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Embedding an HTTP Server in an App

Now here’s a topic we haven’t posted anything on for multiple years now: embedding an HTTP server in your app. More specifically,...

0 replies - 5444 views - 08/12/11 by Alex Curylo in News

How APIs can support good design - a wish list to Google

In recent TechCrunch's Mobile First CrunchUps panel there was a discussion about why iOS apps look better then Android apps. The panel's...

1 replies - 4086 views - 08/10/11 by Juhani Lehtimaki in News

Hurry, You Only Have 16ms to Render Everything!

So I’ve been working on my new game and I’m doing some tweaks here and there on the engine. Mainly with the rendering section, trying to squeeze as...

1 replies - 4234 views - 08/09/11 by David Amador in News

How to tell users that more content is available - ie. indicating horizontal swipe

Horizontal scrolling on desktop apps or web apps is something designers try to avoid. It often makes interface more complex to use. We have seen horizontal...

1 replies - 2209 views - 07/30/11 by Juhani Lehtimaki in News

Are Tools and Processes Stifling Our Creativity and Productivity?

I had lunch with my friend Christian the other day (we went to wagamamas, I had Ginger Chicken Udon – delicious) and he was telling me about a company...

1 replies - 9488 views - 07/10/11 by James Betteley in News

Unit and Functional Testing in Android

I don't have to tell you that testing is a fundamental part of the product development cycle, although I just did. No matter if you are developing for the...

1 replies - 5413 views - 07/01/11 by Mihai Fonoage in News

30 Days on the Android Market: Stats And Observations

My second Android app, MyReminders, has been on the Android Market for 30 days now, and I wanted to share some stats as well as some things I've observed...

2 replies - 4512 views - 06/17/11 by Brian Swartzfager in News

Oracle v Google: What Oracle Wants As Compensation

10 months ago, Oracle filed a lawsuit against Google based on Android's use of Java. A filing on behalf of Google shows just what they're up against with...

2 replies - 6942 views - 06/08/11 by James Sugrue in Articles

Daily Dose: Cloud Foundry Adds Scala Support

Only a few days ago, platform-as-a-service provider Heroku added Node.js support to their service. Cloud Foundry continues this trend of expanding its...

0 replies - 15908 views - 06/06/11 by Ross Jernigan in Daily Dose

Android tip: Emulator key bindings

I woke up today and i had the need to display the emulator in landscape mode. Didn't get the right answer just by looking at the emulator so after a quick...

0 replies - 3946 views - 06/03/11 by Mark Mooibroek in News

WireframeSketcher 2.5.1 - Better support for mobile devices

More PDF optionsThe PDF export now lets you adjust the format of the resulting document to better suit your needs. One notable option allows you to optimize...

0 replies - 1077 views - 05/24/11 by Peter Severin in Announcements

Developing Flash and Flex applications for Android

Many Flash (and Flex) developers I have spoken to about mobile development are still unsure about what it will take to deliver Flash player based content...

0 replies - 6834 views - 05/07/11 by Mitch Pronschinske in News

How to sniff web traffic from Marketplace-based Android applications

There are cases when it is necessary to track the outgoing and incoming traffic related to Android applications. However, Android as a platform is not really...

0 replies - 7251 views - 04/03/11 by Den Delimarsky in Articles

Oracle ADF Mobile Client Goes Production

Oracle released the production version of Oracle Application Development Framework Mobile Client. Oracle ADF Mobile Client delivers a highly productive,...

0 replies - 1695 views - 03/15/11 by Shay Shmeltzer in Announcements

Why switching from Android to Windows Phone 7 won't be a problem

Mobile development is an interesting task and today if an app is available on one platform, chances are it will soon be available for other platforms as well....

4 replies - 9182 views - 01/31/11 by Den Delimarsky in Articles