Hello good people of BT, My new app has been approved! This is a simple app developed for a client (the local environmental Agency) mostly about recycling. Here is the app: http://tinyurl.com/nyll9vq And if you just can't wait long enough for this beauty to download on your iPhone, here is a demo: http://tinyurl.com/lh268nn If some folks are interested in CSS3 animation, check out the recycling map section. Just click on any pin. As usual, any comments are very welcome. Farcat

Congrats! Always nice to see another app store triumph! :) It's very nicely done, and I think the screen shots are almost art. Very well done indeed. The only suggestion I might have is, if possible, 'pre-set' your location map *before* it's visible, so that when it opens, it doesn't open over the US and zoom to your location, it will already be there when the map becomes visible, and will just zoom in. Cheers! -- Smug

Thanks Smug! Actually the client also commented on the map preset. Do you know how this is done? I have poked around the bt_screen_map plugin but couldn't wok out a solution. Cheers, Farcat

Basically you need to 'ballpark' the center of your map, before you zoom in… Figure out what coordinates you want to use (in decimal) and jot them down close by. Then in your code, 'before' you display the map, set the center coordinates of the 'intended' view… // figure out your desired 'ballpark' coordinates, and assign them to a variable. CLLocationCoordinate2D *myCoord = [[CLLocation alloc] initWithLatitude:13.5 longitude:44.8]; // Now use your variable as the value for the map coordinates. [self.mapView setCenterCoordinate:myCoord]; // THEN you show your map, and allow it to zoom, but it's already loaded with a nearby start… [self.view addSubview:mapView]; That code may be a 'bit' flawed; I'm not situated to test it right now. But it's close. Let me know if you have issues… Cheers! -- Smug

That's great, thanks Smug. I'll try this and will let you know how I get on. Farcat

Wow Farcat -- ever since St. Louis you have been rocking! Congrats!!! Smug -- thanks for that map-centering technique, I need that for tomorrow. :-) -- Niraj

Thanks a lot Niraj! I sure wish I had been in St. Louis but it wasn't me :) Farcat

Dang it! Sorry for the mixup. It's another BT'er. I love your screenshots on the App Store -- easy to comprehend purpose of the app. What is Fly Tipping? Nice icon animation with CSS3! We should add that capability into the button menu plugin (using native code). Well done in iOS 7 style. :-)

That's a sweet looking app! I love the icons...very consistent, clean and relevant. And I love the CSS3 animation! Excellent work! Mark

@Niraj Shah, no worries. I was in St Louis in spirit :) I think fly tipping is a UK term, refers to dumping waste illegally instead of in an authorised rubbish dump. Generally furniture or bulky items. An animated button plugin? Love the idea! Thanks all for the nice comments. Farcat

@SmugWimp, I finally had a chance to try your code to center the map and it works a treat. There was just an asterisk missing so the final code is: // figure out your desired 'ballpark' coordinates, and assign them to a variable. CLLocationCoordinate2D *myCoord = [[CLLocation alloc] initWithLatitude:36.13 longitude:-5.34]; // Now use your variable as the value for the map coordinates. [self.mapView setCenterCoordinate:*myCoord]; Thanks again, Farcat

There are certain times in iOS where you use an askterisk, and sometimes not. I still haven't gotten it all down yet, I guess, lol! Sorry if I delayed you, but glad you sussed it out! Cheers! -- Smug

Not at all, you helped me heaps! I wouldn't have attempted on my own it in a million years :) Thanks, Farid

Can you set the zoom setting also? -- Niraj

@Niraj, The zoom for single locations can be set in the control panel under "Map behaviour", is that what you mean? Farid

Thanks for the reminder! The zoom setting on the Control Panel is exactly what I was thinking. Amazing that David Book thought of all those things!

Amazing indeed!