Over the course of my career I’ve encountered this too many times. Application rot. What is Application Rot? I’m currently performing a detailed code review on a client system. It’s. read more…
Lots has been written about the Apple Notarization process. The process of applying digital signatures to *.app packages, contents and DMG installer files. All sounds good in theory but my. read more…
I’m currently in the midst of helping a company delivery a new version of their mobile application. So I need a Mac for producing the iOS build. Back in 2013. read more…
I still, after all these years, have a very sour taste in my mouth regarding the Apple developer tax. I actually think it’s disgusting to charge developers for enriching their. read more…
Technofog (/tɛkˈnɒ/fɒɡ/) – the confluence of domain specific jargon, technical debt and knowledge gaps that negate sensible use of even familiar technologies at the start of a new job or. read more…
The App Store has to be one of the flakiest “services” I’ve ever had the displeasure of having forced on me. App submissions seem to fail constantly, more often than. read more…
Hmm … where to start? I had to buy a MacBook, I need to write and compile apps for iPhones and iPads. I would have preferred to spend the extortionate. read more…
So this turned into a complete nightmare for a while. TeamCity Mac Agent Push Installation I started by trying to get TeamCity to do a push install of a new. read more…
A while ago Martijn van Dijk and I had a very brief chat about creating an MvvmCross iOS Support library for use with MvvmCross. Just to add in some general. read more…
There’s no doubt about it, things that help are good. This topic of abstraction came up in a chatroom the other day and I found myself advocating not abstracting in. read more…
Change tracking object contents at first might seem like an easy or straightforward task but there are lots of pitfalls and potential issues with many solutions. What works in your. read more…
I have a fairly complex development environment for my current project and needed to allow some self-signed certificates to pass through the SSL certificate chaining process when calling from mobile. read more…
I’ve just had to handle the situation where a user taps on a text editor control in an iOS view and the keyboard auto appears. Whilst this is obviously great. read more…
There is a new release of MvvmCross yesterday that takes the platform to v4 beta 5 that was released yesterday. I’ve also contributed a new v4 sample project which provides. read more…
This is silly message really. If you’re getting this error (or something similar) but you also know that you’re running the latest version of the iOS build host: Build server. read more…
Learning a new technology can sometimes be a very time consuming and error prone process. The more complex the technology the longer this process can go on for. When I. read more…
So, today I got another email from Apple about my enrollment in their development program. Turns out I don’t have to wait for another call, I got a very courteous. read more…
So as I blogged a few days ago about the issues I was having with getting to grips with all the issues I was having (which you can read here). read more…
I’m genuinely gobsmacked by this. I applied for the Apple Developer program a couple of weeks ago on behalf of the company I co-founded. I was amazed to find out. read more…
Well, today was a lot of fun. You can tell just how much fun from the ridiculous title of this blog post. I’ve lost most of a productive day to. read more…
Application Maintenance – Application Rot
Over the course of my career I’ve encountered this too many times. Application rot. What is Application Rot? I’m currently performing a detailed code review on a client system. It’s. read more…
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Apple Notarization Madness
Lots has been written about the Apple Notarization process. The process of applying digital signatures to *.app packages, contents and DMG installer files. All sounds good in theory but my. read more…
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More Apple Pricing Insanity
I’m currently in the midst of helping a company delivery a new version of their mobile application. So I need a Mac for producing the iOS build. Back in 2013. read more…
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Apple Developer Tax
I still, after all these years, have a very sour taste in my mouth regarding the Apple developer tax. I actually think it’s disgusting to charge developers for enriching their. read more…
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Technofog
Technofog (/tɛkˈnɒ/fɒɡ/) – the confluence of domain specific jargon, technical debt and knowledge gaps that negate sensible use of even familiar technologies at the start of a new job or. read more…
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App Store App Submission – Continual Failure and Obfuscation
The App Store has to be one of the flakiest “services” I’ve ever had the displeasure of having forced on me. App submissions seem to fail constantly, more often than. read more…
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My Life With a MacBook Pro – 3 Years In
Hmm … where to start? I had to buy a MacBook, I need to write and compile apps for iPhones and iPads. I would have preferred to spend the extortionate. read more…
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Xamarin iOS TeamCity Build
So this turned into a complete nightmare for a while. TeamCity Mac Agent Push Installation I started by trying to get TeamCity to do a push install of a new. read more…
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MvvmCross iOS Support and Samples
A while ago Martijn van Dijk and I had a very brief chat about creating an MvvmCross iOS Support library for use with MvvmCross. Just to add in some general. read more…
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Abstracting APIs – Abstract Potentially Insane?
There’s no doubt about it, things that help are good. This topic of abstraction came up in a chatroom the other day and I found myself advocating not abstracting in. read more…
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View Model Value Change Tracking in MvvmCross & Xamarin
Change tracking object contents at first might seem like an easy or straightforward task but there are lots of pitfalls and potential issues with many solutions. What works in your. read more…
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Whitelist SSL Certificates in .NET for Xamarin / MvvmCross Apps
I have a fairly complex development environment for my current project and needed to allow some self-signed certificates to pass through the SSL certificate chaining process when calling from mobile. read more…
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iOS Keyboard Handling in MvvmCross View Controller
I’ve just had to handle the situation where a user taps on a text editor control in an iOS view and the keyboard auto appears. Whilst this is obviously great. read more…
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MvvmCross Beta5 & SidePanel Navigation Sample
There is a new release of MvvmCross yesterday that takes the platform to v4 beta 5 that was released yesterday. I’ve also contributed a new v4 sample project which provides. read more…
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Xamarin iOS Build Server is Too Old
This is silly message really. If you’re getting this error (or something similar) but you also know that you’re running the latest version of the iOS build host: Build server. read more…
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Learning MvvmCross
Learning a new technology can sometimes be a very time consuming and error prone process. The more complex the technology the longer this process can go on for. When I. read more…
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The Apple Developer Clique – MkII
So, today I got another email from Apple about my enrollment in their development program. Turns out I don’t have to wait for another call, I got a very courteous. read more…
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Xamarin – The Baptism of Fire – Windows 7
So as I blogged a few days ago about the issues I was having with getting to grips with all the issues I was having (which you can read here). read more…
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The Apple Developer Clique
I’m genuinely gobsmacked by this. I applied for the Apple Developer program a couple of weeks ago on behalf of the company I co-founded. I was amazed to find out. read more…
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PCL Profile 259 in Visual Studio 2012 on Windows 7, Xamarin, MvvmCross & ReSharper 7.1
Well, today was a lot of fun. You can tell just how much fun from the ridiculous title of this blog post. I’ve lost most of a productive day to. read more…
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