Things learned about multi-language support (localization)

As I mentioned in previous post, like to share with you a few things I learned about multi-language support (localization) when I worked on V1.01 of Where Is It - Smart Kids Edition.1. If you want to do it, make sure you got all the settings done in first version.I learned this lesson in a painful way - as I originally planned about it, and created a "Localizable.strings" in Version 1.0 and put in all the key/string pairs in it, but then I totally forgotten about clicking on "+" to create localized...

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"Where is it smart kid ed" Ver 1.01 published

Version 1.01 of my "where is it smart kid edition" is now available in the app store. The main change is supporting multiple languages (Spanish, simplified and traditional Chinese). Learned quite a few things during the process and will share with everyone later.The time is roughly the same as before:A high level time line:(Sydney time)10/5 (Thu) 2x:xx submitted app (sorry I forgot the time of submission :-P )10/5 (Thu) 23:18 received email saying app status is "Waiting for Review"17/5 (Fri) 09:25 received email saying app status is "In Review"17/5 (Fri) 10:32 received email saying app status...

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Other info about App Submission

Was studying about the App Submission process. At first I thought it shouldn't really matter if you submitted to App Store with some test/incorrect info or screenshots as no one would know it any way. After it's been approved, you can still have plenty of time before you actually do any marketing stuff to tell everyone about your app, right? WRONG!Have a look at the following screenshots, which automatically picks up info about new apps from App Store - still contains the 1st draft info I put in...

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Further Info about my first app

As mentioned before, further info about my first app is as below. Please click here for the link.It's based on the Cocos2dDiceInCup project, but added lots of extra stuffs:1. 2 players mode2. Multi-players mode (through Nextpeer)3. Game Centre support4. Allows users to change to different characters5. Bonus for faster action6. Email support7. Supports iPhone/iPhone Retina/iPad/iPad RetinaYou can also have a look at the Nextpeer Leaderboard from this link.Please have...

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How to force OS X Preview 5.5.1 (719.16) to "refresh"?

I was using my iPad2 to capture some screen dumps from my App. But I found that when I tried to use Preview (Version 5.5.1 (719.16)  running on OS X 10.7.3) to "Import from iPad2", the displayed content never change even if I made quite a few changes on the device (new images been created or old ones been deleted). Which means the latest updated images can't be imported to my MacBook.There must be a time-out or cache refresh interval period defined somewhere, but how long do I have to wait or how can I force it to refresh?I tried disconnect the USB cable and reconnect again, still the same....

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TexturePacker to the rescue!

I found that in the past, during the development with my apps, a lot of time were spent working on the images/graphic. With 4 set of files - iPhone, iPhone Retina, iPad and the new iPad Retina, it's very painful as every time I change sometime or made a mistake, I have to repeat at least 4 times. Also, as there were so many individual files, managing them was really a nightmare as I have to make sure the correct image file been placed in the right directory...After I followed a few of Ray Wenderlich's tutorials, I decided to give Texture Packer a try and found that it really saved me lots of time.First...

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Yes! My first app approved!

It seems to be a lot smoother/faster than I have expected. Received an email saying my app has been approved! What? I wasn't even ready for it yet!?A high level time line:(Sydney time)26/4 (Thu) 22:00 submitted app26/4 (Thu) 22:27 received email saying app status is "Waiting for Review"3/5 (Thu) 10:16 received email saying app status is "In Review"3/5 (Thu) 11:24 received email saying app status is "Processing for App Store"3/5 (Thu) 11:27 received email saying app status is "Ready for Sale"Whole process about one week (6.5 days?). The last email also said it may take up to 24 hours before the...

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