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Navigating the Pitfalls of Mobile App Redesign
Explore the lessons from Sonos’ 2024 app redesign failure and learn how to avoid app development pitfalls. A guide to preserving user trust.
Avoid Scams & Fake Websites
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Embracing AI: Enhancing Mobile Apps with Apple Intelligence & Google AI
Is your app falling behind? AI is revolutionising mobile experiences. Apple Intelligence and Google's Gemini are setting new standards for user interaction. Discover how embracing these AI innovations could be the key to your app's survival in an increasingly competitive market.
How to build your own AI for your business
Ever wanted to know what AI tools for business you might need and how they work? In this article we explain just that and also how you and your team can practically integrate AI for your business based on your own data.
Xamarin is dead. What should you migrate to?
In May 2024 Microsoft announced they are no longer supporting Xamarin. So where does that leave Xamarin users? This article covers what other frameworks are available and what is best suited for you.
Flutter Vs React Native: A detailed comparison
If you’re developing a new app the question of the day is Flutter or React Native? The answer… is that it depends. Read our comprehensive guide to decide what is best for you and your team.
What’s next for react native in 2024?
As competition increases from other cross-platform tools like Flutter, Jetpack Compose, and .NET MAUI, there is pressure for React Native to drastically improve the developer and user experience.
How much does an app cost: A 2024 Guide
Want to know how much an app costs in 2024? From design to post-launch support, this exhaustive guide details every factor that shapes your app’s cost.
Startup Speed Boost: 9 Steps to Effective Testing
Speed up your startup's success with effective app testing. Discover 9 essential steps for quick setup and ongoing performance.
Streamline your iOS builds with Bitbucket Runners
Time is invaluable in our fast-paced world. Why are you wasting it herding your builds? In this article we’ll explain how with a little setup–and a spare Mac mini–you can avoid build ceremony and focus on adding features to your iOS apps.
The State of Mobile 2023: What’s new in iOS17 & Android 14
A lot happens in a year in mobile. This article summarises all new features for iOS17 and Android 14 as well as how you can use them within your apps.
Location Spoofing: Benefits and Drawbacks as a Testing Tool
Ever needed to know how to test your app across a variety of locations? In this article we tackle location spoofing. What it is, how it works and how you can use it to test your app.
Latency 2023 Roundup
Some of us at Adapptor had the pleasure of attending Latency this year, and it was a great conference. Below we highlight the talks that caught our attention.
Creating a Cross-Platform App with Flutter
Adapptor’s Leon Ross highlights how truly cross-platform Flutter has become with a small demo app to get you started.
Let’s get native with React Native
React Native is a great framework for developing native iOS and Android apps. It provides components that wrap existing native components, allowing us to develop apps with a single code base. But what happens if you need to execute platform-specific code, and there isn’t an appropriate React Native component available? We can bridge the native code ourselves with a native module.
5 simple steps to relieve the pre-release panic
Adapptor has developed a app testing checklist to help ensure that you catch major issues before you get that dreaded 1-star review when you release a new app or an update to your mobile app.
Coding is like writing
Adapptor’s Brett Adams recently published a novel, and it got us thinking about the nature of creative writing and software development. Chalk and cheese, right? You might be surprised.