Mobile Dev Weekly May 23, 2018   #208
Peter Cooper recommends
PWAs: Building Bridges to Mobile, Desktop, and Native — A 40 minute talk from Google I/O that goes into how browser vendors are enabling developers to use the web to build installable desktop apps and store-distributed mobile apps, as well as how Google is launching its own PWAs at scale.
Google I/O '18
Brian Rinaldi recommends
Introducing Fuse for Cross-Platform App Development — Now that Fuse has gone open source, following the shift away from paid tooling, this series walks through how to get started with it. Part 2 here.
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Holly Schinsky recommends
A Cordova and React Native Comparison — A comparison between the Cordova and React Native frameworks.
Erisu
Holly Schinsky recommends
Bootstrap Grid: Mastering the Most Useful Flexbox Properties — Ahmed Bouchefra introduces key Bootstrap CSS classes for building layouts with the Bootstrap grid system, along with a quick introduction to using Flexbox.
SitePoint
Peter Cooper recommends
Google’s ML Kit Makes It Easy to Add AI Smarts to iOS and Android Apps — At its I/O developer conference Google introduced a new SDK for iOS and Android developers to integrate various pre-built Google-provided machine learning models.
Frederic Lardinois (TechCrunch)
Brian Rinaldi recommends
Latest DeviceAtlas Report Shows Feature Phone Use Still Widespread — The latest DeviceAtlas Mobile Web Intelligence Report shows some statistics about phone and OS usage internationally.
James Kielty
Holly Schinsky recommends
Building with Google Pay — How to use Google Pay to offer the best experiences at checkout in your apps for free with the Google Pay APIs.
Gerardo Capiel and Varouj Chitilian
Peter Cooper recommends
YubiKey Comes to the iPhone with Mobile SDK for iOS
Ronnie Manning (Yubico)
Peter Cooper recommends
A Quick Guide to iOS App Internationalization (i18n)
Israr A. Awan (PhraseApp)
Chris Brandrick recommends
Showing an Activity Indicator During Processing in NativeScript Apps — If you’ve built a form in a NativeScript app you’ve probably had the need to show an activity indicator during submission. This article looks at how to do that.
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Brian Rinaldi recommends
Getting Started With Cloud Firestore for iOS — Outlines the differences between Google’s Cloud Firestore and Firebase Realtime Database platforms and the distinct advantages of each.
Doron Katz
Brian Rinaldi recommends
How to Build A News App with JavaScript and React Native — For my first post on Dev, and I wanted to share with you how I made a news app with React Native.
Mohammed Salman
Brian Rinaldi recommends
The Good and The Bad of Xamarin Mobile Development — A good overview of the Xamarin framework, including pros and cons to consider when using it.
AltexSoft Inc
Holly Schinsky recommends
Media Streaming Apps with Azure and Xamarin — How to build a media streaming app using Visual Studio, Xamarin, and Azure.
Matt Soucoup