Thought I'd consolidate all the 'class methods' in the iOS buzztouch files for all who are interested. There's some really useful methods in here that often get overlooked. Using one is really easy. First, make sure the class name (listed above the respective listing of methods) is imported into your plugin screen (aka viewController). Then, call the method like so: [BT_class someMethod:someArgument]; --------------------------------------------------------- Class Methods BT_color +(UIColor *)getColorFromHexString:(NSString *)hexString; BT_dates +(NSString *)getLocalDateTime; +(int)getTimeElapsed:(NSString *)previousDateString interval:(NSString *)interval; BT_debugger +(void)showIt:(id)theCallingObject theMessage:(NSString *)theMessage; BT_fileManager +(NSString*)getFilePath:(NSString *)fileName; +(NSURL*)getFileURL:(NSString *)fileName; +(BOOL)markFileAsDoNotBackup:(NSString *)fileName; +(NSString*)getBundlePath:(NSString *)fileName; +(BOOL)doesLocalFileExist:(NSString *)fileName; +(BOOL)doesFileExistInBundle:(NSString *)fileName; +(BOOL)saveDataToFile:(NSData *)theData fileName:(NSString *)fileName; +(BOOL)saveImageToFile:(UIImage *)theImage fileName:(NSString *)fileName; +(void)deleteFile:(NSString *)fileName; +(void)deleteAllLocalData; +(void)deleteScreenData:(NSString *)theScreenId; +(BOOL)makeWritableFromBundle:(NSString *)fileName; +(BOOL)saveTextFileToCacheWithEncoding:(NSString *)stringData fileName:(NSString *)fileName encodingFlag:(int)encodingFlag; +(NSString *)readTextFileFromCacheWithEncoding:(NSString *)fileName encodingFlag:(int)encodingFlag; +(NSString *)readTextFileFromBundleWithEncoding:(NSString *)fileName encodingFlag:(int)encodingFlag; +(NSString *)getHumanReadableLocalStorageSize; +(int)getLocalDataSizeInt; +(int)countLocalFiles; +(NSString *)stringFromFileSize:(int)theSize; +(int)getSizeOfFile:(NSString *)path; +(int)getSizeOfFolder:(NSString*)folderPath; +(UIImage *)getImageFromFile:(NSString *)fileName; BT_httpEater +(BT_httpEaterResponse *)get:(id)url; +(BT_httpEaterResponse *)get:(id)url headerFields:(NSDictionary *)headerFields; +(BT_httpEaterResponse *)post:(id)url body:(NSData *)body; +(BT_httpEaterResponse *)post:(id)url body:(NSData *)body headerFields:(NSDictionary *)headerFields; +(BT_httpEaterResponse *)downloadURL:(NSURL *)url method:(NSString *)method body:(NSData *)body headerFields:(NSDictionary *)headerFields; +(NSString *)queryDictionaryToString:(NSDictionary *)query; +(NSURL *)urlWithProtocol:(NSString *)protocol host:(NSString *)host port:(int)port path:(NSString *)path query:(id)query; BT_imageTools +(UIImage *)makeRoundCornerImage:(UIImage*)img :(int) cornerWidth :(int) cornerHeight; +(NSString *)getWhiteIconName:(NSString *)theIconName; +(UIImage *)scaleToSize:(UIImage *)img theSize:(CGSize)theSize; +(UIImage *)scaleProportionalToSize:(UIImage *)img theSize:(CGSize)theSize; BT_reachability //reachabilityWithHostName- Use to check the reachability of a particular host name. + (Reachability*) reachabilityWithHostName: (NSString*) hostName; //reachabilityWithAddress- Use to check the reachability of a particular IP address. + (Reachability*) reachabilityWithAddress: (const struct sockaddr_in*) hostAddress; //reachabilityForInternetConnection- checks whether the default route is available. // Should be used by applications that do not connect to a particular host + (Reachability*) reachabilityForInternetConnection; //reachabilityForLocalWiFi- checks whether a local wifi connection is available. + (Reachability*) reachabilityForLocalWiFi; BT_strings +(NSString *)getPrefString:(NSString *)nameOfPref; +(void)setPrefString:(NSString *)nameOfPref valueOfPref:(NSString *)valueOfPref; +(NSString *)replaceString:(NSString *)original findString:(NSString *)findString replaceWith:(NSString *)replaceWith; +(NSString *)mergeBTVariablesInString:(NSString *)theURL; +(NSString *)getJsonPropertyValue:(NSDictionary *)theValues nameOfProperty:(NSString *)nameOfProperty defaultValue:(NSString *)defaultValue; +(NSString *)getStyleValueForScreen:(BT_item *)theParentScreenData nameOfProperty:(NSString *)nameOfProperty defaultValue:(NSString *)defaultValue; +(NSString *)formatTimeFromSeconds:(NSString *)seconds; +(NSString *)dateGMTDateFromString:(NSString *)theGMTDateString; +(NSString *)cleanUpCharacterData:(NSString *)theString; +(NSString *)stripHTMLFromString:(NSString *)html; +(NSString *)getFileNameFromURL:(NSString *)theURLString; BT_database +(void)initDatabase:(NSString *)databaseName; BT_viewControllerManager //main navigation methods... +(id)initViewControllerForScreen:(BT_item *)theScreen; +(BT_item *)getErrorViewController; +(void)handleTapToLoadScreen:(BT_item *)parentScreenData theMenuItemData:(BT_item *)theMenuItemData theScreenData:(BT_item *)theScreenData; +(void)handleLeftButton:(BT_item *)parentScreenData; +(void)handleRightButton:(BT_item *)parentScreenData; +(void)closeChildApp; +(void)showParentApp; //special action methods that don't launch another view controller... +(void)placeCallWithScreenData:(BT_item *)theScreenData; +(void)sendEmailWithScreenData:(BT_item *)theScreenData imageAttachment:(UIImage *)imageAttachment imageAttachmentName:(NSString *)imageAttachmentName; +(void)sendEmailWithAttachmentFromScreenData:(BT_item *)theScreenData theAttachmentData:(NSData *)theAttachmentData attachmentName:(NSString *)attachmentName; +(void)sendEmailFromWebLink:(BT_item *)theScreenData toAddress:(NSString *)toAddress; +(void)sendTextMessageWithScreenData:(BT_item *)theScreenData; BT_viewUtilities +(CGRect)frameForNavBarAtOrientation:(UIViewController *)theViewController theScreenData:(BT_item *)theScreenData; +(CGRect)frameForToolBarAtOrientation:(UIViewController *)theViewController theScreenData:(BT_item *)theScreenData; +(CGRect)frameForAdView:(UIViewController *)theViewController theScreenData:(BT_item *)theScreenData; +(UIView *)getProgressView:(NSString *)loadingText; +(UIColor *)getTextColorForScreen:(BT_item *)theScreenData; +(UIColor *)getNavBarBackgroundColorForScreen:(BT_item *)theScreenData; +(void)configureBackgroundAndNavBar:(UIViewController *)theViewController theScreenData:(BT_item *)theScreenData; +(UITableView *)getTableViewForScreen:(BT_item *)theScreenData; +(UIToolbar *)getWebToolBarForScreen:(UIViewController *)theViewController theScreenData:(BT_item *)theScreenData; +(UIToolbar *)getMapToolBarForScreen:(UIViewController *)theViewController theScreenData:(BT_item *)theScreenData; +(UIToolbar *)getImageToolBarForScreen:(UIViewController *)theViewController theScreenData:(BT_item *)theScreenData; +(UIToolbar *)getAudioToolBarForScreen:(UIViewController *)theViewController theScreenData:(BT_item *)theScreenData; +(UIToolbar *)getQuizToolBarForScreen:(UIViewController *)theViewController theScreenData:(BT_item *)theScreenData; +(UISegmentedControl *)getButtonForQuiz:(UIViewController *)theViewController theFrame:(CGRect)theFrame theTag:(int)theTag buttonColor:(UIColor *)buttonColor; +(UILabel *)getLabelForQuizButton:(CGRect)theFrame fontSize:(int)fontSize fontColor:(UIColor *)fontColor; +(UIView *)getCellBackgroundForListRow:(BT_item *)theScreenData theIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)theIndexPath numRows:(int)numRows; +(UIView *)applyRoundedCorners:(UIView *)theView radius:(int)radius; +(UITextView *)applyRoundedCornersToTextView:(UITextView *)theView radius:(int)radius; +(UIImageView *)applyRoundedCornersToImageView:(UIImageView *)theView radius:(int)radius; +(UIView *)applyBorder:(UIView *)theView borderWidth:(int)borderWidth borderColor:(UIColor *)borderColor; +(UIView *)applyDropShadow:(UIView *)theView shadowColor:(UIColor *)shadowColor; +(UIView *)applyGradient:(UIView *)theView colorTop:(UIColor *)colorTop colorBottom:(UIColor *)colorBottom; BT_device +(void)registerForPushNotifications:(NSString *)registerURL; +(void)unRegisterForPushNotifications:(NSString *)registerURL;

