iOS: erratic compass behaviour

2010-11-29 Thread sebi
hello, I spent all day getting some AR app done and used the CLLocationManager's heading and the CMMotionManager a lot. then in the evening the compass freaked out, not only in my app, also the built in Compass.app, which would be sometimes correct, but most of the time between 20 an 180° degre

Re: NSUTF8StringEncoding and umlauts

2010-09-01 Thread sebi
On 01.09.2010, at 12:25, Alastair Houghton wrote: > On 1 Sep 2010, at 10:21, sebi wrote: > >> I load an utf-8 textfile from a server with >> >> [NSString stringWithContentsOfURL:url encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding >> error:&err] >> >> and non

NSUTF8StringEncoding and umlauts

2010-09-01 Thread sebi
Hello, I load an utf-8 textfile from a server with [NSString stringWithContentsOfURL:url encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:&err] and non ascii characters are still not right, e.g. "ü" becomes "ÃŒ". is that a problem on my end or on the server side? thanks and regards, sebastian mecklenburg_

Re: CGImage, CIImage and NSImage

2010-08-05 Thread sebi
Hello, If you are still learning I would recommend NSImage, it's the easiest to use. If you need many images and high framerates I would recommend to use OpenGL. CGImage, CIImage are rarely used for special purposes.. I wouldn't bother with them at the beginning. Regards, Sebastian Mecklenburg

Re: UIImageView and UIViewContentModeBottomLeft

2010-08-04 Thread sebi
On 05.08.2010, at 02:41, David Duncan wrote: > On Aug 4, 2010, at 4:46 PM, Jonathon Kuo wrote: > >> On Aug 4, 2010, at 9:43 AM, David Duncan wrote: >> >>> A UIView (really the CALayer owned by the view) can and will display >>> content larger than its bounds if given to it. >> >> Is there a w

UIImageView and UIViewContentModeBottomLeft

2010-08-04 Thread sebi
Hello again, why is it that when I set the content mode of an UIImageView to UIViewContentModeBottomLeft I cant change it's size anymore? this is what I do: self.imageView.image = theImage; self.imageView.contentMode = UIViewContentModeBottomLeft; self.imageView.frame =

Re: iOS: UITableViewCell an textlabel?

2010-08-04 Thread sebi
// You'll ignore the built-in textLabel property and use your > own, myOwnTextLabel. > } > return self; > } > > - (void) dealloc { > [myOwnTextLabel release]; myOwnTextLabel = nil; > [super dealloc]; > } > > - (void) setText: (NSString *)text {

Re: iOS: UITableViewCell an textlabel?

2010-08-04 Thread sebi
t;xxx"; } regards, sebastian mecklenburg On 03.08.2010, at 19:24, sebi wrote: > Hello, > > In my project (iPad) I use a UITableViewCell subclass. The problem is, that > the built in textLabel doesn't show the text. > Here is some test code: > > -(void)setTex

iOS: UITableViewCell an textlabel?

2010-08-03 Thread sebi
Hello, In my project (iPad) I use a UITableViewCell subclass. The problem is, that the built in textLabel doesn't show the text. Here is some test code: -(void)setText:(NSString*)text { CGRect r; r.origin.x = 30; r.origin.y = 5; r.size.width = self.bounds.size.wid

Re: presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated without view controller?

2010-07-28 Thread sebi
Whoops, sorry, I forgot it again, this refers to the iPhone/iPad and iOS versions >= 3.2 which do not sem to support the basic MPMoviePlayerController anymore. On 28.07.2010, at 17:16, sebi wrote: > Hello, > > I need to update an older app which is based only on a window and a vi

presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAnimated without view controller?

2010-07-28 Thread sebi
Hello, I need to update an older app which is based only on a window and a view. Up to now it shows a movie using the MPMoviePlayerController. Now I have to use the MPMoviePlayerViewController. Unfortunately since there is no view controller I can't just call presentMoviePlayerViewControllerAni

Debugger hangs?

2010-07-21 Thread sebi
Hello, every few times I want to step through my code with Xcode's debugger it eventually refuses to work. I click on the "Step Over" button and then nothing happens. The variable window becomes empty and the three step buttons become greyed out. The "Pause" button reacts on clicks but doesn't

Re: iPad: CGPDF... methods and leak/cache

2010-07-08 Thread sebi
On 07.07.2010, at 19:35, Kyle Sluder wrote: > On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 10:21 AM, sebi wrote: >> When I get a memory warning I unload most of the images and I also release >> the current CGPDFDocumentRef which should release the memory. >> Unfortunately it doesn't. O

iPad: CGPDF... methods and leak/cache

2010-07-07 Thread sebi
Hello, I'm writing an app on iPad that lets the user navigate through a >700 page pdf. When he's on some page I preload the next and previous pages as UIImage (using CGContextDrawPDFPage()) so navigation is faster. Everything is fine at first, but after a few tens of pages the memory gets full

Re: Download images and modify bundle?

