Mobile Dev Weekly April 11, 2018   #202
Chris Brandrick recommends
Announcing Flutter’s Beta 2 Release — The second beta of Google’s mobile UI framework introduces an improved asset system, refined developer tools and more.
Michael Thomsen
Brian Rinaldi recommends
PhoneGap Developer App Removed from the iOS App Store? — PhoneGap, Ionic, and Expo apps have apparently been removed from the App Store. The co-founder of Ionic notes “Apple isn’t banning hybrid apps at all, this is a special case with tester/developer apps that “load” other apps.”
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Chris Brandrick recommends
Update on Ionic View for iOS — The Ionic View app was removed from the app store by Apple last week and is still unavailable in the store as of today. Here’s an update from Ionic.
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Chris Brandrick recommends
Introducing the Payment Request API for Apple Pay — Safari 11.1 on macOS and Safari on iOS 11.3 now support the W3C Payment Request API for conducting Apple Pay transactions on the web.
WebKit
Chris Brandrick recommends
Why Flutter Will Change Mobile Development for the Best — “making a case for native Android is becoming harder and harder when you have Flutter at your disposal”
Aaron Oertel
Holly Schinsky recommends
Designing For Accessibility And Inclusion — A closer look at the different lenses of accessibility through which you can refine your designs.
Steven Lambert
Brian Rinaldi recommends
Building with Flutter — An intro to building cross-platform mobile apps with Google's mobile UI framework.
Idorenyin Obong
Mobile Web
Chris Brandrick recommends
Mobile-First Indexing: What You Should Know and How to Prepare your Site
Affilight
Peter Cooper recommends
Service Worker Caching Strategies for Progressive Web Apps
Praveen Durairaj
Chris Brandrick recommends
Progressive Web Apps: Bridging The Gap Between Web and Mobile Apps
Ajay NS
Holly Schinsky recommends
How to Build An A+ Progressive Web App with React
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Brian Rinaldi recommends
First Windows 10 Progressive Web Apps Published by Microsoft Hit The Store — Microsoft just self-published 14 new PWAs to the Microsoft Store. Here is what they are and what you need to know.
Windows Central
Chris Brandrick recommends
A Few Tips to Make Your PWA Feel Native on iOS
Maciej Caputa
Native Development
Brian Rinaldi recommends
iOS Developers Ship 29% Fewer Apps In 2017, The First Ever Decline — ..and more trends to watch.
Ariel Michaeli
Peter Cooper recommends
Best Practices in Android Development
Idorenyin Obong
Peter Cooper recommends
How to Add Touch ID to Your React Native App
Brian Azizi