So, for instance, let's say you have a UIImage object named "someImage" and you want to resize it to 100x100. Simply use the method out of BT_imageTools class: CGSize *newImageSize = CGSizeMake(100,100); UIImage *newImage = [BT_imageTools scaleToSize:someImage theSize:newImageSize];

are you still interested in getting together sometime for a training Joe

yeah- things have been kind of busy, but I think this week should be pretty flexible. How does Wednesday or Thursday look?

thursday sounds perfect. how about a 1 hour session

sounds good

I've got something similar. It's even more fun to make your own or create singleton classes. I've got a class dedicated to my crazy spewings mainly text and label completing ones. makes them ridiculous methods with bt_color and bt_strings a little nicer looking in your code.

I was just about to mention bt_color for hex code colors (kittsy showed me this originally). GREAT post chris. David https://buzztouchmods.com

Nice collection, Chris :) Cheers! -- Smug

Very nice list. Thanks for sharing. Jake

Hi Chris, Indeed a nice list. Nice to have it all together. Thanks! Best Regards, Danny

Thanks for the collection Chris1 helps organize the brain which is much needed!

Great post. Thanks Chris!

Yup...this is awesome. Now I know why I haven't explained each one of these in detail - sigh. One of the goals that haven't been met yet is to name the iOS and Android files and methods as closely as possible so they are nearly the same. A standard file naming and method naming convention would make things much easier - for all of us. The fact is, they can never be exactly the same but they should get closer than they are now. I've experiment with all sorts of documenter type software over the last few years and none of it works as I expect - which is why the BT docs (or no docs actually) suck so bad. Chris, this is an important first step to a great set of docs, thanks a bunch for the effort!

I agree nice post and perfectly organized! Chris and Kittsy should team up to do a webinar together for better explanation. Thanks a lot!