RoaringApps did a great job collating app compatibility with Lion. ReadyForKing takes it to the next level. It scans your computer and checks RoaringApps.com for compatibility. The initial beta now scans your /Applications directory recursively and lists executable applications it finds. After enumerating, it checks them for compatibility, all automatically. You just have to launch the app and sit tight. The current release is a beta, and...

MKStoreKit started off in a pet project a couple of years ago and I wrote the first version in 2009. Since then, it has seen tremendous adoption rates that, it has been the “go-to” framework for implementing In-App purchases in any iOS app today. On iOS 4.3, Apple added a new type of subscription framework called, auto-renewable subscriptions. Today, I’m adding this support to MKStoreKit along with several new features. If...

Whew! What a busy month. I have been really busy with some writing stuff (soon to be announced), and nearly forgot that I have a blog. Just managed to write this custom control, based on one of my previous control, MKHorizMenu. MKTickerView is a drop-in replacement for a horizontal stock ticker kind-of control. The way it works is similar to my previous control, MKHorizMenu. The best part of all, it’s infinite scrolling, and wraps...

Ok, I’m getting a bit aggressive here. I just finished a custom control yesterday, MKEntryPanel, and now here I’m with MKHorizMenu. MKHorizMenu is a replacement for the Three20 famous, horizontal menu bar found in apps like USA Today. It can be used in cases when you have to display your content based on a specific sub category. The reason why I started writing this control instead of using Three20 was that, I wanted to use just...

After the huge success of the first control I submitted to CocoaControls, MKInfoPanel, I altered it to make it behave like a input panel. MKEntryPanel shows a semi full screen window similar to the UISearchBarController. You can dismiss it by tapping anywhere else. Demo Here is a quick 30 sec demo of the Entry panel in action. Code The source code is available at github. Pick it up, clone it or do whatever you want from...

TweetBot is sexy, no one can deny it. One of the coolest aspect of TweetBot is the unobtrusive panels that show what is happening on the app. Some apps like Reeder have resorted to HUDs. The problem with HUDs are that, they are shown on a different “z-index” and human eye has to shift the focus to read what’s on it. For the same reason, HUDs feel a bit disconnected from the UI which could be why on both iOS and Mac, Apple...

This is my second mac app, iKLOC (iTunes link) is available on Mac App Store! This time it was just a 4 day waiting time! What is iKLOC? iKLOC is a quick little tool count the number of lines of source code in your iOS or Mac app.  Just like my other app, iConify, the speciality of iKLOC is that, it just works. Launch the app, open your .XCodeProj file and boom, it counts your lines. How is it different from traditional command line...