ADVANTAGE OF SDK IN ANDROID APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

Android Application Development

Android is the most popular operating system, which has been developed by Google and is based on Linux Kernel. Android system is designed basically for the touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. With this operating system, the user interface is based on touch gestures like swiping, tapping and pinching, to increase or decrease the size of on-screen objects. Due to its popularity, a huge mass of people opts for Android devices. Other varieties of Android are also used in tablets, games, digital cameras, and other electronic gadgets.

What is Android SDK

It is not unbeknown to anyone now that Android Application Development is the hottest and the most popular tool for app development process. Android applications apart from being highly useful come with a set of benefits not just for the users, but also for the mobile application developers. Android SDK is a software development kit or SDK, lets the developers create applications for the Android platform. It is provided at no cost by Google and contains a variety of useful materials for developers, including extensive documentation, tutorials, samples, best practice guidance, and an array of tools for numerous development purposes.

How SDK Functions

Android SDK is free of cost by Google and can be downloaded from the website of Android app developer. Android SDK functions quite similar to the iPhone SDK but can be sound a bit challenging for a novice in basic computer programming. Android SDK has Droid emulators, which let the software developers to experiment the process and functionality of the android application and removing the necessity to load, unload, and reload a part of software oftentimes. Although the SDK comes free of cost, but if the user is not well versed with the technology then it would be clear case time and money loss, so it’s always wise to opt for the services of a professional android app developer. To install it, you need to have Eclipse IDE and JDK installed in the system.

Android SDK Benefits

• Android SDK is an open source platform, allowing the developers to share worthy and precious technologies at a larger scale.
• Android SDK is coupled with many sets of libraries and the development tools, which help the software programmers to build and test variety of applications
• Android SDK supports all android versions, which means developers can develop and test android applications for older version devices’ also.
• It is the handiest and reliable software development kit.
• It is free for all and helps in creating wonderful Android Applications.
• Its functionality is amazing and provides the cost-effective solution to all the consumers.
• It lets the developers gain information at a fast speed.
• It also provides the exact information required.
• The SDK tools are simple to utilize.
• SDK provides efficient browser services, which lead the developer to provide improved services.
• Android is based on Linux, letting the effortless and most convenient to app development process.

Including all the efficient capabilities delivered by the Android SDK, it not just enhances the productivity of app development process, but also provides a soothing user experience. Whereas app developers get an effective project delivering code executed through the Android platform, the users also find it highly convenient and with least challenging user experience incorporated within the Android mobile applications. Android SDK, let’s not just the better communication but provides all the extra features required by an app developer.

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Best Frameworks for HTML 5 Mobile App Development

 

1. Sencha Touch

Sencha Touch is the first HTML5 mobile web app framework. Sencha Touch allows the look and feel of the application to be Native for iOS and Android devices. It allows you to easily create massive applications with a lot of UI And premium UX. Sencha has the best tech support from the Sencha team and heavy documentation on all of the details is available as support; this makes the framework easy to apply to even large enterprise software applications. It is easy to use and develop a mobile application. Sencha Touch is a framework that allows you to code for iOS, Android and blackberry without changing the look and feel of the app. It can be used in collaboration with Phone Gap to build apps that emit the exact look and feel of a native app but created using HTML/JavaScript.

2. Phone Gap

Phone Gap is an HTML 5 based framework that lets mobile app developers built native apps with the use of CSS3, JavaScript and HTML5. The best part of Phone Gap is that it can be used in collaboration with other Frameworks to support them with the features that they lack and Phone Gap provides. It has over the period of time become the most requested framework by most developers of enterprise along with Sencha. It helps mobile application developers create a fully functional mobile native application and puts it in a wrapper so that it can be hosted on the App Store or the Android Market.

3. jQuery Mobile

jQuery Mobile is Touch-Optimized Web Framework for Smartphone & Tablets. It is a unified UI which remains constant across all platforms. The code is extremely lightweight and hence a preferred framework for mobile application development. Various themes that are available are easily moldable to designer needs and can be easily changed. Instead of writing different codes of various OS; jQuery lets you write a simple single code to produce a fully functional customized website app.

4.Titanium Appcelerator

Titanium helps in cross platform development of apps. The apps created by Titanium are natively integrated. It acts as a bridge between the mobile application developer and the platform's API the outcome of which is a app that has a more native feel and better performance. Appcelerator's Titanium platform was designed from the offset to help web developers create mobile and tablet applications with ease. Over the last year, the platform has seen tremendous growth, and new features and devices are added at a fast pace.

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7 reasons why you shouldn't update your iPhone to iOS 10

iOS 10, like every new release of Apple's mobile operating system, is a compelling update that's full of new features, including a beefed up Messages app, redesigned Apple Music and Maps apps, richer notifications and better widget support.

A less sexy reason to update to iOS 10 is for its the security updates, which will protect you from getting hacked. 

