A goal I set for myself this year is to make and publish twelve apps to the iTunes store. A lot will probably be utility applications for things I wish I was able to do on my iPhone in a certain way.
First up is HeadCounter.
The idea for HeadCounter came to me when I realized all the counter apps I used were just not cutting it. I wanted to have multiple values on the same screen and I wanted to be able to know the total of them all.
As I was working on it, the idea to focus it towards a head counting app, basically knowing how many ladies and gentlemen were coming into a bar, for example, would be interesting. I added a ratio display and the ability to show not only the sum but difference (counter 1 minus counter 2) and product of the values.
I learned a few things about iOS programming on this project but the biggest one that there is no “Done” button on the number pad. This was frustrating until I realized I could, when the text box that was numbers only was being displayed, add a done button to the Navigation Bar making that handle closing it. It wouldn’t work if I didn’t have the Navigation Bar or if there was a done button there that served another purpose. It was a happy coincidence that it was able to come together like this.
