Useful materials for mobile developer # 51 (April 28-May 4)

There is little news on the holiday week, but "I have them." The main thing, probably, this week was Facebook with the F8 conference - the company announced price cuts for Parse, deep links, a Like mobile button and several other interesting innovations.

How we developed an application for Habrahabr

CleverPumpkin and TM began substantive negotiations in September 2013. In fact, conversations about creating an application started back in December 2012 on the sidelines of Mofas and Boomburum communication, which have maintained friendly relations since ancient times. The Habra team had a clear idea of ​​the desire of its users to have mobile applications, but everything was limited by the absence of an external API.
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It is likely that Google will cease to produce technology under the brand Nexus

If you believe the information The Information (sorry for the pun), Google is going to refuse to release branded tablets and phones Nexus. It is assumed that from now on, the search giant will only certify equipment that meets certain criteria (no software interface, no naked android with the ability to quickly upgrade, etc., etc.).

Can Apple read your iMessage?

This brings us back to the issue of encryption in iMessage. Apple launched one of the most popular encrypted communication services on the planet: over 2 billion messages in iMessage every day. Each of them contains personal information that the NSA and the DEA would like to have in their hands. But, in fact, even Apple cannot read them.

Parse.com reduces prices

Now, an unlimited number of API requests with a limit of 30 requests / sec are available for free, and they will be asked to pay only when you need to increase this limit. A simple calculation shows that in a month you can now make 77.76M requests - more than 70 times cooler than the old tariff! In addition, you can now send an unlimited number of Push-her 1 million unique users (devices), and the limits for storing files and the size of the database increased to 20Gb.

iOS

• We realize video calls in an iOS application (by the example of a children's monitor and without WebRTC)
• Sapper: Royal Engineer
• Home Connect - one app for all brands

Android

• Pure Android: frequent porting errors with iOS
• Selling apps on Google Play from Ukraine
• AdMob, Qt 5.2 and Android or what happens when there is no answer on the Internet
• Generate and scan QR / BAR codes

Windows phone

• Game development for Windows Phone 7.5-8.1
• MVVM Framework for Windows Phone do it yourself. Part 1

Development

• 8 important announcements from the Facebook f8 conference
• Unity3d Lessons from Unity 3D Student (B21-B24)
• Facebook opened the source engine Pop
• Samsung is holding an app competition for Samsung Gear 2

Marketing and monetization

• AppFlood Android Mobile Advertising Report for Q1 2014
• Mobile applications can bring $ 70 billion in 2017
• What is in the US, which is not in Russia (about the tools of the marketer)
• (Eng.) How to avoid the simpson paradox when using analytics
• (Eng.) Guide to advertising the installation of applications on Facebook
• (Eng.) The secret of successful crowdfunding campaigns of mobile applications

Devices

• PaperFold: foldable smartphone with three flexible displays
• PiPhone - a mobile phone based on the Raspberry Pi

← Digest last week . If I missed something - send it to the post office, I will quickly add it.