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iOS is an operating system for mobile devices created by Apple Inc. It runs on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
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What is the shader format for Metal shaders shipped with iOS applications?
I am interested in analyzing existing shaders implemented using Apple's Metal framework. From my previous experience on other platforms with OpenGL, I have found that applications sometimes bundle ...
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What strategies are best for managing Game Center and offline saves in the same app?
I have an iOS app for which I want to use the Game Center API for saving games. At the same time, I want to have the option to save multiple games on the local file system, using the familiar save-...
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When should iOS gamecenter authentication be called?
I'm integrating GameCenter leaderboards into my iOS game. The game has a home screen with a play and "High Scores" button, the game screen itself, and a finished screen with you score, another "High ...
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Handheld video playback pauses when going to the home screen
Put an MP4 movie in your StreamingAssets folder and play it with
Handheld.PlayFullScreenMovie("MyMovie.mp4", Color.black, FullScreenMovieControlMode.CancelOnInput);
Then, in the middle of the movie,...
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Are TestFlight apps the same as the finished product?
This may be an obvious question, but to me it is a little unclear. I built an app using PhoneGap. While testing with PhoneGap Desktop and the associated app it was pretty obvious that this was just a ...
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GoogleSignIn/GIDSignIn.h file not found
I've been hitting my head against a wall with this one for a couple of days now ... I'm a little new to Unity iOS development (and iOS development in general) and wanted to include a Google Play ...
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Make a test version of a project even if the version is already “waiting for review” in app store
I am new to game development, Unity3d and iOS.
The issue is that I received the project files for our app(it is still live in the App store and playstore) from our contractor and I need to check if ...
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Could I use a song, such as something from metallica, if I am making no money, and I give credit [duplicate]
I have been working on a phone app and, I want to use some music from Metallica but I don't know if it is OK or not.
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SIGABRT error when building Unity project in Xcode
I am trying to build a Unity project in Xcode. The build succeeds, but when it tries to run on an iPhone, I get an error:
Thread 1: SIGABRT error on the following line of code in main.mm:
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Page transition a cocos2d scene to a UiViewController
My project is a cocos2d game project, but I added a UIViewController for the initial log in. The first scene is the splash logo, followed by the menu screen, but I need to pass to my UIViewController ...
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AdMob - my own impressions
I wanted to test my in-game ads and I forgot to add my device as a Test Device. My game is not yet in Google Play and App Store but I have 12 impressions on AdMob. What I have to do in this situation? ...
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Black image on splash screen
I'm having a problem with the splash screen for iOS. I'm getting a black image a second after I get the logo in the splash screen. How do I fix this?
I´m using Unity 5.4.2. This is the configuration:
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Minimum hardware requirements for developing for iOS and Android with Unity, Cocos2d-x and GameSalad on a Mac
I intend to create iOS and Android games. My main priority is to create 2D games. The software that I’m planing to use are Unity, Cocos2d-x and GameSalad.
I am a bit interest in the Mac Mini, ...
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while loop not being executed on iOS
So I have this code for showing an ad. It is supposed to pause the app while the ad is showing. It works on android but on iOS it doesn't even seem to be called, judging from the debug msgs shown in ...
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How to save a text file to relative Path
I'm creating an app that should be accessable from every platform (android, IOS, windows).
At this moment I'm saving a file that is set to a specific path.
c:\test\test.exe. Now I know that Android ...
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Do i host my app on google server?
So I have a app that I have been working on and I was wondering does Google/Apple host the server requirements for the multiplayer aspects of a app? If so does anyone know if its laggy or Smooth, or ...
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Unity 5 iOS 10.1 app stalls with Wifi IPv6 network
So in my recent apple review I got the following report :
We also discovered one or more bugs in your app when reviewed on iPad
and iPhone running iOS 10.0.3 on Wi-Fi connected to an IPv6 ...
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Adding a Metal Shader to a Unity Project
I am a Metal programmer and primarily work with native iOS development. I have a Metal shader I would like to add to a project. This project is going to be a plug in and any files I have need to be ...
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Upgrades in game with leaderboards? [closed]
I am working on an endless mobile game right now and I'm currently in the designing phase. Most (or all) mobile games especially endless ones now have leaderboards and a player's position in the board ...
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Slow down in the same time over different distances
I'm trying to slow down a object over different distances in the same time, say 3 seconds.
My slow down code is.
function lerpSpeed (speed: float, lerpSpeedTime: float)
{
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Maze or puzzle algorithm for something similar to noodles
Not sure if anyone has played Noodles at all https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/noodles!/id967624193?mt=8 but it is a simple puzzle game, that involves rotating tiles until they link up. The tiles are ...
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Is the touch position on Android and iOS the same?
There is a small difference in the touch position detected on my current Android device in reference to all the iOS devices I’ve tested so far. It is noticeable in the way that I need to touch the ...
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How to create and choose sprite sheet for different mobile screen resolution in Unity
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We’re working on a 2D mobile game. We want to publish the game on all apple devices which at least support iOS 7 and to all android devices which at least support Android 4 OS. These ...
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Fatal error: unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value [closed]
I am trying to run this code but I keep on getting this error:
fatal error: unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value
I don't understand why I'm getting it. Any hint?
import ...
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Why does Unity let you install iOS Build Support on Windows?
When installing Unity on a Windows machine, you are allowed to select "iOS Build Support" as one of the components to install. However, it is not possible to make an iOS build from Windows. Why is ...
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iOS: controlling size of assets designed in Cinema 4D when importing into Xcode?
