The digest of news from the world of mobile development for the last week №28 (October 7—13, 2013)

In our digest this week, LoopBack, a new mobile BaaS on Node.js, a story about the testing process of mobile applications in one of Russian companies, Mobile Backend Starter for Google from Google, a cloud service for managing mobile devices from BlackBerry, the announcement of Qt Mobile Edition and many other interesting things!

The best

The process of testing mobile applications

Mobile testing is a complex process: dozens of different screen resolutions, hardware differences, several versions of operating systems, different types of Internet connection, sudden breaks in communications. Therefore, we have 8 people working in the testing department (0.5 testers for a programmer), and a dedicated test lead keeps track of its development and processes.

Tizen - a view from the inside

I got into my hands for a while a sample phone with Tizen OS. I decided to take the opportunity to see what kind of Linux is hiding inside. Most of the Tizen OS reviews describe the user interface, in this article I will briefly review the phone and operating system from the system administrator. The most interesting pre-installed console applications, work with the graphical interface and the ability to update from the repository will be considered.

We struggle with the errors of the accelerometer, gyroscope, M7, digital compass and other sensors in the iPhone 5S and not only

I develop applications using accelerometer sensors, a gyroscope and a digital compass, exactly since the API became available to developers, almost from the very beginning - being the author of one of the most popular compasses for iOS with accelerometer calibration problems and accuracy of other sensors, I also encountered some years ago.

Digia Announces Qt Mobile Edition

The Finnish company Digia has announced the upcoming release of Qt Mobile Edition, a toolkit and a service for developers to create cross-platform mobile apps. Qt 5.2 is expected to be released at the end of November, and Qt Mobile Edition will follow in December.
')
iOS

• App.io
  The web service allows you to run iOS applications directly in the browser.
• Xcode: manage dependencies of your own libraries in projects. Cocoapods advanced
• What's new in Objective-C and Foundation brought iOS 7
• Getting Started with Objective-Zip
• The lack of a version for iOS 7 can cost you a lot of money.
• Google released Mobile Backend Starter for iOS

Android

• Performance comparison of Xamarin (monodroid) and Java (DalvikVM) on Android devices
• Audiofocus - control access to the audio subsystem
• SlideStackView or Extending ViewGroup on Android ( part 2 , part 1 )
• We are preparing a web application for the zoo versions of Android
• HeadHunter on Android
• Amazon launches new developer promotion program.
• Chrome learned how to make web apps in Android

Windows phone

• Windows Phone 8 is what its developers intended

Development

• LoopBack - BaaS on Node.js
  LoopBack is based on Node.js, a software platform that, according to Roth, increasingly uses business as a mobile backend.
• Nokia closes reception of new Symbian and MeeGo-applications in Nokia Store
• Tizen Native programming. Writing "Hello Habrahabr" for Tizen OS
• Native apps vs HTML5: how the automotive industry imposes change on the mobile Internet
• Tablo book creation application takes care of all the difficulties associated with publishing e-books.
• StackMob Launches Service Partner Program

Marketing and monetization

• App Annie extends its analytical platform to e-books
• Applifier launches Everyplay GameAds for everyone
• Opinion: what should the publisher?
  This model often offends developers (“yes, we sawed the game at our own expense for a whole year, and the publisher threw it away!”), But in fact everyone benefits from it.

Devices

• BlackBerry announces the launch of a cloud service for managing mobile devices
• Details about the Nexus 5
• Samsung announced the world's first smartphone with a curved screen - GALAXY Round
• LG G2: outside and inside the new Korean flagship
• Disney developed the technology of sensing three-dimensional surfaces on smooth screens.
• MediaTek and Samsung: the possibility of cooperation and interesting consequences