Since the release of Mac OS X Lion you might have noticed that your Hard Drive seems to keep shrinking, when you delete something you don’t seem to gain any additional space, well the reason for this is that Lion brought with it a new feature “Local Backups” Called snapshots, this seems to be kicked [...]
TUTORIAL: Disable Time Machine Local Backups in Mac OS X Lion
by marie on 10. Apr, 2012 in News, Tutorials
iOS Tutorial – Twitter integration in iOS5
by simon on 28. Mar, 2012 in iOS, Tutorials
This tutorial is written by Simon Thompson, creator of the new iOS developer resource www.iosdeveloperguide.com Tweeting from within your app has become significantly easier to implement with the release of iOS5. In the past you had the choice of writing your own Twitter integration library or using a third-party library, which could be time-consuming and confusing. [...]
Become a Mobile Design Rockstar – Only $77 Instead of $200
by Mobile Orchard Team on 24. Mar, 2012 in iOS, News
Jen Gordon makes her living designing pretty interfaces for glowing boxes, and teaching others how to do the same. With a robust background in web design, and experience designing for many Fortune 500 companies, Jen took that knowledge and shifted to the field of mobile design in 2008. Today Jen runs Tapptics, a mobile design training [...]
Video Tutorial : Creating iPhone App Design Templates – Part 2
by tope on 28. Jan, 2012 in iOS, Resources, Tutorials
This is the second part in the series of 2 tutorials on how to create custom designs for your iPhone app. You can view Part 1 here. In this tutorial, we shall design a ViewController similar to the image below. The ViewController will have a custom UIBarButtonItem that replaces the standard back button and a [...]
Video Tutorial – Creating iPhone App Design Templates Part 1
by tope on 12. Jan, 2012 in iOS, Tutorials
Here is a series of videos that teaches you how to design an iPhone App. The app takes its inspiration from the Flipboard App for iPhone. Saves you $2000+ in hiring designers, Setup In 10 minutes, No Photoshop skills needed. Click the button below to browse the templates and start designing your app in 30 [...]
Top 18 iPhone App Design Inspiration For 2012 That Really Rocks
by tope on 19. Dec, 2011 in News, Tutorials
This is a guest post by +Tope who is Vault Overseer at App Design Vault where you get stunning iPhone App Design templates for developers with a budget or lack of good design contacts. Instagram This app was Apple’s Top App of 2011. So why not start with that. It has a nice custom Navigation [...]
App Design Vault Templates Bundle – 4 Days Left at $70 intead of $280!
by Mobile Orchard Team on 01. Dec, 2011 in iOS, News, Tutorials
Last week we launched an exclusive deal that proved to be very popular among our readers – How to Design Cool Looking Apps That Sell. However, all good things must come to an end and the App Design Vault is no exception – you guys have only four days left to get this bargain for [...]
Complete iOS App Development Course – only $79
by Mobile Orchard Team on 28. Nov, 2011 in iOS, News, Resources, Tutorials
We always think of app development as taking weeks or months to learn. But it doesn’t have to be that way! With this course from Udemy, you can learn iPhone and iPad app development in just an hour! That’s no mistake, the total course length is around 2.5 hours but after the first hour, you’ll already [...]
AppDev Weekly: Adjusting Alpha Transparency Using Xcode
by Charles Tian on 29. Sep, 2011 in iOS, Tutorials
Welcome to my second article published for AppDev Weekly, my column that I run of MobileOrchard. In this app development tutorial, I’ll be covering some simple programming using Xcode, Apple’s free Mac software used to develop iOS applications. In this tutorial, I’ll be demonstrating how to adjust the alpha transparency of an object, which can [...]
Automatically Track App Sale Referrals
by Michael Tyson on 13. Sep, 2011 in Tips, Tutorials
Michael Tyson is an independent iOS developer, and runs a small artisan software development business called A Tasty Pixel. He’s passionate about creating outstanding user experiences, and spends his days sweatin’ the details from his mobile office, a motorhome called Nettle in which he and his partner are spending a few years exploring Europe. Think [...]
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