The cocos2d Tips & Tricks

The cocos2d Tips & Tricks is a problem / solution style book of “recipes” that can help the new and experienced cocos2d developer. It is a collection of the best practices, tips and tricks from the cocos2d community presented in an easy to use, organized format.

If you want to add a recipe to the Tips & Tricks, read here and you'll find the template and some brief instructions.
Director

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How to avoid the flicker at startup
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Making the EAGLView transparent to render it as a UIImagePickerController's overlay (Augmented Reality)

Layers and Scenes

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Getting correct touch coordinates when moving/scaling camera (Landscape)
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Choosing between the two types of touch delegates

Tile Maps

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Gaps and artifacts in Tile Maps

UIKit

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Integrating cocos2d with UIKit objects

Accelerometer

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Using Accelerometer for Sprite Movement

Widgets

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Coding a slider-type control as menu item

Flash Developers

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General Guidelines for Flash developers