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Create a Weather App with Forecast – Project Setup
In March of this year, the company behind Dark Sky and Forecast.io introduced Forecast. Forecast is a simple weather API that provides both short- and longterm weather data. In this series, I will show...
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Connecting to an External Database With NuSOAP
Many mobile applications use external databases that are located remotely on the Internet. In the following tutorial, we will create a simple database, connect to it, and receive or send data from this...
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Reading NFC Tags with Android
Are you curious about what NFC is and how it can be integrated into your own Android applications? This tutorial will quickly introduce you to the topic before diving in and teaching you how to build a...
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Create a Weather App with Forecast – API Integration
In the first article of this series, we laid the foundation of the project by setting up the project and creating the application’s structure. In this article, we leverage the AFNetworking library to...
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Android SDK: Create a Barcode Reader
In this tutorial, we’ll use the ZXing (Zebra Crossing) library to carry out barcode scanning within an Android app. We’ll call on the resources in this open source library within our app, retrieving...
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iOS SDK: Advanced UIImage Techniques
In this tutorial, we’ll look at some of the advanced features and usage patterns of the humble UIImage class in iOS. By the end of this tutorial, you’ll have learned the following: how to make images...
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Create a Sound Based Memory Game – Tuts+ Premium
This is the second installment in our Corona SDK Sound Memory tutorial. In today’s tutorial, we’ll add to our interface and the game interaction. Read on!Tutorial PreviewGet the Full Series!This...
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What’s Happening in Android: Google I/O and the Developer Console
From Android Studio to the recent changes made in the Google Play Developer Console, the last few months have revealed a load of big changes for developers working on Android applications! This...
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Build a Monster Smashing Game with Cocos2D: Project Setup
This tutorial will teach you how to use the Cocos2D iOS framework in order to create simple yet advanced 2D games aimed at all iOS devices. It’s designed for both novice and advanced users. Along the...
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Create a Weather App with Forecast – User Interface
In the last article of this series, I will show you how to create the user interface of our weather application. Thanks to the work of Chris Carey, a regular contributor of Vector Tuts+, we have a...
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Android SDK: Create an Interactive Screen Saver with Daydream
Daydream interactive screen savers are a new feature in Android 4.2 (API Level 17). With Daydream, you can create a screen saver with animation, interaction, and just about anything else you would...
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Designing a Meaningful Social Layer for Mobile Applications
Applications with social features have become the norm, but, as a designer, it’s important that you question how these social features add value for the user. In this article, we’ll explore how to...
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Check Out the New Recommended Resources on Mobiletuts+
We’ve added a new page to the site, which will help mobile design and development professionals grab top quality software and tools. It’s filled with our favorite resources that we recommend for mobile...
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Build a Monster Smashing Game with Cocos2D: Movement & Animations
This tutorial will teach you how to use the Cocos2D iOS framework in order to create simple yet advanced 2D games aimed at all iOS devices. It’s designed for both novice and advanced users. Along the...
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Android SDK: Create a Book Scanning App
With the ZXing library, you can create Android applications with barcode scanning functionality. In Android SDK: Create a Barcode Reader, we implemented basic barcode reading with the library in a...
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iOS SDK: Creating a Custom Accordion Menu
This tutorial will teach you how to create a custom Accordion Menu. This animated menu will allow you to collect input from the user in an engaging and streamlined fashion. Read on to learn...
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Android SDK: Create a Book Scanning App – Displaying Book Information
With the ZXing library, you can create Android applications with barcode scanning functionality. In Android SDK: Create a Barcode Reader, we implemented basic barcode reading with the library in a...
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iOS SDK: Creating a Custom Alert View
Welcome to the third and last part of this session, where we’ve created some useful custom views. We’ve implemented a custom text input view, a custom accordion menu, and now we’re going to build a...
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Create a Physics-Based Puzzle Game – Tuts+ Premium
In this tutorial series, I’ll be showing you how to create a physics-based puzzle game in Corona SDK. You’ll learn about physics manipulation and touch controls. The objective of the game is to get the...
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iOS SDK: Detecting Network Changes with Reachability
Most mobile applications access the web for some reason or another. This implies that these applications will – or should – behave differently when no network connection is available. In this quick...
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