A few months ago I ventured into the world of Mobile development and created an application (Hudson Helper) for both iPhone and Android. This article is about my experiences, comparing Android and iPhone development with a focus on tools, platform and the developer experience.

Some time ago, Guy English posted a great and twisted article on key value coding (KVC). He comes up with a nice hack to do stuff with KVC that was never intended. Of course, there are some neat ways you can use KVC without indulging in the craziness that Guy English delves into (and I think he’d be the first to admit that it’s not meant for primetime). The main point remains, which is that using KVC with NSArrays is a great way to avoid coding loops over their contents. You have an array of “Person” objects and want an array of their names (accessible via a -name method)? Just do…

First impressions last, and the very first impression your users have of your iPhone application is the start up. First step is to have a nice Default.png, but not many words spilled on that one, it is well covered in Apple's documentation.

As most of you who visit here know, I love Flash. Many of you are probably also are aware that I am also an Apple geek.