Developing cool apps for Apple and Android
Would you like to be able to open an email attachment with your own custom extension directly in your app? The following will show how you can do it.
Read MoreNEW: 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?
Some app stores will even reject your app if it doesn’t fill the screen. Save yourself from a headache by following these simple steps.
Read MoreIf 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.
Read MoreThe 20px menubar at the bottom of the screen is a permanent fixture on the Kindle Fire.
The problem is that Corona includes this in the reported screen size, which can result in display objects being partially hidden if they’re positioned at the bottom.
In this post I’ll show you how you can deal with this. It works well with dynamic scaling and also screen orientation changes.
Read MoreBig Fat Goalie was featured again in Canada’s The Globe and Mail !
10 awesome games for Android phones
Read MoreBig Fat Goalie was featured in Canada’s The Globe and Mail !
10 iOS paid apps worth buying for the kids
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