UK based here and trying to sign up for a Connect account to upload my apps, but my payment keeps being declined.
The options state that both Debit and Credit cards are accepted, so why am I unable to sign up ?
My iPhone is still iOS 15 so I cannot download the developer app and still on Big Sur I cannot download the macOS version, ridiculous !
I don't know if signing up via Apple's Developer app would allow the payment to go through or not, but the web based version is not working for me.
I have read on other threads that Debit Card users need to submit ID, I can't imagine why, but it's not clearly stated at the sign up process, so I cannot be sure.
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iOS 16 apparently included the ability for the Lock Screen wallpaper to shuffle through a dedicated folder.
Is there a way to update the wallpaper from an app in the background on any version of iOS before iOS 16 ?
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The following function creates a hexagon shape but as I collect the six pieces of the shape to plot into SVG co-ordinates, the x/y data is not positioning them correctly:
var positionX: CGFloat = 0
var positionY: CGFloat = 0
if isFirstShape == true { // ENSURE USER SATISFACTION WITH ONE SHAPE PLACED WHERE FINGER TAPS
positionX = touchLocation.x
positionY = touchLocation.y
} else {
positionX = CGFloat.random(in: touchLocation.x - 200...touchLocation.x + 200)
positionY = CGFloat.random(in: touchLocation.y - 200...touchLocation.y + 200)
}
let randomLength: CGFloat = CGFloat.random(in: 100...150)
let randomColour: UIColor = getRandomColor(withProbabilities: colorProbabilities)
let rectangle : CGRect = CGRect(x: positionX, y: positionY, width: randomLength, height: randomLength)
let cornerRadius: CGFloat = 10.0 // ROUNDING CORNER VALUE
var angle : CGFloat = CGFloat(0.5) // ROTATE HEXAGON 90º
let sides : Int = 6
let path = UIBezierPath()
var svgPathData = "M" // SVG : PATH DATA (START)
let theta : CGFloat = CGFloat(2.0 * Double.pi) / CGFloat(sides)
let radius : CGFloat = (rectangle.width + cornerRadius - (cos(theta) * cornerRadius)) / 2.0
let center : CGPoint = CGPoint(x: rectangle.origin.x + rectangle.width / 2.0,
y: rectangle.origin.y + rectangle.width / 2.0)
// DETERMINE STARTING POINT FOR DRAWING ROUNDED CORNERS
let corner : CGPoint = CGPoint(x: center.x + (radius - cornerRadius) * cos(angle),
y: center.y + (radius - cornerRadius) * sin(angle))
// MOVE PATH TO NEW POSITION ACCOUNTING FOR THE ROUNDED CORNER ANGLE
path.move(to: CGPoint(x: corner.x + cornerRadius * cos(angle + theta),
y: corner.y + cornerRadius * sin(angle + theta)))
// SVG : POSITIONING DATA
svgPathData += " \(corner.x) \(corner.y)"
for _ in 0..<sides {
angle += theta
// POINT ON THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE CIRCLE : DETERMINED BY THE ANGLE
let corner = CGPoint(x: center.x + (radius - cornerRadius) * cos(angle),
y: center.y + (radius - cornerRadius) * sin(angle))
// ONE OF SIX POINTS : DETERMINED BY RADIUS AND ANGLE
let tip = CGPoint(x: center.x + radius * cos(angle),
y: center.y + radius * sin(angle))
let start = CGPoint(x: corner.x + cornerRadius * cos(angle - theta),
y: corner.y + cornerRadius * sin(angle - theta))
let end = CGPoint(x: corner.x + cornerRadius * cos(angle + theta),
y: corner.y + cornerRadius * sin(angle + theta))
path.addLine(to: start)
// CONTROL POINT : INFLUENCE THE SHAPE / DIRECTION OF CURVE
path.addQuadCurve(to: end, controlPoint: tip)
svgPathData += " \(corner.x) \(corner.y)" // SVG : POSITIONING DATA
}
path.close()
let bounds = path.bounds
// MOVE POINTS IN RELATION TO ORIGINAL RECTANGLE DATA
let transform = CGAffineTransform(translationX: -bounds.origin.x + rectangle.origin.x / 2.0,
y: -bounds.origin.y + rectangle.origin.y / 2.0)
path.apply(transform)
// CREATE UIView WITH CAShapeLayer
let hexagon = UIView(frame: rectangle)
let shapeLayer = CAShapeLayer()
shapeLayer.path = path.cgPath
shapeLayer.fillColor = randomColour.cgColor
hexagon.layer.addSublayer(shapeLayer)
// SVG : COLOUR DATA
let randomColourRGBA = getRGBAComponents(randomColour)
let randomColourSVG = toSVGString(red : randomColourRGBA.red,
green : randomColourRGBA.green,
blue : randomColourRGBA.blue,
alpha : randomColourRGBA.alpha)
// SVG : PATH DATA (END)
svgPathData += " Z"
let pathElement = "<path d=\"\(svgPathData)\" fill=\"\(randomColourSVG)\" /> \n"
svgPathStrings.append(pathElement)
addSubview(hexagon)
I tried but it just distorted the corners:
let centerX = (corner.x + tip.x + start.x + end.x) / 4.0
let centerY = (corner.y + tip.y + start.y + end.y) / 4.0
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Exporting SVG (XML) data for something like a six sided shape (hexagon) requires a piecemeal approach and very specific string needed for the XML to be rendered correctly:
svgData += "<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN\" \"http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd\">\n"
svgData += "<svg width=\"\(viewWidth)\" height=\"\(viewHeight)\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" version=\"1.1\">\n"
But there is also the addition of the obligatory prefix "M", followed by co-ordinate date, the postfixed "Z" finishing with path and colour data:
<path d=\"\(svgPathData)\" fill=\"\(randomColourSVG)\" /> \n
The trouble I ran into was the all important middling section that contained the x/y path data for multiple sides shapes.
Could this not simply be a method to pass through from UIBezierPath or CAShapeLayer so that Xcode does this for me, much like the convenience of .cgColor used after a UIColor ?
Basically, is SVG likely to get deeper integration ?
Localising my app I found the entire process quite un-swift like (i.e. unsafe and unintuitive) and was not the only one, even the great Paul Hudson also thought it a strange implementation.
Following a tutorial by Andrii Halabuda (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PBA20ZVk1A) relying on an Enum to reduce errors, I found that the strings needed in the "Localizable.strings" strings file could not be avoided.
I have not tried localisation in SwiftUI, I see that it is different, is it easier i.e. can Plists and such be avoided ?
Is there any word on deeper integration that is just more like a normal method ?
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I am running the most up to date version of Xcode (v10.1 (10B61)) on a High Sierra system (10.13.6 (17G10021)) and find that compiling for macOS will work, but not visually display in the sumulator.
I get the LLDB message: "unable to attach".
Advice online suggested submitting new security certificates, which I have done, but still the simulator will not show up, even though the code compiles.
trined.