Mobile Newsletter - Grinding my Gears - Being the coolest server dude/dudette around

5 articles this week Thursday, June 12, 2014 View online Welcome to this week's Mobile Development newsletter from CodeProject. Advertisements Be Responsive: .NET UI for Any Device Join Telerik for the DevCraft™ Online Conference on June 24 at 11 am ET to learn about the latest release and how Telerik will support the new Microsoft technologies. Register Now! Cloudant DBaaS – Your app's data layer is ready! Create stunning web & mobile experiences that scale easily to reach millions of users wherever they are. Cloudant is the only fully managed NoSQL DBaaS that's always on, scales massively, and is managed 24x7 by data experts. Try now with support! By the end of this year 1 in 4 people around the world will own a smartphone Or one person will own 1.76 billion phones. These mobile phone things might just take off. I really should look into getting one soon. (more: Venture Beat) Swift Language FAQ Swift was the most interesting (IMO) item released at Apple's latest WWDC. As a manual Objective-C programmer (I can only program it with the manual in my lap), something more simple is welcome indeed. (Yes, Xamarin is also welcome) (more: Ray Wenderlich) Xamarin support added to Azure Mobile Services Offline Back in April, Microsoft Azure added offline functionality for Azure Mobile Services on Windows Store and Windows Phone apps. It allows apps to continue to work when connectivity is lost, and is a key feature for developers. Now that feature has been added to iOS and Android apps created with Xamarin. (more: Visual Studio Magazine) Microsoft thinks they can make your smartphone battery power last all week That's easy: just leave it in standby all the time. Oh, they have an idea of how to use it, and have the power last. Yes, please. (more: WP Central) The mobile landscape: cross-platform problems and solutions Yet another look at the hoops to jump through to get your app running on the various mobile platforms. (more: DZone) iOS 8 to stymie trackers and marketers with MAC address randomization This sounds like a nice feature. I imagine Apple will keep some hooks in there so that _they_ can keep tracking you though. (more: Ars Technica) iOS Developers Need to Know Objective-C A counterpoint to all the Swift-related news lately. Probably just a coincidence that he teaches Objective-C. (more: Big Nerd Ranch) Latest Articles 5 articles overall. 4 new, 1 updated. New articles added Android A Simple Android SQLite Example - Azim Zahir This is a simple demonstration of using SQLite database in Android. Wearables Grinding my Gears - Being the coolest server dude/dudette around - Pete O'Hanlon An introduction into how to be the coolest dev in your block, writing wearable code Articles updated Android How to Use an Android Layout Mockup Utility that Generates Usable XML and Java - B. Clay Shannon Generate Layout XML and Java that can be used in Droidio (Android Studio) with no coding whatsoever New Tips and Tricks added Android How to Reference Colors by Name in Android Layouts - B. Clay Shannon A handful of easy steps to enable using names instead of hex vals for colors How to Send Email From an Exception Block in Android - B. Clay Shannon Simple code to send email which contains Exception text from a Catch Block © 2014 The Code Project.  All rights reserved. This email was sent to vutunglampro@gmail.com. To stop receiving The Code Project Insider News click here. CodeProject 503-250 Ferrand Drive, Toronto Ontario, M3C 3G8 Canada +1 416-849-8900 x 100 Please do not reply directly to this email. It was sent from an unattended mailbox. For correspondence please use webmaster@codeproject.com