Question

Hi folks, am developing a ipad application which should read a Adobs’s .issue file and display.

Here i dont have any .issue file use and create sample. Where to get that file ?. If there is any link to download .issue file will be helpful.

And also how to read a .issue file in objective c.?

There is a app in app-store named wired app which reads .issue and displays. i dont know how that people developed that application and also there is no examples out there in net for reading .issue file.

Any idea and suggestions will be helpful.

Cheers…

Answer 1

Short answer: Unless you’re prepared to reverse-engineer the format yourself you’re out of luck.

The .issue file format is a propriety format belonging to Adobe for use with their Digital Content Viewer, which can be licensed and branded. This is what Wired use to produce their digital magazine.

This new .issue format is a compressed file format that contains vertical and horizontal magazine layouts, metadata, code to enable interactivity, and associated assets (images, video, etc.) Once the layouts have been packaged into the .issue format, the file is then rendered and displayed to the end-user using a publisher-branded Digital Content Viewer. The WIRED Reader, for example, is the first instance of a publisher-branded viewer. This Digital Content Viewer allows readers to interact with and navigate through the magazine content (including via the innovative “browse” mode). Previously we announced the Digital Content Viewer for Apple iPad; in the future we also expect to develop the Digital Content Viewer on Adobe AIR for desktops and other devices.

You can find out more about Adobe’s digital publishing platform here