UI refresh in background thread while [NSTask waitUntilExit]

2011-04-26 Thread Vera Tkachenko
Hello, In my app I need to determine if some app if properly codesigned. To do this I just invoke "/usr/bin/codesign" and analyse return value. To invoke it I use NSTask and launch it in background thread. Everything works fine excepts strange crash I get sometimes from our customers. While NST

UIWebView: Unexpected NSURLErrorCancelled

2011-04-26 Thread Phillip Mills
I'm trying to debug something in an iPad app with very limited information and hoping that the symptoms will ring a bell with someone. This is based on a report from one user and is nothing I've been able to reproduce. I have a UIViewController subclass that shows a UIWebView and is also its

Re: UIWebView: Unexpected NSURLErrorCancelled

2011-04-26 Thread Jeff Johnson
On Apr 26, 2011, at 6:37 AM, Phillip Mills wrote: > I'm trying to debug something in an iPad app with very limited information > and hoping that the symptoms will ring a bell with someone. This is based on > a report from one user and is nothing I've been able to reproduce. > > I have a UIVie

Re: UIWebView: Unexpected NSURLErrorCancelled

2011-04-26 Thread Phillip Mills
On 2011-04-26, at 8:52 AM, Jeff Johnson wrote: > You can get this "error" when the page automatically redirects via > Javascript. I would recommend just ignoring the error, treating it as a > non-error condition. I'm coming around to the idea that your solution is the right one. However, in t

Re: UIWebView: Unexpected NSURLErrorCancelled

2011-04-26 Thread Jeff Johnson
On Apr 26, 2011, at 8:02 AM, Phillip Mills wrote: > On 2011-04-26, at 8:52 AM, Jeff Johnson wrote: > >> You can get this "error" when the page automatically redirects via >> Javascript. I would recommend just ignoring the error, treating it as a >> non-error condition. > > I'm coming around to

Re: UIPickerView

2011-04-26 Thread Matt Neuburg
On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 12:47:34 -0600, koko said: >I haven't found sample code (if someone can point me to an example) ... > >A current Windows app utilizes three pop up lists for the user to make a >selection > >List 1 is the macro selection >List 2 and List 3 refine the selection > >The combinatio

Re: viewWillDisappear not being called

2011-04-26 Thread Matt Neuburg
On Tue, 26 Apr 2011 01:19:48 -0400, Jeffrey Walton said: >It sure would have been helpful if viewWillDisappear was sent as >documented. When the home button is pressed, and the home screen is >presented, the view has clearly disappeared (no offense Alex). Listen to what you're being told. The sig

Re: iOS - AudioSession Category to play in sleep mode

2011-04-26 Thread Matt Neuburg
On Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:08:50 +0530, Sasikumar JP said: >Hi, > I am working on streaming audio player application for iOS. currently i am > experimenting with AudioQueue and AudioUnit for playback. > >Both works fine in the normal condition. But AudioUnit playback stopped >playing when device (i

Re: iOS - AudioSession Category to play in sleep mode

2011-04-26 Thread Hank Heijink (Mailinglists)
You're thinking of kAudioUnitProperty_MaximumFramesPerSlice (http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#qa/qa1606/_index.html). You have to set that to 4096 frames per slice for every audio unit that's not the remoteIO unit. Hank On Apr 26, 2011, at 11:05 AM, Gregory Wieber wrote: > In the iOS d

How to detect string encoding before reading a file in NSString?

2011-04-26 Thread Laurent Daudelin
I've found different ways to do that (some pure Cocoa, some using Carbon) but I was wondering about the wisdom of this list as to what is the best way to detect the encoding of a file before passing it to NSString initWithContentsOfFile:encoding:error:? -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat/

Re: How to detect string encoding before reading a file in NSString?

2011-04-26 Thread Dave DeLong
You'd have to guess (by reading the first few bytes of the file, seeing what they are and how they're laid out, etc), or use the initWithContentsOfFile:usedEncoding:error: variant to let NSString guess for you. Dave On Apr 26, 2011, at 11:13 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: > I've found different

Re: How to detect string encoding before reading a file in NSString?

