The digest of interesting materials for the mobile developer # 79 (November 10-16)

An interesting week with a lot of interesting materials. We again discussed Google Play bans, understood HomeKit, ran Windows 98 on iPhone 6, followed Samsung and Microsoft developer conferences, and finally brewed tea and brewed coffee in smart teapots.

For what Google applications blocks. Bylina

It was decided to create 2 versions, free and paid - without ads and with additional bonuses. Both applications were moderated without incident and appeared on Google Play. I was already delighted and began to mentally prepare for buying a yacht, like Abramovich’s, but it was not there.
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The Home Kit Framework - Learn more about Apple's home automation protocol.

HomeKit is a new format for communicating and managing connected devices in the user's home. The program can give users the ability to detect devices in the house and their settings, as well as the ability to specify actions to control these devices. Users can group actions together and trigger them with Siri.

How a non-programmer created his mobile app

I want to share a story, like me, a non-programmer, was able to write my first mobile application thanks to (or in spite of him) MS Visual Studio 2013 and even publish it in the Windows Phone store. I ask the readers to take into account that I am the most inexperienced non-programmer who can do little in this area, so if I solved some problems not so elegantly as they could be solved, then you shouldn’t mock - this is my first experience in such a matter.