I noticed some UILabels in my iOS projects would disappear when run under iOS 4.3 after I upgraded to the Xcode 4.2 final revision with the GM iOS 5 SDK. I noticed that all the labels that were missing were in italics. Then I saw the reason out of the corner of my eye. Somehow in the Xcode 4.1 to 4.2 project conversion, the font properties on my labels were changed from System. Changing them back to “System” (or specifying the Helvetica family) fixes the invisible label. Note that in this case, iOS 5.0 did add “Helvetica Light Oblique” as a font choice.
Posted in: Other | Tags: ios, ios4, ios5, xcode, xcode 4.2
Android phone battery lifetimes suck, but you knew that already. A few weeks ago, I was visiting the heart of downtown Tampa, FL. I stayed in a beautiful hotel across from the Convention Center, and had no Sprint coverage. ”But Greg,” you say, “one of Sprint’s first WiMAX 4G towers is there! Their coverage map shows ‘in-building 4G’ coverage!” Yes, my Internet friend, I do see that, but alas, I also saw the prohibitory icon on my phone, the Samsung Galaxy S Epic 4G, for an entire week.
Posted in: Life - Technology | Tags: android, customer service, epic 4g, galaxy s, samsung, sprint