Hi all – We have a really terrific batch of controls for you this week. I know I must sound like a broken record at times, but I am thoroughly impressed with both the technical acumen and the unbounded generosity of the Cocoa developer community. You people really are fantastic :)
On another note, I want to invite you to submit tutorials or other content for inclusion in our blog. We feature tons of great controls from you every week, and would love to have the opportunity to present more in-depth information on how to get the most out of Cocoa, iOS and OS X from you as well. If you’re interested, please drop us a note at [email protected].
Thanks!
Aaron
EBPurchase
EBPurchase adds simple In-App Purchase functionality to your iOS app. It wraps all of the necessary code for interacting with the StoreKit framework into a convenient little class, and provides you with easy-to-use methods. EBPurchase is non-ARC and has been tested to work with iOS 4.3 and higher. MIT licensed.
CQMFloatingController
CQMFloatingController is a floating UI component with navigation bar. You can push/pop a content view controller on it. This component is ported from Calqum, customizable calculator for iPhone. MIT licensed.
XYOrigami
Our control of the week is from the ridiculously talented Xiaoyang Feng (no really, go look at his portfolio, he’s unbelievable). XYOrigami is an simple and easy-to-use view transition for iOS app. Inspired by Hon Cheng’s next train video, XYOrigami is a simpler version of folding transition. It is an add-on category of UIView, with two functions you can animate showing/hiding another view. MIT licensed.
Find out more, or check it out on YouTube
LBYouTubeView
A UIView subclass that displays YouTube videos using MPMoviePlayerController. It’s highly customizable in getting data. The choice between high-quality and standard-quality is already implemented but you can also add other features that fetch the top comments, related videos and such. MIT licensed.
TSPopover
UIPopover-like UI (with ActionSheet) for iPhone. MIT licensed.
VSTabBar
A custom Tab Bar write from scratch. VSTabBar is fully customizable: All colors could be changed (Background, Foreground, gradient selection, current selection item, etc.), selection indication, title, image, separators, and even location. Apache 2.0 licensed.
InspectorTabBar
An Xcode Inspector-like tab bar for Mac OS X. License unspecified.
