iOS Simulator Tips and Tricks
If you build iOS apps, you spend a fair bit of time in the simulator. Here’s a set of tips to get the most out of it:
- Use custom coordinates to simulate being in a specific location or in a moving vehicle.
- Slow down animations so that you can polish them.
- Apply colours to views to it’s easier to check your layouts.
- Simulate hardware and software events, including simulating a hardware keyboard and the “TV Out” option.
- Add photos to the simulator.
A Guide to the iOS SDK for Web Designers
If you’re a designer and not a developer, building iOS UIs with Xcode can seem pretty daunting. The Smashing Magazine article, A Guide to the iOS SDK for Web Designers, is a designer-focused overview of Xcode, covering the preparation of graphics for Xcode, importing them into Xcode, building user interfaces and evening doing a little coding.
The Pew Research Center’s Survey of Smartphone and Tablet Users
A Pew Research Center survey of about 10,000 adults conducted online from June to August 2012, reports that:
- 22% of U.S. adults own a tablet, double that from the previous year
- 44% of U.S. adults have smartphones, up from 35% in May 2011
- 52% of tablet owners said they own an iPad, down from 81% a year ago
- 48% of tablet owners said they own an Android device; half of them were Kindle Fires
Pictures of People Scanning QR Codes
And finally, an amusing little Tumblr showing how people use them (at least in North America, anyway): Pictures of People Scanning QR Codes.