ProTube 1.9 and ProTube HD 1.6

Finally the updates for ProTube and ProTube HD are out! The updates fix many bugs including the broken downloads aswell as add some neat new features! Grab your copy now from the BigBoss repo on Cydia!

Tutorial: Enabling Nitro Javascript in your iOS app directly from Xcode

Apple doesn't allow 3rd party developers to use the super fast Nitro Javascript engine. Only apple's own apps like Safari and iBooks use the engine.


Ever wondered if you could use it? Well its actually pretty easy, you basically have to follow two easy steps:


1. In your Xcode project setting select the application target. In the summary scroll down until you see the 'Entitlements' section. Then enable the entitlements, thats pretty much it for step 1.

2. In your project navigator you will see a new file AppName.entitlements . Open that file and expand the 'Xcode Entitlements' dictionary. Add a row by right clicking anywhere in the document and pressing 'Add row'. 

Next type 'dynamic-codesigning' into the newly added row. Set the type to Boolean, then set the value to YES. 

The 'dynamic-codesigning' will enable the nitro javascript engine for your app, my results with the sunspider javascript speed test show that the Nitro Javascript engine increases the Javascript loading times by ~400%, thats quite a lot! I haven't tested yet if apple will allow this in the app store, but im pretty sure the wont. Let me know if you tried it!


Speed test comparison:

This is the sunspider speed test which showed me the 400% speed increase with the Nitro engine: http://www.webkit.org/perf/sunspider-0.9.1/sunspider-0.9.1/driver.html

ProTube - I didn't forget about it!

The ProTube update I was talking about in the last post will be released within the next month. Sorry for the delay!

Upcoming ProTube update

I have read your bug reports and I am working on an update for ProTube and ProTube HD. All the known bugs will be removed, also some new features will be added including facebook share, clear browsing cache and a much smoother interface (more memory caching which leads to faster data loading). The known bugs that will be fixed are:
• 'Bad URL?' error message on some downloads
• Rare 'WebKit 101' error when Streaming a video
• iOS 4 specific UIWebKit HTML 5 layer rendering issue which leads to a crash
• iOS 5 only API which crashes the app on iOS 4 when watching a saved video
• Wrong URL when sharing
• Deleting last video wont enable 'Done' button
• Perhaps other tiny bugs that I forgot to mention :D

ProTube 1.6 and ProTube HD 1.3

The long awaited updates for ProTube have been released! Get them until April 22nd for a reduced price of $1.49 before the price goes up to $1.99. The full change logs can be found here:
ProTube v1.6: http://pastie.org/3811933
ProTube HD v1.3-1: http://pastie.org/3811925

CurrencyConverter for NotificationCenter

This is a complete CurrencyConverter widget with every valid currency and tons of features! It costs $1.99 and is available on the bigboss repo in Cydia! Here is the complete description and a few screenshots:

CurrencyConverter is a complete widget for NotificationCenter. It allows you to convert currencies on the fly, directly from NotificationCenter. Exchange rates are provided by Yahoo Finance and guarantee high precision. Changing, customizing and switching between currencies is extremely easy and intuitive. Here's most of the features:

• 162 Currencies including noble metals

• Customizable update frequency for exchange rates

• Intuitive Interface

• Detail mode for more detail and more space, Slim mode to take up less space

• Customizable number of decimal places for high precision

• Intelligent exchange rate management

• Copy, paste, clear, changing currency made easy

• Full iPad Support

• + Much more!

Check out my other packages such as ProTube and WeeKillBackground Pro, by pressing 'More by this Developer' below. Follow me on twitter for info about upcoming products and other great stuff! 

CurrencyConverter needs to be enabled in settings under the 'Notifications' panel in order to show

Default HD SBSettings: 10 million Downloads

One of my free SBSettings Themes called "Default HD SBSettings" just reached 10 million total downloads! The theme is a Default (as the title says :P) Theme of SBSettings and is installed with every copy of SBSettings!

ProTube HD and major ProTube update!

I am going to release ProTube HD for iPad soon. It has all the features that ProTube has, but it is optimized for the iPad. As well a major update of ProTube is coming out with HD downloads, HD streaming, better audio download, lots of bug fixes and improvements & more! Stay tuned!

10000 Views!

Wow, 10000 views! I just want to thank you!

How To Update ProTube Layout When It Is Still The Old Layout

If the layout in ProTube is white, which is the old YouTube layout, then go to Settings app -> Safari and clear cache and cookies. Then the layout will be the new black layout and you will be able to save videos!

ProTube - How Apple's YouTube app really should be

I just submitted ProTube to BigBoss. ProTube is a complete YouTube application for iPhone and iPod touch. An iPad Version will follow. It will be available on Cydia within the next 2 days. It costs $1.49, as it was a lot of work! Here is the full description: 

ProTube - How Apple's YouTube app really should be. ProTube is a complete YouTube application with tons of advantages over Apple's YouTube app. In ProTube you can browse normally through YouTube, watch videos in HD or SD, manage your account, comment etc. Also you can download an unlimited amount of YouTube videos and watch them offline. Just the mp3 audio can be downloaded too, so you can listen to songs whenever you want. Downloaded files are displayed in a beautiful interface showing size, date length and a thumbnail. Saved videos/mp3's can be renamed, deleted and sent by email. Downloading video/audio shows progress, speed and remaining time. ProTube blocks annoying ads which makes loading even faster. Simultaneous downloads are supported limitless. AirPlay is supported so you can stream video to your TV. Full Portrait and Landscape orientation support.

