Mobile Dev Weekly Issue 105: April 27, 2016

April 27, 2016 #105

Chris Brandrick recommends

The Web is DOOM — The average Web page weight now equals that of the original DOOM game install from the 90s.
Ronan Cremin

Brian Rinaldi recommends

Chrome Reaches 1 Billion Monthly Mobile Users with 50th Release
Kellen Beck

Holly Schinsky recommends

Solve Layout Problems: Guide to Flexbox — Wes Bos explains the fundamental concepts behind Flexbox and how to easily use it for creating responsive layouts.
Creative Bloq

Brian Rinaldi recommends

Wait! The Web Isn't Dead After All. Google Made Sure of It — The app universe and the web are not mutually exclusive. We use the both. Just maybe, the web is more alive than ever.
Cade Metz

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Peter Cooper recommends

Publishers Find Google's AMP Speeds Up Pages, But Ads Are Still Slow — The mobile web is getting faster thanks to Google’s AMP program, but the ads are still slow to load.
Digiday

Holly Schinsky recommends

All You Need to Know About Web Rendering — An explanation of the web rendering process including practical advice to help you optimize your own apps.
Ilya Pestov

Chris Brandrick recommends

The Tilde CSS Selector, Use Carefully — Tips on how to avoid misusing the tilde selector.
Martin Falkus

Chris Brandrick recommends

Hover On Touch: JavaScript Plugin for An Alternative Hover Function on Mobile Devices — A pure Javascript Plugin for an alternative hover function on mobile devices. It shows secondary information on Taphold and goes to a link on Tap.
Vinzenz Aubry

Peter Cooper recommends

Angular 2 + React Native: The Best of Both Worlds? — Angular and React? Here’s a look at work being done to render Angular 2 apps with React Native to make cross-platform native app development easier.
Angular Team

Brian Rinaldi recommends

Designing an Alternative to the Hamburger Menu
Scott Jensen Design

Holly Schinsky recommends

Introducing: Star Track by PhoneGap — Star Track is a new app based on the Spotify API and Framework7 with a goal of helping users get started building their first hybrid app quickly.
PhoneGap Blog

Brian Rinaldi recommends

Use The Device Camera In An Ionic 2 Android And iOS App — Learn how to take pictures using the Android and iOS camera in an Ionic 2 TypeScript cross platform application.
Nic Raboy

Holly Schinsky recommends

Integrating Ionic 2 with the Dropbox API – Part 2 — In part 2 Josh shows how to implement authentication by adding a login screen to trigger the Dropbox OAuth 2 flow and retrieve a user’s access token.
Josh Morony

Brian Rinaldi recommends

Mobile Ad Blocking Is Real, But New Data Suggests It Might Not Matter — While mobile ad blocking apps initially caused a dip in number of ads, it’s since rebounded, according to a new report.
Patrick Kulp

Chris Brandrick recommends

The Importance of Bottom Navigation — How research on mobile device use can improve mobile UX design.
Joe Hewitson

Holly Schinsky recommends

On Paid App Store Search Results
Marco Arment

Holly Schinsky recommends

The Complete Ionic Push Notifications Guide — A new version of this guide is now available to help you implement push notifications with the latest version of Ionic and the PhoneGap Push Plugin.
Devdactic

Holly Schinsky recommends

PhoneGap Build now supports Windows 10 and PhoneGap CLI 6.1.0 — PhoneGap Build now supports Windows 10 and Windows 8.1 for building apps (previously only Win Phone 8.1 was supported).
PhoneGap Build

Brian Rinaldi recommends

Adblocking is Helping The Digital Sharks Eat The Minnows - What's The Solution? — Ad blocking software companies are allowing big name advertisers to buy their way out of being blocked, all while the revenue of some small sites has been cut in half or worse.
Andrew Brown

Holly Schinsky recommends

Announcing the Release of Ionic 2 Beta 6 — Ionic 2 Beta 6 includes new features like Virtual Scroll, a Loading component, Theming, Hardware Back Button handling and more.
The Official Ionic Blog