31 December 2013
Today's tutorial illustrates how to create a standard iOS-style "UI Navigation Bar" widget in which we provide the definitions for two buttons, the functions to handle button interaction, and some basic information to draw the bar. Read further to learn more....
30 December 2013
During the last Corona Geek Hangout of 2013, we talk with App Developer / Illustrator Laura Tallardy about what it's like to be both artist and app developer. Laura has an excellent portfolio of themed children's apps and several holiday themed apps that she maintains across iOS, Android, Kindle Fire, and Nook. She has an interesting story about how she made the transition from artist to app developer. Laura also shared several excellent work flow tips and her advice to just, "get it shipped" was a powerful part of the conversation....
27 December 2013
A quick rundown of some highlights from 2013 and a big thank you to our community, Corona Ambassadors and the Corona Team. Thank you everyone, and we look forward to an even greater 2014!...
23 December 2013
During this holiday edition of Corona Geek, Corona Ambassador Jen Looper demoed her Christmas Math Challenge app. We talked about what it takes to launch an app in time for the holiday rush, when app reskinning is a good practice, and how to use the camera filter in Graphics 2.0 to do augmented rendering....
18 December 2013
Per Haglund is a father of two and runs App Family, a one-man business making kids' games. He has spent the last two sleep-deprived years building his game portfolio while juggling a day job and family commitments. ...
16 December 2013
During this week's Corona Geek Corona Ambassador Sergey Lerg walked us through the awesome code for his Graphics 2.0 Audio Visualization Demo. We discussed Apple's App Store ranking change and we shared our favorite Corona SDK editors....
11 December 2013
I'm happy to announce that Corona Editor is now v1.0! We think this is the best lightweight IDE for Corona out there....
09 December 2013
During this week's Corona Geek Dr. Brian Burton walked us through sample code for creating 2.5D isometric perspective using vector images and Jennifer Looper shared her new belly dancing app project. Jen is using Parse to store data and pulling video clips together in creative ways. She's also using PreApps to get ahead of app marketing while her app is still in development....
06 December 2013
Matthew Chapman is the owner of Origin Technologies and a Florida-based Corona Ambassador. Matthew has been creating apps for the iPhone since the App Store was first launched and has published mobile content for iOS, Android, Kindle and NOOK. His most recent release, and his first game, is called Coin Adventure and is now available on the App Store....
03 December 2013
One commonly requested feature is a "widget-based" text input field — one that allows for more "styling" than a device's native input field. Today's tutorial gives you a foundation to build this....
