It's certainly possible to develop on a Windows machine, in fact, my first application was exclusively developed on the old Dell Precision I had at the time :)
There are three routes;
- Install OSx86 (aka iATKOS / Kalyway) on a second partition/disk and dual boot.
- Run Mac OS X Server under VMWare (Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) onwards, read the update below).
- Use Delphi XE4 and the macincloud service. This is a commercial toolset, but the component and lib support is growing.
The first route requires modifying (or using a pre-modified) image of Leopard that can be installed on a regular PC. This is not as hard as you would think, although your success/effort ratio will depend upon how closely the hardware in your PC matches that in Mac hardware - e.g. if you're running a Core 2 Duo on an Intel Motherboard, with an NVidia graphics card you are laughing. If you're running an AMD machine or something without SSE3 it gets a little more involved.
If you purchase (or already own) a version of Leopard then this is a gray area since the Leopard EULA states you may only run it on an "Apple Labeled" machine. As many point out if you stick an Apple sticker on your PC you're probably covered.
The second option is more costly. The EULA for the workstation version of Leopard prevents it from being run under emulation and as a result, there's no support in VMWare for this. Leopard server, however, CAN be run under emulation and can be used for desktop purposes. Leopard server and VMWare are expensive, however.
If you're interested in option 1) I would suggest starting at Insanelymac and reading the OSx86 sections.
I do think you should consider whether the time you will invest is going to be worth the money you will save though. It was for me because I enjoy tinkering with this type of stuff and I started during the early iPhone betas, months before their App Store became available.
Alternatively, you could pick up a low-spec Mac Mini from eBay. You don't need much horsepower to run the SDK and you can always sell it on later if you decide to stop development or buy a better Mac.
Update: You cannot create a Mac OS X Client virtual machine for OS X 10.6 and earlier. Apple does not allow these Client OSes to be virtualized. With Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) onwards, Apple has changed its licensing agreement in regards to virtualization. Source: VMWare KnowledgeBase
I have build such kind of application using approximatively the same approach except :
- I cache the generated image on the disk and always generate two to three images in advance in a separate thread.
- I don't overlay with a
UIImage
but instead draw the image in the layer when zooming is 1. Those tiles will be released automatically when memory warnings are issued.
Whenever the user start zooming, I acquire the CGPDFPage
and render it using the appropriate CTM. The code in - (void)drawLayer: (CALayer*)layer inContext: (CGContextRef) context
is like :
CGAffineTransform currentCTM = CGContextGetCTM(context);
if (currentCTM.a == 1.0 && baseImage) {
//Calculate ideal scale
CGFloat scaleForWidth = baseImage.size.width/self.bounds.size.width;
CGFloat scaleForHeight = baseImage.size.height/self.bounds.size.height;
CGFloat imageScaleFactor = MAX(scaleForWidth, scaleForHeight);
CGSize imageSize = CGSizeMake(baseImage.size.width/imageScaleFactor, baseImage.size.height/imageScaleFactor);
CGRect imageRect = CGRectMake((self.bounds.size.width-imageSize.width)/2, (self.bounds.size.height-imageSize.height)/2, imageSize.width, imageSize.height);
CGContextDrawImage(context, imageRect, [baseImage CGImage]);
} else {
@synchronized(issue) {
CGPDFPageRef pdfPage = CGPDFDocumentGetPage(issue.pdfDoc, pageIndex+1);
pdfToPageTransform = CGPDFPageGetDrawingTransform(pdfPage, kCGPDFMediaBox, layer.bounds, 0, true);
CGContextConcatCTM(context, pdfToPageTransform);
CGContextDrawPDFPage(context, pdfPage);
}
}
issue is the object containg the CGPDFDocumentRef
. I synchronize the part where I access the pdfDoc
property because I release it and recreate it when receiving memoryWarnings. It seems that the CGPDFDocumentRef
object do some internal caching that I did not find how to get rid of.
Best Answer
You can animate a layer through one (or more) full rotations around its Z axis by animating the layer's
transform.rotation
key path, like this:You can animate around the X or Y axes using the key paths
transform.rotation.x
andtransform.rotation.y
. (Thetransform.rotation.z
key path has the same effect as thetransform.rotation
key path.) You can apply multiple rotations, on separate axes, simultaneously.Another way to do it, which probably works better if you want to rotate around an off-axis vector, is using a keyframe animation, like this: