My app (OS X 10.10, Xcode 6.1.1) uses an AVPlayerView to show a video resource bundled inside the app. Normally the video runs as expected. Sometimes--and I haven't figured out a way to reliably reproduce this--the video does not start to play, and the screen is all black. At the same time, a warning pops up in the console:
<<<< Boss >>>> figPlaybackBossPrerollCompleted: unexpected preroll-complete notification
How can I programmatically recover from this? I tried Googling parts of the error description but there was only one result (an email to the Apple Mailing List).
Perhaps a notification my view controller can listen for?
Alternatively, if you know a way I can force this state to reproduce, that would help too, as I could then put a breakpoint in.
UPDATE: I still haven't been able to force this problem to reproduce, but I have seen it a couple of times since the first post, and I can say for sure that it's not related to the NSNotifications AVPlayerItemNewErrorLogEntryNotification, AVPlayerItemPlaybackStalledNotification or AVPlayerItemFailedToPlayToEndTimeNotification. My View Controller is listening for those, and didn't hear them when the bug presented.
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I am trying to set my app to use iAds but there are some problems. I followed this tutorial and got stuck on step three cause the button isn't available for me.
I'm not entirely sure why. I already filled up the paperwork, tax and contracts info. But the button is not there. Has it been moved?
A few months ago the button WAS there, however after I clicked it and enabled it, it tells me that I can only enable it when the app is in review. Ok now back to the present, I submit my app that has iAds in it. And it is waiting to be reviewed. The button to enable iAds is missing. It's been a week already. The app already got approved and is available, yet the button is not there. I'm not sure how else to enable iAds.
I have tried going to the iAd network site but all it tells me is that iAd network is temporarily unavailable. It's been already a week.
I finally got a response from apple regarding this issue.
They are no longer using the enable iAd button. As long as you have the paperwork and the iAd framework it should work.
I already have the paperwork done so they tell me that my implementation is wrong.
So I stopped using interface builder for my adds and instead just did it all programmatically.
I don't know if it will make a difference. We shall see... After my app gets approved I'll let ya know....
I simply updated the apps that were supposed to have ads from iAd, and now they are working. It seems that Apple is having quite a few issues with their servers at the moment, though.
I have also recently started implementing iAd in my apps. I have published three apps with iAd and did not see the button in iTunes Connect. The test ads work, however, I have not been able to test whether the ads work on a non provisioned device yet.I have also noticed the iAd module giving me the "iAd Network is temporarily unavailable" error message. I have seen it for at least five days now.
Update: My apps are finally being served iAds. What I did was simply release an update. I didn't even change my code for the ads. I am also not seeing the error from iAd that they can't find my account info; I'm just seeing revenue.
I need to build an app such as "Messages" in iPhone, but easier (don't need to send messages to server, only in datebase). I was faced with some questions.
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/x-ioschat/index.html
In this tutorial messages look like TableView, how can I do them such as in iPhone standard messanger (comics speach). And how can I implement bar with camera button, text box and send button (what class is responsible for this)?
You are in luck good sir, there is already a class that can fix you up with this and avoid all the work, it's called AcaniChat (screenshot provided). Or you can even see at Sam Soffle's SSMessagesViewController, he is a well known iOS developer who built this class.
It will definitely help you, if you want to mimic that behavior.
I know that I can't change the title or the buttons for this alertview, but i've seen numerous apps that changed the message of the alert view
Something like this
Also, I have the Bump API in my app so everytime the popup shows, it says "Bump uses your location to help determine whom you are bumping." and I don't want that displayed when they first use my app.
Does anybody know how I can change the message or change bump's message?
Thanks
To change the message of the alert, use the "purpose" property of CLLocationManager. Check the docs: http://developer.apple.com/library/IOs/#documentation/CoreLocation/Reference/CLLocationManager_Class/CLLocationManager/CLLocationManager.html
I'm not sure how the Bump API works, but if you are just importing all the classes you need, you should be able to edit the location services message. Otherwise, one option would be to request location access before calling the Bump API's to get permission for your app. Once Bump checks, it will already have permission and skip presenting its own.
I want to develop a screensaver-like app where the only way of getting back to the springboard is entering a code. Therefore I would need the Home Button action to be ignored, that is that when the user presses the button nothing happens..or something custom...instead of going back to the springboard and terminating the app.
Is this possible? does anybody know if apple will approve/reject this kind of app?
The answer to your question is, yes.
The answer to the question you meant to ask--can I ship an app through the iPhone store that has the home button disabled--is no.
If you are only publishing your app to jailbroken phones you can do it, but it will piss everyone off.
Edit 7 years later:
This is actually extremely possible now--there is a standard feature in the iPhone called "Guided Access". It's hidden under that "Accessibility" Link (With some other fairly cool stuff like flashing the LED whenever you get a call and allowing a Bluetooth keyboard to tab between controls)
It's called "Guided Access". You set a passcode, launch the app then triple-click the home button to start guided access.
It disables exit and allows you to designate regions of the screen you can't touch. You can also set a time limit (For kids playing which seems to be the reason a lot of people look up this question).
Tempted to edit the "Accepted answer" and throw this info in there, but that seems rude so I'll just hope people find this answer.
Annoyingly you also seem to be unable to shut off the phone--I suppose this is perfect for people who want their kids to play a game, but might not hit the original asker's problem of restricting access to a single app (I mean it WILL do that but it'll also prevent it from doing ANYTHING else).
Not with public APIS (and hopefully, not with private ones). Even if you manage it somehow, Apple will reject it for breaking UI guidelines. Moreover, even if they didn't, people could always use the iPhone's "Force Quit" equivalent to hard terminate your app.
Apple is not going to approve this type of app, they state pretty explicitly that you're app needs to respond appropriately to springboard telling the app to terminate both when things like phone calls come in and when memory warnings come in.
This is not possible with the current SDK, nor do I suspect it will ever be.
You might be able to get this behaviour via jailbreaking, but you won't be able to sell your app through iTunes, nor will Apple ever approve such an application.
You can do it like this
Install the following mobileconfig file
This will disable the home button once you launch the app
Download
Found the link Here
Apple won't allow it.
What if something emergency happens and you wan to dial an emergency phone number. You are putting the user at risk. The trade-off isn't worth it.
On the iPhone, when your phone is locked and screen off, if a SMS message comes in, the screen turns on and an alert shows up.
Currently I am using UIAlertView to create the alert dialog (with 2 buttons).
If the phone is off/locked, nothing shows up until I turn it back on and unlock it.
Is there any way to simulate the 'SMS preview' behavior, possibly with another class, and hopefully still allow the user to interact with the buttons there?
CFUserNotificationCreate is your friend.
Not in the official iPhone SDK? Too bad, I remember that a year ago on the big presentation of the yet-to-come SDK, an Apple evangelist/chief saying that the SDK would include exactly the same API as used internally by Apple... Pfff...
/John
What you want to do is not currently supported by the SDK. You should file a request with Apple.