Post on 27-Sep-2020
The NextStepto iPhonePatrick Stein aka Jolly
www.jinx.de www.screenrecycler.com
The NextStepto iPhone
• Introduction
• History
• Porting
• Touch Interface
• Appstore Analytics
Introduction History Porting Touch Interface Appstore Analytics
Sokoban History• Original Sokoban 1982
• ported to almost every Architecture
• Played X11 Sokoban
• Wayfinder idea
• FastSokoban.app on NextStep 1993
Introduction History Porting Touch Interface Appstore Analytics
Sokoban History
Demo
Introduction History Porting Touch Interface Appstore Analytics
Porting• March 7th, Registered
• May 7th, Accepted
• May 7th, Setup Keys
• G5 issues
• May 29th, Corrected Keys
• May 30th, Ready to Start - which program then ?
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start now• May 30th - Start with a small Program like
FastSokoban
• FastSokoban is small and has only one major class
• LOC: 1177 (768) - SokoView: 900 (614)
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actual Porting• copying over the methods
• removed appkit/appkit.h
• NX... (Size/Rect/Image...) -> NS...
• Mouse Events to Touch Events
• No DPS - switch from PS... to CG Paths
• June 1st - working Port after 2 days
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1st Version
Demo
Introduction History Porting Touch Interface Appstore Analytics
• Touches - double tapping
- (void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)theTouches withEvent:(UIEvent *)theEvent{ if( 1 != [[theTouches anyObject] tapCount] ) { [[self class] cancelPreviousPerformRequestsWithTarget:self]; }}
- (void)touchesEnded(NSSet *)theTouches withEvent:(UIEvent *)theEvent{
if( 1 == [[theTouches anyObject] tapCount] ){
isinnotouchmode = NO;[self perfomSelector: @selector(singleClick:)
withObject: nil afterDelay: 0.2]; // 350ms Apple default
}
// code for double click
Touch Interface
Introduction History Porting Touch Interface Appstore Analytics
Improvements Part 1• Path and Crosshair
• Simple CALayer animation
• Slow Tapping / TipTap
• Saving on exit
Introduction History Porting Touch Interface Appstore Analytics
Improvements Part 1
Demo
Introduction History Porting Touch Interface Appstore Analytics
Improvements Part 1I• Touch and slide interface
• Classic Cursor movement
• Levelset Manager / downloading
• LayerAnimator
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Improvements Part 1I
Demo
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Improvements Part III• Adding a Schema for downloading
<array> <dict> <key>CFBundleURLName</key> <string>de.jinx.SmartSoko</string> <key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key> <array> <string>soko</string> <string>sokoban</string> </array> </dict> </array>
@interface SmartSokoAppDelegate : NSObject <UIApplicationDelegate>
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)anApplication handleOpenURL:(NSURL *)aUrl;
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Improvements Part III• Layer Animation (CAKeyframeAnimation)
@interface LayerAnimator : NSObject
- (void)addAnimationOfLayer:(CALayer*)aLayer toPoint:(CGPoint)aPoint;
- (void)advance;- (void)animate;
• The Presentation Layer is your friend:
currentPosition = (CGPoint)[(CALayer *)animationLayer position];
currentAnimatedPosition = (CGPoint)[(CALayer *)[animationLayer presentationLayer] position];
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Improvements Part III• Smooth Layer Animation (CAKeyframeAnimation)
if( currentPosition.x != currentAnimatedPosition.x || currentPosition.y != currentAnimatedPosition.y ){
[animationLayer setPosition: currentAnimatedPosition];[animationLayer removeAnimationForKey:@__FILE__];
[animationArray insertObject: [NSValue valueWithCGPoint:currentAnimatedPosition] atIndex: 0];[animationArray insertObject: [NSValue valueWithCGPoint:currentPosition] atIndex: 1];
}else{
[animationArray insertObject: [NSValue valueWithCGPoint:currentPosition] atIndex: 0];
}...theAnimation.values = animationArray;theAnimation.duration = duration;theAnimation.delegate = self;[animationLayer addAnimation:theAnimation forKey:@__FILE__];
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Improvements Part III • Pathfinder rewritten
• Smart movements added
• Error correcting interface
• Cursor layer added
• Started: LOC: 1177 (768) - SokoView: 900 (614)
• Final: LOC: 4200 (2500) - Sokoview: 1880 (1248)
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Final Version
Demo
Introduction History Porting Touch Interface Appstore Analytics
Appstore Analytics• Info button trick
• Appstore cheats
• Naming (fixed after about 10 days)
• Price/Rank (fixed early August)
• Version (fixed late September)
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Price Cheats (till August 7th)
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Staff Pick
Smart Sokoban Sales (weekly)
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Smart Sokoban Sales (daily)
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Smart Sokoban (Germany)
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Clinometer Sales (daily)
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Top 10 US titles in October
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Flick Bowling rank/price in October (US)
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Moto Chaser rank/price in October (US)
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Blue Skies rank/price in October (US)
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Ruler Phone rank/price in October (US)
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Enigmo rank/price (Aug-Oct)
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Patrick Stein aka Jollywww.jinx.de www.screenrecycler.com