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Delete a substring in Objective C, Iphone , Mac………….

By | March 10, 2011

This code snippet deletes a substring from a original string.. /** initialize two strings **/ NSString *string = @”This is heaven”; NSString *part = @”heaven”; /** Get the range of the substring in the original string **/ NSRange range = [string rangeOfString:part]; /** Delete the substring from the original string **/ [string deleteCharactersInRange:range]; Please leave… Read More »

ToolTip Sound in Adobe AIR/FLEX…

By | March 10, 2011

Sometimes we may need to have a sound when we hover over something, i.e when a tooltip appears. Actually this can be done easily by adding an eventListener to the corresponding control. Take a look at the example. This line is the important line. myLabel.addEventListener(ToolTipEvent.TOOL_TIP_SHOW, myListener); The function myListener gets called when we hover over… Read More »

AlertView with textbox in iPhone, Objective C.

By | March 9, 2011

Often we see alerts with text message or title in it. But actually we can customize alerts. We can place any views inside it. We can place a textView(TextField) , imageView etc in it. Take a look at this simple example that places a textbox inside an alertView. UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@”Title goes… Read More »

Using GridView in ANDROID….

By | March 9, 2011

GridViews are those in which you can arrange elements in a two dimensional grid. It is what you see in the gallery where images are arranged. Here images are arranged in a two dimensional grid. Copy the below code and save it as “MyGridView.java” Now create another file named “Images.java” and copy the below code… Read More »

Android TableLayout

By | March 9, 2011

In android there are different layouts and we often confuse about which one to use. Even if we select one, it is little complicated. So this tutorials is to show you about the TableLayout Here i first created linear Layout in which a Table Layout is added Here you can see that the first row… Read More »

How to Disable Right Click on HTML page using jQuery ?

By | March 8, 2011

Hi, In some special cases you may need to disable the Right Click option on HTML page you are using. An easy way to do it using jQuery is follows. Use the following code in the HTML page where you want to disable Right Click. $(document).ready(function(){ $(document).bind(“contextmenu”,function(e){ return false; }); }); 🙂

How to make gear joint in Box2D, iPhone?

By | March 7, 2011

Gear joints are one of the real specialities of Box2D. By creating gear joints between two bodies you can actually simulate a real world gear. For creating a gear joint you need two bodies connected by a revolute or prismatic joint. The below code creates two bodies in the shape of a circle which is… Read More »

Swing JPanel with background image

By | March 7, 2011

This code add an image to Jpanel. JPanel panel1 = new JPanel(); JFrame recursion_frame = new JFrame(); BackgroundPanel stack_image1 = new BackgroundPanel(“Recursion.jpg”); panel1.setLayout(null); panel1.setLayout(new BorderLayout()); panel1.setBackground(Color.lightGray); panel1.setVisible(true); recursion_frame.setContentPane(panel1); ///adding to panel… recursion_frame.getContentPane().add(stack_image1); //adding image to panel…

Position swing window in center of the screen

By | March 7, 2011

In some case we need to position the window in the center of the screen . The same effect can be achieved by hard coding the center points .But in that case the window position change when the screen resolution changes This code will position the window in center irrespective of different screen resolutions public… Read More »

What is Objective C Keyword id ?

By | March 6, 2011

Hi, Objective C uses a special keyword ‘id’. Let’s see what it is. Objective C -id- is actually a ‘pointer to an object’. That is ‘id’ can hold a pointer to any objective c object. It doesn’t matter the object’s class. eg: NSString *myString = @”Coderz Heaven!”; id newString; NSString *tempString; newString=myString; tempString=newString; That’s it!… Read More »

Read a plist from your resources folder in Iphone Objective C

By | March 6, 2011

Plist or property list are usually used for storing data in iPhone. They are normal XML files, you can open it in a texteditor to view it’s data. This sample code shows how to read data from the plist. Reading a plist will return an array.You can print out the array to view the results.… Read More »

Remove unwanted memory from iPhone….

By | March 5, 2011

Hi all …… You know iPhone doesnot have garbage collection like ANDROID. So it becomes the responsibility of the developer or programmer to release the resources and remove the unwanted textures from your memory. If you don’t remove the unused textures and other variables from your memory your application will exit after a while. You… Read More »

Collision Detection In Box2D – Using With Cocos2D

By | March 5, 2011

For an interactive game building using Box2D, collision detection of Box2D bodies is necessary. There is an easy way to implement collision detection in Box2D. For checking whether two bodies have collided with each other in Box2D while using it with cocos2D, then use the following lines of code where ever you want to check… Read More »

Removing Unused Textures in Cocos2D

By | March 5, 2011

Sometimes unused textures may cause you memory leak! So you need to remove the unused textures. For removing unused textures, use the following line of code, where ever you want to remove unused textures. [[TextureMgr sharedTextureMgr] removeUnusedTextures]; 🙂

Removing Forces From Your World in Box2D Cocos2D

By | March 5, 2011

Hi, In certain situations you may need to remove all the forces you have applied on different bodies in your box2D world. Then what to do? Removing all the forces from the bodies in the box2D world is simple. Just use the single line of code. yourWorld->ClearForces(); Here yourWorld is your Box2D world. Simple, isn’t… Read More »

File Operations in Adobe AIR/FLEX

By | March 5, 2011

The following example shows how to deal with a simple text file in Adobe AIR/FLEX. This example illustratesd how to write a string to a text file and save it in the desktop. However you can use the “application directory” but make sure that you have necessary write permission to access the directory. Please leave… Read More »