Category Archives: iOS

iOS Core Motion

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Nuno Correia

More info on Core Motion: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coremotion

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openFrameworks iOS audioInput example, microphone

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Nuno Correia

In openFrameworks iOS 0.9.8, the audioInput example doesn’t seem to run. I found this solution: “The audioinput example in the 9.0 release compiles and runs, and can play sound, but doesn’t receive any audio input. I removed the ofSoundPlayer, and now the … Continue reading →

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Apple iOS Design Guides

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Nuno Correia

Apple’s new portal for iOS design guides: https://developer.apple.com/design/

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Retina tips

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Nuno Correia

For enabling retina images, use this code in main.mm (between main() and ofRunApp()): ofAppiOSWindow * iOSWindow = new ofAppiOSWindow(); ofSetupOpenGL(iOSWindow, 1024, 768, OF_FULLSCREEN); iOSWindow->enableRetina();  

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Making Musical Apps (book)

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Nuno Correia

O’Reilly has recently released the book “Making Musical Apps – Real-time audio synthesis on Android and iOS”. From the publisher’s website: “Want to turn your mobile device into a musical instrument? Or equip your game with interactive audio, rather than … Continue reading →

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Cocos2d for iPhone

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Nuno Correia

From www.cocos2d-iphone.org: “Cocos2d for iPhone is a framework for building 2D games, demos, and other graphical/interactive applications. It is based on the cocos2d design: it uses the same concepts, but instead of using python it uses objective-c.” For example, Tiny … Continue reading →

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Convert audio files to .caf (iOS audio format)

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Nuno Correia

To convert audio files to .caf (Core Audio Format), check out this tutorial. You can use the Terminal, or a free app that does the conversion. More on .caf here. Some example sound files: Archive

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Getting started with iOS development

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Nuno Correia

To get us started with Xcode, openFrameworks and C++, we’ll go through this post: http://mlab.taik.fi/mediacode/archives/994 We will need Xcode (already installed in the Macs in our classroom): http://developer.apple.com/xcode/ and openFrameworks (for iPhone): http://www.openframeworks.cc/download We will also need to get everyone … Continue reading →

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Codify for iPad

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Nuno Correia

Codify, an app that brings touch-based programming to the iPad – http://twolivesleft.com/Codify/: “Codify for iPad lets you create games and simulations — or just about any visual idea you have. Turn your thoughts into interactive creations that make use of … Continue reading →

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Qualcomm’s Augmented Reality SDK Available For iOS, Android

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Nuno Correia

Via TechCrunch (including image): Qualcomm launched a software development kit for building Augmented Reality apps (for Android a year ago; now also available for iOS). Also supports Unity. http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/27/qualcomms-awesome-augmented-reality-sdk-now-available-for-ios/

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