I build apps for iPhones and iPad using Objective-C and Apple’s iOS SDK exclusively.
RecCheck
A handy iPad application for tracking the progress of projects in an audio recording studio. Define projects, songs, and instruments with the ability to indicate as tracking, editing, overdubbing, and mixing are completed. In addition to indicating the status of user-defined milestones, this app also reminds the user to always check for certain common characteristics and avoid potential pitfalls at each at each stage of the recording process.
Technologies utilized in development: CoreData, GameKit/Bluetooth wireless transmission, UIKit, CoreAnimation, NSOperation & NSOperation Queue, OpenAL, Quartz/CoreGraphics.
Challenges: Indefinitely smooth scrolling horizontal project selection view, serialization of CoreData object relational graphs for project transmission. The first challenge was solved by rendering project images in the background, the second by using Obj-C blocks to traverse object relationships and archive data objects while avoiding pursuing recursive relationships.
Screenshots:
Detail Basics Recording View
Project Selection Interface
Stanley Mows the Lawn
Illustrator and children’s author Craig Frazier’s beloved book, now developed for iPad. Users can navigate this title as well as samples of upcoming titles, record themselves reading aloud with full automated playback and page-turning functionality. Additionally includes an animated short and a game allowing users to help Stanley mow with their own unique styled pattern.
Technologies utilized in development: UIKit, CoreAnimation, Quartz/CoreGraphics, OpenGL, MessageUI, AVPlayer.
Challenges: Creating an OpenGL particle emitter to spew grass clippings from the mower in the “Help Stanley Mow” game.
Screenshots:
Book Page Detail View
Help Stanley Mow Game View
I really like RecCheck. It has been helpful for me to keep track of projects I am working on. It’s easy to use and makes it possible to see the status of the entire album at a glance.
The graphics are well done and fun.
It would be helpful if the common characteristics at the bottom of each page could be defined by the user.