SEE ALSO: 9 reasons you should download iOS 10 now

But while iOS 10 adds a slew of new features, you may not actually want to update. Here's why.

1. It'll slow your iOS device down

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. New software updates are nice, but when applied to old hardware, especially from two years or older, you're bound to get a device that's even slower than it was before.

iOS 10 is compatible with iPhones as far back as the iPhone 5, which is four years old. As you can see in EverythingApplePro's annual speed test comparison, older iPhones running iOS 10 take longer to boot up and launch apps.

 

2. New features eat up more storage

Message's overhaul, with all of its GIFs and stickers and fancy animations and full screen effects is arguably the best thing about iOS 10. Same goes for the "Memories" that the revamped Photos app generates using videos and pictures.

But all of that content fills up your iOS device quicker. You'll be in absolute hell if you own an 8GB iPhone 5C or a 16GB iPhone anything that can be updated to iOS 10.

 

3. Apple Music still sucks

 

OK, Apple Music is better than the original version that launched last year, but not by much. As I said in my review, the fonts are huge and the app still insists on weaseling in Apple Music features even when you turn the settings off. 

Some of the controls are also more confusing. Like why are the repeat and loop buttons a swipe up from the music controls? 

If you like your Music player without Apple Music shoehorned in, don't update to iOS 10.

4. You prefer the gun emoji over the water gun

 

Apple replaced the gun emoji with a water gun in iOS 10. Really? Yes, really. If you're on an older version of iOS, you'll still be able to send the gun emoji, but the recipient will see a squirt gun. And when someone on iOS 10 sends you a squirt gun, you'll see a gun.

5. It takes more swipes to do things

 

The goal with touchscreen interface design should always, always be to require fewer steps. The new Control Center is one example where it takes more swipes to do something than in iOS 9. For instance, to access the music player controls, you now how to swipe one from the right. Before, it was all on one panel. Requiring more taps and swipes is the opposite of progress.

6. Reducing motion turns off Message effects

This one is an annoying one if you have Reduce motion turned on like I do. Reduce motion, as I detailed in a previous story, turns off the home screen wallpaper parallax effect and the folder zooming for less nauseating fade transitions.

But for some reason, on iOS 10 it also turns off Message's bubble and fullscreen effects. Hey Apple, please fix!

7. You just hate change

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Maybe you're just a grumpy person who is adverse to change. You don't want to learn new things and adjust your habits. Totally reasonable. Stay on iOS 7 or 8 or 9. At least you'll still have swipe to unlock instead of press home to unlock!

Resource : http://mashable.com/2016/09/21/7-reasons-no-update-ios-10


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How to transfer only Activity and Health app information to a new iPhone

Each year when a new iPhone lands on my doorstep, I am excited to carefully unpack the new device and get everything installed. Like you, I prefer to think of loading up a new iPhone as one of the best digital experiences. It is like taking a new car for its first run on the highway. To ensure the best experience, those among us with strong opinions always start from a fresh iPhone and never restore from a previous backup. By starting from scratch, you guarantee no faulty details work their way into an otherwise fresh system.

However, with the advent of Apple Watch and encrypted Health and Activity data, the only way to transfer those precious Activity rings is via an encrypted backup. If there was just some way, to only restore the Activity and Health data… 

Decipher tool

With the Decipher Activity Transfer tool, you can have your cake, and eat it too. The recently updated program will allow you to restore your iPhone or start from scratch on your new iPhone 7, while still transferring your Health and Activity app data.

The free Decipher Activity Transfer tool takes an encrypted iTunes backup of your old device, scrapes away all of the digital information other than Health and Activity data, then assists you with the new iPhone restore. Because all of the data in an iTunes backup of iOS is sandboxed, the tool simply drops all other app data containers, except for the health related information.

As the included screenshots can attest, the tool worked flawlessly when I upgraded from my iPhone 6s (iOS 10.0.1) to the new iPhone 7 (shipped with iOS 10.0). This marks the second year I utilized the tool and I appreciate the Decipher team for keeping this product free and updated for the latest iOS.

You will need an Apple Watch and your new iPhone. If you have not updated your old/current devices to watchOS 3 and iOS 10, I recommend doing so before going through the entire process. Consequently, plan on this process taking about an hour, from start to finish, simply due to the iOS and watchOS upgrade downloads and installations. If you are currently running the latest builds, the actual Decipher Tool process only takes about 15 minutes.

For a complete walkthrough, our previous article on how to only transfer Activity and Health data to a new iPhone is now updated:

The Decipher Tool team

Kelly Wilkerson, @kheffner, is my primary contact on the Decipher team, @deciphertools, which creates programs for iOS device data manipulation. Decipher also hosts additional tools for repairing corrupt iTunes backups, saving text messages/voicemails, and recovering text messages. You will see the ability to access these features in the updated Activity Transfer tool. Founders of Decipher also developed iPhone apps for Paper Magazine, R.E.M, and The Smithsonian.

