The CSS Flexible Box Layout Module Level 1 (or Flexbox) is a box model specification in which the children of a flex container can be laid out in any direction, and can “flex” their sizes, either growing to fill unused space or shrinking to avoid overflowing the parent. In other words, it’s a neat way for […]
Posts Tagged ‘Android’
Best reason to justify that new tablet “XP end of life”
If you are a one of those consumers that has held on to Windows XP and hasn’t made the jump to a new PC yet, consider this… don’t do it! Instead, bite the bullet and spend that little extra to move to a tablet based computer. There is another trend sweeping the market (other than […]
Mobile Automation Testing using Selenium Webdriver
Nowadays, compatibility testing is in great demand as it gives us the confidence to say whether the application is usable across multiple platforms. One of the most used platforms available in today’s world is Mobile. So the question here is whether the application is usable across different Mobile platforms? There are n number of Mobile […]
IBM Worklight video play – using Android native functionality
Introduction IBM Worklight is a mobile application platform that enables the development of cross-platform hybrid applications, offering mechanisms to navigate between the web view and the native view, and providing a development and run time environment that moves hybrid apps much closer to the write-once-run-anywhere goal. Problem Statement The HTML5 video content would not play […]
Five Ways That Technology Proves Santa is Real
When I was a kid, I knew Santa was real because his reindeer left footprints, he ate all of our cookies, and the wrapping paper was different than mom’s. But as technology advances, so does the quality of evidence that Santa really does exist. Here are 5 ways to show your kids that Santa is […]
Create cross platform apps in C# with Xamarin
Xamarin and Microsoft have teamed up to make all other development platforms irrelevant. Xamarin is the creator of popular cross platform development tools that allow developers to create iOS, Android and Windows applications all in C#. With the launch of Visual Studio 2013, Xamarin and Microsoft announced a partnership that will significantly improve the experience […]
Adobe’s State of Mobile Benchmark
Adobe is making a name for itself in the area of digital marketing. Marketers know that data is necessary to make key decisions and I’m glad to see Adobe providing leadership in this area. When it comes to data about mobile usage, Adobe has published their State of Mobile study on their website, available to […]
Cool Android Development Stuff Part 2: Remote Debugging
Wow. So. It’s been almost two months since I wrote my article on setting up Android Debug Bridge. I promised a follow up post on using ADB and the Chrome Developer Tools to debug HTML, CSS and Javascript on your Android device, AND I AM A MAN OF MY WORD. I might not be very […]
Smartphone Apps & Nostalgia Marketing
Remember playing Snake on your first cell phone? Or maybe, like me, playing Snake on your mom’s first cell phone? Apps for iPhone and Android that mimic the original game have millions of downloads. Better yet, remember the Tamagotchi? This little pixel monster would beep in your pocket until you digitally fed or picked up after […]
Touchless Gestures: Losing Sight of What’s Important
Before I begin, I would like to say that if you have read my previous post about setting up ADB, I promise part two is coming. It is just…involved. I recently read an article about the “Samsung Galaxy SIV” introducing touchless gestures for screen navigation. First and foremost, nothing about the next phone in the […]
Cool Android Development Stuff Part 1: Setting Up ADB
Hello eager reader! So you want to delve deeper into mobile web application development? Or maybe you are just bored and don’t have any billable work to be doing (you DON’T have any billable work to be doing, right?). In any case, I am here to help. Disclaimer: This blog post is going to include […]
Mobile App Roadmap for Higher Education Institutions using Banner/Ellucian
In this blog article, we look at the state of things with higher education mobile app ecosystem within the Sungard/Ellucian Banner digital campus family and how it will define the choices for the education institutes that rely on its services. The Banner by Ellucian product powers many higher education institutes throughout the world. Services such […]