The digest of interesting materials for the mobile developer # 123 (September 28 - October 4)

Google Premiere Week - the company presented the new Nexus, Chromecast and Pixel C tablet, launched the deployment of Android 6.0 Marshmallow, released Android Studio 1.4. And also there are source codes MAPS.ME, Adblock Fast and Zulip, measurement of pleasure from games and many other interesting materials!

Automation of development in ZeptoLab

To work on our games, we widely use software bots endowed with this or that intelligence. Bots help us develop, test and exploit our games. I want to tell you about a few examples of this symbiosis with automation.

New Nexus, Chromecast and Android 6.0 Marshmallow: now officially

The new version of the most popular mobile OS will be officially available for user devices.

Mail.Ru Group opens source code MAPS.ME

Mail.Ru Group opens source code for MAPS.ME, the largest free mobile navigation service, providing free online and offline maps for iOS and Android based on OpenStreetMap data.
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iOS

• (+27) Specialists of iFixit disassembled AppleTV, and Apple removed the iFixit application from the AppStore
• (+20) According to the results of Rambler.iOS # 4
• (+14) Apple sold a record 13 million iPhone 6s in three days
• 10x Studio has posted the source code Adblock Fast
• SBShortcutMenuSimulator: Tweak for a 3D Touch Simulator
• Blade: a tool to automatically resize images in Xcode directories
• Apple patents smart ring
• We use Taptic Engine in iOS
• Force Touch and the evolution of interaction design

Android

• (+24) Available Android Studio 1.4
• (+13) Todoist transition to Material Design
• (+6) New vulnerabilities discovered in Android
• Google increased the size of APK files to 100 MB
• Efficient Android: Examples of MVP and Clean Architectures
• Paper: NoSQL database for Android

Windows (Phone)

• (+16) Windows 10 through 10. Issue # 3. Using Cortana to interact with users

Development

• (+19) Unity - Conceptual ideas and tips for newcomers igrodeva. Simple procedural generation of models for 2D games
• (+13) Technical recommendations and Google resources for mobile sites
• (+10) Egret: Free open source HTML5 game engine
• (+10) Evolution of design and usability of mobile applications of well-known services. How to improve your application?
• (+2) Development and publication of asset in Unity Asset Store
• Marmalade integrates GameSparks backend
• Unity Improves Asset Store
• Chukong Launches Cocos2d-x SDK Integration Platform
• Alexander Kiselev and Andrey Neverov (Trucker Path): you can not stand still
• Five rules for creating games from Matthew Hall (Hipster Whale)
• Pinterest has opened a sandbox for developers
• Dropbox uploaded the Zulip source
• All performances DevGAMM Hamburg 2015
• inklewriter - game book development tool
• John Richitello: Unity will cover 90% of industry revenue
• What game developers can learn from Fallout Shelter
• 5 tips to help speed up your work in Sketch
• How to develop from a team of Permian development students into a successful Russian startup
• Head of GitHub: “It's hard to learn how to program when you're dead”

Analytics, marketing and monetization

• (+8) "How to measure the fun of the game" and other frequently asked questions about application analytics
• Airpush Launches VirtualSKY Virtual Reality Advertising Network
• AppsFlyer Performance Index brought the best sources of traffic for iOS and Android
• Stop targeting marketing to Millennials, start marketing for “network generation”
• How to keep users of your application: the rule 3 × 3
• Rollout.io gives you the ability to change application code on the fly
• 9 growth hacks from the hit Agar.io

Devices and IoT

• (+20) The machine for assembling the Rubik's Cube based on the FAC system
• (+14) Operation "BATMAN": adding of kernel modules in Yocto on Intel Edison
• (+12) Intel Edison, Arduino and Twilio: SMS messages from smart home
• (+8) Intel Edison. Working with the Intel IoT Analytics cloud: creating rules and sending notifications
• (+7) Making a regular microwave smarter with IFTTT and OpenHAB
• (+5) Intel Edison. Working with the Intel IoT Analytics Cloud: Device Management
• (+3) Internet of Things with Windows 10 and Raspberry Pi: a kit for home-made with the support of Microsoft

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