SOLVED: Where are all my old sims, Xcode 11?
If you opened an old Xcode project in Xcode 11 and wondered where all your simulator versions before iOS 13 went, you may need to tweak the deployment target of your target.
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SOLVED: macOS Mojave 10.14.4 system frozen every morning
Since upgrading my iMac to macOS Mojave 10.14.4 several months ago, I have found the system frozen every morning, with no smoking guns. After weeks (months?) of this, trying many different “solutions”, and even calling Apple for help, I finally … Continue reading →
Lockbox v3
Lockbox v3 is now available, sporting a vastly more robust yet less complex API for storing data into and retrieving data from the iOS keychain.
Continue reading →Call for testers: OuttaMyWay! v3
Nearly 2 years in the making, OuttaMyWay! v3 is ready for public testing! This update supports iOS8 and above on both iPhones and iPads, and has a number of other enhancements and new features.
Continue reading →Standalone Delegate Objects
It is very common practice that an object like a view controller is the delgate (and perhaps datasource) for another encapsulated or included object, such as a table view. This affords easy access from the delegate methods to the delegate … Continue reading →
Unit Testing for Fun and Profit
How do you know if your code works? You test it of course. But, how do you test your code? Do you run it in the simulator? On your device? Is that enough? The simple answer is: No. How can … Continue reading →
Later Never Comes
What is the cost of expedience? Answer: Technical debt. How often have you had to solve a problem quickly, knowing that your solution was correct (i.e. it works), but not really how you’d have liked to do it? Sometimes the … Continue reading →
Agile By Fire
One of the features of my new day job is that the development environment is full-on Agile. It’s my first experience in such an environment, and while I’ve worked in plenty of places that used bits and pieces of Agile, … Continue reading →
Pro Tip: Data Types Matter
I made a stupid mistake recently, which cost me more than a few hours of time to figure out. But I learned a couple things: Xcode will let you dig as deep a hole as you like, despite its “assistance”, … Continue reading →
Are Your (Older) Apps Ready for iOS6?
I would hope this is obvious to anyone who’s been around the iOS eco-system during an iOS beta period: Make sure your apps will continue to work with the new release!
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