Month: July 2017

The default value of this property is false. When most apps have no touches as user input for a short period, the system puts the device into a “sleep” state where the screen dims. This is done for the purposes of conserving power. View original article

Powered by Appetize.io. IQAudioRecorderController is a drop-in universal library allows to record audio within the app with a nice User Interface. The Audio Recorder produced the .m4a file and returns the path via it’s delegate methods View original article

Hi all, here is a brand-new beta to download: Downloads: Changelog v1.5.2-beta.2 [Build] Fixed the crash when the engine and the game script are compiled at the same time. View original article

For users: Gmail notifications let you know when you have a new email. You’ll see a pop-up when a new message arrives so you can keep track of your mail even when you’re not looking at Gmail. For developers: Web notifications defines an API for end-user notifications. View original article

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At Stackify we have been doing a lot of work with .NET Core over the last few months. We ported StackifyLib and our logging appenders over. We have also made sure that our app performance tools, Prefix and Retrace, can be used to profile .NET Core based apps. View original article

There are many tutorials, libraries, and examples for implementing “drag & drop” and “swipe-to-dismiss” in Android, using RecyclerView. Most are still using the old View.OnDragListener, and Roman Nurik’s SwipeToDismiss approach, even though there are newer, and better, methods available. View original article

MySQL is the most popular database, according to a new tool that ranks various development tools according to their usage in the technology stacks used by various companies. Three-year-old start-up StackShare Inc. View original article

In light of yesterday’s post, here’s a short look at the early days of Ethernet. Nowadays, we take Ethernet for granted. We plug a cable jack into the wall or a switch and we get the network. What’s to think about? View original article

The Vault 7 leaks continue to flow thick and fast from WikiLeaks, shedding more and more light on the hacking and infiltration capabilities of the CIA. The latest batch details the OutlawCountry project which finds the CIA targeting Linux systems. View original article

Corona Labs Inc. has made both of the main components of its namesake cross-platform development framework free to use. The framework, leveraging the Lua scripting language, is used to create games and apps for mobile — including iOS and Android — desktop and TV-based OSes. View original article