The digest of interesting materials for the mobile developer # 224 (October 2 - October 8)

Google has new smartphones, new headphones, a new camera, and even a new NoSQL database! IOS has open source code and problems with Uber. If it is serious, then the new digest has more optical effects, the refusal of HP from Windows 10 Mobile, certification of Xamarin University, game advertising, the best applications and much more.

“Colleagues, I like everything, but ...” or how to build work with the customer

For 6 years, our company has been designing and developing mobile applications. We have experimented a lot with process optimization both inside the company and when working with clients. As a result, we have formed our own, in many ways unique, style of work.
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What taxes you need to pay when displaying revenue from applications in Apple iTunes

The developers constantly ask us questions about taxes that should be paid when withdrawing funds to a Russian entity under an agreement with Apple. The cause of concern is the famous Google Tax, introduced since the beginning of 2017.

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iOS

• (+10) Swift Generics: Styles for UIView and not only # 2
• (+6) Design for iPhone X
• (+4) API on Swift in five minutes. Lecture in Yandex
• “Some are equal to 2”: Uber got full access to the iPhone screen even in the background
• The onset of Chinese bots: thousands of downloads and zero activity
• iOS 11 causes battery problems
• Free iOS 11 Glyphs Icon Set
• Apple has published iOS source code
• How to implement Cache LRU on Swift
• How to make an application with image recognition on CoreML and Vision API
• SpriteKit: how to make a 2.5D game
• Automation of UI tests for iOS applications
• Why Swift is More Preferred for Enterprise Development
• The best of iOS design in September 2017
• Debugging help with screen recording in iOS 11
• From a small third-party project to the festival application with 10K users
• BulletinBoard: interactive card at the bottom of the screen

Android

• (+25) What a headache Android DevOps engineer hurts
• (+12) Android and sound: how to do it right
• (+2) OpenCV. Search for road signs using contour analysis in Android
• Using responsive icons in Android 8.0 Oreo
• From layout to implementation: part 1 and part 2
• New Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL
• Google introduced Pixel Buds headphones.
• “Passive” Camera Clips from Google
• Top Android apps and games Excellence Fall 2017
• The best of material design in September 2017
• RxJava data bus
• Solving ProGuard problems on Android
• Getting started with Kotlin and Anko on Android
• Planets-Flutter: creating a planet card
• 12 practices that every novice Android developer should know
• New beta Android Wear
• Getting started with Cloud Firestore on Android
• Why and how I switched to Kotlin
• A quick introduction to “Lambdas with Receiver”
• Genymotion vs Android Emulator
• How to solve all problems with jet streams
• 7 reasons why Android Code Style improves your productivity
• OTP View: one-time password
• BoxedVerticalSeekBar: Vertical Control

Windows

• The last major manufacturer abandoned Windows 10 Mobile
• Samsung HMD Odyssey: the best helmet for Windows Mixed Reality
• Microsoft releases Edge on Android and iOS

Development

• (+84) Circular: Optical effects when designing interfaces
• (+31) Simulation of the physical world
• (+18) Development of the first game. Impressions and work on the bugs. Part 1
• (+16) Cocos2d-x - Basic Terms
• (+15) How I passed certification at Xamarin University
• (+11) Internet auctions, API and a specific example of how third-party developers can make money on this
• (+11) Donates to streamers and real money for unreal life: results of the QIWI API Contest
• (+9) How to strengthen the design team with the help of an intelligent writer
• Opening a new door: 5 unobvious things to think about when expanding into a new market
• Nine easy steps to make product design decisions
• How a non-intuitive interface can create a great user experience.
• Google released new NoSQL database Cloud Firestore
• Smart Engines introduced the license plate recognition technology for mobile devices
• Better code - easier testing
• Small trends: Thick underline lines.
• Alexa Gadgets SDK for games with Echo gadgets
• Viro AR: Augmented Reality Free Application Development Platform
• Updated Lumberyard
• Clockwork: an open platform for HTML5 games
• Dark UI: Pros and Cons
• How one developer made a game about giant robots Jettomero

Analytics, marketing and monetization

• (+21) Feed Manager Development for automated traffic purchase
• (+10) How to work effectively with the advertising format Playable ads: five common mistakes
• (+8) Motivated installations from the USA (Android) - overview of options, statistics, opinion
• Similarity of mobile gaming markets
• Toys R Us is saved by augmented reality
• Case Omega-R: the game “Gogol. Start”
• Developer Analytics with Mixpanel
• Minecraft Lessons: Monetizing Custom Content

Devices, IoT, AI

• (+25) How to make a web application for your own Bluetooth Low Energy device?
• (+14) ITMO University team reached the final of the World Olympiad of Robots
• (+1) Trends and forecasts: which specialists will be snapped up in the near future?
• Artificial intelligence and GPU help in finding ideas for tattoos.
• Snapchat launches augmented reality platform
• Is the absolute power of artificial intelligence threatening us?
• Feet or Hotdogs: Image Classifier
• Golden age animal tracking
• Deep learning for developers in one day

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