#ios framework

[g8production]

RSBarcodes Framework for the best QR-BARCodes reader and generator

RSBarcodes would be the best QR/BARcodes reader and generator, for iOS.

RSBarcodes allows you to scan 1D and 2D barcodes using metadata scanning capabilities (introduced with iOS7) and generate the same set of barcode images for displaying and sharing.

I built the RSBarcodes Framework that helps you to implement the RSBarcodes into your project. For iOS5.1 and above, arm64 ready.

Just download the RSBarcodes project (with framework) from here and follow the Readme file.

That's all!

[g8production]

TesseractOCR Framework - OCR Framework for iOS under MIT license

Optical character recognition, usually abbreviated to OCR, is the mechanical or electronic conversion of scanned images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text into machine-encoded text.

Tesseract OCR iOS is a MIT Framework for iOS5+, compiled also for armv7s (iPhone5+).  Created by g8production.com, it will help you to use OCR in a iOS project. Easy and fast.

 TesseractOCR.framework is available on GitHub at link https://github.com/gali8/Tesseract-OCR-iOS

  Tesseract OCR iOS and TesseractOCR.framework powered by g8production are under MIT License.  Tesseract-ios, powered by ldiqual https://github.com/ldiqual/tesseract-ios, is under MIT License.  Tesseract, powered by Google http://code.google.com/p/tesseract-ocr/, is under Apache License.

[ajaxgeek]

Custom imageAlertBox popup alertbox to replace Apple default blue alertBox

Usages:

1. popup regular alertbox act just like default alertbox provided by apple.

You can create your own custom background images with any size, anywhere on screen you want it.

I also added fadeOut animation to it.

2. popup to let users to rate your app with your custom background images and buttons.

3. popup to let users upgrade to your paid app.

4. use it as advertising.

5. anything else I missed?

oh, This alertBox works on both iPhone and iPad.

  If you want the alertBox appear in different location and size. just replace my images with yours and modify CGRectMake(location.x,location.y,width,height);

CGRectMake(0,0,width,height) mean uper left corner.

That pretty much it. enjoy and happy coding.

  You can get it from here.

https://github.com/ajaxgeek/imageAlertBox/tree/imageAlertBox

[ajaxgeek]

Why third party iOS framework sucks

I have tried a couple of most popular framework in the past. here are some of major problems I experienced.

1. very limited functionalities, way far from what apple has offered. for instance, won’t be able to access to the hardware.

2. very low performance compare to native apps. be realistic, javascript always few seconds delay for the touch event.

3. Too many bugs that beyond developers control. okay, you work on an exciting project, later on you found out there are some tough bugs either crash your app or provide very bad user experiences. you talk to their tech support, bug is confirmed but the cure won’t be available until another 3 months.

4. third party frameworks always 3-6 months late than current iOS SDK from Apple, sometime even longer. well, you know iOS 6 is cool, you want to make a cool app for that. you land on one of there third party framework, you find out they don’t support it until another 6 months. by the time, you finally see they have started offering iOS 6 support. however, there are already tons of similar apps fill the shelf of app store.

5. Do not support ad or revenue share for your ad income. well, how would you make money if they do not support the ad network you want.

6. No game Center, no in-app purchase. or you have to pay extra fee to use that feature. well, look at the top 100 apps, nearly every one of them has that feature build in.

Conclusion: base on my experiences, those third party frameworks only good for making some very simple apps such as linking to your mobile site or making some simple puzzle games. but, don’t expect you apps will change your future.