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Eclipse — Hanging on Android SDK Content Loader or Error Markers

Objective-C Swizzling without Side Effects

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Using method_exchangeImplementations results in a number of unexpected and dangerous side effects which in most cases you’ll want to avoid. You should use method_setImplementation and swizzle a C-style function instead to give yourself more…

Injecting data into Obj-C readonly properties

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If you want to inject data into an object that only has read-only properties, swizzle the synthesised getter function so you can inject the data you need at the point it’s accessed.

GLFW — Compiling Source and Creating an Xcode Project

GLFW is a great library — easy to use, great documentation covering it’s API design. But if you’re not on Windows where they provide pre-built libraries, going from a source download to a compiling Xcode project is _not_easy.

Bug or Bad UI: Find and Replace in XCode 4

As applications get larger and more complicated with every iteration it sometimes becomes difficult to know if incorrect behaviour is down to a bug or badly designed user interface. XCode 4 is an application that has some quirky design choices, some which…

Macintosh Hackintosh

I recently bought a Mac. I wanted a small, easy to use media centre to sit next to my TV and while I originally looked…