I need to implement iOS 7 like download button to show progress (Same as it is in iOS 7 AppStore app downloads).
Anybody has any idea what is the way to go about it?
Is there any existing control to achieve this or it is something apple specific and anybody else needs to implement using custom CAShapeLayer etc?
You have to make your custom implementation.
If you need it, here it is a very similar one:
An iOS 7-inspired blue circular progress view
Check my library, it contains that button, and it is customizable https://github.com/PavelKatunin
I know that this is an old question, asking for iOS 7 App Store download button, but if anyone is looking for the download button of the latest App Store (since iOS 11) I can suggest you take a look at this library. It provides the download button with progress and transition animation.
Here is a demo.
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It has been a while since I created my last app and I missed the change with the launch file (since titanium 5.2.0).
I want my app to have a custom splashscreen (full screen image). In the past I used the various png files for the splashscreens Default.png, Default#2x.png etc.
I'm testing with the launch file and the custom Storyboard. At the moment it's not clear to me how I can achieve the behavior i want: A full screen image in the splash screen.
What is the best approach?
Thanks for the help.
Go to http://docs.appcelerator.com/platform/latest/#!/guide/Icons_and_Splash_Screens-section-29004897_IconsandSplashScreens-iOSgraphicassetrequirementsandoptions and take a look at the Purpose column. You'll see 9 splash screen sizes. You have to make each of them and put them in app/assets/iphone. Note that you have to name them exactly as told in the table.
This worked for me, Ti-5.4.0 tested on iPhone 7, iPad Air, iPhone 4S and iPhone 6S Plus.
Since version 5.2 storyboards were introduced. You can use them or you can disable it and use the "old" method to implement splashscreens.
To disable it, add this to tiapp: (of course, within the existing ios section in tiapp
<ios>
<enable-launch-screen-storyboard>false</enable-launch-screen-storyboard>
</ios>
To use it, look at the documentation how to implement it correctly.
In an app I'm working on we have some legacy code that displays timed UIAlertViews at several points in the application. These are alert views that display for a certain amount of time (let's say 2 seconds) before they disappear.
These alert views don't have buttons, just a title and a message. Somehow these alert views worked just fine on iOS 5, 6 and 7, but on iOS 8 the message label isn't being displayed anymore.
Does anyone have a fix for this issue? I should note we're not interested in using UIAlertController, since that class is limited to iOS 8 and we need to support older versions as well.
So my question is as follows: is it possible on iOS 8 to display an UIAlertView with just a title and a message and NO buttons? (PLEASE NOTE: the message should be shown properly).
For anyone still struggling with this issue, I used the following approach:
I created an AlertController class that decided which version of an alert view to use. For iOS 7 and lower will default to the "build-in" UIAlertView. For iOS 8 I resorted to a custom alert view.
There are several custom alert views that could be used to create a modal dialog that displays for a few seconds. I based my custom alert view on the code from the iOS Custom Alert View project. Additionally I fixed the look and feel. Suffice to say, the default look and feel of this project doesn't closely match the iOS 7 / 8 look and feel, especially with regards to the buttons. The pop / hide animation is pretty well done though. Fixing the look and feel involved creating a custom dialog view class that uses -drawRect: to draw lines around buttons. The custom subview will also add it's own buttons.
An alternative project that might have a better look and feel out-of-the-box is SDCAlertView. If I would have found SDCAlertView before starting my work on fixing iOS Custom AlertView, I would probably have saved some time.
I should note I cannot share my code / changes. My employer would not like this at all.
You can try this code for your UIAlert:
let alert = UIAlertView()
alert.title = "Title"
alert.message = "Message"
alert.show()
It should display a UIAlert without a button.
Hope this can help you.
When i saw new iOS 7.0 then i saw clock icon is on running state. So i am curious to know, that can we also make icons dynamically by Xcode?
i googled also about this but didn't found any question or hint on this.
No, we're not able to created animated Springboard icons. The following still applies to iOS7.
Changing Icon per Day
Dynamic icon iOS
I am properly using following method to change tabbar icon color,
[tabBarController.tabBar setSelectedImageTintColor:[UIColor redColor]];
but before using it I read some posts about apple's app rejection due to this issue. I assume that if is an ios5 method must now be accepted. Is it true? Thanks.
It won't be rejected, but you'll have to set your deployment target to iOS 5 and people running iOS 4 won't be able to download and install your app.
To use this method only on iOS 5, and still allow the app to work on iOS 4 (with blue tabs) do this:
if ([UITabBar instancesRespondToSelector:#selector(setSelectedImageTintColor:)])
{
[tabBarController.tabBar setSelectedImageTintColor:[UIColor redColor]];
}
This code is safe to run on iOS4.
Alternatively, see my answer to this question that explains how to fully customise the tab icon colours in a way that works on any iOS version: tabbar item image and selectedImage
I didn't try it myself but I took a look at the UITabBar Class Reference. The property selectedImageTintColor is documented. So this means, you are allowed to use it. Normally Apple only rejects application that use undocumented (not public) APIs. So you are safe to use it.
You can see there too that the property is available in iOS 5 and later.
You can check this post on how to determine the current iOS version and do the appropriate tab bar item color setting for users running iOS 5 or lower. Hope this helps.
I thought that it was not allowed to customize the taskbar on the iPhone. However, I noticed this app called iHandy Tip Calculator which replaces the battery icon with a fast switch icon, that pops up a view as shown. How is this allowed, and if so how can I be doing something different?
If you run the app on an iPad, you'll see, how they do it: they are overlaying the normal status bar. Also note, that the screenshots in the app store don't show this feature. I assume, they were fearing to get rejected and disabled the overlay for the screenshots.
Apps from this developer iHandy incorporate this into the status bar, but I've never seen another company do this. I am surprised that the status bar is able to be modified in this way in any event.
My question on apple.stackexchange is posted over here:
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/71969/what-is-the-meaning-of-this-status-bar-icon
It is possible to create your own statusbar and "simulate" the network status and battery life etc in a 'full-screen' app. But apple doesn't allow it, but this might be one that 'slipped through' just like Gaz_Edge said.
You are correct. You are not suppose to be able to modify the 'springboard'. Apple normally refuse apps that do anything that modifies it. Maybe this one slipped through the net?
I just downloaded the latest version of iHandy Level (version 1.62.0) on an iPhone 5 running iOS 6 but don't see the icon (it's within the app rather than in the status bar). (And the status bar is hidden.)
I was curious to see if they actually hid the status bar and created their own custom status bar. If that was the case, you'd be able to tell because when you swipe down from the top for notification center, it would first show a little tab and then you'd have to swipe again to pull down the menu.
Guessing maybe they removed this functionality at Apple's request.
If anyone still has a version that shows it, please let us know if it shows the tab when you swipe for notification center. If not, they likely found some private api to allow them to replace the battery icon (which would be interesting).