iOS & Android Development

Xamarin Create Native iOS, Android, Mac and Windows apps in C# Xamarin delivers high performance compiled code with full access to all the native APIs so you can create native apps with device-specific experiences. Anything you can do in Objective-C or Java, you can do in C# with Xamarin. Xamarin MvvmCross for Xamarin This project provides a cross-platform mvvm mobile development framework built on top of: Silverlight for WP7, WP8 Mono for Android (or Xamarin.Android) MonoTouch for iOS (or Xamarin.iOS) the WinRT XAML framework for Windows 8 Store apps. WPF Mono for Mac (or Xamarin.Mac) This project makes extensive use of Portable Class Libraries to provide maintainable cross platform C# native applications. GitHub

Apple said today that it has acquired Burstly, a company that makes software tools for app testing and advertising. Apple has been working recently to make it easier for developers to test their apps, recently doubling the number of promotional codes that app makers can use to seed their products to testers and reviewers. Having TestFlight in the fold could give Apple another tool to help its developers give their apps a final polish before going on sale. No surprise, they are ending the android support by March 21, 2014... The Verge TechCrunch TestFlight: Android End of Life

The days when a developer reinvents the wheel over and over again should be gone (at least for us iOS developers). One should always know what’s available on the internet before starting to do anything (and I’m referring to non-trivial tasks). Why? You can find a good open source project that does exactly what you need. Even if you don’t, people who tried to do similar things definitely encountered issues you might encounter. Some of them found good solutions, other just listed bottlenecks, concerns. Adding this info to the one you started from determines some boundaries of the potential solution. This global experience is priceless. AFNetworking Cocoapods Toolkits FormatterKit Kiwi appledoc RestKit Reachability SDWebImage much more... Yet another iOS Blog

App Store: Install the latest compatible version of an app iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks include new features that many of your favorite apps take advantage of when you update them. Some of these features are specific to the latest versions of iOS and OS X. As a result, the latest versions of some apps may not work with your device or computer if you are still using an earlier version of iOS or OS X. Thanks to the App Store, you may still be able to re-download a compatible, earlier version of an app when you are using an older operating system. Support Apple Managing Availability of Your Apps' Previous Versions Previous versions of your apps are now available for re‑download by users who have already purchased them, allowing customers to use your apps with older devices which may no longer be supported by the current version of your app. If you do not wish to make these versions available, you can manage the availability of your apps' previous versions in the Rights and ...

Android: Google Play Campaign Measurement Google Play Campaign Measurement is a feature of Google Mobile App Analytics that enables the attribution of native Android app installs to advertising campaigns and other marketing efforts in your Google Analytics app reports. Verifying that your Google Play Campaign Measurement implementatin is working properly before the application is submitted to Google Play ensures that campaign measurement data is as accurate as possible at the time of launch. This guide will illustrate one means of testing a Google Play Campaign Measurement implementation. Developers Google Mobile App Tracking iOS: Cookie Tracking / Browser Identification For iOS no such standard way exists. The main workarounds involve the setting of a cookie in the ad and then opening a WebView with the ad again after install - alternate identify the device by the informations the browser publishes (IP, accept-encoding, ...). There are some rumors Apple woul...

Building an API Fast-track your API Design Write an API in 30mins, share it with your teammates or customers and let them use the API mock to take it for a spin. Iterate, rinse & repeat. Coding can wait until you know what to build. apiary

otool Used to display libraries used. Part of Xcode usr/bin Apple Developer class-dump-z Extracting information about the header files (.h) Google Code