How to use UIAutomation to create iPhone UI tests | by James Turner
One of the more useful (from a developer standpoint) features coming in iOS 4 (formerly iPhone OS 4) is the UIAutomation tool. This lets you run an automated set of tests against an application, and test to see if they had the expected results. Unfortunately, at the time of this writing, there is minimal documentation for the tool, so here’s a quick walkthrough of how to use it. To start, you need the iOS 4 SDK, which is available as of today from developer.apple.com. Next, you need to make sure that you have your application set up to be easily run by the UIAutomation suite. The main...
read moreApple Begins Urging Developers To Get Their iOS 4 Apps In For Launch
Today, Apple has begun emailing iPhone app developers to let them know they’re now accepting iOS 4-compatible apps in the App Store. Just as it does each time before a new OS launches (such as earlier this year with the iPad OS, which was iPhone OS 3.2 — yes, it’s a little confusing), Apple wants to make sure it has apps to show off when the new OS hits on June 21 (three days before the iPhone 4 launch). And this launch is important because it brings the ability for third-party applications to run in the background for the first time. Earlier today,...
read moreNYT: Google Android Tablet Imminent
Google is almost ready to start selling its own tablet. The device, according to the New York Times, will be “an e-reader that would function like a computer.” So close is it that Eric Schmidt, CEO at Google, was describing it to friends at “a recent party in Los Angeles.” The slate-like computer will run Android, and anonymous sources say that Google has already been working with publishers to put books and magazines on the device. The choice of Android seems odd, given that Google is committed to the Chrome OS on the netbook platform. But Chrome will be an almost non-existent...
read moreThings for iPad
A really great software for the Mac and iPhone, and looking forward to it when Australia finally gets the iPad. Excellent task-management software, really intuitive and simple to use. I wish I had this when I was in uni.
read morethe iPad is a Kindle Killer but for the wrong reasons
By Paul Carr: TechCrunch April 2010 For one reason or another, I’ve spent the past few weeks down at the TechCrunch offices. As a result, it’s proved almost impossible to avoid iPad fanboy hysteria. Mike hasalready said that the device “beats even my most optimistic expectations”, Jason was one of the first in line at the San Francisco launch and even Sarah – who until now didn’t have an iPhone – has succumbed to its charms as a work/play device for long-haul travellers. And then there’s me. I’m still not convinced. No. Strike that. I am convinced. And...
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