Nov 23, 2011 |
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Today’s iPhone and iPad apps developers are often running into the need to refine, improve and optimize their apps performances. As more complex apps can be created, it is even more important for developers to deal with this critical issue.
Pro iOS Apps Performance Tuning and Optimization covers many common but difficult problems when tuning and optimizing performance for iPhone and iPad apps and how to resolve these problems efficiently. This book gives you the following:
- Basic knowledge on common problems in iPhone apps
- Advanced knowledge over data structure, algorithms, multithreading, and network data in iPhone apps
- Comparison with problems and solutions for Android and Windows Phone apps
After reading this must-have book, you’ll be ready to make the most of the processing power of the iPhone with your apps performance optimization know-how.
What you’ll learn
- Benchmark your apps using emulators and real device tests
- Increase and optimize UITableView performance in your iOS apps
- Increase your app performance using image and data caching techniques
- Tune your apps using algorithms and data structures Download Now »
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Book Description
Create cross-platform mobile apps without having to learn a new language!
PhoneGap is an open source solution, ideal for web developers wanting to build cross-platform mobile apps without having to learn a new language. Using HTML, CSS, and Javascript, PhoneGap allows you to jump into the mobile world and develop apps for iPhone, Android, and the BlackBerry.
- Walks you through installing the development software
- Covers the basics of each of PhoneGap’s functional units
- Introduces various projects you can build with the framework
- Discusses using HTML, CSS, JavaScript
- Explores the features accelerameter and compass
- Examines media, storage and files, camera, contacts, geolocation, and more
Within Beginning PhoneGap, each new chapter builds on the lessons taught in the previous so that by the end of the book, you can have mobile apps up and running!
From the Back Cover
Now web developers can create cross-platform mobile apps in a language they already know
Are you a web developer eager to move into the mobile space, but don’t have the time to learn a new language? Then PhoneGap is what you’ve been waiting for. PhoneGap is a free and open source framework that allows you to create cross-platform applications using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Beginning PhoneGap shows you how to make it happen. Download Now »
Nov 18, 2011 |
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Book Description
Learn how to build apps for mobile devices on Cloud platforms
The marketplace for apps is ever expanding, increasing the potential to make money. With this guide, you’ll learn how to build cross-platform applications for mobile devices that are supported by the power of Cloud-based services such as Amazon Web Services. An introduction to Cloud-based applications explains how to use HTML5 to create cross-platform mobile apps and then use Cloud services to enhance those apps. You’ll learn how to build your first app with HTML5 and set it up in the Cloud, while also discovering how to use jQuery to your advantage.
- Highlights the skills and knowledge you need to create successful apps for mobile devices with HTML5
- Takes you through the steps for building web applications for the iPhone and Android
- Details how to enhance your app through faster launching, touch vs. click, storage capabilities, and a cache
- Looks at how best to use JSON, FourSquare, jQuery, AJAX, and more
- Shares tips for creating hybrid apps that run natively
If you’re interested in having your application be one of the 200,000+ apps featured in the iPhone store or the 50,000+ in the Android store, then you need this book.
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Learn to build mobile apps on the major cloud platforms Download Now »
Nov 17, 2011 |
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Book Description
Easily create cross-platform, standalone native applications for mobile devices using AIR
AIR allows you to develop the rich, creative, interactive media experiences for mobile applications. This easy-to-follow guide covers everything you need to know to create rich mobile applications using Adobe Flash Builder. Packed with examples, this book shows you how to build applications for mobile devices using a combination of ActionScript, the Flex framework and AIR. You’ll discover how these applications are able to run across multiple mobile and tablet devices, targeting Google Android, Apple iOS, and BlackBerry platforms. Plus, hands-on instructions detail how to leverage the unique hardware and software features that are available to each various device and platform.
- Serves an ideal starting point for learning to create rich, interactive applications for mobile devices
- Includes hands-on examples that demonstrate how to best use the variety of hardware and software features
- Escorts you through mobile app concept to completion with sample code and step-by-step instructions
- Discusses such topics as enabling multitouch; developing for multiple screen sizes; maintaining app data; and much more
Start building standalone mobile applications today with Beginning Flash, Flex, and AIR Development for Mobile Devices. Download Now »
Nov 17, 2011 |
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Book Description
Create Android mobile apps, no programming required!Even with limited programming experience, you can easily learn to create apps for the Android platform with this complete guide to App Inventor for Android. App Inventor for Android is a visual language that relies on simple programming blocks that users can drag and drop to create apps. This handy book gives you a series of fully worked-out apps, complete with their programming blocks, which you can customize for your own use or use as a starting point for creating the next killer app. And it’s all without writing a single line of code. Don’t miss the book’s special section on Apps Inventor Design Patterns, which explains computer terms in simple terms and is an invaluable basic reference.
- Teaches programmers and non-programmers alike how to use App Inventor for Android to create Android apps
- Provides a series of fully worked-out apps that you can customize, download, and use on your Android phone or use as a starting point for building the next great app
- Includes a valuable reference section on App Inventor Design Patterns and general computer science concepts
- Shows you how to create apps that take advantage of the Android smartphone?s handy features, such as GPS, messaging, contacts, and more
With App Inventor for Android and this complete guide, you’ll soon be creating apps that incorporate all of the Android smartphone’s fun features, such as the accelerometer, GPS Download Now »
Nov 16, 2011 |
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Book Description
The number of mobile apps has grown exponentially in the last two years. If you want to join the crowd, Google’s App Inventor is the easiest and best tool for you to get started with. It is a tool to create Android phone apps and uses a graphical user interface, and drag and drop methods to create apps. It’s so simple that anyone can build an app.
Learn how Google App Inventor eliminates the mystery around programming. It is a visual language, where we simply drag and drop blocks (graphic elements representing blocks of code) in various combinations to give us applications that run on our phones or other Android-based devices. No programming background is required. Playing with blocks has never been more fun!
The emphasis is on creating apps that work and that you understand fully. The first part of the book gives you a sound foundation in the basics, and lots of tips on how to use App Inventor. The second part is all about creating complete apps ready for real world use. The book includes apps that communicate, use databases to remember, surf the Web and other networks, use GPS and various sensors on your phone, and let you write or play games.
What you will learn from this book:
- Install App Inventor (did we mention it’s free?), and use emulator and your phone as test devices.
- Package apps, install them on your phone, share with friends, and publish them to Market and other places.
- Design apps by choosing the right components and formatting the screens Download Now »
