Testing iPhone and Mobile apps is a very important part of the development process – Just ask Google.

Make sure your apps use the new UIAppearance Protocol from iOS 5. Old methods to get a custom appearance may break when your users upgrade.

With the release of iOS 5 today, there has been some debate at Accella of which OS version we should build for in future iOS apps for our clients. Building to accommodate multiple OS versions is more time consuming which translates to greater costs, and is not always an option. In general, we lean towards [...]

The Kindle has released its tablet to the marketplace – the question is – how will it impact an already saturated tablet marketplace. The Kindle Fire is being offered at $199, which is lower than every other tablet out there. So if you’re not going to spend a minimum of $500 on an iPad, or [...]

So, I bit the apple 3 years ago and purchased my first iPhone (3G). I was so amazed by the functionality and power that I was now holding in the palm of my hand. This great device was changing how I went about doing so many things that I started to forget how I ever [...]

One concern when developing for Android devices is supporting the various screens that are available. Android does a fairly good job with this, by allowing various drawable directories for particular screens, and allowing layout configurations using density-independent pixel (dp) instructions. There is good information at developer.android.com regarding tips and best practices for supporting various screen [...]

Ok so it did not really take 10 seconds. I had been developing iPhone apps for a while; but an urgent need had arisen for someone to do an Android project and they asked if I would be willing to do it. Well, I like learning new things so I jumped in. For anyone else [...]

LinkedIn recently launched a new version of their mobile app, and while it has a host of new features, perhaps the most exciting part is in the backend development. As someone who is obviously addicted to apps, and using them on a daily basis, I was very excited to see LinkedIn’s new app. It features [...]

What will my mobile app cost me or my company? This must be one of the toughest questions in the hottest IT market right now; mobile application development.  I field this question every single working day and many weekends as well.  As you can imagine there are a multitude of factors that have to be [...]

When Amazon’s android app store launched not too long ago I think every developer smiled a bit. This was a new store with some compelling features, features that allowed users to try your app in a web browser before buying, and it has the potential to be the default store id Amazon decides to venture [...]