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When dismissing a modal causes your view to drop 20 pixels…
Today, I ran into a problem where I have a view displaying and I present a modal. Everything is fine, but when I dismiss the modal, the original view has now moved up about 20 pixels — very noticeably the height of a status bar. I’ve run into this problem a few times during a […]
Do you have clients — or customers?
Read an interesting article last week (though I’ve lost track of it now) that asked the question if consultants have “clients” or “customers”. At first, the question seemed like on of terminology, but it really goes to the point of how you treat your business partners. I’ve historically used the term client. My clients. Why? […]
Use Latest iOS
One of the quiet new features in the newest XCode release is a new BaseSDK option “Use Latest iOS”. Not all iOS developers will appreciate this unless they’ve been developing for at least 6 months or so. The problem Apple has solved was an infuriating one. Since an XCode project (a target specifically) can only […]
The Fred (1.e4 f5 2.exf5 Kf7??)
A little break from development, I have something to share from my love of chess. :-) Many years ago, a friend of mine at our local chess club discovered The Fred in a book. I’m not sure what book, but suffice to say it probably wasn’t the MCO! It’s the most ridiculous defense I’ve ever […]
John Blanco
I've been writing mobile apps professionally for 10 years: Blackberry, Java, ME, iPhone, Android. I've gotten dozens of apps into the various App Stores for dozens of clients, big and small.
My current specialty is in iOS and Xamarin development. If you need an app written at a fixed price or just need a hourly developer to give a boost to your current team, I might be your guy.
Let's make an app!