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Why Should An iOS App Not Be A Clone Of Its Android Version?

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Hussain Fakhruddin is the founder/CEO of Teknowledge mobile apps company. He heads a large team of app developers, and has overseen the creation of nearly 600 applications. Apart from app development, his interests include reading, traveling and online blogging.
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              Most successful mobile applications are available on both the iOS and the Google Android platforms. However, a close look at the respective versions would reveal subtle differences between the different versions of the same app. While simply cloning an iOS app for the Android platform (or the other way round) might appear to be a… Read More »

Xcode 7 for iOS App Developers: What’s New?

Best features of xcode 7
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                 Within a month of its release, the latest iteration of Apple’s integrated development environment – Xcode 7 – has received the thumbs-up from mobile software and app developers worldwide. Last week, Xcode 7.1 was made available (after 6 beta releases), with extended support for tvOS. In what follows, we will highlight some of… Read More »

12+1 Handy Tips For iPhone App Developers

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Hussain Fakhruddin is the founder/CEO of Teknowledge mobile apps company. He heads a large team of app developers, and has overseen the creation of nearly 600 applications. Apart from app development, his interests include reading, traveling and online blogging.
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              These are exciting times for professional developers who are into creating apps for the iOS platform. The iOS 9 platform has been launched, along with Swift 2 and, of course, Xcode 7. If you wish to make apps for Apple Watch – there’s news for you too, for the watchOS 2 platform is already gaining… Read More »

Making Apps For Apple Watch: Key Takeaways For Developers

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              It has been over three months since Apple started accepting third-party WatchKit applications for its smartwatch – the Apple Watch. By now, well over 4000 Watch apps are present at the store. However, most of these first-generation apps for Apple Watch have been of mediocre quality, and the general consensus amongst developers worldwide is that,… Read More »

Working With Metal On iOS 8: Know The Basics

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              Metal is a high-end accelerated graphics rendering API, used by many iOS developers worldwide. On the iOS 8 platform, some of the key features and advantages of Metal have been highlighted here.     Till last year, iOS game developers had to be overly reliant on OpenGL ES – which served as a virtual linking… Read More »

Why Is Making Wireframes For Mobile Apps Important?

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              Most developers treat the creation of wireframes as the very first step in the process of making mobile applications. In what follows, we will highlight the importance of these wireframes.     At the time of providing free app quotes, most mobile app development companies offer clients the option to share their own wireframes. Even… Read More »

Are You Aware Of These New SpriteKit Features In iOS 8?

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              When the iOS 8 platform was launched by Apple, the SpriteKit framework received quite a few new features – geared to make the tool more developer-friendly. In what follows, some of these new SpriteKit features have been listed.   Released with iOS 7, SpriteKit has fast become the preferred mobile game development tool for many… Read More »

Cocos2D vs SpriteKit – Which Engine Is Better For iOS Game Developers?

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              SpriteKit is Apple’s native game development engine for the iOS platform. We here compare its features with those of Cocos2D – a third-party framework which is also extensively used for creating mobile games.     Among the third-party game development frameworks available prior to the launch of iOS 7, Cocos2D was easily the most popular.… Read More »

SceneKit On iOS 8: Know The Basics

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Hussain Fakhruddin is the founder/CEO of Teknowledge mobile apps company. He heads a large team of app developers, and has overseen the creation of nearly 600 applications. Apart from app development, his interests include reading, traveling and online blogging.
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              SceneKit has emerged as a strong and more user-friendly alternative to OpenGL, for 3D graphics rendering and visually customizing mobile games. This Apple tool was initially available only on the OS X platform, and was made available on iOS 8 in 2014.   Apple had first brought SceneKit – a powerful, multi-featured 3D graphics API… Read More »

Making Apps For iOS 8: 15 Things Developers Should Know

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Hussain Fakhruddin is the founder/CEO of Teknowledge mobile apps company. He heads a large team of app developers, and has overseen the creation of nearly 600 applications. Apart from app development, his interests include reading, traveling and online blogging.
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              The new Apple iOS 8 platform has opened up a host of new opportunities for developers to make their mobile applications more customized and efficient. Let us here check out some interesting features of iOS 8, that app developers can make use of.   According to an Apple App Store Report (released mid-April), nearly 8… Read More »