xcode 4 iPhone apps

Deleted member 77746 · 2 Aug 2011 at 12:40

Has anyone in here made any iPhone applications yet? Doesn't matter if it's not in the app store or not.

I am currently in the process of learning, I have made a soundboard so far that plays 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 audio files when clicked. Its basic but not so bad as a first app.

If so can you post a screenshot of your project and if you don't mind sharing the project zip em up and post a link.

L33 · 2 Aug 2011 at 13:52

I've a few apps (and more coming soon) on the app store, develop jailbreak tweaks and a few bits n bobs for personal use too. Can't share the source code for obvious reasons but always willing to help fellow devs out....

This was my first app released:

Deleted member 77746 · 2 Aug 2011 at 14:35

^^ yeh I saw that on a thread somewhere on here not long back. I'm just playing about at the moment but looking to possible try to push something out there.

Have you got a link to your app store profile?

Thrash · 2 Aug 2011 at 16:47

My first app has been published. Not sure if direct linking to the App Store is allowed but it can be found by searching for "thepetridish". It's a simple Game of Life implementation and now looking at something to do next.

Deleted member 77746 · 2 Aug 2011 at 20:33

Thrash said:
My first app has been published. Not sure if direct linking to the App Store is allowed but it can be found by searching for "thepetridish". It's a simple Game of Life implementation and now looking at something to do next.

I'm stuck myself on what to make I currently need to go through a lot of tutorials myself.

I am in the process of creating different menu pages so jump screens can be added.

Thrash · 2 Aug 2011 at 21:46

You need a good project to kick you off, otherwise you may lose interest. I'll be making additions to the app mentioned above and have been messing about creating a quick phone dialler. All simple stuff but gradually picking up the framework.

Tilluss · 3 Aug 2011 at 08:26

L33 said:
I've a few apps (and more coming soon) on the app store, develop jailbreak tweaks and a few bits n bobs for personal use too. Can't share the source code for obvious reasons but always willing to help fellow devs out....

I've done a few apps myself but not actually looked into any jailbreak tweaks, how hard is that to get into? As a guess (depending on the tweak your trying to achieve) you would need to hook into existing processes right?

L33 · 3 Aug 2011 at 09:46

Tilluss said:
I've done a few apps myself but not actually looked into any jailbreak tweaks, how hard is that to get into? As a guess (depending on the tweak your trying to achieve) you would need to hook into existing processes right?

Developing a jailbreak app is not really any different to a sandbox app, you just have more frameworks (albeit mostly undocumented) to work with

For the most part, the quickest and best ways to develop jailbreak tweaks are to write mobilesubstrate dylibs, as it already handles most of the difficult hooking for you, you can just swizzle/modify/add code.
Lots of very good jailbreak devs host their open source code on github which is great because you can browse and learn from their stuff:
https://github.com/rpetrich
https://github.com/chpwn
https://github.com/DHowett
https://github.com/Maximus-
etc etc....

GJ02 · 3 Aug 2011 at 10:06

I take it you can only dev on a Mac ?

L33 · 3 Aug 2011 at 11:18

GJ02 said:
I take it you can only dev on a Mac ?

For App Store submission, yes. I believe there is also a toolchain for linux for compiling unsigned/jailbreak apps though.

Tilluss · 3 Aug 2011 at 12:04

L33 said:
Developing a jailbreak app is not really any different to a sandbox app, you just have more frameworks (albeit mostly undocumented) to work with
For the most part, the quickest and best ways to develop jailbreak tweaks are to write mobilesubstrate dylibs, as it already handles most of the difficult hooking for you, you can just swizzle/modify/add code.
Lots of very good jailbreak devs host their open source code on github which is great because you can browse and learn from their stuff:
https://github.com/rpetrich
https://github.com/chpwn
https://github.com/DHowett
https://github.com/Maximus-
etc etc....

Ah very interesting, I'll have to take a look. Thanks.

PaulyD · 3 Aug 2011 at 15:23

I'm slowly getting into it but have to really get my head around a project, studying more about C and then Objective C before diving in fully.

durbs · 6 Aug 2011 at 21:11

I'm a Windows developer by trade but had a crack at developing an iPhone app to support one of my sites ridetrader.co.uk. It's in the app store as 'Ride Trader'. Working now to update it and add the ability to upload ads directly from the app.

As I'm used to Visual Studio, the hard part was learning the Xcode interface!

Want to get into developing more apps, it's just hard finding the killer idea that hasn't already been done.

Deleted member 77746 · 6 Aug 2011 at 21:14

I'm not a developer at all but trying to learn Xcode. It's hard learning the interface when your not a developer.

L33 · 7 Aug 2011 at 16:11

If anyone is interested, I'll be uploading a video tutorial to youtube later which is a getting started guide for developing jailbreak tweaks. I show how to set up everything you need on your mac and how to hook springboard via mobilesubstrate to make your first tweak. If there is some interest I'll do some more advanced tutorials in the future too.

electric ant · 8 Aug 2011 at 09:34

L33 said:
If anyone is interested, I'll be uploading a video tutorial to youtube later which is a getting started guide for developing jailbreak tweaks. I show how to set up everything you need on your mac and how to hook springboard via mobilesubstrate to make your first tweak. If there is some interest I'll do some more advanced tutorials in the future too.

Ive been meaning to get into iOS dev, I would find tutorials useful for sure, thanks