I don’t use Audible (yet), but the situation regarding Audiobooks on macOS Mojave and iOS 12 feels a bit like a UX conundrum at the very least. For starters, the Audiobooks feature resides in iTunes on macOS, but it’s in Books on iOS. I understand arguments for both, but it feels like Apple’s design or […]
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How to Have Siri Read Your Texts Aloud
I thought it was possible to have Siri read your latest text messages, but I guess I never took the time to actually find out how to do it. It’s not exactly reassuring that this tip comes from Dummies.com, but hey… at least it’s a useful tip! How to Have Siri Read Your Texts Aloud […]
#iOSDev Tip: Unblock events caused when adding subviews to your UIButtons
Recently, I was having an issue I was having with subviews added to my UIButton objects that I was customizing. The buttons would behave fine if they were standard rounded rect buttons, but the moment I added a UIView and some UILabels to it, the taps stopped responding. But I was able to resolve it, thanks to […]
iOS Simulator QuickTip: Removing all installed applications.
It was time to clean house a bit, so I wanted to remove all the currently installed applications in the iPhone Simulator. Turns out there’s a very simple way to do it… 1. With the iPhone Simulator running, click on the iOS Simulator application menu. 2. Click “Reset Contents and Settings…”. – A confirmation dialog […]