2011-04-26 Thread Heath Borders
Obviously, there are sometimes overlaps between encodings when you're trying to guess. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_hid_the_facts -Heath Borders heath.bord...@gmail.com Twitter: heathborders http://heath-tech.blogspot.com On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Dave DeLong wrote: > You'd have t

Re: How to detect string encoding before reading a file in NSString?

2011-04-26 Thread Nick Zitzmann
On Apr 26, 2011, at 12:13 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: > I've found different ways to do that (some pure Cocoa, some using Carbon) but > I was wondering about the wisdom of this list as to what is the best way to > detect the encoding of a file before passing it to NSString > initWithContentsOf

Re: How to detect string encoding before reading a file in NSString?

2011-04-26 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On Apr 26, 2011, at 11:43, Nick Zitzmann wrote: > On Apr 26, 2011, at 12:13 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: > >> I've found different ways to do that (some pure Cocoa, some using Carbon) >> but I was wondering about the wisdom of this list as to what is the best way >> to detect the encoding of a f

Re: How to detect string encoding before reading a file in NSString?

2011-04-26 Thread Nick Zitzmann
On Apr 26, 2011, at 12:49 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: >> TextEdit's encoding guesser just uses the built-in NSAttributedString method >> -initWithURL:options:documentAttributes:error:, which will guess the file's >> encoding when opening it. But it has been mentioned that heuristics are not >>

Re: How to detect string encoding before reading a file in NSString?

2011-04-26 Thread John Pannell
Hi Laurent- I have an app that collects a lot of text off the web; my string creation algorithm is something like the following: 1. Attempt to create an NSString with NSUTF8StringEncoding. 2. If the string is nil, attempt to create the string using the encoding returned from the server. 3. I

Re: How to detect string encoding before reading a file in NSString?

2011-04-26 Thread Andrew Thompson
Another battle tested piece of code would be Mozilla's sniffer, if external libraries and it's license suit you. This document is out of date, bur explains the ideas. http://www.mozilla.org/projects/intl/detectorsrc.html On Apr 26, 2011, at 3:39 PM, John Pannell wrote: > Hi Laurent- > >

Re: How to detect string encoding before reading a file in NSString?

2011-04-26 Thread Greg Guerin
Laurent Daudelin wrote: I've found different ways to do that (some pure Cocoa, some using Carbon) but I was wondering about the wisdom of this list as to what is the best way to detect the encoding of a file before passing it to NSString initWithContentsOfFile:encoding:error:? You might

iOS Best Practice Question

2011-04-26 Thread koko
What is the blessed method for displaying a UIPickerView when a button in another view is clicked. 1. Use UIAlert - easy but seems clunky 2. Use a complete new view 3. Use a view in a layer of the current view "jus askin'" -koko ___ Cocoa-dev mai

Re: iOS Best Practice Question

2011-04-26 Thread Gustavo Pizano
Many things into consideration. 1. will you give a UI feedback with a "slide-in" animation? 2. will come form bottom? (normally it does if occupies the whole with). 3. will the button that trigger the picker be used to dismissed it? But coming to your question, I will opt for 3 but adding the uipi

Re: iOS Best Practice Question

2011-04-26 Thread koko
So we have one vote for: 3. Use a view in a layer of the current view Any other views (no pun intended) ... going once going twice Any comments against : 1. Use UIAlert - easy but seems clunky -koko On Apr 26, 2011, at 3:16 PM, Gustavo Pizano wrote: > Many things into consideration.

Re: iOS Best Practice Question

2011-04-26 Thread glenn andreas
On Apr 26, 2011, at 4:36 PM, koko wrote: > So we have one vote for: > > 3. Use a view in a layer of the current view > > Any other views (no pun intended) ... going once going twice > > Any comments against : > > 1. Use UIAlert - easy but seems clunky > > -koko Adding additional cont

Re: iOS Best Practice Question

2011-04-26 Thread Howard Siegel
Someone over on StackOverflow mentioned he had written a custom class to present a UIPickerView (or a UIDatePickerView) in a UIActionSheet that slides up from the bottom of the page, and was making the code available on Github. Don't have the URL handy right now, but should be easy enough to find.

