Apple has always been the mobile provider that has not been associated with "fragmentation". You see other mobile OS's out their (Android) with multiple screen sizes and customized operating systems, with multiple issues that can cause major headaches for developers. Well, it's all about to change.... With the recent launches of iPhone 5, iPad Mini, and iOS 6 we see major changes in development that have to accommodate and factor in more development time.

It is inevitable though, Apple simply can't have one screen forever. As the marketplace becomes more and more saturated by smart phones the iOS series has to adapt to the ever-changing marketplace.

When it comes to developing apps it is important to put emphasis on the UI. Just take a look around at all the succesful apps that have taken old concepts and put them in a shiny pretty new interface (Sparrow, Flashlight, etc.). So when you are developing your app you need to make sure you have your UI covered, one of the key things being typography. With Appcelerator you can add in custom fonts fairly easily (especially since Titanium Mobile 2.1 sdk). Here is how you can set up a custom font for your Appcelerator iOS app.

When it comes to building out your mobile application chances are you need to store data, the fastest and easiest way in Appcelerator is through an SQLite database. This is a very simple and light weight solution that provides an easy way to store data. The problem is it can be somewhat hard to work with when writing javascript based queries. Here are some useful snippets that I have collected to make using SQLite a little easier.

Todays snippet is a handy little function that works with Appcelerator. Often times when you are building your app you need to store data in a database. This is a great solution to storing your app's data. But... it can make it somewhat hard to get your database out of your app.

If you develop mobile apps there really is no better platform than Appcelerator's Titanium Mobile. This easy to use platform truly makes app development more accessible to more platforms and devices. This is the first of many posts that simply contain snippets of code that can help you deliver specific functions using Appcelerator. With this snippet you can save web page contents to a variable.