Dynamic Type is a feature that was introduced in iOS 7 allowing users to change the default font size used across iOS. It is intended predominantly to support visually impaired users but in practice there are many iOS users who simply prefer a smaller / larger reading size for a...
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NSManchester - Swift Hack Session
This month at the NSManchester iOS developer group we ran a Swift hack session because for many iOS developers it can be difficult to find the time to pick up Swift outside of business hours during which Objective-C is the predominantly used language.
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Local Notifications on iOS
Remote notifications, also known as push notifications, are a mechanism for informing the user of an app about a content update. They are especially useful in creating engagement with an app and driving retention when used correctly. In order to implement push notifications, some server-side architecture is required including a...
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Configuring Postfix using Amazon SES on Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)
Our Continuous Integration (CI) process is largely comprised of Bash scripts and we needed to be able to send e-mail notifications in the event of build failures. On a Mac OS X server, the de facto method of achieving this is via the Postfix sendmail command. In order to make...
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