Scheduling code execution on Android using AlarmManager
One of the advantages android gives developers over iOS is the ability to schedule code execution. This means your app can do something in the background at a specific time. In this example Im going to create a sample app that puts your phone on silent at midnight, and unsilences it at 6AM. This can […]
Adding your Logo to your QR Code
So over the weekend I came across a “how-to” article for hacking a QR code and adding in your logo. It’s actually a pretty simple idea, and quite honestly more of a trial and error way of doing it than any real directions. Basically QR codes have about a 30% error correction rate, meaning that […]
Amazon says were giving your app away for free, Now shut up!
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 […]
Apple’s iOS 5: New Features for Users & Developers
Apple’s iOS 5 for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch has a lot of new features for users and developers, including new notifications, iMessage, iCloud, and air play mirroring to Apple TVs.
Apple Relaxing Restrictions on Developers and Trying to be More Transparent
Today Apple announced that they would be lifting restrictions set earlier this year in section 3.3.1 of their developer license agreement. This section prohibited developers from using anything other than objective-c to create iphone apps. Starting today apple will be accepting apps coded in other languages, and apps coded outside of xcode as long as […]