A Note on Documentation

Code documentation, it can be tedious to write and maintain, what’s a developer to do?

I was asked for my advice on documentation today and realised just how much my approach had changed over the years. In my eager early days of development I thought the mark of a true professional was someone who in addition to taking the time to write quality code, also took the time to document it beautifully. I documented classes and methods religiously and sprinkled my code with helpful inline comments. These days I take a very different approach.
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My iOS7 Beta Deactivation Journey

I have been enjoying iOS7 beta since the WWDC back in June. While I planned to update to the official version, the last beta release was pretty stable so I didn’t feel any particular urgency.

I figured I would do it soon and if I didn’t, apple would prompt (or even force) me to update over-the-air.  What I did not expect was to find my device deactivated. Thanks Apple.

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iOS Seven Beta has Expired and that’s Bad News for those Still Using It

ios7beta_1_activation_requiredFor the brave souls out there who trialled iOS seven beta and haven’t yet updated to the official release, today is a bad day. The beta has just expired and Apple has deactivated devices still using it.

Unfortunately, following device prompts to activate does not currently work. If you had Find my iPhone switched on you may struggle to restore without doing a complete device wipe first.

DevBytes: Intro to ActionBarCompat Support Library

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Google has extended Action Bar support for older devices (as early as Android 2.1) via support library 18.

This video provides an overview of how to update your existing app to use the new Action Bar apis and take full advantage of the Action Bar on older devices.

Those of you who have been using the 3rd party library ActionBarSherlock to date will notice that a similar approach has been used by google.