Questions tagged [ios6]

iOS 6 was announced by Apple on June 11, 2012 and released on September 19th, 2012. It runs all iPhones from 3GS and up.

iOS 6 was announced by Apple on June 11, 2012, and released on September 19th, 2012. It has been succeeded by , which was released on September 18, 2013. iOS6 is compatible with the following devices:

  • iPhone: iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S and iPhone 5
  • iPad: iPad 2nd, 3rd, and 4th generation and iPad mini
  • iPod: iPod Touch 4th and 5th generation

This update provides more than 200 new features, including a new Maps application, Siri updates, Siri for iPad (3rd generation), Facebook integration, PassBook, Shared Photo Streams, Mail has VIPs and pull to refresh, refreshed store apps, guided access feature for children/accessibility and many more.

For a complete rundown of the new features, visit Apple iOS 6.

Find out what's new, the update notes, or the release notes. The API differences compared to iOS 5.1 can be found here.

See for further information.

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Create a book shelf by using UICollectionView

I'm going to create a book shelf in one of my projects. The basic requirements are as follows: similar to iBooks bookshelf supports both orientations well supports all kinds of iOS devices well (different resolutions) supports deleting and…
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nib but didn't get a UITableView

My application works for iOS 5.1 but for iOS 6 simulator I get the following error. Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: '-[UITableViewController loadView] loaded the "MainListViewController"…
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UICollectionView Assertion failure

I m getting this error on performing insertItemsAtIndexPaths in UICollectionView Assertion failure in: -[UICollectionViewData indexPathForItemAtGlobalIndex:], /SourceCache/UIKit/UIKit-2372/UICollectionViewData.m:442 2012-09-26 18:12:34.432 ***…
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UITextView link detection in iOS 7

I have a UITextView which is managed via Interface Builder. As data detection I have "Links" checked. In iOS 6 everything is working fine and links are highlighted and are clickable. In iOS 7 though, all links remain just plain text. The editable…
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What is the meaning of the "no index path for table cell being reused" message in iOS 6/7?

Since starting to compile my app with iOS 6 (and since also iOS 7) I've started seeing this message. I know that the way that UITableViews go about managing cells is different in iOS 6 but I haven't needed to modify my code for it to keep working. …
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Circular Progress Bars in IOS

I want to create a circular progress bar like the following: How can I do that using Objective-C and Cocoa? How I started doing it was creating a UIView and editing the drawRect, but I am bit lost. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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IOS 6 force device orientation to landscape

I gave an app with say 10 view controllers. I use navigation controller to load/unload them. All but one are in portrait mode. Suppose the 7th VC is in landscape. I need it to be presented in landscape when it gets loaded. Please suggest a way to…
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Could not launch "" failed to get the task for process ?

Using Xcode 4.5.2 and building for iOS4 or newer, I get this message when building for my device (iOS 6.0.1 on 4s). I dismiss the dialog then relaunch the app on my device which seems to work. I am newer to iOS development, so I aplogize in…
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Reset scroll on UICollectionView

I have a horizontal UICollectionView which works fine and scrolls. When I tap an item I update my data and call reloadData. This works and the new data is displayed in the UICollectionView. The problem is the scroll position doesn't change and it is…
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NSDateFormatter show wrong year

im using xcode 4.5(4G182) with iOS 6. NSDateFormatter show wrong year in iOS 6, how to solve? NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease]; [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"YYYY-MM-dd"]; NSString *str = [dateFormatter…
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App Store and Ad Hoc disabled

When i try to create a App Store and Ad Hoc distribution option, its disabled in my apple account, where sometimes iOS App Development option also disabled.How to create a distribution certificate .Can any one please help me?
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What are good alternatives to UITextAlignmentCenter in iOS 6?

UITextAlignmentCenter seems to be deprecated in iOS 6. What are my alternatives?
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iOS6 MKMapView using a ton of memory, to the point of crashing the app, anyone else notice this?

Has anyone else, who's using maps in their iOS 6 apps, noticing extremely high memory use to the point of receiving memory warnings over and over to the point of crashing the app? I've ran the app through instruments and I'm not seeing any leaks and…
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What is the iOS 6 user agent string?

What is the iOS 6.0 user agent string? Previous user-agent strings: iOS 5.1 - What is the iOS 5.1 user agent string? iOS 5.0 - What is the iOS 5.0 user agent string? iOS 4.0 - What is the iPhone 4 user-agent?
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Xcode beta 6 iOS 8: Simulator not working

I cannot launch the simulator successfully. Once I launch the IOS Simulator this error appears: "Unable to boot the IOS Simulator." Following the IOS Simulator error, I then get an error from Xcode reading: Unable to run app in Simulator An…
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