Apple’s iOS 8 platform may still be riddled with bugs, but the race is on among developers for making apps that are compatible with the new platform. In the following post, the key challenges and scopes that the new platform throws up for iOS developers have been highlighted. It has been well over two… Read More »
It is only natural for various types of bug reports to do the rounds, immediately after the release of a major mobile software platform. Much had been documented about iOS 8 problems in September and October, and it seems that Android Lollipop has also run into troubled waters now. This was always going to… Read More »
Cocoa and Cocoa Touch are both widely popular for app development, among Objective-C programmers. Over here, we will take a look at the prime differences between these two frameworks. For aspiring .Net and Objective-C programmers, there are plenty of useful online tutorials and code examples. Even so, there is every chance of a newbie… Read More »
The wait is over for iOS developers. Apple has made WatchKit available, and app companies can start making native apps for Apple’s ambitious smartwatch, Watch. In what follows, we will take a tour through the various types of apps that are likely to become available pretty soon. WatchKit software was officially released by Apple… Read More »
Hello everyone, and a warm welcome to yet another edition of AppBoard Tuesday (ABT). Now, if you are one of those who like to keep abreast with the latest data trends from the mobile app domain – you are probably already aware that well over 95% of the total annual revenues of Google Play Store… Read More »
Brainstorming for a practically useful app idea is not the easiest task in the world. When you do manage to think up a good app concept, it is vital to not take any chances with its implementation. This is where the importance of mobile app companies come into the picture. Anyone can have ideas… Read More »
It’s that day of the week again, folks – when you can dive into our free weekly newsletter, AppBoard Tuesday (ABT). We hope that the little tidbits of tech (and at times, not so tech!) knowledge that we share are being of help to each of you. Today, we tackle an issue that can have… Read More »
The successor of Mono Touch – Xamarin – is rapidly growing in popularity among multi-platform app developers. We here take a look around the main benefits of using the Xamarin tool. The debate will rage on as to whether it is easier to learn Objective-C (for iOS apps) or Java (for Android applications). The… Read More »
Following the announcement of the Gold Master status for Apple Swift, there has been a marked increase in interest among developers to create apps with the new language. While there’s no room for doubting that Swift is a big improvement over Objective-C, the former is still not quite ready for use as a standalone language.… Read More »
App developers working with storyboards often rave about the extra speed advantage that they offer. There are several other advantages of storyboarding too, along with a few (admittedly, rather minor) problems. Let us here find out whether the highs of Storyboards indeed outweigh their lows. The practice of designing the entire interface of apps… Read More »