MOBILE DEVELOPER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY - App Valley - Apps

244 Pages·2013·2.12 MB·English

Don’t Panic
MOBILE DEVELOPER’S
GUIDE TO THE GALAXY

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published by:
Services and Tools for All Mobile Platforms
Enough Software GmbH + Co. KG
Sögestrasse 70
28195 Bremen
Germany
www.enough.de
Please send your feedback,
questions or sponsorship requests to:
[email protected]
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12th Edition February 2013
This Developer Guide is licensed under the
Creative Commons Some Rights Reserved License.
Editors:
Marco Tabor
(Enough Software)
Julian Harty
Izabella Balce
Art Direction and Design by
Andrej Balaz
(Enough Software)
Mobile Developer’s Guide
Contents
I Prologue
1 The Galaxy of Mobile: An Introduction
1 Topology: Form Factors and Usage Patterns
2 Star Formation: Creating a Mobile Service
6 The Universe of Mobile Operating Systems
12 About Time and Space
12 Lost in Space
14 Conceptional Design For Mobile
14 Capturing The Idea
16 Designing User Experience
22 Android
22 The Ecosystem
24 Prerequisites
25 Implementation
28 Testing
30 Building
30 Signing
31 Distribution
32 Monetization
34 BlackBerry Java Apps
34 The Ecosystem
35 Prerequisites
36 Implementation
38 Testing
39 Signing
39 Distribution
40 Learn More
42 BlackBerry 10
42 The Ecosystem
43 Development
51 Testing
51 Signing
52 Distribution
54 iOS
54 The Ecosystem
55 Technology Overview
57 Testing & Debugging
59 Learn More
62 Java ME (J2ME)
62 The Ecosystem
63 Prerequisites
64 Implementation
67 Testing
68 Porting
70 Signing
71 Distribution
72 Learn More
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75 Windows Phone
75 The Ecosystem
76 Implementation
82 Testing And Analytics
82 Distribution
84 Learn More
86 Windows 8
86 Prerequisites
87 Implementation
92 Distribution
93 Learn More
95 Going Cross-Platform
95 Key Differences Between Mobile Platforms
100 Cross-Platform Strategies
104 Cross-Platform App Frameworks
109 Cross-Platform Game Engines
112 Web Technologies
114 HTML5
115 Fragmentation Needs Adapation
119 Testing Web Technologies
121 Learn More
123 Accessibility
125 Accessible Android Apps
126 Accessible BlackBerry Apps
126 Accessible iOS Apps
127 Accessible Symbian / Qt Apps
127 Accessible Windows Phone & Windows 8 Apps
128 Accessible Mobile Web Apps
130 Enterprise Apps, Strategy And Development
131 Strategy
133 Device And Application Management In The Enterprise
135 Mobile Enterprise Application Platforms (MEAPs)
136 Security In Enterprise Apps
138 Mobile Analytics
139 Getting Started
140 Deciding What To Measure
140 Defining How To Measure
142 Adjusting Your Code
143 Handling the results
143 Privacy
144 Learn More
146 Implementing Rich Media
147 Streaming vs. Local Storage
149 Progressive Download
149 Media Converters
151 Implementing Location-Based Services
152 How To Obtain Positioning Data
153 Mapping Services
154 Implementing Location Support On Different Platforms
156 Tools For LBS Apps
158 Near Field Communication (NFC)
160 NFC Modes Of Operation
162 Current uses of NFC
163 Implementation of NFC
165 Implementing Haptic Vibration
165 Design Considerations
167 iOS
167 Android
169 BlackBerry 10
169 Windows 8
171 Implementing Augmented Reality
171 AR Usage Scenarios in Mobile
173 Tracking
174 Augmented Reality SDKs
177 AR Developing 101
181 Application Security
182 Threats to Your Applications
183 Protecting Your Application
187 Best Practices
188 Tools
189 Learn More
190 The Bottom Line
192 Testing Your Application
192 Testability: The Biggest Single Win
193 Test-Driven Development
194 Unit Testing
195 Testing Through The Five Phases of an App's Lifecycle
200 Interactive Testing
203 Test Automation
206 Beware Of Specifics
208 Monetization
208 Pay Per Download
211 In-App Payment
212 Mobile Advertising
213 Revenue Sharing
214 Indirect Sales
214 Component Marketplace
216 Choosing your Monetization Model
218 Appstores
221 What Can You Earn?
222 Learn More
224 Epilogue
225 About the Authors
8
Prologue
It has been exactly four years now since we published the
first version of this guide. In the prologue of that first guide,
we said: "The most important issues for mobile developers
are for sure fragmentation and distribution". Although the
mobile ecosystem’s landscape has seen massive changes since
then, we still think this holds true. And it keeps changing:
This 12th edition probably introduces more changes than any
other release before. To reflect recent shifts in the market, we
decided to remove the dedicated chapters about Qt and bada
and replace them with new, platform-independent chapters
which cover key technologies such as Augmented Reality, Ana-
lytics and Prototyping. Additionally, the general introduction
chapter has been significantly expanded and now provides a
comprehensive, updated overview on the ever changing mobile
world. All other chapters have, of course, also been revised and
updated. You will hardly find a more objective and up-to-date
guide that teaches you how to get started as an app provider or
developer, and how to lift your existing mobile offering to the
next level.
What happened in the mobile industry since our last release?
Apple released iPhone 5 with great success, Android became
the clear global leader in smartphone systems, and Microsoft
released both Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. Mark Zuck-
erberg criticized Facebook's own HTML5 approach and found
massive usage growth after turning to native apps. Then there
was Canonical presenting Ubuntu for mobile phones. Finally,
BlackBerry surprised us developers with love songs and released
the BlackBerry 10 OS.
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We will establish a bi-annual release cycle from now on.
So expect the 13th edition around October 2013. If you are
missing content, want to get involved one way or the other, or
know of potential sponsors for the project: Get in touch via
[email protected]. This is an open community project and
we invite all of you to push it even further forward.
We are looking forward to hearing from you!
Robert + Marco / Enough Software
Bremen, February 2013
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