Why Gradle?
At Google I/O 2013, Google introduced Android Studio, and with that, a push for developers to adopt Gradle. Gradle is a build tool similar to Maven and Ant with one important distinction: I actually understand it. Gradle utilizes build files written in Groovy, which syntactically is very similar to Java. Compared to Maven, our build files are about three times smaller on average, and it's actually readable.
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What is Kif?
Kif is an automation framework that integrates directly with XCTests. The framework can be found here: https://github.com/kif-framework/KIF. Kif automation testing is done through a UI test actor (KIFUITestActor), which you can tell to perform UI actions, all in Objective C.
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Update and unify your mobile app with Android's new design.
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Material's guidelines will be used across all devices, allowing your users to navigate intuitively on phones, tablets, and the web.
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For a handful of Android devices, OTA firmware updates will be even...
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We pride ourselves in adapting to the ever-changing mobile environment and adopting new technologies. Metova has been designing and developing Android apps since the first Android phone, the T-Mobile G1, was released. Having worked on the platform since 2008, we consider ourselves Android veterans.
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Apple has acquired Burstly, the owner of TestFlight. Testflight is a popular platform used by mobile app companies to test and distribute their iOS and Android projects. Unfortunately, TestFlight on March 21st of this year. FlightPath, Burstly’s solution to mobile analytics, is also being retired.
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Get even closer to your customers with Google’s Android Wear. Yesterday Google announced the first wearable: watches. The new watches will provide users contextual information throughout the day. Weather, directions, messages, music, fitness monitoring, the Android Wear watches will have it all.
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Android, iOS, BlackBerry and Windows Phone each provide specific tips in their development forums about how to make your custom applications look and feel as though they belong on that device.
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The firm has doubled its development talent, adding 15 developers in nine months
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We were thrilled to sponsor a project for this year’s Vanderbilt University School of Engineering Senior Design Day. Metova’s VP of Technology Dave Lane advised four students who spent the last two semesters working on their project: the Augmented Reality Smartphone Framework for Android.
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