The digest of news from the world of mobile development for the last week №35 (December 23-29, 2013)

This year's latest compilation is the story of the creation of a cash register terminal on the iPad, a guide for shooting video for applications, a new Qt with support for mobile platforms, and hidden features of Xcode 5.

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Results of the year in the mobile applications market: facts and conclusions from the report from Distimo

In mid-December, Distimo published its 2013 report on the mobile application market. This report, which has already become traditional, reflects the main trends in the industry over the past year.

And nerds business automate

I realized how hard it is, and at the same time it's cool to work on my project. I realized that if you are a programmer, there is no framework for you in any business. In one year, we were able to understand almost all the subtleties of the main processes of an absolutely unfamiliar sphere for us and automate them. I understand how highly valued such people are.

Capturing and shooting a demo video of an iOS application with improvised and not so much means - ways and solutions

Today, on a couple of real-life examples, we will look at different ways of capturing video from the screen of devices on iOS and see why the author of the response publication is wrong on many points - learn about the advantages and disadvantages of each of the methods and draw the appropriate conclusions for ourselves.
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iOS

• Hidden features of Xcode 5
• Apple patents on-board heartbeat sensor and proximity sensor

Android

• Automatic generation of resources for Android applications using scripts for Adobe Photoshop
• Chuck Norris and Google Glass - what is in common, but ...
• Miracast standard - old protocols in a new wrapper
• Beautiful Design Winter 2013 Collection on Google Play
• How does the update Android
• AllCast allows you to stream media from Android via AirPlay

Windows phone

• Simultaneous support for Windows Phone 7 and Windows Phone 8

Development

• Cordova for Ubuntu
• Canonical released a preview of the Ubuntu Touch dual boot for smartphones
• Why [do not] need to comment on the code
• SDK Consolidation and Data-Based Solutions - Two Key Trends 2014
• Qt 5.2.0 released
• LG will connect home appliances to Line chat, and Samsung will provide the ability to control it from TVs
• In 2013, GitHub doubled the number of repositories
• (Eng.) How to make simple games sparkle

Marketing and monetization

• Advertising in the "breakthrough moments" Mediabrix
• Twitter launched ad installation apps
• MobBridge: downloads applications from desktop sites
• Key features of the Japanese mobile gaming market
• QuizUp was enough to promote less than $ 1 million

In conclusion, we wish you all a Happy New Year! Let's make smart, beautiful and profitable applications. It's damn interesting! See you in the new year!