[iOS] Need to create a Pin Challenge View static library for sharing

My iOS project requires a Pin Challenge View as seen below. I need to make it into a module that can be shared across different iPhone apps.

I found the links below useful to me:

1. http://www.clintharris.net/2009/iphone-app-shared-libraries/
Cross reference library as separate xcode project

2. http://blog.stormyprods.com/2008/11/using-static-libraries-with-iphone-sdk.html
Create static library

Implementing a credit card reader - Initial study

I'm currently studying the EMV standard at http://www.emvco.com/specifications.aspx?id=223 in order to implement a card reader module on iOS.

The following resources have been very useful to me:

i) http://khuong.vn/Papers/EMVThesis.pdf ( good starting point - high level understanding of EMV)

ii) EMV_v4.3_Book_1_ICC_to_Terminal_Interface

iii) EMV_v4.3_Book_3_Application_Specification

iTunes crashed my iPhone 3G(error 1015)

I received an iPhone 3G for my project. It's the base phone my app needs to support.

However, when I started using the phone, iTunes alerted me of an iOS 4.2.1 update. Apple's upgrades I thought should be rock solid, and I proceeded without any hesitation. How wrong was I, for I've been hit with the infamous error 1015.

Questions raced through my mind. Did I just crash the only iOS device I had for testing? Will I be made to pay for this(I haven't even got my first paycheck)? How am I going to complete my project?

Thankfully, a quick google of "iPhone 3G error 1015" revealed quite a number of youtube videos on fixing this. I referred to the video below and it worked for me. Watch at youtube.

After recovering from error 1015, you might need to unlock your phone if you don't have a valid SIM card. Watch at youtube

*NOTE: I used Redsn0w, v0.9.6.rc9, to unlock iPhone 3G on iOS 4.2.1 because, v0.9.6.b4 links was not working anymore.

All required software are listed at video's descriptions at youtube.




 

First iOS project - RestKit compilation error

I was handed my first iOS project, and I inherited this piece of code that uses the RestKit Library.

I hit tonnes of nasty compilation error below:

Nested redefinition of enum RKRequestMethod

The problem for me was because the RestKit.h header file and CoreData.h header file was both included such as below and I read somewhere that you only needed to include RestKit.h.

#import <RestKit/RestKit.h>
//#import <RestKit/CoreData/CoreData.h> This commented out

Mobile Apps Developer aka MADeveloper

Am I MAD? Yes, however in a positive way :D

I have started my life as a Mobile Apps Developer in KL.
My hope is to use this blog to share my experiences developing mobile apps.

More posts coming up, so stay tuned...