Talking to the web

Posted by admin under App Development on Friday May 21, 2010

S50 remote viewer is the first app I did and utilised web communication. So I issue requests simply using HTTP REST urls with an NSURL object.

Next the results come back from the web in Javascript Object Notation (JSON) format. Rather than re-invent the wheel I simply used the excellent TouchJSON library available here.

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First App on Sale

Posted by admin under App Development on Friday May 14, 2010

So S50 Remote Viewer is now on the app store. Its quite a nice feeling although as its very niche I dont expect it to sell in great quantity. That said its been a great exercise for me in terms of learning the iPhone SDK.

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First App Done and Submitted!

Posted by admin under App Development on Tuesday May 4, 2010

It certainly has been a learning curve but my first app is done and has been submitted for approval. What has really impressed me with the app store is the distribution and update model. As a traditonal developer its always been a pain issuing updates to existing code. That has improved in recent years with tools/components that allow you to do web updates but its still extra work to build this functionality. Now with the app store you simply build your app, select which stores around the world you want to sell it in and hey presto, you’re away!

Need to add something/fix a bug? Simple upload the new version and itunes will manage the update across all devices running your existing version.

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