read

  Implement block support for UIMenuItem by swizzling the responder chain to enable cleaner API patterns.

• Using Subscripting With Xcode 4.4 And iOS 4.3+

  Published: 11 Jul, 2012

  • 2 min read

  Use Objective-C's modern subscripting syntax with Xcode 4.4 and iOS 4.3+ through a clever header-only hack that enables array[index] notation.

• Pimping recursiveDescription

  Published: 1 Jul, 2012

  • 2 min read

  Enhance UIView's recursiveDescription to clearly show view controller hierarchies and containment relationships for easier debugging.

• NSURLCache Uses A Disk Cache As Of iOS 5

  Published: 10 Apr, 2012

  • 3 min read

  Discover how NSURLCache in iOS 5 now automatically implements disk caching to a SQLite database based on Cache-Control headers.

• Moving On... Or How Waiting For A Visa Was The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me.

  Published: 6 Apr, 2012

  • 4 min read

  After months of waiting for a US visa, I share my journey from freelance to full-time indie developer and the creation of PSPDFKit.