Backgrounds with no black borders on Apple/Android devices

Posted on Mar 17, 2012 | 0 comments

NEW: Updated to work with the iPad 3rd generation.

One of the issues with cross-platform development on mobile devices is how to handle the diversity of screen-sizes in a visually pleasing way.

Corona handles this elegantly with its dynamic sizing, but how to get rid of those pesky black borders? Nobody likes those right?

Xcode 4.3 and broken utilities

Posted on Feb 21, 2012 | 3 comments

If you install Xcode 4.3 and remove 4.2 from your system you might be in for a surprise.
Xcode 4.3 doesn’t play nice yet, and some utilities will not work since some are still looking in the old /Developer location.

Here’s a fix I’ve found for Xcode 4.3 when you encounter problems with utilities or libraries not being found.