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20MB Limit: Finding the Real Size of an App Binary
In our language learning products Japanese Flash & Chinese Flash, we have quite large sql files. This puts us over [...]
Keeping, but not backing up, downloaded data in iOS5
With iOS5, Apple introduced iCloud and, in the process, decided to get a lot more strict about how much storage [...]
ACM Talk: Developer’s Guide to Mobile Platforms in 2012
Earlier this month, I spoke at the University of Illinois’ ACM Reflections|Projections conference about mobile SDK/platforms. You can barely see [...]
Saying goodbye to our first love, iOS 3
As of November 1st, 2011, Long Weekend products will no longer officially support iOS 3.x.
Short Courses: Make Your Own iOS Apps
Long Weekend (that’s us) in partnership with Swinburne University of Technology are running short courses in iOS development and strategic [...]
Understanding Automatic Reference Counting in Objective-C
Automatic Reference Counting (ARC) largely removes the burden of manual memory management, not to mention the chore of tracking down bugs [...]
Custom Progress View on Android Webview
In a recent project, we got to make an Android app. This was great for me because I have been [...]
How to copy a git repository into another repository
This post explains the “git-fu” behind the process of merging a repo’s history into another repository as a subdirectory.
What iOS5 Means For iOS Developers
I just woke up watched the WWDC 2011 Keynote video. The pundits & magazines have already weighed in on iOS5; [...]
Supporting multiple iOS versions & devices: it’s usually not worth it
If you’re an indie app developer, you’re not just a coder – you plan, design, build, and market apps – and your time is your most precious resource.
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