Mobile Dev Weekly October 19, 2018   #229
Peter Cooper recommends
Reasons Your Mobile App Retention Rate Might Be Low — App download numbers are one thing, but here Suzanne Scacca makes the case for a more meaningful metric to be paying attention to in order to determine app success: mobile app retention rate.
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Peter Cooper recommends
iOS 12 Now Installed on 50% of Active Devices, Outpacing iOS 11 Adoption — Apple's iOS is really good at getting most users onto the cutting edge quickly, and seemingly now faster than ever before.
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Brian Rinaldi recommends
The First NativeScript 5.0 Release Candidate Is Out — The link includes the status of the final release and a link to upgrade instructions.
NativeScript
Chris Brandrick recommends
Google Will Start Charging Android Device Makers A Fee for using Its Apps in Europe — A major change in the Android ecosystem. Here’s Google’s official statement on this upcoming change.
Jacob Kastrenakes
Peter Cooper recommends
Converting an iOS App to Android with Kotlin — See first-hand how similar Swift and Kotlin are and how simple it is to convert from one to the other by porting an iOS app to Android.
Lisa Luo
Peter Cooper recommends
Global App Revenue Topped $18 Billion Last Quarter, Up 23% Year-Over-Year — Who says the mobile app market has topped out? Not these stats!
Randy Nelson
Holly Schinsky recommends
How to Run A React Native App On iOS — Understanding what’s actually happening under the hood when running React Native apps on iOS.
Soujanya PS
Chris Brandrick recommends
Creating a Photo Sharing App with React Native — How to create a live photo sharing app using Node.js, React Native and Imgur.
Wern Ancheta
Brian Rinaldi recommends
How to Replicate the iPhone Calculator using Flutter
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Top 10 Things to Avoid When Considering Low-Code — Demand for enterprise apps has made low-code too enticing. Many of these platforms overpromise and underdeliver. Learn more in this webinar.
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Peter Cooper recommends
How We’re Keeping Our Android UI Consistent — How Yelp built an Android library around their style guide with a focus on how they design, build, and share reusable components.
Nicola Corti (Yelp)
Chris Brandrick recommends
The Minimum You Should Do To Prevent Memory Leaks in Swift — Demonstrates a way for preventing memory leaks through automated testing.
Caio Zullo
Brian Rinaldi recommends
React Native vs Flutter vs Ionic vs NativeScript vs PWA — An interesting comparison based on 8 different “metrics.”
Maximilian Schwarzmüller