Best Resources In iOS Development – August 20th, 2012

While there’s been a slight slowdown in the number of iOS developer resources with everyone preparing for iOS 6 and the new iPhone there were a number of excellent resources.

The most popular resources from the last two weeks on this site include a library for creating 3D charts, a  grid component for which you can change the size of each cell in dynamically, and a C# library you can use for push notifications.

Here are the resources:

1. Open Source iOS Library For Easily Creating 3D Charts – A great library for creating interactive 3D charts using bars and cylinders.

2. Open Source iOS Grid View Control With Automatic Dynamic Layout Changing – A grid view control that allows you to change the dimensions of each cell and update dynamically.

3. Open Source C# (Mono Compatible) Library for Sending Push Notifications To iOS Apps – A great library for sending push notifications supporting multiple mobile platforms.

4. Open Source Unity 2D Game Framework With A Flash/Cocos2D Like Syntax – A framework for creating 2D games with Unity game engine that should have a very feel for anyone that has used Cocos2D.

5. Custom iOS Control For Making Great Looking Analog Flipping Numbers – A great looking control for creating flip style numbers like those found on an old clock radio.

6. Open Source Custom iOS UITableView Control For Chat Bubbles Like The Messages App – A control allowing you to create chat bubbles just like the messages app with time stamping.

7. Tutorial: Create A Character With Ragdoll Physics Using Chipmunk And Cocos2D – An in-depth tutorial showing how to create a ragdoll in Cocos2D.

8. Open Source iOS Control For Creating Springboard Style Icons With Alert Badges – An open source control that allows you to add alert badges to springboard style icons.

9. Open Source iOS Library Allows UIAppearance Usage With A CSS Style Syntax – A library that makes it easy to style UIKit components by allowing you to use a CSS like syntax with UIAppearance.

10. Easy Wrapper For Open Source Interactive 3D Globe Component WhirlyGlobe – A wrapper making it much easier to work with WhirlyGlobe, a great looking open source globe component.

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