What Language Should You Build Your App With? Mobile developers across the globe have developed and released more than 650,000 iPhone apps, 400,000 iPad apps, and 600,000 apps for Android. Are you thinking about building an app? A key step in the process is choosing the right programming language, which depends on how scrappy you're willing to be. Make sure you've researched cross-platform app design and reviewed the common pitfalls of developing your app. What languages have you used to build your app, and why did you choose that one? Objective-C Objective-C is the iOS standard, considerd the "correct" language, according to Stephen Kaliski, who works for NYC-based start-up Poptip. Advantages of using the iOS standard of Objective-C are the following: It's high performance, so you get to make use of the phone's actual functions, such as the camera. However, there are some difficulties with Objective-C programming. On the scrappier side, iPhone apps can be written as web apps. JavaScript (Plus CSS and HTML) Node.js Ruby
Stanford's Free Developing Apps for iPhone and iPad 15 November '11, 08:05pm Follow Stanford University’s School of Engineering has a history of offering courses on some pretty interesting products for free online. Many of them have been through Apple’s iTunes U program, and this latest is no exception. Stanford’s iPad and iPhone Application Development (CS193P) course is now available for free on iTunes U. The course includes lectures and lessons focused on iOS 5 app development. Stanford’s stuff is generally very good and the ratings on this course are excellent so far. The prerequisites are C language and programming experience and/or general object-oriented programming and UNIX experience.
How to Avoid the Common Pitfalls of Mobile App Development The Mobile App Trends Series is supported by Sourcebits, a leading product developer for mobile platforms. Sourcebits offers design and development services for iOS, Android, Mobile and Web platforms. Follow Sourcebits on Twitter for recent news and updates. Mobile development has come a long way in the past few years. But as technology continues to introduce new and more innovating products at a rapid pace, there's room for many developers to make huge mistakes along the way — ones that could jeopardize their product or even their entire business. "I think that you can screw up five times before you get up in the morning, in ways that you never even thought of," says Josh Koppel, CCO and co-founder of ScrollMotion. We spoke with four leaders in mobile app development about the common issues developers often face when create a new product. Android or iOS? A common issue developers run into is deciding which operating system to run first: Android or iOS. Testing the Waters With Your App
10 Things to Plan for Mobile App Dev David Tucker is a principal architect at Universal Mind. As the resident Apple and Adobe expert, he works closely with Universal Mind’s clients to develop rich user experiences that leverage many of today’s exciting new development platforms. Follow David on Twitter @mindmillmedia. Many companies have mobile apps at the top of their to-do lists, but while churning out a quick app is fairly straightforward, developing a strategic application or digital “solution” is considerably more complex. Here are 10 things to consider before developing your app. 1. When developing a digital solution strategy, first examine your organization’s goals for the program. 2. The next step is to understand who your target users are, their goals and requirements, and the technologies they use. 3. Spending time with your target users is the only way to ensure you really understand what they are looking for in a mobile application. 4. Don't try to tackle the whole problem at once. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
6 Tools to Build a Mobile App on the Cheap android - Retrieve distance from visible part of Google map Tools for automation testing for native mobile application Today mobile and smartphones are part of our day to day life, we can’t imagine life without these useful gadgets. Smartphone users are increasing globally with a rapid pace and that is why all businesses are focusing their services for mobile users. Many mobile platforms are available in the market with millions of mobile apps in their app stores. As the mobile users are increasing, Websites are also being designed for various mobile devices to enhance the browsing experience. 1. How Appium Works: Appium provides an API based on selenium webDrivers JSON wire protocol. No need to recompile your appor moodily it due to use of standard automation APIs on all platforms. How Calabash works : Cucumber tool is used to run the automated functional tests on android and iOS phones, tablets and simulators. Test code programmatically interact with native and hybrid apps through these libraries. Gestures Touches or gestures (e.g., tap, swipe and rotate). Assertions Screenshots 3.
Google modular phone, A new era of smartphone Google working on "project Ara" these days, a modular Smartphone concept where individual components could be recycled and upgraded. This mysterious Smartphone looks like a puzzle piece device, making buzz in the Smartphone industry. If all goes well than this phone will change the way of Smartphone manufacturing. Yes in this concept a user can change the basic modules of their Smartphone according to their need. Camera, Battery, storage and screen are some of the examples of those modules. Google project ara modular phone is a concept where a Smartphone made of different modules. As you can see in the image all the main components are interchangeable via modules that click in and out, attaching via electro permanent magnets. Broken or cracked screens issues can be solved by the Ara phone but there is no way to replace the modules in US because it comes directly from Germany.
App store optimization guide Smartphone was a life changing revolution for most of the people over a last decade. We haven’t imagined that kind of technology and functionality in our smart phones before. Few years back it was just a device that can be only use for making and receiving calls but now it’s a magical box that can do almost everything. Many developers and new startups are now became millionaire just because of their innovative apps. What is App store optimization (ASO)? Today hiring the best mobile app developer is not the guaranty of a successful app. Why ASO is important? In today’s context, ASO is one of the most important factor for any mobile app. Important factors in ASO! Primary factors: Title: Title comes first and that is why it is one of the most important ASO factor for any app. Keywords: Keywords are those words through which an app can be found on the App store. Appearance: Apps functionality is not only the reason for a successful app, it appearance is also make an impact on visitor’s mind.
Are you ready for Android 5.0 lollipop ? Android is a leading Smartphone OS having 82% of market shares all over the world. Google Android is serving customers all across the globe with their world class features and services. Every time Google launches their new version of android OS with the name of a sweet. Android Kitkat, Jellybeans, ice-cream sandwich, Honeycomb, Gingerbread, Froyo, Éclairs, Donut and Cupcake are some of the predecessors versions. Google has recenty introduced a very new version of Android OS named “Android Loolipop”. This new version of android is considered to be a largest Android release ever. Android 5.0 Lollipop is not just a newer version of android but a reinvented mobile operating system which is highly updated and innovative. What’s new in the bag: Rumors say that the new Android L is somewhat similar to newly released iOS 8 operating system. With the new released Android L users can get 2 times faster performance as compared to the previous software versions.
Apple makes it easier for Android users to migrate to iPhone6 Apple is able to foresee that it can easily persuade Android users to buy one of its new larger-screened iPhones , that is none other than iphone6. Apple has posted a complete guide on the website aimed to help Android users making the transition from android to iphone. It is always a matter of argument for android user that, feature parity between Android and iOS has never been closer. With this event and with the looming availability of the iPhone 6, Apple has released a detailed document which is made for Android users to easily switch to iphone6. The document contains information on how you should move email accounts from Android to the iPhone. Apple also explains a way to transfer content from an Android device to the iPhone via iTunes on the Mac or PC. The document also tells us about how we can transfer the documents to iCloud and how they can be opened using Pages, Numbers and Keynote on either iOS or in the cloud.. For more information Click Here