Re: iOS Best Practice Question

2011-04-26 Thread koko
I should have been more specific ... this is for an iPhone app which to me says UIPickerView cannot be visible always because of it ponderous size. -koko On Apr 26, 2011, at 3:51 PM, glenn andreas wrote: > > On Apr 26, 2011, at 4:36 PM, koko wrote: > >> So we have one vote for: >> >> 3.

Re: iOS Best Practice Question

2011-04-26 Thread Eric Dolecki
Could you put it in the same view out of visual view and scroll the view up when it's needed? Eric Sent from my iPhone On Apr 26, 2011, at 6:09 PM, koko wrote: > I should have been more specific ... this is for an iPhone app which to me > says UIPickerView cannot be visible always because of

Re: How to detect string encoding before reading a file in NSString?

2011-04-26 Thread Laurent Daudelin
Thanks, John. I'll have a look and let you know if I need more help! -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat/Skype:LaurentDaudelin http://www.nemesys-soft.com/ Logiciels Nemesys Software laur...@nemesys-soft.com On Apr 26, 20

Re: iOS Best Practice Question

2011-04-26 Thread Eeyore
On Apr 26, 2011, at 2:51 PM, glenn andreas wrote: > > On Apr 26, 2011, at 4:36 PM, koko wrote: > >> So we have one vote for: >> >> 3. Use a view in a layer of the current view >> >> Any other views (no pun intended) ... going once going twice >> >> Any comments against : >> >> 1. Use

Re: iOS - AudioSession Category to play in sleep mode

2011-04-26 Thread Sasikumar JP
Hank, I have tried with by setting "kAudioUnitProperty_MaximumFramesPerSlice" property as 4096 for Mixer and EQ Audio Units. Now audio playback did not stop when the device goes to sleep mode. But i hear glitches along with Audio. I have looked at apple sample code MixerHost. it play

Re: iOS - AudioSession Category to play in sleep mode

2011-04-26 Thread Hank Heijink (Mailinglists)
I believe Audio units need 44100 Hz, but I'm not sure about that. Regardless, decoding mp3 with an AudioConverter should not introduce any glitches at that rate - any iOS device should be able to handle that without issues. The 4096 is the right value for any iOS device. Without seeing your code

Re: iOS - AudioSession Category to play in sleep mode

2011-04-26 Thread Sasikumar JP
Hank, I have included the key methods which decodes and renders the audio data. i uses the following structures to hold the data typedef struct { UInt32 mDataByteSize; UInt32 mNumOfPackets; UInt32 mPacketOffset; UInt32 mNumOfChannels; UInt32 mBytesPerPacket; char *

UIView hidden property

2011-04-26 Thread koko
I though I was following a good example ... I do not get the results I expect. I have a view controller. To this I have added a second view and wired it up through its IBOutlet. In viewDidLoad: [[self view] addSubview:m_projectSelector]; m_projectSelector.hidden=NO;

Re: UIView hidden property

2011-04-26 Thread Evadne Wu
When the parent view is hidden, all the stuff contained in it will be invisible as well. So you might like to try sibling views instead of hierarchical views? -ev On Apr 27, 2011, at 10:35, koko wrote: > I though I was following a good example ... I do not get the results I expect. > > I have

Re: UIView hidden property

2011-04-26 Thread koko
Duh! Thanks for hitting me in the head ... When the parent view is hidden, all the stuff contained in it will be invisible as well -koko On Apr 26, 2011, at 8:39 PM, Evadne Wu wrote: > When the parent view is hidden, all the stuff contained in it will be > invisible as well. So you might li

