Local notifications and push notifications are both ways for an application that isn’t running in the foreground to let its users know it has something for them. That something could be a message, an impending calendar event, or new data on a remote server. When presented by the operating system, local and push notifications look [...]
This tutorial is for getting started with Android Cloud to Device Messaging (C2DM) on Android. In the iOS world this is known as “push notifications”. There are many good resources out there for getting started, but all of them, I felt, were lacking in one way or another, which is why I decided to put together [...]
Finally, the moment you’ve been waiting for: submitting your completed app to the Android Market. The process is actually pretty straight forward: you just need to prepare a release version of the app and upload it. Preparing a Release Version of Your App You need to do a few things to get the app ready [...]
It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for! You are submitting your completed app to iTunes App Store. There are several steps to this process, so you’ll want to have all your ducks lined up before you even think about submission. At a minimum, you’ll need the following to complete the app… Store submission process: A [...]
The great thing about Android is also the same thing that annoys developers – the ability to run on multiple devices. When it comes to developing games or apps you need to think of how to incorporate the multiple screen resolutions so that it is compatible across the widest range of devices. Tackling this problem [...]
Everyone is trying to come up with the next winning mobile marketing strategy, but has anyone hit the jackpot yet? Companies and businesses seem to come up with new mobile strategies that get scrapped as fast as ice cream melts. I have heard this over and over again as I meet and talk to people [...]
Unlike iPhones, Android devices do not have the same company developing both the software and hardware. This leads to different combinations of screen sizes, resolutions and DPIs creating quite a challenge when designing and developing for these devices. While the iPhone 3G/S and iPhone 4 have different resolutions and DPI, they share the same screen [...]
Over the course of developing Android apps you may encounter various speed bumps. I certainly ran into my fair share of them. I painstakingly worked through each and every one of the issues. I wish someone would have told me about all these ups and downs before I started my Android app development. I’m going to [...]
To answer this question, first we need to understand why people want apps in the first place. Why do you download mobile apps? Over 90% of mobile app users download apps for one or both of the following reasons – a) to solve a problem, b) for entertainment. Now, you have to position your app [...]
Short answer: YES! Detailed answer: Why should my business consider a mobile strategy? It’s so expensive! I’m doing fine without it right now. I want to wait and see if mobile commerce will survive before I invest. I don’t even know where to begin anyway. Mobile is here to stay Let me set the foundation [...]
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