Posted: June 14th, 2010 | Author: Andrew Gleave | Filed under: cocoa, iphone, mobile, portfolio | Tags: portfolio | No Comments »
We’ve just released a simple iPhone app for Ronaldsway Airport here on the Isle of Man.
The application is free, simple, and quick, and shows arrival and departure information for flights to and from the Island helping you keep up to date while on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.
If you live on the Island or are visiting, you can download it from the App Store here.
Posted: April 29th, 2010 | Author: Andrew Gleave | Filed under: cocoa, iphone | Tags: cocoa, ipad, iphone | 3 Comments »
iPhone OS’s UILabel provides basic shadowing properties which can be used to create inset text effects and basic text shadows. However, the shadow has no blur and gives a sharp edge which is not particularly useful if you’re looking for a soft or subtle shadow.
Recently I needed to create a “glowing” text effect – essentially a soft shadow without the offset – so I wrote a simple UILabel subclass which let me specify an offset, colour and blur amount.
The screenshot shows a how the class can be used to create a glow effect but it’s equally easy to create soft shadows for your text.
You can find the source here on GitHub.
