@tomasmcguinness

  • Adding invoices from saas apps to freeagent

    I’m a very happy FreeAgent user. I’ve been using it for just over one year now and can’t complain too much. Okay, so I’d love to be able to set the currency of bills, but that’s not a deal breaker for me right now. I’m a freelance developer, so I’m… Read ⇢

  • Somewhere Quiet is now available to download from the App Store

    My latest app, Somewhere Quiet, has been approved by Apple in just under 5 days. It’s my hope that this app will help developers, writers and other coffee shop entrepreneurs, find quiet places to work if they are out and about. If you fit this category, download my app for… Read ⇢

  • New app coming soon – Somewhere quiet

    Last Friday I submitted my latest iOS app to Apple for approval. It’s called Somewhere Quiet. Powered by Foursquare, Somewhere Quiet lets you find and rate coffee shops based on how noisy they are, how likely you are to get a table, how good the WiFi is and whether or… Read ⇢

  • ioS 8 MDM APp INSTALLS show on lock screen

    With iOS 8, it appears that app installation requests from the MDM now appear on the lock screen. This is a big nicer than having to unlock your phone to see the installation confirmation dialog. I discovered this when confirming that TestMDM worked okay with iOS 8. Read ⇢

  • TestMDM – Changes to configuration

    I’ve just pushed out a small update to TestMDM. You now specify the configuration using a PList XML file rather than having to type it in manually. This should make it easier to test various scenarios as you can have pre-canned configuration files. In addition to this, you can now… Read ⇢

  • Enterprise iOS development–my first book

    As I’ve learned quite a lot about enterprise development in the past few months, I decided to write it down. On the advice of a friend, I’m creating an eBook and self publishing. If you’re interested in developing apps for enterprise, be sure to check it out. You can register… Read ⇢

  • Exploring apple’s Managedappconfig feedback

    In part one of this two part series, I showed how you can use TestMDM to remotely install and configure Apple’s ManagedAppConfig sample app. In this part, I will demonstrate how you can retrieve feedback recorded by the app. Apple allows an app to read managed configuration by opening the… Read ⇢

  • usage of my Blackwall tunnel app this week

    I just published an update to my Blackwall Tunnel app. The update was approved on Friday and data is now flowing into Flurry. I checked it this morning and was presented with a very interesting graph. The app was obviously tested by Apple on the 3rd of March, as I… Read ⇢

  • Exploring Apple’s Managedappconfig demo

    Having created TestMDM, I’ve had a few people try to experiment with Apple’s ManagedAppConfig sample. This sample is used in their WWDC video on iOS 7’s Enterprise features and demonstrates how to used Managed App Configuration to control a URL and a UISwitch. Unfortunately, Apple don’t provide anything more than… Read ⇢