Here is a demo/instructional video of it:

WeeSearch Pro is out!

WeeSearch Pro is now available to purchase on Cydia for 1.49$. It is the pro version of my free and discontinued widget WeeSearch, and has tons of additional features. Download it now


Description:

WeeSearch Pro lets you search the web directly from NotificationCenter. You can use the search feature of ANY website directly from NotificationCenter. It comes with 10 sites to choose from and you can even add your own search engines! WeeSearch Pro is fully customizable. The segment bar lets you swap from one site to another quickly and it is customizable in number and order of sites! You can also set your language for websites. Another big feature is that you can choose whether the search results should be displayed in Safari, or in a mini browser that is part of the widget. The last big feature is the ability to set the widget into slim mode, where it takes up just a tiny space! Share this+follow me on twitter and donate if you like it!

Feature recap:

• Most popular search engines + custom search engines

• Segment bar customization

• Language and TLD

• Safari or Mini browser

• Clear text field when search ing

• Slim View or Normal View

• + much more!

Screenshots:

Alpha release: WeeKillBackground v1.0

First public alpha release after 5 beta versions. It now is quite a lot faster and now also removes the apps from the app switcher! Get it for free from Cydia! 

WeeKillBackground v.0.0.5 released

The fifth version of my popular widget/tweak for iOS 5 has been released. I now is fully functional, and has (almost) no bugs left. It has extremely high download stats for the fact that iOS 5 is so new and that the Jailbreak is still tethered. It is available for free at the bigboss repo! Go and Get it! Here is the description:

Kill all running apps from Notification Center. A single tap kills all running apps, saving battery life and RAM. This widget will speed up for Device!

Download Stats: http://moreinfo.thebigboss.org/moreinfo/showpackagestats.php?file=WeeKillBackground%20for%20NotificationCenter
Screenshot: 

WeeKillBackground

The current Version of WeeKillBackground seems to be broken. I submitted a (fixed) update, it should be up soon!

First App Store App: Canada Taxes & Tip Calculator

My First ever App is now available on the App Store for FREE!! As said in the Title it is a Taxes and Tip Calculator for Canada. 
View in App Store
Here is the App description as in the App Store:

This app calculates taxes and optionally tip for anything you want to purchase in Canada. Every province has a different tax rate, and final prices can be a lot higher that the listed prices. To avoid big surprises and empty wallets, you can easily calculate the final price of a product or a meal that you want to purchase. Canada Taxes & Tip Calculator makes this very easy, by providing a very friendly user interface and a fast accessibility, so that you dont lose any time!

The app has many features including:
✔ Tax calculation
✔ Tip calculation
✔ Possibility to set own tip percentage
✔ Multitasking support
✔ Retina display support
✔ iPad support
✔ Custom keyboard for extremely fast and easy usage.
✔ Get more features by upgrading to the pro version, more information is below.

Why should you download THIS app and not any other tax app?
• It's free.
• It is ALWAYS up to date. As soon as the tax rate changes in a province the app will be updated!
• Most friendly user interface. This app is the easyest to use and best looking tax app available!
• Most features. This app has by far the most features, including optional tip calculation, advanced currency conversion, custom tax-keyboard, quick calculation bar for super fast calculatuions and more.
• Always new content.we are testing the app in real life and we always find ways to make it better; there are constatntly big updates coming that will give you many additional features!


☆ UPGRADE TO THE PRO VERSION AND GET TONS OF ADDITIONAL FEATURES!!

Additional features of the Pro Version:
✔ Quick calculation bar
✔ Currency conversion with frequently updated exchange rates
✔ Calculation for every province in Canada
✔ No Ads!

Calculation window features:
๏ Entered subtotal
๏ Amount of taxes that gets added to the subtotal
๏ Total price with taxes
๏ Tax percentage
๏ Tip percentage
๏ Amount of tip that gets added to the subtotal+taxes
๏ Total price with taxes and tip
๏ And even more!

Supports the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
Minimum OS: iOS 4.0

And Screenshots:

New Theme: iOS 5 SBSettings

New Theme! This is my favorite of all of my Themes so far. It comes with over 55 toggles, and has an iOS 5 look. I got inspired by the new Notification Center in iOS 5 and with this Theme your SBSettings window will look like a pre installed feature by apple, no matter what version of iOS you have! The theme is available at Cydia for 0.99$ and also contains blank PSD files. Jump to theme is Cydia

Here are some Screenshots:

Big Update: A iOS Style SBSettings!

Just as promised the update of A iOS Style SBSettings is there, both the Lite and Full Versions are Updated, and the Green version in a few days. Changes in the new version:



- Added Razorblade effect on the inside of the circle!
- Added Push Mail Toggle Icons (Only full Version)
- Other improvements


Screenshots:

A iOS Style SBSettings Theme (Lite): 100000 Downloads reached!

My first ever Theme, A iOS Style SBSettings Theme (Lite) has just reached 100000 downloads! Thank you for your support! I will bring a big update  for Both the free and paid Version as soon as possible! The current number of download is: Downloads. This number is updated frequently .

Default HD SBSettings Complete is now available!

the full Version of Default HD SBSettings is now available! It comes with over 55 toggles! It is available to buy at Cydia for 0.99$.
Here are some screenshots: