Why developers should add mobile print to apps
Friday, May 4, 2018 by Patrick Chen
Printing has been a major part of history for thousands of years, dating back to ancient Mesopotamia, and despite the rise of digital technologies, it’s not going anywhere - in fact, the demand for printing continues to grow, for four major reasons:Despite digital advancements, printing is still the standard. Printed materials such as contracts, government forms and har...
How to choose an Android HTTP Library
Monday, June 5, 2017 by Leanid Vovk
Today almost every Android app uses HTTP/HTTPS requests as the main transport for transferring data. Even if you're not using HTTP directly, you may be using multiple SDKs that rely on HTTP for networking, such as analytics, crash reporting and ads. So it’s fair to say that HTTP is the ubiquitous, and perhaps even obvious, choice for data transfers. But choosing HTTP in...
Mopria provides Samsung Galaxy phone users the ability to easily print
Friday, November 11, 2016 by Richard Harris
The Mopria Alliance just announced that the Mopria Print Library will be a part of the Samsung Print Service. Mopria will provide Samsung Galaxy phone users the ability to easily and intuitively print content from their mobile devices to more than 88 million1 printers, regardless of printer brand. Mopria will power the Samsung Print Service to enable user...
Mopria Alliance Announces App Challenge for Android App Developers
Friday, July 29, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
The Mopria Alliance is reaching out to Android app developers with a new app competition. Co-sponsored by BeMyApp, the Mopria PRINTanomics Android App Challenge offers an online challenge designed to recognize the most innovative Android apps with mobile printing capabilities. You can register or learn more about the contest at http://appsthatprint.bemyapp.comPRINT...
The Latest on the Android Print API for Enabling Print In Your Mobile App
Saturday, July 9, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
We recently announced that we are working with the Mopria Alliance to conduct research into app publishers’ adoption and integration of print capabilities within Android apps. Included as part of the research is a short survey on developer interest and actual integration of print into apps (you can take the survey at the end of this article without leaving thi...
Apteligent Releases Platform Tracking Global Device OS and Device Trends
Friday, March 25, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
Apteligent has introduced a new global device directory of Android and iOS devices by geography. The new service is calculated from over 8 billion app launches with data from over 175 countries offering information such as global device/OS adoption trends and app performance stats. The company has tracked more than 300 terabytes of data per month over the past 3 ye...
Your New App is Missing a Basic Function Printing
Monday, October 5, 2015 by Frank Fu
So you’ve made an app. It lets users collaborate on documents easier, book flights, buy concert tickets, or edit photos without having to boot up the laptop. It’s even got a few thousand positive reviews in the app store.We’ve come to rely on apps to provide value faster than ever before. So much so, that they are transforming industries. Developers understand this inti...
NVIDIA Tegra Android Development Pack Now AndroidWorks Development Platform for All Android Devices
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 by Richard Harris
Formerly known as Tegra Android Development Pack, NVIDIA AndroidWorks 1R1 provides a full suite of native application development tools for Android - now available for all Android platforms.This release includes support for NVIDIA Tegra X1 processor with NVIDIA Maxwell PC graphics architecture in the all-new NVIDIA SHIELD; providing the latest Android NDK and NDK64 r10d...
Dlodlo to Release Lightweight VR Glasses Running on Android OS
Monday, May 25, 2015 by Richard Harris
Dlodlo has announced its new, lightweight VR Glasses offering Full HD resolution of 2K with a 16:9 aspect ratio and 120Hz refresh rate for a display without dizziness, lag, distortion, or screen door effect. Dlodlo supports 2D/3D switch video, 4K video displays and provides a 110 degree Field of View (FOV) for a no-border fully immersive VR experience. Dlodlo...
Sony SmartEyeglass Developer Edition SED E1 Now Available
Thursday, April 9, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Sony’s SmartEyeglass Developer Edition SED-E1 is now available for sale in ten different countries including the US. The eyeglasses enable augmented reality and hands-free use cases made possible through Sony’s holographic waveguide technology, which enables super thin augmented reality lenses with high transparency and excellent brightness.Developers can create a...
Verivo Software Releases Akula 2.0 Enterprise Mobile SDK
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 by Richard Harris
Verivo Software has released Akula 2.0, an open platform that enables IT departments to secure and govern mobile services and applications while allowing development teams to access and reuse these services leveraging the front-end tools of their choice.The platform consists of a Java-based server, idiomatic client software development kits, a server SDK, and ...
Original Intel HTML5 Web App XDK to Disappear in February
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
A number of big tech companies are seeking the holy grail of an HTML5 web app mobile platform that will unseat Apple and Google. Intel is one of these, and they are busily working to update their offering as recently outlined by Joe Wolf, Product Manager for the Intel XDK.From a blog post by Joe, “We intend to end-of-life the original Intel XDK (originally called t...
ADM Weekly News Roundup For December 7th, 2013
Saturday, December 7, 2013 by Richard Harris
From the Editors DeskThe December issue is here and we invite you to check it out! There are several editorials in this issue geared towards our end of the year thoughts, and need to know info to help you launch into 2014 wtih a bang! Speaking of, we are gearing up for our first event coming in February; Apps World North America in San Francisco and it is look...
Perfecto Mobile Offers Full Functionality and Support of Android 4.4
Thursday, December 5, 2013 by Stuart Parkerson
Mobile developers who depend on cloud based services need to know that the services they use will always be compatible with the latest operating systems and devices. The landscape changes every day and developers who depend on Perfecto Mobile’s MobileCloud Platform to develop, test, monitor and continuously deliver their mobile apps can rest assured that their apps will...
