Cocos2d V2 HD graphics labelling convention
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Posts Tagged ‘xcode’
Archiving
Posted in code on January 30th, 2013 by lucy – Be the first to commentReal quick one, if you are trying to submit your app to iTunes through xcode and you find that the menu item Product->Build For->Build For Archiving is greyed out, then check your build target. It has to be IOS device, not one of the simulators.
Xcode – Could not launch app – No such file or directory Error.
Posted in code on November 20th, 2012 by lucy – 1 CommentI’ve been expanding the amount of devices I have and returning to old code to try and sort out and update code that doesn’t run on newer IOS’s. While trying to compile Loopy Tunes, I came across the error from Xcode, “could not launch app, no such file or directory exists..” So here I found the solution due to one helpful blogger,
http://dhilipsiva.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/xcode-could-not-launch-app-no-such-file.html
Orientation always in Portrait iOS6
Posted in code on October 1st, 2012 by admin – Be the first to commentRight had to do a bit of research for this one, here is the fix I found that works from Natalie London
In your APP DELEGATE.m
NSString *reqSysVer = @"6.0";
NSString *currSysVer = [[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion];
if ([currSysVer compare:reqSysVer options:NSNumericSearch] != NSOrderedAscending){
[window setRootViewController:viewController]; // This is for IOS6.....
}else{
[window addSubview: viewController.view]; //This is for < IOS6....... (the old way)
}
NSString *currSysVer = [[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion];
if ([currSysVer compare:reqSysVer options:NSNumericSearch] != NSOrderedAscending){
[window setRootViewController:viewController]; // This is for IOS6.....
}else{
[window addSubview: viewController.view]; //This is for < IOS6....... (the old way)
}
In your ROOTVIEWCONTROLLER.m //will only be compiled for IOS6
FOR LANDSCAPE USE THIS
- (NSUInteger) supportedInterfaceOrientations {
return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskLandscape;
}
- (UIInterfaceOrientation)preferredInterfaceOrientationForPresentation{
return UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight;
}
- (BOOL) shouldAutorotate {
return YES;
}
return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskLandscape;
}
- (UIInterfaceOrientation)preferredInterfaceOrientationForPresentation{
return UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight;
}
- (BOOL) shouldAutorotate {
return YES;
}
FOR PORTRAIT USE THIS
- (NSUInteger) supportedInterfaceOrientations {
return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait | UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortraitUpsideDown;
}
- (UIInterfaceOrientation)preferredInterfaceOrientationForPresentation{
return UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait;
}
- (BOOL) shouldAutorotate {
return YES;
}
return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait | UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortraitUpsideDown;
}
- (UIInterfaceOrientation)preferredInterfaceOrientationForPresentation{
return UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait;
}
- (BOOL) shouldAutorotate {
return YES;
}
The page I got this from is
https://devforums.apple.com/message/734618#734618
Creating an Ad Hoc version of your app
Posted in code on July 25th, 2012 by admin – Be the first to commentI could write out how to do this, but I couldn’t do better than this post here.
http://www.musicalgeometry.com/?p=1237
And in case you need to know how to create your Ad Hoc Distribution Provisioning Profile, look at the Apple notes here
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/ToolsLanguages/Conceptual/DevPortalGuide/CreatingandDownloadingaDistributionProvisioningProfile/CreatingandDownloadingaDistributionProvisioningProfile.html
And if you want to know how to add devices for testing. Get the UDID from the iphone or ipad, and in the the IOS Provisioning Portal go to “devices”. Select “add devices” in the top right corner. Enter the device name and device ID and hit “submit”.
EXC_BAD_ACCESS
Posted in code on May 11th, 2012 by admin – Be the first to commentRight so I get this one a lot, especially when I’m coding late at night and tired…which is most of the time. So, my main culprits are objects that I haven’t released in my dealloc method.
Especially look for anything that you created with ALLOC INIT, for example an array
[[NSMutableArray alloc] init]
You must, must, must release it.
