Streaming Radio

#import <MediaPlayer/MPMoviePlayerController.h>

MPMoviePlayerController* player;

NSURL *theURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://someurl.com"];

player = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] initWithContentURL:theURL];

[player prepareToPlay];

...

[player play];

Disable the UITableView Selection Highlighting

cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;

Sort Array by Number

NSArray *order = [order sortedArrayUsingComparator: ^(id first, id second) {

return [(NSString *)first compare:(NSString *)second options: NSNumericSearch];

}];

Sort Array

NSArray *myArray = [myArray sortedArrayUsingSelector:@selector(caseInsensitiveCompare:)];

or

NSSortDescriptor *lastNameDescriptor = [[NSSortDescriptor alloc] initWithKey:@"lastName" ascending:YES];

[myArray sortUsingDescriptors:[NSArray arrayWithObject:lastNameDescriptor]];

Change Default Scrolling Behavior of UITableView Section Header

- (void)scrollViewDidScroll:(UIScrollView *)scrollView {

CGFloat sectionHeaderHeight = 40;

if (scrollView.contentOffset.y<=sectionHeaderHeight&&scrollView.contentOffset.y>=0) {

scrollView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(-scrollView.contentOffset.y, 0, 0, 0);

} else if (scrollView.contentOffset.y>=sectionHeaderHeight) {

scrollView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(-sectionHeaderHeight, 0, 0, 0);

}

}

Map View Load Address

-(CLLocationCoordinate2D) getLocationFromAddressString:(NSString*) addressStr {

NSString *urlStr = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=%@&output=csv",

[addressStr stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];

NSString *locationStr = [NSString stringWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:urlStr]];

NSArray *items = [locationStr componentsSeparatedByString:@","];

double lat = 0.0;

double long = 0.0;

if([items count] >= 4 && [[items objectAtIndex:0] isEqualToString:@"200"]) {

lat = [[items objectAtIndex:2] doubleValue];

long = [[items objectAtIndex:3] doubleValue];

}

else {

NSLog(@"Address, %@ not found: Error %@",addressStr, [items objectAtIndex:0]);

}

CLLocationCoordinate2D location;

location.latitude = lat;

location.longitude = long;

return location;

}

Change Textfield Vertical Alignment

textField.contentVerticalAlignment = UIControlContentVerticalAlignmentCenter;