April 2017
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Swift and Android Development Special Report

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In this special newsletter we bring you up to date on all the new content and news related to Swift and Android Development on InfoQ. We are also maintaining portal pages for this content at: http://www.infoq.com/swift and http://www.infoq.com/android.
Apple Plans to Develop a Fully Custom GPU Architecture (news, Apr 04, 2017)
Swift 3.1 Improves Language, Package Manager, and Linux Implementation (news, Mar 31, 2017)
Design Guidelines for Conversational Interfaces (presentations, Mar 31, 2017)
Apple Quietly Upgrades the File System of Millions of iOS Devices (news, Mar 28, 2017)
Android O: Notification Channels, Background Limits, PIP and More (news, Mar 22, 2017)

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First Android Instant Apps Are Available (news, Jan 25, 2017)
Android Things Brings TensorFlow-Based Machine Learning and Computer Vision to IoT Devices (news, Feb 13, 2017)
Swift 4 Enters Final Stage, Defers ABI Stability (news, Feb 23, 2017)
The Road to Swift 4 ABI Stability (news, Feb 02, 2017)
The Last Days of Parse (news, Jan 20, 2017)

Swift Memory Ownership Manifesto

According to Chris Lattner, Swift creator and Swift team lead before moving to Tesla, defining a Rust/Cyclone-inspired memory ownership model is one of the main goals for Swift development. Now that Swift 4 has entered its phase 2, the Swift team has published a manifesto detailing how Swift memory ownership could work.

Android Studio 2.3 Brings Build Cache, Improved Constraint Layout, and More

Google has released version 2.3 of Android Studio, its official IDE for Android development, which adds a number of new features across the whole development phases.

Is My App Reaching its Target Audience?

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The Roadmap to Swift 4

Recently published on the swift-evolution mailing list, the Swift ABI Stability Manifesto aims to be a compilation of all concerns that need to be addressed before Swift’s ABI can be declared stable. Yet, it is not entirely clear whether ABI stability will make it into Swift 4.

Hosting Alexa Skills on AWS is Almost Free Now

Amazon has announced a program to subsidize the hosting of Alexa skills that use AWS Lambda and incur use charges beyond what is provided by the AWS free tier. Only developers having at least one skill live are eligible to apply.

Stormpath Launches Client API to Simplify Mobile and Frontend Authentication

Stormpath, a provider of authentication, authorization, social login, and other user management related API services, recently launched a new Client API with the aim of simplifying mobile and front-end authentication and registration.

Pros and Cons of Cross-Platform Mobile App Development

One of the most challenging situations for app developers is whether to develop a native mobile app or go for cross-platform. This article discussed the pros and cons of cross-platform development.

Swift and Objective-C Runtime Programming

InfoQ has spoken with Chris Eidhof and Drew Crawford to learn more about the importance that runtime programming plays in Objective-C/Cocoa programming and the implications of its lack in Swift.

Mobile Development Efficiency with NativeScript and Angular

To meet both consumer demand and expectations, companies must develop for both mobile and web. TJ VanToll shows how to use NativeScript to develop cross platform mobile apps.

An Introduction to Differential Privacy

Differential privacy leapt from research papers to tech news headlines last year when, in the WWDC keynote, Apple VP of Engineering Craig Federighi announced Apple’s use of the concept in iOS.

A Mobile Application Marketing Strategy Guide

Numerous developers are launching apps into the app stores and without excellent marketing, it can be easy for your mobile app to sit unnoticed in a corner. Ritesh shares some tips on app marketing.

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Server-Less Design Patterns for the Enterprise with AWS Lambda

Tim Wagner defines server-less computing, examines the key trends and innovative ideas behind the technology, and looks at design patterns for big data, event processing, and mobile using AWS Lambda.

React Native: A Better Way To Do Mobile

Brent Vatne introduces React Native, a framework for building native user interfaces for mobile devices.

Architecting Cross-Platform Mobile Frameworks

Spencer Chan overviews Quora's architecture that allows them to share the majority of their application code across their Android, iOS and web apps, discussing challenges and benefits.

Exploring the Android APK

Connor Tumbleson discusses the Android package and examines how it can be explored in order to extract information while looking at some of the products and tools used by both sides.

Modern iOS Application Security

Dan Guido talks about the current state of iOS attacks, reviews available security APIs, why they are not good enough, and the design of the Mobile Application Security Toolkit to address risks.
 

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