Day 3 of the iPad Challenge: A quick update on progress on coding bodyCal for the iPad

OK, a very quick up date on progress with the iPad Challenge…

Basically, 4 hour were lost today due to meetings, so progress has been slow….

A record function has been added, and tested, so body mass index (BMI) and basal metabolic rate (BMR) data can now be captured from the calculator, and for display on the graph.

With bodyCal for the iPad you will be able to track the changes in your body mass index (BMI) and basal metabolic rate (BMR) – great if you are dieting or just trying to watch your weight.

A number of coding problems have cropped up today and the most annoying was getting the date into, and back from the sqlite database. I have been using the ‘Date’ type in sqlite and for some reason it is just not working. I have therefore decided to abandon that approach (and the ton of code written) and just go for a straight old text in the database and use the ‘dateWithTimeIntervalSince1970′ approach (if this makes no sense, don’t worry, it is not really important – it is coding stuff). I have used this approach before, and I should have stuck with it….

Another question that needs to be addressed is what to do with that bit of screen space just below the calculator….