Shuffling NSMutableArray

@interface NSMutableArray (Shuffling)
- (void)shuffle;
@end


//  NSMutableArray_Shuffling.m

#import "NSMutableArray_Shuffling.h"

@implementation NSMutableArray (Shuffling)

- (void)shuffle
{
    NSUInteger count = [self count];
    for (NSUInteger i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
        // Select a random element between i and end of array to swap with.
        NSInteger nElements = count - i;
        NSInteger n = arc4random_uniform(nElements) + i;
        [self exchangeObjectAtIndex:i withObjectAtIndex:n];
    }
}

@end

Key-Value Observation

Key-Value Observation:
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// MyClass1.h:
    @interface MyClass1 : NSObject
    @property (nonatomic, copy) NSString* value;
    @end
    // MyClass2.m:
    - (void) observeValueForKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath
                           ofObject:(id)object
                             change:(NSDictionary *)change
                            context:(void *)context {
        NSLog(@"I heard about the change!");
    }
   
    // Somewhere else entirely:
    MyClass1* objectA = [MyClass1 new];
    MyClass2* objectB = [MyClass2 new];
   
    // register for KVO
    [objectA addObserver:objectB forKeyPath:@"value" options:0 context:nil];
   
    // change the value in a KVO compliant way
    objectA.value = @"Hello, world!";
    // result: objectB's observeValueForKeyPath:... is called
   
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objectA.value = @"Hello";
[objectA addObserver:objectB forKeyPath:@"value" options: NSKeyValueObservingOptionNew | NSKeyValueObservingOptionOld
context: nil];
objectA.value = @"Goodbye"; // notification is triggered
   
   
- (void) observeValueForKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath
                           ofObject:(id)object
                             change:(NSDictionary *)change
                            context:(void *)context {
        id newValue = change[NSKeyValueChangeNewKey];
        id oldValue = change[NSKeyValueChangeOldKey];
        NSLog(@"The key path %@ changed from %@ to %@",
              keyPath, oldValue, newValue);
}

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Device UDID

NSString* uniqueIdentifier = [[[UIDevice currentDevice] identifierForVendor] UUIDString]; // IOS 6+
NSLog(@"UDID:: %@", uniqueIdentifier);