Control of the Week: PopulateKit
Aaron Brethorst • February 15, 2014
Weekly Roundup: Facebook and Microsoft Take Bold Steps Forward
Aaron Brethorst • February 08, 2014
Last week, Facebook launched a new app, Paper, that acts kind of like a Flipboard for your Facebook feed. It's a gorgeous app, but ran into some issues both in terms of trademark issues and usability problems. Still, I think it's a bold step forward, and...
Read More…Control of the Week: DoImagePickerController
Aaron Brethorst • February 08, 2014
Weekly Roundup: The New Nexus of Google Hardware
Aaron Brethorst • February 01, 2014
Hi everyone - There's been a lot of talk this past week about future hardware, on both Apple and Google's parts. Mac Rumors, for what it's worth, posted an article about a rumored new app, Healthbook, coming to iOS 8 that will feature very tight integration with the rumored iWatch. It would seem entirely sensible to tie a forthcoming new product line launch to existing blockbuster product lines, meaning that a Fall release of the iWatch was always likely, but rumors of tight integration into n...
Read More…Control of the Week: RMScannerView
Aaron Brethorst • February 01, 2014
Weekly Roundup: the Mac at 30
Aaron Brethorst • January 25, 2014
Obviously the big news of the past week was the 30th anniversary of the Mac, introduced at an Apple shareholder meeting on January 24, 1984. Apple put together a very unexpected, beautiful retrospective on the Mac, which you can find below. Meanwhile, MacWorld has a brief but interesting look at the Mac at 30 from Phil Schiller, Bud Tribble, and others.
Meanwhile, Nintendo, a company that has regularly been compared to Apple in...
Read More…Control of the Week: DLWidgetMenu
Aaron Brethorst • January 25, 2014
Weekly Roundup: Playing Games
Aaron Brethorst • January 19, 2014
Although not directly related to iOS development, one of the most surprising and unfortunate pieces of news I read this past week was that Tobias Frere-Jones, one half of the renowned type foundry Hoefler & Frere-Jones was suing his business partner of 15 years for what he sees as his fair share of half of the company. One big takeaway for all of you folks doing contracting work or considering doing contracting work is that you should always get everything written down and signed....
Read More…Controls of the Week: UIImageView_FaceAwareFill and BEMSimpleLineGraph
Aaron Brethorst • January 19, 2014
App of the Week: Margana
Aaron Brethorst • January 19, 2014
A delightful word game for iOS that takes advantage of no less than... |
Weekly Roundup: Seven Years of the iPhone
Aaron Brethorst • January 11, 2014
Eight years ago, I watched a TED talk by Jeff Han on his innovative research into multitouch displays. Little did I know at the time that less than a year later, Steve Jobs would walk onto the stage at MacWorld to demonstrate not just a research prototype, but a real product that would be available to consumers just months later[1]. Last week marked the seven year anniversary of Jobs' introduction of the iP...
Read More…Weekly Roundup: Welcome to 2014!
Aaron Brethorst • January 06, 2014
Hello everyone and happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful, productive 2013, and that your plans for 2014 are taking shape even as I write this. Apple's certainly are, and if an article I link to below from TUAW is to be believed, you'll know first when 9to5 Mac does solid, original reporting about it.
Meanwhile, New Years is always a great time to reflect on the past even as we look ahead to the future. In tha...
Read More…Control of the Week: P2MSTextView
Aaron Brethorst • January 06, 2014
Weekly Roundup: Slow and Steady Wins the Race
Aaron Brethorst • December 28, 2013
Happy new year, everyone! As 2013 draws to a close, I just want to thank you all again for your support. Cocoa Controls would be nothing without its community, which means you. Without your apps, or your open source controls the site wouldn't be worth much.
2013 was also a big year for Apple and iOS, with Apple releasing the most significant set of changes to the operating system since its original release in 2007, a much-needed overhaul of the Mac Pro, somehow managing to shove both...
Read More…Control of the Week: EZAudio
Aaron Brethorst • December 28, 2013
Weekly Roundup: Inter-app communication tools and 18 other spectacular controls
Aaron Brethorst • December 21, 2013
Happy holidays, everyone! As 2013 draws to a close, I've been seeing the inevitable flurry of both retrospective and forward-looking posts on the Internet, and I've compiled a list of some of my recent favorites for you, which you can find in What We're Reading. I'll draw up some thoughts about 2013 and 2014 for you for next week, so stay tuned for that.
Beyond that, we have a ridiculously good batch of controls for you to peruse this week, including several controls that ta...
Read More…Control of the Week: IntentKit
Aaron Brethorst • December 21, 2013
Weekly Roundup: Auto Layout tutorial video, free gesture graphics, and much more!
Aaron Brethorst • December 14, 2013
The holiday season is upon us, and—regardless of how you may celebrate it—it bears repeating that you will not be celebrating it by releasing new versions of your apps in the App Store. The annual iTunes Connect shutdown is less than a week away, so either get your apps in pronto or hang onto them until the 27th!
Our "What We're Reading" section is a bit mislabeled this week. Half of ...
Read More…Sponsored by HelpShift
Aaron Brethorst • December 14, 2013
We're delighted to have Helpshift back as our sponsor this week. Check out their new CocoaPod for even faster integration into your iOS apps:
pod 'Helpshift', '~> 4.0.0'
Helpshift is the first help desk built for iOS and Android apps.
Message your users in-app. Enable self-service with native FAQs. Get 5-star reviews.
I've tried out Helpshift and I must say I couldn't be happier. It is, by far, the best support system I've ...
Read More…Control of the Week: EFCircularSlider
Aaron Brethorst • December 14, 2013
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