Resource :
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2016/09/20/transferr-only-activity-health-app-data-to-new-iphone/

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Google launches Allo, its AI-centric messaging app

Google's new messaging app is here. 

The company is launching Allo, its AI-centric messaging app for iOS and Android that offers an early peek at some of its most robust artificial intelligence capabilities yet. First previewed during its I/O developer conference earlier this year, the app combines the best of Google's predictive and search superpowers along with an all-new personal assistant feature. 

At first glance, Allo looks very similar to many other messaging apps. You sign up with your phone number and after verifying your identity, the app scans your address book to find people you may know who are also using the app. 

Beginning a one-on-one or group chat is fairly straightforward. In addition to the standard text messages, you can record a voice message, send a photo with a doodle (for Android only right now), or share a map to your current location. The app also includes a number of themed sticker packs you can use to liven up your chats. 

But none of that is why you'll want to use Allo. The reason you'll want to use Allo is because it offers a hint at the AI-filled future Google envisions. It's home to Google Assistant, the new conversational assistant that Google plans to bring to many more of its consumer products. 

The first sign that Allo is a bit smarter than the standard messaging app is through a feature called Smart Replies. Throughout your conversations, the app will suggest words and phrases before you start typing. If someone asks "how was your weekend," for instance, the app may suggest "it was good" or "fun." Google has been experimenting with this type of technology for awhile — it rolled out a similar feature for its email app, Inbox, last year — and Allo's Smart Replies are surprisingly good. In my early testing, the automatically generated responses were useful more often than not, though they did occasionally miss the mark. 

Even more impressive, Google has combined this feature with its photo recognition abilities, so the app is able to suggest responses to photos that are shared within your conversation. 

But Smart Replies are just the start of Allo's AI savvy. More importantly, the app is Google's first opportunity to show off Google Assistant.

It's all about the Assistant

First off, a quick word about (the rather poorly named) Google Assistant. While you'd be forgiven for thinking it's a bot like those used in Facebook Messenger, Kik and other apps, Google Assistant is much more than a simple messaging bot, which tend to have a fairly limited set of capabilities. Instead, Google Assistant is much closer to Facebook's vision for M, the social network's own AI-based assistant. (Facebook M, however, is still limited to a small number of early testers and largely depends on humans to oversee its interactions.) 

Google Assistant is still in a "preview" stage, according to Google, who plans to bring the feature to many more products in the future, like its smart speaker Google Home. But, preview or not, the feature is already more impressive than gimmicky. 

There are two ways to interact with Google Assistant. You can chat with it directly — Assistant appears alongside your other conversations in the app — or you can call it up while you're chatting with friends by starting a message with @Google.

In both cases, it can help with many things that you would use a quick Google search for (think translations, conversions, directions, flight statuses etc.) and even has a few extra tricks, like (again) photo recognition. I uploaded a photo I snapped on a recent vacation to the Mayan pyramid at Chichen Itza in Mexico, and Google Assistant quickly asked me if I wanted to learn more about Mayan history. 

When you're in a chat with one or more friends you can use Google Assistant as a kind of shortcut to Google searches. Things that Google can do "natively" like conversions, simple Google searches and translations will appear directly in your chat while other queries will surface links to Google results.

It may take a little getting used to — it feels a bit clunky to "ask" Google a question in the middle of a conversation — but it's actually pretty useful (and saves a lot of app switching.) 

Google Assistant is even more useful when you get it one-on-one. There, in addition to everything else, you can ask the assistant about your calendar, set reminders and get the latest headlines. If you have an Android device, you can also set alarms, timers, search your photos and make phone calls via Google Assistant. 

Allo's creators have also made sure that Google Assistant has the nerdy sense of humor we've come to expect from Google. It may not have Siri's dry wit, but it is more than up for a joke or two and you can even play a few games with it.

The "creepy" factor

Google's biggest hurdle with Allo may be convincing people that all this AI isn't creepy. While tech enthusiasts may think its cool that Google can recognize the photos I'm sharing, predict what messages I want to write, and help me make weekend plans, others may find it a bit creepy. But Google has made efforts to address the concerns of the privacy conscious as well.

Messages sent within Allo are encrypted by default, but don't use end-to-end encryption, a standard favored by members of the security community and privacy advocates. You can, however, opt for an incognito chat, which does use end-to-end encryption. These conversations can also include self-destructing messages and the ability to block new messages from appearing on your phone's lock screen. 

Whether or not these features will be enough to persuade skeptics is another matter. But if Google can make its assistant feel more necessary than creepy, then it might win people over. While Google's future plans for the feature are so far unclear, it's already promised we'll see it in a lot more places very soon and that it will only improve and get smarter over time. And that certainly seems like a good start.

Resource :- http://mashable.com/2016/09/21/google-allo-app

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