CocoaSampleCode (old version)

Please add more! See also TipsAndTricks for snippets of useful information.

See also ObjectLibrary, CocoaDevUsersAdditions.

• Usable code (not example code)
  • CocoaSpriteKit
  • CompareNumerically two strings
  • FoundationCollectionsPalette (subclassing IBInspector)
  • KTLLMutableArray (subclassing NSMutableArray; implementing DesignDoublyXORLinkedList)
  • MethodSwizzling
  • BSTrampoline (HigherOrderMessaging for collections)
  • LSTrampoline (alternative implementation for HOM; not restricted to use with collections)
  • IconaraDOM (Document Object Model framework for working with XML-data in ObjectiveC)
  • MultiProcessorWorkSharing (Taking advantage of multiprocessor systems for coarse- and fine-grained parallelism)
  • NotificationOnNewNetwork (SystemConfiguration notification handler)
  • FTSWAbstractSingleton - base class that allows the quick implementation of singleton objects, just sub-class

• User Interface Issues, i.e. AppKit
  • AlternatingRowColors in NSTableView/NSOutlineView
  • ButtonsInTableOrOutlineViews
  • CheckingForUpdatesToYourApp
  • ClickableUrlInTextView
  • CopyAndPaste
  • DirectoryOpenPanel
  • DisplayingSheets
  • DockImageExample
  • DragAndDropTableView
  • FlowLayoutView
  • FocusRingAroundTableView
  • HowToCreateWalkingAnts and selection rectangles
  • HtmlDisplayFramework
  • HtmlSourceView (with colors)
  • LineNumbers
  • MakingAppServices
  • MakingServices
  • MonacoInItalic
  • NSOpenPanel
  • NSOpenPanelWithFileTypes
  • NSTextFieldSampleCode
  • NSToolbarItemSampleCode
  • ParsingHtmlInTextView
  • ReplaceSaveChangesSheet
  • SampleTableCode
  • SavingNSSplitViewPosition
  • SearchTextFieldCell
  • SendingAppleEventsToSystemProfiler
  • SendingEmailMessages with NSWorkspace
  • ShowAlertAndWriteToLog
  • SortingTableViewByColumn
  • ToolTip
  • TrackingSlider
  • TruncatingStringsInTableView? (almost) just like iTunes
  • UFISpringyView?
  • WindowShade

• Graphics, Games, Multimedia
  • AnimationTechniquesAndCocoa
  • EnhancingBuiltInImageImport
  • GameKeyboardHandlingAlmost
  • HitDetection
  • ImageTransparencyFiltering
  • MakingFractalsUsingBitmapImageRep
  • MovieViewAudioPlaybackWithBugWorkaround
  • RoundedRectangles
  • SampleScreenSaverViews?
  • SimpleAnimation? using NSTimer
  • SimplisticColourCoding
  • SmoothImageView

• Objective-C and OOP Concepts
  • AccessorMethods
  • CategorySampleCode
  • SingletonDesignPattern
  • RetainReleaseTips
  • WorkingWithSelectors
  • UsingArchiversAndUnarchivers
  • InstanceCounting - MethodSwizzling and debugging

• Foundation Framework Fun
  • AccessingResources within a bundle
  • DistributedObjectsSampleCode
  • HowToSave
  • IteratingThroughAnArray
  • NibFilesInsideBundles
  • NotificationsAcrossThreads
  • NotificationSampleCode
  • ThreadWorker for easier multi-threading
  • WorkingWithUserDefaults
  • LoadingDocumentsAtStartup
  • use SortUsingSelector and friends to customize NSArray's sorting behavior
  • ListOfConnectediPods

• Internet / Networking
  • ComputersOnNetwork
  • DownloadingFiles
  • HtmlDisplayFramework
  • OmniNetworking
  • OpeningUrlFromJava
  • ParsingHtmlInTextView
  • SendingEmailMessages with NSWorkspace
  • SendingEmail the Message Framework
  • SmallSocketsOnConnection
  • SOAP AppleScriptCocoaSample
  • NSStream
  • BirthdayServer A crappy little cocoa HTTP server which serves AddressBook birthday information as RSS and iCal feeds

• As-Yet Uncategorized
  • HowToSupportAppleScript
  • SetADateForAnAppToExpire - useful for making time-limited betas: pick a target date and when that date is reached terminate the app on awakeFromNIB
  • GlobalModifications
  • StackTraces
  • OmniExpatExample
  • VariableLengthArgumentLists
  • AppleScriptSupport
  • http://osx.hyperjeff.net/Apps/index.php has Cocoa Applications with source code
  • http://www.scotlandsoftware.com/products/source/ has various Cocoa apps and system services with source
  • NIRTimer - for easy timing of code
  • MoreClocks: A full version of the popular Clocks utility use in MacOS 10.1 & 10.2 => [http://regnault.luc.free.fr/openSource.html]
  • DetectQuartzExtreme - A snippet showing how to determine if an NSScreen is running Quartz Extreme.
  • BookMacOSXADT - go to http://www.triplesoft.com/macosx/ and scroll down to the 'Download the source code' link
  • GravityWellsSourceCode - The source code of a fullscreen opengl Cocoa game

• Sample Code from Apple
  • http://developer.apple.com/samplecode/Sample_Code/Cocoa.htm
  • http://developer.apple.com/samplecode/Sample_Code/DiscRecording.htm