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Amazon Pinpoint for push notifications on iOS. OptOut: 'ALL'

I was implementing push notifications into Activity Filter on iOS this afternoon when I encountered an issue that I know I have had before. I've often used my blog as a way of reminding myself of software problems that I have historically encountered but apparently I did not

Jun 04, 2021

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Extracting reused components to a Framework on both Android and iOS.

When building the Activity Filter app I was very much aware that the basic functionality (of what is a very simple app) had already been built within the more complex Training Plan. This was the case in the case of both the Android and iOS versions of the app. I

May 13, 2021

6 min read

Simple and maintainable web apps, mobile apps, and APIs.

This is one of those blog posts that: * Is for my own future reference - reminding myself how/why I did things. * Answers questions that Google/Stack Overflow suggest many others are looking to solve. It essentially covers one way of approaching building a production ready product that is appropriately

Mar 07, 2019

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Image caching on iOS with AlamofireImage

I recently released the updated and improved iOS application for an application that I have been working on. The application is image heavy within its functionality. Whilst testing the application it became apparent that the implemented image caching mechanisms were not appropriate for an inherently image heavy application. I delved

Jul 09, 2016

4 min read

The costs involved in having an app developed.

I was recently asked by a friend for some insight into the costs of having a multi-platform (Android and iOS) application developed. I thought that this might be something that a number of people would be interested in. As such here is my answer in blog post form. Windows Phone

May 17, 2016

3 min read

iOS push notifications - the succinct explanation

iOS push notifications are (in my personal opinion) suprisingly difficult to implement properly and debug. This is especially suprising given that Apple have provided such in depth documentation, and given that there are such an abundance of tutorials on the topic. The problem is that no single resource has a

Nov 12, 2015

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Always re-register for APNS

This post forms part of my tidbits series, a series of short posts outlining things that I have discovered whilst building various Double Negative products. These posts seek to: * Remind me of technical intricacies (when I inevitably forget) * Hopefully help others build top quality products Re-register for APNS When building

Oct 14, 2015

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iOS - When to layout your views

Ten months ago I wrote an article about the lifecycle of the UIViewController. My context for writing that post was various issues that I had encountered whilst developing a product based around tabbed content. More recently I have been working on a project where I have encountered issues associated with

Aug 12, 2015

7 min read

Don't Repeat Yourself - iOS

Don't Repeat Yourself (DRY) The Don't Repeat Yourself principle is one of the most important concepts that a software engineer has in his/her arsenal (in my opinion). I previously worked on a legacy PHP project whereby a complete disregard for DRY has resulted in a

Mar 27, 2015

3 min read

The UIViewController: Actual Lifecycle and Acceptable Heirachy

I am working on an iOS app for a product that I have been building. Throughout the process I have come up against some hurdles and have sought to resolve them using the (fantastic) knowledge base that is Stack Overflow. Moreso than when writing code for any other platform I

Oct 14, 2014

4 min read

Testing with Swift and XCode 6

Over the past month I have been developing an iOS app for one of the websites that I own and operate. I wanted to share a few considerations that I encountered when investigating testing and iOS. Objective C has been around and developing as a language for an extremely long

Sep 27, 2014

3 min read

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