The digest of interesting materials for the mobile developer # 150 (on April 18-24)

In the new digest we discuss how to make a cross-platform game engine, quick development of prototypes on Xamarin, whether or not there will be paid advertising on the App Store, errors and tips for developers.

How it is made: mobile cross-platform engine

For you, I have prepared a series of articles about mobile game development, based on the experience gained and the past rake. The first article focuses on creating your own cross-platform engine for mobile games. In truth, not only mobile, and not just games.

Quickly create MVP (minimum viable product) based on Microsoft Azure and Xamarin.Forms

In 2014, Xamarin.Forms (hereinafter referred to as XF) appeared. After two years of continuous use of XF in real projects, we can now say with confidence that after XF 2.0, the product has grown to mass use in creating business applications. That is why we chose it as the basis for creating the Order King MVP service.

Amir Rajan's incredible story: How to get Apple features and a steady income from game development

Amir Rajan earned a little more than $ 700,000 in sales of mobile premium games without built-in purchases or advertising and shared his knowledge in Reddit. Stable application revenue is real (albeit very difficult).
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iOS

• Why Apple won't roll out search ads on the App Store
• Apple TV App Challenge Winners Announced
• New Swift course from Stanford University
• Using MetalKit
• Reducing the size of images
• Improving TableViews with Loading State
• TabDrawer: Customized Bottom Menu

Android

• (+13) What library of work with HTTP in Android to choose?
• (+11) How Google in London trained on Android N
• (+9) Work with geofences (geofences) in Android. Update
• (+6) AES encryption and Android client
• Android Dev Podcast: Release Eight: NDK
• DataBinding: Accelerate Android Application Development
• Minimize the application launch time
• Create beautiful apps for Android Wear round screens
• Android About Page: creating a page for the application
• Agera: reactive programming for Android by Google

Development

• (+17) Rendering of UTF-8 text using SDF font
• (+15) Basics of developing 3D games in Intel XDK on BabylonJS
• (+10) IL2CPP: tips on debugging generated code
• (+9) Development of HTML5 games in Intel XDK. Part 7. Design of the game (Part 6)
• (+7) Rake, emulator, animator
• (+4) 8 mistakes when developing a mobile application
• (+3) “Suspended” - the path from the idea for VK Mobile Challenge to the real product
• Danil Khasanshin (Zinomax): Expertise and love for media
• Be kinder to artificial intelligence
• Why bots will not replace mobile apps
• Telegram will distribute $ 1 million to bot developers
• Why and how to train your view on design
• Alternatives to the hamburger menu

Analytics, marketing and monetization

• (+7) 25 tips on improving your mobile apps and sites (part 1 of 2)
• (+6) How to keep valuable users? Instructions for mobile apps developers
• PayPal invests millions in Acorns microinvestment application
• App Annie Index Market for the first quarter of 2016
• Yandex launched a mobile advertising network
• Screenwriting competition about computer scientists from Google
• myTarget learned to identify interest in applications
• Research Mail.Ru Group: The very first social networks and instant messengers are installed on the smartphone
• CPM on Android has grown over the year by 147%
• We create applications for emerging markets

Devices and IoT

• (+11) Authentication of users on Arduino with RFID
• (+11) M2M in 5 minutes with DeviceHive and Microsoft Azure. How to start your journey in IoT

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