Comments for iQuit http://blog.hawkey.org My experience in iPhone development and entrepreneurship, owning and operating Stormtap Studios. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:28:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Don’t perform network reachability tests in applicationDidFinishLaunching: by Don’t perform network reachability tests in applicationDidFinishLaunching: « Green Onion Software http://blog.hawkey.org/?p=388&cpage=1#comment-265 Don’t perform network reachability tests in applicationDidFinishLaunching: « Green Onion Software Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:28:05 +0000 http://blog.hawkey.org/?p=388#comment-265 [...] Don’t perform network reachability tests in applicationDidFinishLaunching:. [...] [...] Don’t perform network reachability tests in applicationDidFinishLaunching:. [...]

]]> Comment on Tax information for Canadian iPhone developers by admin http://blog.hawkey.org/?p=334&cpage=1#comment-258 admin Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:40:39 +0000 http://blog.hawkey.org/?p=334#comment-258 @Michael: I filed 1120-F, and just put 0's everywhere and filed that and have not had it come back with any problems. That was in October last year so I'm sure I must have done it properly. For line E I put Apple as the Witholding Agent. It's all 0's since you're Canadian and you did your work in Canada, therefore owe the US nothing. @Michael: I filed 1120-F, and just put 0′s everywhere and filed that and have not had it come back with any problems. That was in October last year so I’m sure I must have done it properly. For line E I put Apple as the Witholding Agent. It’s all 0′s since you’re Canadian and you did your work in Canada, therefore owe the US nothing.

]]> Comment on Tax information for Canadian iPhone developers by Michael http://blog.hawkey.org/?p=334&cpage=1#comment-254 Michael Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:31:46 +0000 http://blog.hawkey.org/?p=334#comment-254 I have been wracking my brains about this issue for the last week trying to hunt down anything comprehensible regarding this tax situation. I started a corporation with me as the sole person working in it. After getting the EIN from the IRS for Apple, they require me to submit form 1120F. This website has a good overview of the situation http://www.bdo.ca/library/publications/tax/taxbulletins/112005.cfm which helps a bit but there as so many convoluted terms and sections to track down. My take on the submission is that we need to fill out the 1120F form and flag it as a Protective Return then fill out lines A-M. I am not sure if Apple is the agent for line E so I am leaving it blank. It appears you then need to check Yes for W on page 2 then fill out a Form 8833. I believe IV and XII are the articles but have no idea what to put for lines 2 or 4 (still hunting). Line 3 I am leaving blank because revenue is not fixed or determinable. For line 5 I am detailing the corporation is a resident of Canada and has no fixed place of business in the USA. I am also filling out another W8BEN form to attach. By the way, has anyone seen the "time burden" they include with the instructions. The one page 8833 form takes an average of over 6 hours and the 1120F is on the order of weeks. Insanity. Time that should be allocated to making new products and building the business effectively wasted. Also, my view is that we apply the tax treaty so that we only pay the tax in Canada with 0% withholding done by Apple. Hope this helps. Please let me know if my thinking is incorrect. My deadline for filing is coming quick. I have been wracking my brains about this issue for the last week trying to hunt down anything comprehensible regarding this tax situation. I started a corporation with me as the sole person working in it. After getting the EIN from the IRS for Apple, they require me to submit form 1120F. This website has a good overview of the situation http://www.bdo.ca/library/publications/tax/taxbulletins/112005.cfm which helps a bit but there as so many convoluted terms and sections to track down.

My take on the submission is that we need to fill out the 1120F form and flag it as a Protective Return then fill out lines A-M. I am not sure if Apple is the agent for line E so I am leaving it blank. It appears you then need to check Yes for W on page 2 then fill out a Form 8833. I believe IV and XII are the articles but have no idea what to put for lines 2 or 4 (still hunting). Line 3 I am leaving blank because revenue is not fixed or determinable. For line 5 I am detailing the corporation is a resident of Canada and has no fixed place of business in the USA. I am also filling out another W8BEN form to attach.

By the way, has anyone seen the “time burden” they include with the instructions. The one page 8833 form takes an average of over 6 hours and the 1120F is on the order of weeks. Insanity. Time that should be allocated to making new products and building the business effectively wasted.

Also, my view is that we apply the tax treaty so that we only pay the tax in Canada with 0% withholding done by Apple. Hope this helps. Please let me know if my thinking is incorrect. My deadline for filing is coming quick.

]]> Comment on Embedding a UITextView object inside a custom UITableViewCell by graham http://blog.hawkey.org/?p=92&cpage=1#comment-252 graham Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:30:31 +0000 http://blog.hawkey.org/?p=92#comment-252 Check out sensible tableview, it's the best I've used so far: http://www.sensiblecocoa.com Check out sensible tableview, it’s the best I’ve used so far: http://www.sensiblecocoa.com

]]> Comment on Options for compressing and decompressing data in iPhone apps by admin http://blog.hawkey.org/?p=332&cpage=1#comment-250 admin Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:05:48 +0000 http://blog.hawkey.org/?p=332#comment-250 @Luke: I did not have that problem. My bundles were on average 6.5MB, unzipping to 25MB (mostly text data that compressed heavily). The zip file contained an average of 1500 files too. I download directly to the app document folder, and unzip from that folder to that folder. I have not done any unzipping from the app bundle, but I don't see how that should interfere with anything. Is it possible your device has some file system corruption/issues? @Luke: I did not have that problem. My bundles were on average 6.5MB, unzipping to 25MB (mostly text data that compressed heavily). The zip file contained an average of 1500 files too. I download directly to the app document folder, and unzip from that folder to that folder. I have not done any unzipping from the app bundle, but I don’t see how that should interfere with anything. Is it possible your device has some file system corruption/issues?

