The digest of interesting materials for the mobile developer # 132 (November 30 - December 6)

The main news this week is the Apple publication of Swift source code. In addition, Google called the best games and applications in 2015, Perk bought Corona Labs, Yandex made a keyboard for iOS, and the State Duma offered to enter VAT for purchases in app stores. All this and more in the new digest!

Apple has released Swift source code

Swift language was introduced to the community a little over a year ago, which caused quite a resonance among developers, not only iOS and OS X. But even more resonance was caused by the fact that Apple promised to open the compiler code and announced the possibility of supporting the language for operating systems based on linux.

I believe - I do not believe in indie development. Part 1

Probably, in the work of each programmer there comes a critical moment when the creative favorite work develops into a routine. Everyone copes with this moment in their own way. Someone changes the programming language, someone changes the work, and someone tries to make an independent product.
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iOS

• (+10) Creation of the ToDo application by means of Realm and Swift
• (+7) Objective-C: how blocks work
• (+5) Mobile application allows you to look into the world of radio signals
• (+4) Swift! Protocol Oriented
• Shopping in the App Store can now be paid from the account "Beeline"
• How to run an application on a Mac and become the first in the top paid applications
• Work Flickr with iOS
• XAnimatedImage: a library for displaying GIF files

Android

• (+18) Corporate use of Android 5.0: safety recommendations
• (+11) Application implementation - device owner for Android
• (+11) Pagination of lists in Android with RxJava. Part II
• (+10) GDG DevFest Nizhny Novgorod 2015: photo report from the event
• (+10) We write a tactical game about numbers for Android
• (+9) The second version of the Android BlueStacks 2 emulator has been released: multitasking, tabs and other buns
• Google named the best apps and games of 2015 for Android
• Co-founder of Android Andy Rubin can begin production of smartphones
• How to use the Sympli plugin for Sketch, a web application and the Android Studio plugin
• Android development with Kotlin
• Manage Application Status in Android
• Android application architecture
• Reprint: Fingerprint Authentication Library
• Scissors: Lift Crop Image Library

Windows (Phone)

• (+12) Announcement of laboratory work records with Windows Camp // Labs and useful links for developers
• (+11) Microsoft launched the PowerApps platform for creating business applications without programming
• (+8) Change the desktop background and the lock screen from C # / XAML UWP applications

Development

• (+24) Third alpha version of Perspex UI Framework with support for iOS / Android
• (+19) Mobile search inside apps ... which you don't have!
• (+18) Virtual quadrocopter on Unity + OpenCV (Part 3)
• (+11) Unity in action. Multiplatform C # Development
• (+9) Everything that you wanted to know about models and collections in Titanium
• (+7) 5 main risks in custom software development
• (+6) Appcelerator Titanium SDK has been updated to version 5.1.0
• Dmitry Konyagin (NVIDIA): The need for significant capacity and limiting energy consumption are two factors of using Jetson
• Perk.com buys Corona Labs
• Localway applications: what did not suit us and how we changed it
• Mobile application design: Russian studios
• Shadow Fight 2 porting history for Tencent
• What types of SDK do you have to integrate into the game?
• Yandex should buy ideas
• We prototype a fitness app in Pixate
• Silver: Lightweight Mobile Prototyping in Sketch 3
• Beginner's Guide to Creating an Affordable UI

Analytics, marketing and monetization

• (+17) How do residents of different cities communicate
• (+9) The State Duma introduces VAT for foreign IT companies
• (+7) 8 traffic analysis tips
• Fiksu: How much is the output to the top for different countries
• App Annie has released a report "Streaming Music on Mobile Platforms"
• Most marketers find it very difficult to effectively use big data in mobile advertising.
• Conclusion in the top motivated traffic: Figures and facts
• 27 Tips for Creating a Good Mobile Game Banner

Devices and IoT

• (+25) SmartTV - how to create an unsafe device in the modern world
• (+9) The Internet of things promises a great future for Intel
• (+9) Practical work with Intel IoT Developer Kit, Intel XDK, Edison, clouds and Twitter

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