Continuing from my part 1, in this section, we will discuss about how to use this helper in your own application. Source Code Download the source code here MKBitlyHelper 1.0.zip Documentation With just three lines of code, you can shorten your URL using this wrapper. Initialize the helper class with your loginname and apikey. bitlyHelper = [[MKBitlyHelper alloc] initWithLoginName:@"yourlogin"...

For the past 2 or 3 months, I’ve been busy developing a product, which I’m announcing now. It’s called as MKSync and it’s a iPhone client for Syncplicity. The product is in its early release phase and I intend to  submit it to AppStore by this month end. Currently I’m looking for beta testers. I’m looking for around 10-20 beta testers. As and when needs arise, I might increase the limit. I would prefer...

Many a times, in an iPhone application, you might need to format the date relative to today. This code snippet will help you do it. + (NSString *) formattedDateRelativeToNow:(NSDate *)date { NSDateFormatter *mdf = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init]; [mdf setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd"]; NSDate *midnight = [mdf dateFromString:[mdf stringFromDate:date]]; [mdf...

PS: This post has nothing to do with Apple, iPhone, programming, Windows, Microsoft. Sometimes, I do pen down my personal thoughts on my blog. Read it if you are an atheist. Read it if you aren’t either This should have been my first blog post. I wrote this on a piece of paper around 7 or 8 years ago, during my college days, when Internet connection was intermittent, I didn’t have a blog let alone a web host. == God == Our...

bit-ly-rest-api-objective-c Introduction Of late, many programmers who develop for Windows/Linux have moved to iPhone because of it's runaway success. Among the most successful apps on the Apple AppStore, first comes games (yeah I can hear you, fart apps!!!). Next comes apps like Tweetie and others those consume a web service (REST or otherwise). Games are pretty difficult get started especially if you aren't a game programmer. However,...