Re: iOS - AudioSession Category to play in sleep mode

2011-04-26 Thread Kyle Sluder
Please don't crosspost. coreaudio-api was the more appropriate list to post to. --Kyle Sluder On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 9:38 PM, Sasikumar JP wrote: > Hi, >  I am working on streaming audio player application for iOS. currently i am > experimenting with AudioQueue and AudioUnit for playback. > >

Properties vs Instance Variables

2011-04-26 Thread Guy Steven
I am currently learning objective c and cocoa I believe I understand the difference between properties and instance variables, and the effect of using properties as opposed to instance variables viz a viz KVO and memory management. What I can't understand is why you would access instance variable

Re: Properties vs Instance Variables

2011-04-26 Thread Rick Mann
Speed is generally not something to be concerned about WRT property accessors. If you want to bypass the property accessor behavior when accessing an ivar, then access it directly. Somewhere in Apple's docs I read a suggestion that IBOutlets be released in -dealloc by direct access, and release

Re: Properties vs Instance Variables

2011-04-26 Thread Steve Christensen
On Apr 26, 2011, at 8:28 PM, Guy Steven wrote: > I am currently learning objective c and cocoa > > I believe I understand the difference between properties and instance > variables, and the effect of using properties as opposed to instance > variables viz a viz KVO and memory management. A prope

Re: Properties vs Instance Variables

2011-04-26 Thread Kyle Sluder
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 9:07 PM, Steve Christensen wrote: > I believe it's only necessary if you want to do a straight "@synthesize > foo;", which would expect the instance variable to have the same name as the > property. And it's worth mentioning that you can always do @synthesize foo=_foo; t

Re: Properties vs Instance Variables

2011-04-26 Thread Quincey Morris
On Apr 26, 2011, at 20:28, Guy Steven wrote: > I believe I understand the difference between properties and instance > variables, and the effect of using properties as opposed to instance > variables viz a viz KVO and memory management. > > What I can't understand is why you would access instance

Non-Sub-Pixel Rendering Font Rendering Differences when using Core Animation

2011-04-26 Thread Simone Manganelli
I'm adding some Core Animation to my existing project, and I'm encountering some differences in the font rendering compared to non-Core Animation code. Here's the code used to draw my strings: > NSShadow *selectedShadow = [[NSShadow alloc] init]; > [selectedShadow setShadowOffset:NSMakeSize(0,-

Barcode scanner

2011-04-26 Thread jordanburnam1990
I know that there are slot of barcode scanners in the app store. I am needing one for a particular purpose and have not found one yet that capable of the features I need. I work for a small company that is expanding rapidly right now and we are having issues with keeping PC's in order. We have

Stack of NSWindow sheets

2011-04-26 Thread Oleg Andreev
Hello, Is there a well-known way (or a library) to keep a stack (or queue) of sheets per window? I'm a developer of Gitbox - a git repository manager. It keeps several repos opened and periodically updates them. If some repos require authentication, a modal dialog pops up. I'd like to clean u

Re: Stack of NSWindow sheets

2011-04-26 Thread Quincey Morris
On Apr 26, 2011, at 11:55, Oleg Andreev wrote: > 2. Is it a good way to solve the problem? Maybe I miss some subtle issues > with AppKit or user experience. I'd say the difficulty with this approach is that, at any given moment, there may be a stack of dialogs (of fairly critical importance) bu

Re: UI refresh in background thread while [NSTask waitUntilExit]

2011-04-26 Thread Ken Thomases
On Apr 26, 2011, at 2:55 AM, Vera Tkachenko wrote: > In my app I need to determine if some app if properly codesigned. To do this > I just invoke "/usr/bin/codesign" and analyse return value. To invoke it I > use NSTask and launch it in background thread. Everything works fine excepts > strange

Re: Non-Sub-Pixel Rendering Font Rendering Differences when using Core Animation

2011-04-26 Thread Evadne Wu
This is a wild guess but it worked for me with Core Text on the iPad a long time ago. One or several of these can probably work for you. • CGContextSetAllowsAntialiasing • CGContextSetAllowsFontSmoothing • CGContextSetShouldSmoothFonts • CGContextSetAllowsFontSubp