Betting your company on Metaverse AR/VR Craze

First Story that I want to share today is from my experience In 2009 I worked as an Animator and E-Learning Courseware Creator and Designer. And I was planning to switch the design domain to HCI/UX, i.e. Human-Computer Interaction/User Experience Design. And software like Apple Shake and Adobe After Effects was standard competitive tool used …

Recover accidentally deleted Apple Address Book Contacts, Calendars and Safari Bookmarks from Apple iCloud

Apple’s iCloud is for iPhone, iPad and Mac cloud data syncing platforms activated by default for every Apple ID on any Apple device. Apple introduced Apple iCloud after the failure of MobileMe cloud offerings for Apple iPhone, iPad and Mac. In day-to-day life, it may happen that you may accidentally delete or lose your Apple …

Choosing your correct online Music distribution and streaming service provider

In the old golden day, music came on cassettes and compact disks (CDs). With the evolution of better, faster, stable internet with Gigahertz processing power for computers, better/stable computer applications came along. With the invention of gesture-based high-tech mobile devices like the iPhone, modern, always accessible pocket-friendly apps emerged. With faster 4G and 5G internet …

My side of the story of selling Apple iPhone apps on the Apple App Store while doing a day job…!!!

I am selling apps on Apple App Store since 2012, Tried free apps with excellent sales but no revenue or no Apple iAd revenue or very little. I kept doing that for two to four years. Then I removed all of my apps from the sale and kept my account inactive with no apps on …

My experience in converting my paid educational apps to a subscription business revenue model.

After experimenting with various apps, I ventured into an educational language-earning app in 2013/14. I developed three apps Mudrakshar for tracing Alphabets, Swarakshar for Pronouncing Alphabets and Chitrakshar for Alphabet Charts with Illustrations and audio pronunciation. All three apps were dedicated to Devanagari Script—mainly Marathi, Sanskrit and Hindi Language. For Chitrakshar, I added the English …

Here is how to apply UIVisualEffectView & UIBlurEffect to UITableView, UITableViewCell, UICollectionView, UICollectionViewCell, UIView / View in your Apple iOS / iPadOS or macOS Catalyst App.

As Apple describes UIVisualEffectView & UIBlurView in its support document as follows: Depending on the desired effect, the effect may affect content layered behind the view or content added to the visual effect view’s contentView. Apply a visual effect view to an existing view and then apply a UIBlurEffect or UIVibrancyEffect object to apply a …

Here is how to add a mouse hover effect / UIPointer Interaction to your UITableViewCell, UICollectionViewCell, UIButton, UIView using Swift

As Apple describes Pointer Interactions in its support document: Pointer Interactions: Support pointer interactions in your custom controls and views. iPadOS 13.4 introduces dynamic pointer effects and behaviors that enhance the experience of using an external input device, like a trackpad or mouse, with iPad. As people use an input device, iPadOS automatically adapts the …

Programmatically get iOS, iPadOS, macOS Catalyst Operating System Name and Version and a model identifier of iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices.

Programmatically get iOS, iPadOS, macOS Catalyst Operating System Name and Version and a model identifier of iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices. Here is a simple way to programmatically get the operating system name and version of your iOS, iPadOS and macOS. The below code will also return the value of the iPhone, iPad and Mac …

Get your Apple iOS (iPhone), iPadOS (iPad) and Mac Catalyst app Version and Build number programmatically.

Here is a small function that I have written that you can use in your iOS, iPadOS or macOS Catalyst app to get your app’s current version and build number and print it on screen whether will on the app’s about or support view. Function: copy the below function in the Xcode project’s UIViewController Swift …

Let’s learn how to implement WKWebView in Your iOS, iPadOS and macOS Catalyst app

Before we jump into implementing WKWebView I would first introduce you to why you want to use it. WKWebView helps you when you want to load a webpage inside your app without throwing users to a third party browser outside of your app. Let’s start coding, Step 01: First Import WebKit Step 02: Add ‘WKNavigationDelegate’ …