Mobile Developer News

Developer news for iOS, Android, Apps, Game Development, VR, SDKs, Mobile Marketing, and other topics relating to making mobile apps, and software development.

Android

Amazon maps API and developer help

• Wednesday, November 28, 2012
• By Richard Harris

Developers can now add interactive maps and custom overalys to Kindle appsIDG News Service - Amazon.com has opened its Maps API to all Kindle developers, who can now use it to integrate maps in their applications for the Kindle Fire family of ta...

Mobile Tech

Stick to just one platform most developers say

• Wednesday, November 28, 2012
• By Richard Harris

Android, iOS, Amazon, Windows Mobile, HTML5 - how do you pick! Each has a unique advantage and associated challenges! Lets break it down by comparing some known facts about each market.There are Android and iOS, with 700,000 available apps each and h...

Windows Mobile

Windows phone SDK version 8.0 is here!

• Wednesday, November 28, 2012
• By Richard Harris

Inside Windows Phone 41 | Peter Torr tells us all about what WP8 means for DevelopersWindows Phone 8 is an enormous new release of Windows Phone that opens up a new universe of possibilities for developers... but what does this mean for you?Prog...

Windows Mobile

Microsoft Visual Studio Update ready

• Wednesday, November 28, 2012
• By Richard Harris

Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2012 Update 1, which provides improvements for Windows 8 app development and more.Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2012 Update 1, the first official update for Visual Studio 2012.The update is now availab...

HTML5

OnGameStart in New York: March 15th, 2013

• Wednesday, November 28, 2012
• By Richard Harris

OnGameStart, the original HTML5 Game Development conference, is expanding to the US with an US-based event taking place on March 15, 2013 in New York City.Michal has once again upped the bar for HTML5 Conference Websites by creating a full WebGL-base...

Android

Amazon Appstore comes to Japan

• Wednesday, November 28, 2012
• By Richard Harris

Japan welcomes the arrival of Amazon as a new choice for an Android tablet portal. The giant in online retail announced earlier today that customers in Japan can now access content for their Android devices and Kindle Fire products.Amazon Appstore de...

Mobile Tech

Google and Apple tax on developers

• Wednesday, November 28, 2012
• By Richard Harris

Before the iPhone, app developers had to deal with carriers, a difficult process. Apple simplified this, enabling students to create and sell apps, taking a 30 percent fee. Critics called it excessive, but Apple remains dominant in downloads and paid...

Mobile Tech

iphone 5 sales knock Android sales into #2 spot

• Wednesday, November 28, 2012
• By Richard Harris

Before the iPhone, app developers had to deal with carriers, a difficult process. Apple simplified this, enabling students to create and sell apps, taking a 30 percent fee. Critics called it excessive, but Apple remains dominant in downloads and paid...