Hi, If you want to split a string between a symbol like, ‘.’ or ‘-‘ or ‘,’ in Objective C, what to do? See the code for how to split string in Objective C. NSString *myString = @”song.mp3”; NSArray *splitArray = [myString componentsSeparatedByString:@”.”]; This code will split the string ‘myString’ into ‘song’ & ‘mp3’ (separated… Read More »
Hi, Sometimes you may need to empty an array completely. How to do it? Use the following lines of code for it. [yourArray removeAllObjects]; here yourArray is the name of your array! 🙂
Hi, If you want to make tableView transparent with only texts visible, use the following code tableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
Hi, If you want to retrieve the data a user typed in on a Cocoa Mac application, follow the following steps. 1. You first need to declare a NSTextField variable in .h file @interface SampleAppDelegate : NSObject { NSTextField *myText; } @property (retain) IBOutlet NSTextField *myText; 2. Then you need to synthesize it for properties… Read More »
Hi, You all know how to add an Image to a sprite. But what if we need to change the image of the same sprite? How to do that? Use the following line of code to change the image of a sprite which already initialized with a sprite. [sampleSprite setTexture:[[CCTextureCache sharedTextureCache] addImage:@”newImage.png”]]; where sampleSprite is… Read More »
Hi, On certain occasions you may need to flip the sprite you are using in your application. There are two ways to flip a sprite. Let’s see how this can be done along X-direction Method:1 mySprite.flipX = 180; where mySprite is the name of your sprite you want to flip. Method:2 CCFlipX *flipOnX = [CCFlipX… Read More »
Hi, In one of our previous post we have discussed how to animate sprite sheet in cocos2D. In some cases you may need to stop the sprite sheet animation abruptly. How to do that? Here the way to do that. Use the following. [spriteName stopAction:spriteNameAction]; where spriteName is the name of your sprite & spriteNameAction… Read More »
Hi, On many occasions you may need to use a popup button & in cocoa mac you can use NSPopUpButton objects for the same. While using a pop up button we need to identify the name of the item selected from the pop up list. But how is that done? You can use the following… Read More »
Hi, Suppose you have a sprite sheet of the desired animation you want. But how will you use that sprite sheet animation in your program using cocos2D? That’s simple. See the following code first. //Initializing a CCSpriteBatchNode with our sprite sheet image CCSpriteBatchNode *newSpriteSheet = [CCSpriteBatchNode batchNodeWithFile:@”jumpingOver.png”]; //Adding the spriteSheet to the layer & setting… Read More »
Hi, Sometimes you need to add Image to a UIImageView from the URL of the image you got. In that case, this is how you can add image to the UIImageView. NSString *picURL= @”http://photobucket.com/yourImage.gif”; NSData *picData = [[NSData alloc]initWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:mapURL]]; UIImage* picture = [[UIImage alloc] initWithData:picData]; [pictureView setImage:picture]; [picData release]; [picture release]; Here, pictureView is… Read More »
Hi, While using Box2D , in many cases you may need to connect two bodies together. But the collision between them during motion is not what you preferred! So how can you prevent those bodies being connected in Box2D from collision? Use the line of code to prevent the collision. jointDef.collideConnected = false;
Hi, Suppose you want to copy a sprite image to another new sprite while using cocos2D. What you do? See the following code… Let oldSprite be your first sprite CCSprite *oldSprite = [CCSprite spriteWithFile:@”ImgOne.png”]; And newSprite be your second sprite CCSprite *newSprite = [CCSprite spriteWithTexture:[oldSprite texture]]; That’s it! Done! Now newSprite too contain ImgOne as… Read More »
Yet another animation api from cocos2D, check it out…… id move = [CCMoveTo actionWithDuration:1 position:ccp(200,250); CCEaseElasticIn *elasticIn = [CCEaseElasticIn actionWithAction:move period:2.0]; [my_sprite runAction:elasticIn ];
There are different ways for playing sound on the Mac in Objective C. Let’s look at some of the methods.. 1. Play by filename. NSSound *mySound = [NSSound soundNamed:@”sound”]; if you have no file named “sound” in your application’s main bundle, then it will return nil. 2. Play by pathName sound = [[NSSound alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:@”/Volumes/Audio/sound.aiff”… Read More »
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 »
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 »
This simple code plays a music…….. [[SimpleAudioEngine sharedEngine] playBackgroundMusic:@”my_music.mp3″]; For stopping the music use this……. [[SimpleAudioEngine sharedEngine]stopBackgroundMusic]; To pause the music use this line of code….. [[SimpleAudioEngine sharedEngine] pauseBackgroundMusic];
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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]; 🙂
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 »
There may arise certain situations there you are using a number of @selector functions and want to stop all those selectors. In cocos2D there is an easy way to stop/unschedule all the selectors with a single line of code! Use this line of code where ever you want to unshedule all the selectors being activated.… Read More »
For detecting shake in a cocos2D program copy these lines to your layer class bool shaked_once; //default false self.isAccelerometerEnabled = YES; [[UIAccelerometer sharedAccelerometer] setUpdateInterval:1/60]; shaked_once = false; Then copy this function to the same file…. and you are done…….. -(void) accelerometer:(UIAccelerometer *)accelerometer didAccelerate:(UIAcceleration *)acceleration { float THRESHOLD = 2; if (acceleration.x > THRESHOLD || acceleration.x… Read More »