Matthew Learned iOS to Build a Valuable App For His Son With Autism
As a full-time programmer, Matthew kept his eye on the latest tech news. When the iPad was announced, he was immediately drawn to its interactivity as a potential communication and learning tool for his son with…
Read MoreHelpful Resources for Android Animations
Engineers are often chastised for valuing function over form. For example, if a button’s purpose is to show something new on the screen, why would someone want to spend time making the new item animate smoothly into position…
Read MoreHow to Add a Navigation Drawer in Android
Android now includes a component that makes it very easy to add a navigation drawer to an app that the user can slide in from the side. I first remember seeing this in the Facebook app…
Read MoreThe Beginner’s Guide to Location in Android
Knowing a user’s location in an Android app can be extremely useful. Users take their devices everywhere and are constantly using them on the go, and as developers we can capitalize on that by providing a…
Read MoreThe ‘New’ Beginner’s Guide to Android
Android Libraries You Should Use in Every Project
A good developer knows to never reinvent the wheel (“unless you plan on learning more about wheels“). With its roots in Linux and the open source community, Android has a vibrant and strong ecosystem of open source…
Read MoreFive Android Interfaces That REALLY Work
It is not unusual for conversations about Android design to turn ugly. While it’s true that the original design of the intrepid operating system were inferior to iOS, and that the old Android Market, without any…
Read MoreGoogle I/O – Android Developer Conference
Google I/O 2014 was held last week. One week out, I think I’ve finally had a chance to parse through all the new information! It was a pretty exciting few days for Android developers. Below are…
Read MoreSketchbook Spy: Ken Wong, Monument Valley
Ken Wong, the designer who worked on the phenomenally successful game, Monument Valley, takes time out to show us his sketchbook and chat about how he put the game together. Monument Valley is a departure in…
Read MoreThe Beginner’s Guide to Objective-C: Classes and Objects
This article is part 3 of a series. Check out part 1 and part 2. Objective-C is an “object-oriented” programming language, but what exactly does that mean? In an earlier post, I described how “an object-oriented language…
Read MoreBuild a Self-Destructing Message Android App
We have just released a new Android course where you can learn how to build Ribbit, an app that lets users send photo and video messages that “self-destruct” after they’ve been viewed! This is the Android…
Read MoreThe Beginner’s Guide to Objective-C: Methods
Writing a killer iPhone or iPad app doesn’t require you to be a master of Objective-C, but the more comfortable you are with the language, the more you’ll enjoy it! Writing your own app may seem…
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