]]> Comment on Options for compressing and decompressing data in iPhone apps by Luke http://blog.hawkey.org/?p=332&cpage=1#comment-249 Luke Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:55:04 +0000 http://blog.hawkey.org/?p=332#comment-249 How large were your zip files you were using and where were you writing them to? I have found that on a file around 2.5meg that unzips to about 11meg, I get unpredictable behaviour depending on the device doing the unzip. Worked great on my iPod touch. Failed dismally on my iPhone 3g. I was taking from the bundle and writing to the app folder not in the bundle. How large were your zip files you were using and where were you writing them to? I have found that on a file around 2.5meg that unzips to about 11meg, I get unpredictable behaviour depending on the device doing the unzip. Worked great on my iPod touch. Failed dismally on my iPhone 3g. I was taking from the bundle and writing to the app folder not in the bundle.

]]> Comment on Looking for good ways to manage the adhoc / app store provisioning profile side of things when developing apps for other companies by admin http://blog.hawkey.org/?p=339&cpage=1#comment-247 admin Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:30:53 +0000 http://blog.hawkey.org/?p=339#comment-247 Yes I think if they're sending you compiled apps and you are happy with that then you will be able to continue to do this with the application loader. I think your company should have a mac with the latest SDK on it just in case anyways though. A mac mini is all you need and this is very cheap. Yes I think if they’re sending you compiled apps and you are happy with that then you will be able to continue to do this with the application loader. I think your company should have a mac with the latest SDK on it just in case anyways though. A mac mini is all you need and this is very cheap.

]]> Comment on Looking for good ways to manage the adhoc / app store provisioning profile side of things when developing apps for other companies by Jo http://blog.hawkey.org/?p=339&cpage=1#comment-245 Jo Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:11:07 +0000 http://blog.hawkey.org/?p=339#comment-245 Hi, interesting article! I'm working in a company and multiple partners are developing apps for us. Today we are working like that: - we (the client) keep the login/pass for itunes connect (in order to keep secret the other apps we are developing with other partners) - we send the provisioning profiles + certificates + private key to the partners (the private key used to be generated on a Mac but today we have no more Mac) - when the partners finishes the application, he sends us the compiled app and we do the submission on itunes connect web portal. => working fine! BUT (!) starting from tomorrow (07/22/2010), the submission will be no more available through the itunes connect WEB portal => all future submissions must be done through the Application Loader... It means our process is broken. Then my question is how can we do with this new process? If my company gets a Mac, I fear that the situation is going to be horrible to maintain regarding xcode: we will certainly have a lot of different development environments to configure in order to compile all the apps from all the partners, what do you think people? Does it sound possible to you? Can the partners send us compiled apps in order for us to do only the submission through the Application Loader (with limited configuration actions)? Any answers / suggestions will be appreciated! Thx. Hi, interesting article!

I’m working in a company and multiple partners are developing apps for us. Today we are working like that:
- we (the client) keep the login/pass for itunes connect (in order to keep secret the other apps we are developing with other partners)
- we send the provisioning profiles + certificates + private key to the partners (the private key used to be generated on a Mac but today we have no more Mac)
- when the partners finishes the application, he sends us the compiled app and we do the submission on itunes connect web portal.
=> working fine!

BUT (!) starting from tomorrow (07/22/2010), the submission will be no more available through the itunes connect WEB portal => all future submissions must be done through the Application Loader… It means our process is broken.

Then my question is how can we do with this new process?
If my company gets a Mac, I fear that the situation is going to be horrible to maintain regarding xcode: we will certainly have a lot of different development environments to configure in order to compile all the apps from all the partners, what do you think people? Does it sound possible to you? Can the partners send us compiled apps in order for us to do only the submission through the Application Loader (with limited configuration actions)?
Any answers / suggestions will be appreciated!
Thx.

]]> Comment on How to spoof your User-Agent HTTP header field for URLs loaded by a UIWebView, and some other tricks. by admin http://blog.hawkey.org/?p=347&cpage=1#comment-242 admin Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:51:44 +0000 http://blog.hawkey.org/?p=347#comment-242 I've confirmed that an app not specifically targeted/built for the iPad does work properly on the iPad for this fix, is it possible there's something you've missed? I’ve confirmed that an app not specifically targeted/built for the iPad does work properly on the iPad for this fix, is it possible there’s something you’ve missed?

]]> Comment on How to spoof your User-Agent HTTP header field for URLs loaded by a UIWebView, and some other tricks. by Andres Kievsky http://blog.hawkey.org/?p=347&cpage=1#comment-241 Andres Kievsky Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:17:58 +0000 http://blog.hawkey.org/?p=347#comment-241 This doesn't work at all on iPads. I was able to get it working with NSURLConnection, but then I have to keep track of web history and implement back/forward. This doesn’t work at all on iPads. I was able to get it working with NSURLConnection, but then I have to keep track of web history and implement back/forward.

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