
Useful materials for the mobile developer # 58 (June 16-22)
The two main news of this week is the first Amazon smartphone and the breakthrough of the Yo application to the top of the App Store (with a return on investment of $ 1 million). In addition, there is an interesting description of the Metal API, a study of bank applications from UsabilityLab, an entertaining visual analysis of the Top 500 highest-grossing Android applications, several new tools.

It seems that users do not need so much. The fact is that the other day the Yo application, sending a corresponding exclamation / message to its contacts, was included in the top 10 most popular applications in the App Store (USA). Plus, there was an investor who invested $ 1 million in this application.
In the very first hours after the release, the smartphone became a bestseller. The number of devices on pre-order is limited, it may not be enough for everyone ( video presentation on YouTube ).
If they say that this can be done, then maybe someday I myself will use this method of publication. But I really would not want such a development option. If they say that you can’t do this, then I will continue the correspondence in the spirit of “Why are the comrades from IGG.com more equal than the others”.
This announcement triggered a new wave of discussion and debate about the need for new graphics APIs that should (or shouldn't - who knows) replace OpenGL. This post does not intend to participate in this discussion - its purpose is to clarify how Metal differs from OpenGL ES, whose replacement it is.
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![]() | The simplest app sending the word “Yo” to contacts earned $ 1 million and made it into the top 10 App Store apps in the US |
![]() | Amazon introduced its smartphone Fire Phone |
![]() | All are equal, but some are equal or Is it possible to spam on Google Play |
![]() | Apple Metal API: what's the big deal? |

- (+27) The Yo application which got to top-10 of App Store applications in the USA is hacked by college students
- (+11) Integration of PayPal Here in the iOS application
- Mobile banking for iPhone: what is good and what is bad
- Heap analytics opens for iOS
- Apple has begun to remove fake reviews from the App Store

- (+41) 64 milliseconds after clicking: how can I paint over for 64 ms after clicking on a list cell
- (+31) Navigation Editor - a new tool in Android Studio
- (+30) Unity3D - writing plugins for Android
- (+12) Implementation of a cloud data backup based on Android Backup Service
- BlackBerry will use Amazon Appstore
- Aptoide: Google discourages development of other app stores
- Amazon has tripled in a year, and revenue "not inferior to other platforms"
- Dynamic analysis of the top 500 highest-grossing Android applications
- Carma Opens API and $ 2.5 Million Prize Competition
- Firefox OS web application has become possible to port to Android

- (+30) Google Web Starter Kit: the designer of mobile sites
- (+25) Project of the alternative screen keyboard
- (+21) Generation of landscapes in Unity3d
- (+21) Design of mobile applications
- (+6) Development of mobile software: integration problems
- (+3) Errors when developing games for mobile platforms
- On Unity, you can now develop projects for the PlayStation Mobile
- Google will invest $ 50 million in training girls in programming
- Embarcadero Updates Appmethod
- Stream SDK allows you to fumble content by cutting it off the screen
- (English) Important questions for your app’s soft lunch

- Best practices for monetizing apps from App Annie
- How to choose the right mobile ad network
- MobPartner monetizes app search
- Parse Analytics has Audience and Returns
- App Annie published game tops for downloads and revenue for May
- App Annie and IDC talked about mobile movie games

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- Cross-platform development of mobile applications: June 26 in Kiev
- White Nights: Mobile Games Conference: June 26-27 in St. Petersburg
- Mobile Camp: June 27 in Moscow
- MobileOptimized: June 28-29 in Minsk

- Creative Mobile: our Drag Racing profits were able to mitigate any negative
- Game Insight experts: Free-to-play lets you get more out of those who are willing to pay

- (+45) Ubuntu Phone is activated on 10 000 devices
- (+30) Blackphone, the smartphone protected from listening, will go on sale in July
- (+18) Osmo: the children's project for iPad with Leap Motion analog
- Sharp learned how to create freeform screens
← Last week’s digest . If I missed something in the search for updates - send it to the mail, I will quickly add it.