The digest of news from the world of mobile development for the last week №22 (August 26 - September 1, 2013)

We finally all returned from holidays, and continue to release our digests. This week they wrote about how to legally work with Google Play, Unity 3D became 2D and offered a number of new services, the US is losing its leadership in the application market - it is becoming truly global.

The best

Google Play - we work legally!

A story about how to make your hobby for developing Android applications even a small, but official business. About how to legally receive money earned on Google Play, about the "terrible" currency control and the "mysterious" passport of the transaction. .

Unity: 2D, advertising and publishing

At the UNITE conference in Vancouver, David Helgason, head of the company, announced three new products of the most popular game engine, which has been used by more than 400,000 people: official support for 2D games, the built-in advertising service Unity Cloud and the new publishing department of Unity Games.

Tightening rules for Google Play developers. Full ban on push advertising

Google has released a major update to the rules of the app developer program for Google Play. It doesn't matter if you are a user or a developer — you should be aware of these changes.

The US is losing ground in the global application market.

According to a new study from analyst firm Flurry, published this morning, the United States is no longer the leader in the number of applications created; the country's share in the global application market has decreased from 45% in 2011 to 36% in 2013.

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Android

Pixel-perfect layout of Android layouts

Practical tips on the layout of the design of Android applications in Layout, which coincides with the layout on one device and on the rest stretched without obvious design violations.
Android component from scratch - 2: Magnifier for the image
Custom layout. Pop-up panel + parallax scrolling

How can you create a non-standard layout manager and breathe life into it with animations.
Custom layouts. Part 2. CellLayout

Using a similar marking it is possible to make a beautiful mosaic of buttons or pictures, without resorting to the numerous enclosed layouts.
AndEngine GLES2 - Live Wallpaper
Amazon opens Mobile Associates API

iOS

Started a free translation of the book by Michael Privat and Robert Warner "Pro Core Data for iOS". Already translated two chapters: " Getting started " and " Assimilating Core Data "
Apple will review its sales strategy in Russia
Freelancer's Notes: Sharing Experience, Part 1

I am developing applications for iOS and Mac OS. For about a year I have been involved in freelancing and, moving from client to client, I began to notice that I understand the task once; and when a similar order appears, I just use the modules already developed earlier.
iPhone, meet Haskell