by Intertech Inc. | Apr 25, 2017 | .NET, Android, C#, iOS / iPad / iPhone, Mobile
Xamarin Tutorial (Part 1): Create a Blank App Overview In a recent post to software decision makers, I discussed reasons businesses should consider cross-platform native development over website development. You can read the previous Xamarin Tutorial post here. In...
by Intertech Inc. | Apr 4, 2017 | Android, C#, iOS / iPad / iPhone, Mobile
Mobile Applications? Xamarin.Forms? Why? Mobile Applications? As mobile applications continue to gain in popularity, businesses are presented with a very serious question. Do we need a mobile application? Per ComScore, Digital Media usage has increased 26% for...
by Jim Karg | Sep 30, 2015 | Android, iOS / iPad / iPhone, Mobile, Windows Store Apps
Push Notifications Tutorial: Node.js and Azure Setup One major step in the development of our multi-platform Time Entry app was push notifications. We wanted to be notified when an action was taken or needed. This took coordination among those working on the project...
by Jim White | Mar 31, 2015 | Android, From The Field, Java, Mobile
Project Volta is the name given to features of Android 5 aimed at improving power usage on Android devices. Volta includes better tools for monitoring battery usage. I’ll be covering those tools in an upcoming post. It also includes a new API for scheduling...
by Jim White | May 24, 2014 | Android, From The Field, Java, Mobile
This is the last post in my series regarding Android thread communications. Parts 1 through 4 are linked in below. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 In this series, I have so far outlined four different approaches for how Android non-user interface threads can communicate...
by Jim White | May 18, 2014 | Android, From The Field, Java, Mobile
In parts 1-3 of this series, I have explored three different means for an Android non-UI thread to communicate user interface updates to the UI thread. The links below are to the series posts. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 In this fourth installment, I want to show you how to...