Useful materials for mobile developer # 52 (May 5-11)

Congratulations to all on the last holiday and offer another summary of the "mobile" news! This week Fiksu released a regular report with an index of competitiveness and data on CPI and CPAL for March, comrade Mikhail_dev spoke in more detail about working with the Dalvik Debug Monitor Server, consolidated a single "Freemium Code", a former App Store manager told a little about how to achieve Apple features.

Intel XDK - Cross-Platform Mobile Development Tool

Intel XDK is available for free download and use. The tool is an IDE in which there is support for all stages of development: code editing, testing through an emulator and on a real device, debugging, profiling and, finally, building for subsequent publication in the app store.
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Squeeze the maximum out of DDMS

DDMS (Dalvik Debug Monitor Server) is an incredibly useful tool for debugging applications, which comes bundled with the Android SDK, which for some reason is not specifically mentioned in Habré, however, as in the Google examples, it is presented in a very modest form. I would like to reveal his opportunities and show what he is capable of.

Oracle wins appeal against google

Oracle has won a key case against Google. The US Court of Appeals ruled that Oracle holds the copyright in parts of the Java programming language used by Google in developing the Android OS. "We concluded that a set of commands forcing a computer to perform the desired operations may contain expressions subject to copyright," says federal district judge Kathleen O'Malley.

iOS

• Cross compilation of libraries under iOS, doing it right
• How to achieve an Apple feature on the App Store
• QuickBlox about appruv app experience on the App Store
• CTR on iOS has grown 5 times in the last year
• Strategy (Translated from the English chapter of “Strategy” from the book “Pro Objective-C Design Patterns for iOS” by Carlo Chung)

Android

• Lists with different item types and different data providers
• Entering passwords when building projects using gradle

Windows phone

• Imagine Cup 2014, as it was or a three-year path to the final

Development

• uTest turns into Applause and buys Testhub
• (Eng.) 19 A / B testing tools for mobile applications
• (Eng.) 12 Test Flight alternatives for iOS, Android and WP
• Square opens the source Viewfinder
• Facebook Announces FbStart Startup Program
• Impressions of Xamarin Studio in Windows

Monetization and marketing

• Gone for a week - gone forever: burnout of the mobile application audience based on Localytics data
• Who will take the tickets for a pack ... or about the monetization of gaming applications
• (Eng.) Freemium Code: a list of all articles telling about this business model
• Localytics brings the first App Stickiness Index
• Mobile games: men compete more, and women prefer F2P more
• App Annie Launches Advertising Analytics and App Store Optimization
• 5 trends and tricks related to "hard currency" in mobile free-to-play games

activity

• Devgamm 2014 Moscow
• Hackathon QIWI Universe in Minsk
• Free Workshop on Developing Universal Applications for Windows and Windows Phone 8.1 at Microsoft

Devices

• Phone with new Firefox OS 1.3 for $ 100: ZTE Open C
• Bracelet for a healthy lifestyle: Jawbone UP24

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