Guest post by Joe Chernov, VP of Marketing, Kinvey How long do you think it would take to go from concept to store submission for a native iOS or Android app? Include everything from spinning up servers, to managing users, to integrating with social networks, to developing a protocol for versioning, to wireframing, designing and [...]
5 simple tips to help you debug your code and solve problems
We’ve all been there: you’ve been stuck on a coding problem for hours and you’re running out of ideas and patience. Here are 5 tips that I use when I’m struggling to find a solution. 1.Make the problem smaller. Isolate the block of code relating to to the error message you are receiving and put [...]
Is the future of the App Store free?
I haven’t bought an app from the App Store for several months. And, unless an app is of exceptional quality and has brilliant reviews, I will not do so. I suspect that other App Store customers now think in the same way. There is so much great free content out there, why pay upfront for [...]
iOS6 app discoverability – What the changes to the App Store mean
In iOS6 the visual layout of the App Store has changed considerably. Unsurprisingly, the layout now more closely matches that of the app discovery app Chomp, which Apple acquired earlier this year. The starkest change, for me, is visible when you first open the App Store app: it is the change in scrolling direction from [...]
Inspect and measure on screen layouts and graphics with xScope
I’ve been asked by a client to make what is essentially an app version of an existing web site. The layout and interface needs to be pixel accurate to the original. At first I thought this would be very difficult and time-consuming to do, until I discovered a handy app called xScope. xScope, by Iconfactory [...]