Second most common is not removing the class from observing a Notification. So if you have something like
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(classMethod:) name:@"notificationName" object:nil];
Then again in your dealloc method, you must put this
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self];
I’m sure there are more things, and I’ll add notes as I discover them.
xcode persistent data
Posted in code on May 8th, 2012 by admin – Be the first to commentSo you want to save some data to the users device for use in your app. The way to do it is thusly,
// declare your app data with whatever name you like
NSUserDefaults *yourAppData = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
// retrieve your data with
NSString *myString = [yourAppData objectForKey:@"StringVariableName"];
int myInt = [yourAppData integerForKey:@"IntVariableName"];
// now if this is the first time the app has been run, these won't have any value,
// so it's probably best just to check they aren't null before you try to use them
if(!myString){
// then this is the first time it's been accessed
}else{
// otherwise it has been created and has got a value so do whatever you need to with it here
}
// now to set data use the following
[yourAppData setObject:@"someStringData" forKey:@"StringVariableName"];
[yourAppData setInteger:2 forKey:@"IntVariableName"];
NSUserDefaults *yourAppData = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
// retrieve your data with
NSString *myString = [yourAppData objectForKey:@"StringVariableName"];
int myInt = [yourAppData integerForKey:@"IntVariableName"];
// now if this is the first time the app has been run, these won't have any value,
// so it's probably best just to check they aren't null before you try to use them
if(!myString){
// then this is the first time it's been accessed
}else{
// otherwise it has been created and has got a value so do whatever you need to with it here
}
// now to set data use the following
[yourAppData setObject:@"someStringData" forKey:@"StringVariableName"];
[yourAppData setInteger:2 forKey:@"IntVariableName"];
Load a class from String
Posted in code on May 3rd, 2012 by admin – Be the first to commentI often need to dynamically load a class from a concatinated combination of strings and integers. So here is how you do it. In a game for example, you may have a LevelID stored in your appdelegate that changes at the game progresses, so I’ve made the example grabbing such a levelID from the delegate class.
YourAppDelegate *theDelegate = (YourAppDelegate*)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
int LevelID = [theDelegate getLevelID];
NSString *levelToLoad = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Level%i",LevelID];
Class newLevel = NSClassFromString(levelToLoad);
int LevelID = [theDelegate getLevelID];
NSString *levelToLoad = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Level%i",LevelID];
Class newLevel = NSClassFromString(levelToLoad);
BAM, and it’s done.
Cocos2d scene transitions
Posted in code on May 1st, 2012 by admin – Be the first to commentEasy Peasy, check out this link for how to and al available types.
Change Cocos2D template to portrait
Posted in code on April 17th, 2012 by admin – Be the first to commentThe template that comes with Cocos2D 0.99.5 is set in landscape mode. Sometimes you want portrait though, so I did the following and it seems to work, and reorient without fail.
In GameConfig.m
// REPLACE THIS LINE #define GAME_AUTOROTATION kGameAutorotationNone
// WITH THE FOLLOWING
#define GAME_AUTOROTATION kGameAutorotationUIViewController
// WITH THE FOLLOWING
#define GAME_AUTOROTATION kGameAutorotationUIViewController
In RootviewController.m in the section of
#elif GAME_AUTOROTATION == kGameAutorotationUIViewController
// EAGLView will be rotated by the UIViewController
//
// Sample: Autorotate only in landscpe mode
//
// return YES for the supported orientations
// REPLACE THIS LINE return ( UIInterfaceOrientationIsLandscape( interfaceOrientation ) );
// WITH THE FOLLOWING
return ( UIInterfaceOrientationIsPortrait( interfaceOrientation ) );
// EAGLView will be rotated by the UIViewController
//
// Sample: Autorotate only in landscpe mode
//
// return YES for the supported orientations
// REPLACE THIS LINE return ( UIInterfaceOrientationIsLandscape( interfaceOrientation ) );
// WITH THE FOLLOWING
return ( UIInterfaceOrientationIsPortrait( interfaceOrientation ) );
In your appdelegate.m class file
[director setAnimationInterval:1.0/60];
[director setDisplayFPS:YES];
// ADD THE FOLLOWING LINE HERE
[director setDeviceOrientation:kCCDeviceOrientationPortrait];
[director setDisplayFPS:YES];
// ADD THE FOLLOWING LINE HERE
[director setDeviceOrientation:kCCDeviceOrientationPortrait];