A designer provided the attached two DAE files created in Cinema 4D. The characters in these DAE files are to be integrated into an iOS game.
Both assets are of comparable size inside of Cinema 4D. ...
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How to verify if a player is currently signed in (or logon) to iOS Game Center or not?
Would anyone please show me a sample code written in C# that checks to see if a player is currently signed in (or logon) to iOS Game Center or not ?
What I have done is the following:
I have this C# ...
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Monogame Android FileNotFoundException but iOS works fine
I'm creating Monogame shared game for Android and iOS modificating this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE500D63CA505443B but I got stuck at 11th video.
I need to load file Splash.txt ...
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Unity3d app immediately goes to background after starting up on iOS
So the iOS build of my game started doing this today and I have no idea why. The only think I can think of is that I added this line :
Application.runInBackground = true;
but this should not force ...
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First time working on 3D game: exporting steps after designer finishes 3D characters?
First time making a 3D game so could use advice. The designer is creating 3D characters with Cinema 4D (https://www.maxon.net/en/products/cinema-4d/overview/).
What steps are required to go from his ...
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Calculate object position irrespective of camera orientation in augmented reality
Recently I am working on a game in iOS and trying to get a feature like Pokemon Go game where an object stays in a specific position and trying to find this object by camera view.
So, I read some ...
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SpriteKit and Swift or Objective-C
As a newbie to iOS programming, I'm wondering which of these would be more conducive to the type of game I want to program. I've been tasked to program an iOS game for my company. They asked me to do ...
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How to post on Facebook with graph UI using LibGDX
I'm implementing FB share into my LibGDX made game, and finally got things to start working. When the "share on Facebook" button is clicked, if the user hasn't given permission, FB UI will ask for ...
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Xcode Build Errors Unity 4.7.2
These two errors are doing my head in. New to Xcode. So please advise thank you.
FYI
I did not touch or modify anything of the Xcode that was generated by Unity. Upon opening there is a warning that ...
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Unity and C# - Cube with random directions
I want to create a similar line RigidObject in Unity c# just like in the iOS game Circle:
So far I placed a cube object that is extended by length.
So, how would you approach to create such an ...
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How to play sound effects on iOS?
I have a game that plays sounds when some events occur.
Currently, I am using AVAudioPlayer for the purpose of playing the sound. But just the bare AVAudioPlayer has a noticeable lag time before the ...
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Multiplayer game for iOS
I am planning to make a multiplayer 3d game using server-client model, which is similar to Marvel Champion Fight. Is there anyone who knows how to set up server, which stores information of all ...
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Should I patent game before putting it on Apple App Store?
If it's a huge hit, I could then patent it.
Or, if I put my game up on App Stores before patenting, does this cause a problem? Would this invalidate a patent application?
Should I bother to even ...
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Unity Capture And Display Live Camera Feed
I want to display the video using the device camera on specific part of the screen on iOS, android and Editor. I was able to find the WebCamTexture which display the camera video on the Quad (3D ...
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How can I create a “wireframe” texture for a sphere in SceneKit?
I've been struggling to figure this out. I would like to have a sphere in SceneKit that looks like this:
I think the easiest way would be to create a mostly transparent texture with the wireframe ...
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TVOS SiriRemote micro pad value change handler is not called
I have a UIViewController which inherits from GCEventViewController and I register a value change handler for the GCController microPad Profile.
But when I use the SiriRemote in the Simulator none of ...
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How do I pixelate a scene with SceneKit and Metal, in Swift?
I managed to get pixelation working by using the OpenGLES2 rendering API, and a CIFilter. But it was way too slow, so I want to use the Metal API and just have a very simple filter that pixelates ...
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Black border all around simulation / viewport in iOS using Xamarin + CocosSharp
I'm just getting started with Xamarin and CocosSharp so it's possible I've missed something basic here.. but whatever it is I can't seem to figure it out.
I'm trying to get my app/game to be ...
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Will Chartboost block my account for clicking my own ads?
I created a game in iOS and Android. Every day I manually click ads in it from my device.
Is this okay? Or can Chartboost block my account if I do this for a long time? I've been doing it for the ...
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Should the Sprites in my Boids implementation be backed by model objects?
This question is about the proper way to architect an implementation of Craig Reynolds Boids algorithm.
I have an Agent object like this:
struct Agent: Equatable
{
let identifier = ...
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How can I make a realistic soccer ball that gets impulsed by finger touch in Swift?
So I got this ball
ball = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed: "ball")
ball.name = ballCategoryName
ball.userInteractionEnabled = false
ball.size = CGSizeMake(120, 120)
ball.zPosition = 2
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Paradigm for storing user data for iOS
Disclaimer: I'm not well versed in Game Dev best practices so this may be a trivial question.
I'm developing an iPhone game in which I have to store a user profile containing such information as ...
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Mobile game without game engine [closed]
I am planning on making a 2D mobile game for iOS and Android. It will have animations (including some simple flash/light and particle effects, like in Candy Crush), but the only physics the game will ...
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Android game to iOS, go with an engine?
I have developed a game on android using native coding. However I am being asked to port it to ios.
So I thought that I should bite the bullet and recode it in unity so I can go cross platform.
I ...
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set customize attribute value in a sprite in cocos2d
I want to make a puzzle game by cocos2d ios. For that, I want to set value in customized attribute. Like:
In cocos2d js:(value, power, picked attribute)
var sprite = cc.Sprite.createWithSpriteFrame("...