2010-07-02 Thread sebi
burg On 02.07.2010, at 13:50, Graham Cox wrote: > > On 02/07/2010, at 6:01 PM, sebi wrote: > >> When I download an image and want to keep it for further reference, I assume >> I have to store it in the documents directory and not in the app bundle, >> because otherwi

Download images and modify bundle?

2010-07-02 Thread sebi
Hello, When I download an image and want to keep it for further reference, I assume I have to store it in the documents directory and not in the app bundle, because otherwise I would invalidate the signature and the app wont run anymore. Is this correct? Background: I write a catalog app that i

Spotlight SDK replacement on iPad/iPhone

2010-05-28 Thread sebi
Hello, I'd like to have a quick full text search on a pdf in my app. Unfortunately the NSMetadata* classes are not available in the iPhone SDK. Does someone know of a 3rd party solution or so? Thanks and regards, sebastian mecklenburg___ Cocoa-dev ma

Re: iPhone/iPad: Desktop wallpaper can't be set.

2010-05-19 Thread sebi
ides a way for me to set my background, I don't need > to buy or use an app to do that. > > I vote no -- don't do it. > > phil > > On May 19, 2010, at 9:08 AM, David Duncan wrote: > >> On May 19, 2010, at 7:55 AM, sebi wrote: >> >>>

iPhone/iPad: Desktop wallpaper can't be set.

2010-05-19 Thread sebi
Hello, A customer wants an app that changes the desktop background image. I told him that is not possible (and probably won't be in the near future) because that would mean to play outside the sandbox. Is this correct? Thanks and regards, Sebastian Mecklenburg___

Re: iPad interface orientation basics

2010-05-17 Thread sebi
On May 14, 2010, at 8:17 AM, David Duncan wrote: > On May 12, 2010, at 12:52 PM, sebi wrote: > >> hello, >> >> sorry, this is probably a very simple thing, but i am quite puzzled right >> now. >> >> when i do this in my view controller: >>

iPad interface orientation basics

2010-05-13 Thread sebi
hello, sorry, this is probably a very simple thing, but i am quite puzzled right now. when i do this in my view controller: - (void)didRotateFromInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)fromInterfaceOrientation { CGSize size = self.view.frame.size; NSLog(NSStringFromCGSize(

iPhone: viewDidAppear called, Default.png still visible

2010-05-13 Thread sebi
Hello, How can I find out if my first view is up and running? When viewDidAppear is called on my fist UIViewController I'm still looking only at the Default.png. What I do first in my app is: 1. wait for viewDidAppear to be called 2. show some wait-indicator 3. load some data from the net 4. hid

Re: ImageIO on iPhone

2010-02-17 Thread sebi
Whoopsie! Thanks a lot! Regards, Sebastian Mecklenburg On Feb 16, 2010, at 3:02 PM, glenn andreas wrote: > > On Feb 16, 2010, at 6:55 AM, sebi wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I want to use ImageIO on the iPhone. However, the ApplicationServices >> framework does n

ImageIO on iPhone

2010-02-16 Thread sebi
Hello, I want to use ImageIO on the iPhone. However, the ApplicationServices framework does not show up in the list, when i do the "Add -> Existing Framework" command. When i just add the line #import I get some errors like 'CFXMLTreeRef' has not been declared (full list below). I added the C

Re: NSImage loads garbage every other time?!?

2010-01-22 Thread sebi
it reports such a strange image dimension for the other image (which is in fact 96x152, so roughly 4.17 times that big)... Regards, Sebastian Mecklenburg On 22.01.2010, at 13:24, sebi wrote: > Hello, > > this is the weirdest thing i saw in a while. > > I load an image wi

NSImage loads garbage every other time?!?

2010-01-22 Thread sebi
Hello, this is the weirdest thing i saw in a while. I load an image with [NSImage imageNamed:@"someName.png"]; the image is has a size of (159, 256) Every other time I start the app in the debugger the loaded image reports a size of (23, 36.4812) and contains only garbage of some old image I