Ravi Shankar – Page 36 – Tweaking Apps

Word 2013 by default displays the start screen during the launch. But if you find this feature not useful and want to always open blank document when launching the application then you can use the settings available part Word 2013 options.

Step 1: Launch Word 2013 and click the File menu.

Step 2: From the left hand sidebar, select Options from the list.

Step 3: In the Word Options window, navigate to Startup Options under the General tab.

Step 4: Unmark the check box with label as Show the Start screen when this application starts. Then click OK button to confirm and save the changes.

Now when ever you launch Word 2013 it will open a blank document.

How to only enable portrait orientation for iPhone App

June 14, 2012 By Ravi Shankar 2 Comments

When developing an iPhone app in Xcode, if you have any requirement that only portrait orientation allowed then you can do the following.

Step 1: Open the implementation file for editing.

Step 2. Navigate to shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation method. This methods is auto generated by Xcode while creating the project.

Step 3: replace the return statement with return (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait);. The update method should be displayed as shown below.

– (BOOL)shouldAutorotateToInterfaceOrientation:(UIInterfaceOrientation)interfaceOrientation

{

return (interfaceOrientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait);

}

This method will return true only when the orientation in Portrait mode.

Step 4: Now navigate to Project Folder on the navigattion bar. In the summary tab under Supported Device Orientations, make sure to un mark the other orientation except portrait.

How to rename default view controllers in XCode

June 11, 2012 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

Xcode by default provides default name for the view controllers depending upon on the selected projects templates. For example, while creating Tabbed Application, you will find FirstViewController and SecondViewController as the name for default view controllers.

Now if you want to provide a proper name to the FirstViewControllers and SecondViewControllers you can use the Rename option available under the Edit menu.

To rename FirstViewController,

Step 1: Navigate to FirstViewController.h and select the name after interface keyword.

Step 2: Click the Edit menu then Refactor and select Rename from the list of available option.

Step 3: Enter the name then select Rename related files and click the Preview button. This would display the list of files and location where the rename would affect.

Step 4: If you are happy with Preview then save the changes.

By this way you can rename the default view controller and their related files (.h, .m and XIB) in Xcode.

XCode – Open file in same window on double click

June 2, 2012 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

Xcode by default displays project file in a seperate window when the user double clicks on the file. And if you want to change this behavior and to open the file in the same window as that of single click then you can use the options provided as part of Xcode Preferences.

Step 1: Launch the XCode Preferences, XCode menu -> Preferences or ? + ,

Step 2: In the General tab, navigate to Double Click Navigation option.

Step 3: Select Same as Click value from the drop down list.

Now when a user double clicks on a file, XCode will display the file in the same window.

How to archive multiple email messages on iPhone or iPad

May 29, 2012 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

This tutorial provides the steps required for archiving multiple email messages on iPhone or iPad. You can use the same procedures for deleting or moving more than one messages.

Step 1: Tap the Mail app on iPhone or iPad.

Step 2: Select the mailbox for archiving email messages then tap the Edit button.

Step 3: You can use the check box for selecting the email messages.

Step 4: Then tap the button available at the bottom of the screen to archive the message.

Step 5: You can also move the selected messages to a different fodder using the Move button or Flag the messages using the Mark option.

Screenshot of delete option available for mail account configured on iPad

How to retrieve the archived messages in iPad or iPhone

May 28, 2012 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

This answers the query posted by a reader regarding “How to retrieve the archive messages in iPad “. The below mentioned steps can be used for seeing the archived messages of GMail account on iPad as well as iPhone.

Step 1: Tap the mail icon on iPad or iPhone.

Step 2: In the Mail App, navigate to Accounts section and tap your Gmail account.

Step 3: The GMail account Mailbox will display a folder named All Mail.

The All Mail folder would contain all the archived message of GMail account on your iPad on iPhone.

Read: How to block contact in IOS 7 for iPhone

Provisioning iPhone 4S for deploying and testing Apps

March 31, 2012 By Ravi Shankar 1 Comment

Listed below are detail steps for provisioning iPhone 4S for deploying and testing Apps. The steps have been broadly classified in to the following topics.

Requesting Development Certificate
Submit Certificate in iOS Provisioning Portal
Installing Certificate
Registering Device to Provisioning Portal

Requesting Development Certificate

Requesting development certificate requires you to generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR). The CSR can be generated using the KeyChain app available as part of the Mac OS. You can quickly launch keychain using spotlight search. Apart from generating the CSR, the Keychain app also generates the public and private key.

Select Keychain Access preferences from the menu list and navigate to Certificates tab.

Turn off the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP).

Now to request Certificate, click the Keychain Access menu, select Request a certificate from a Certificate Authority under the Certificate Assistant.

In the Certificate Assistant window, enter your email address, name and mark the radio option with caption as Saved to disk also the check box with label as Let me specify key pair information.

Save the generated certificate to your desktop.

Then for the Key Pair information, select Key Size as 2048 bits and Algorithm as RSA.

On clicking the continue button will display the following confirmation message.

The login section under Keychain Access would display the generated Public key and Private key.

Submitting Request in Provisioning Portal

Login to the members account with your Apple user id and password. Click the iOS Provisioning Portal link available under Developer Program Resources section.

In the Provisioning Portal, navigate to Certificates section and click the Request Certificate button under Development.

This would display a screen with option to submit the CSR.

Choose the required CSR and click the Submit button. After submitting the status would initially be displayed as Pending issuance and later a download link would appear.

Now install the WWDR certificate and iOS developer Certificate on your Mac system

You can verify the installation of certificates by navigating to My Certificates in Keychain Access App.

Registering Device to Provisioning Portal

You can use Xcode for registering the Device ID and this process also create the App ID. Launch Xcode, click the Window menu option and select Organizer from the menu list.

This would display the list of available Devices that have been connected to the Mac system,

When the device is connected, a green status light will be displayed. Now select iPhone 4S and click the Use for Development button. If your Device and Mac system are out of sync with the iOS SDK then you will get the message to keep both of them in sync.

Once the device and Mac system are in sync, you can add the device to Provisioning Portal by right clicking on the device and selecting Add Device to Provisioning Portal.

Xcode will request permission for accessing your Keychain, click Always Allow button and sign-in with your Apple Developer Account credentials. Also allow code sign to sign using your key in keychain.

Now you can test your app on iPhone 4S by selecting the device from Active Scheme list.

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