Dr. Dobb's Mobile Articles http://www.drdobbs.com//mobile Dr. Dobb's Copyright 2013, United Business Media. en-us <![CDATA[Dr. Dobb's Archive]]> <![CDATA[http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/dr-dobbs-archive/240169474]]> <![CDATA[On this site is archived all the content from Dr. Dobb's that was published on the Web through December 31, 2014.]]> Sun, 11 Jan 2015 14:09:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Jolt Awards 2015: Coding Tools]]> <![CDATA[http://www.drdobbs.com/joltawards/jolt-awards-2015-coding-tools/240169420]]> <![CDATA[The best tools available for creating, testing, and debugging code.]]> Tue, 16 Dec 2014 12:04:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Thriving Among the APIs]]> <![CDATA[http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/thriving-among-the-apis/240169441]]> <![CDATA[You're about to start work on designing and publishing your product's API. Now what?]]> Mon, 15 Dec 2014 18:50:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Building Portable Games in C++]]> <![CDATA[http://www.drdobbs.com/cpp/building-portable-games-in-c/240169334]]> <![CDATA[The cocos-2d-x open source framework can be used to build games, apps, and other interactive software in C++. Here's a hands-on guide to using it to write and port games.]]> Tue, 25 Nov 2014 12:06:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Debugging Mobile Apps with HTML5 and Intel XDK]]> <![CDATA[http://www.drdobbs.com/mobile/debugging-mobile-apps-with-html5-and-int/240169329]]> <![CDATA[Using the Intel XDK IDE to debug an app from an iPad, an iPhone, Android, and Windows Phone devices.]]> Tue, 25 Nov 2014 06:58:00 -0500 <![CDATA[5 Steps to Protect Mobile Apps from Attacks]]> <![CDATA[http://www.drdobbs.com/security/5-steps-to-protect-mobile-apps-from-atta/240169330]]> <![CDATA[Mobile apps are important gateways to malicious attacks, just like Web apps. It's high time to begin thinking about mobile security as a top development priority. Where to begin?]]> Tue, 25 Nov 2014 06:27:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Developing Cross-Platform Mobile Apps with HTML5 and Intel XDK]]> <![CDATA[http://www.drdobbs.com/mobile/developing-cross-platform-mobile-apps-wi/240169313]]> <![CDATA[Let the IDE do the heavy lifting.]]> Tue, 18 Nov 2014 15:07:00 -0500 <![CDATA[The Uncompromising Economics of Being #3 in Mobile Platforms]]> <![CDATA[http://www.drdobbs.com/mobile/the-uncompromising-economics-of-being-3/240169170]]> <![CDATA[In software development, being the #3 platform in the mobile market is as good as being last.]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:23:00 -0500 <![CDATA[C# and .NET's Sudden Ubiquity]]> <![CDATA[http://www.drdobbs.com/windows/c-and-nets-sudden-ubiquity/240169282]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft ports .NET to Linux and Macintosh and open-sources the entire stack.]]> Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:10:00 -0500 <![CDATA[The Wearable Computing Revolution Begins: Building Android Wear Apps]]> <![CDATA[http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/the-wearable-computing-revolution-begins/240169279]]> <![CDATA[A simple speech recognition example illustrates how to start creating wearable apps.]]> Wed, 12 Nov 2014 06:22:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Swift: Introduction to Apple's New Programming Language]]> <![CDATA[http://www.drdobbs.com/mobile/swift-introduction-to-apples-new-program/240169130]]> <![CDATA[A decidedly simple alternative to Objective-C.]]> Tue, 04 Nov 2014 07:10:00 -0500 <![CDATA[iOS 8 HealthKit: Working with Biometric Data]]> <![CDATA[http://www.drdobbs.com/mobile/ios-8-healthkit-working-with-biometric-d/240169153]]> <![CDATA[Once you begin collecting data on individuals in real time, permission management, data storage, and data access all become challenging issues. Apple's iOS8 attempts to balance rights and privacy with developers' desire to write apps.]]> Tue, 14 Oct 2014 06:03:00 -0400 <![CDATA[Jolt Awards: The Best Books]]> <![CDATA[http://www.drdobbs.com/joltawards/jolt-awards-the-best-books/240169070]]> <![CDATA[The best books of the past 12 months.]]> Tue, 23 Sep 2014 12:09:00 -0400 <![CDATA[The Internet of Overhyped Things]]> <![CDATA[http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/the-internet-of-overhyped-things/240168927]]> <![CDATA[Vendors and analysts would have us believe that the Internet of Things is imminent. But, in fact, it will be years before the obstacles it faces can be surmounted.]]> Tue, 26 Aug 2014 15:28:00 -0400 <![CDATA[iOS Data Storage: Core Data vs. SQLite]]> <![CDATA[http://www.drdobbs.com/mobile/ios-data-storage-core-data-vs-sqlite/240168843]]> <![CDATA[A sample application tests the benefits and drawbacks of each.]]> Tue, 12 Aug 2014 09:53:00 -0400 <![CDATA[Why Build Your Java Projects with Gradle Rather than Ant or Maven?]]> <![CDATA[http://www.drdobbs.com/jvm/why-build-your-java-projects-with-gradle/240168608]]> <![CDATA[The default build tool for Android (and the new star of build tools on the JVM) is designed to ease scripting of complex, multi-language builds. Should you change to it, though, if you're using Ant or Maven?]]> Tue, 08 Jul 2014 07:12:00 -0400 <![CDATA[Memory Leaks in iOS 7]]> <![CDATA[http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/memory-leaks-in-ios-7/240168600]]> <![CDATA[iOS Networking APIs are leaking memory. The good news: You can stop them.]]> Tue, 08 Jul 2014 06:54:00 -0400 <![CDATA[Got Google?]]> <![CDATA[http://www.drdobbs.com/tools/got-google/240168592]]> <![CDATA[Google services are everywhere. But knowing which ones to include in new apps is difficult due to the company's perceived lack of long-term commitment to products and APIs.]]> Tue, 01 Jul 2014 12:35:00 -0400 <![CDATA[The Best of the First Half]]> <![CDATA[http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/the-best-of-the-first-half/240168580]]> <![CDATA[The most popular articles of the first half of the year, sprinkled with a few pieces carefully chosen by the editors.]]> Tue, 01 Jul 2014 06:12:00 -0400 <![CDATA[Accessing C++11 Features of the Android NDK]]> <![CDATA[http://www.drdobbs.com/cpp/accessing-c11-features-of-the-android-nd/240168385]]> <![CDATA[C++11 language features are supported in the NDK, but they require a non-default configuration.]]> Thu, 26 Jun 2014 07:41:00 -0400 <![CDATA[Redmond's Remarkable Reversal]]> <![CDATA[http://www.drdobbs.com/windows/redmonds-remarkable-reversal/240168431]]> <![CDATA[A company that topped the list of obvious casualties in the post-PC era has thrived due to surprising changes to the way it does things. Most especially, how it works with developers.]]> Tue, 24 Jun 2014 06:54:00 -0400 <![CDATA[Swift, Objectively]]> <![CDATA[http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/swift-objectively/240168424]]> <![CDATA[Apple's new language, Swift, will be welcome primarily as an antidote to working in Objective-C.]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2014 08:20:00 -0400 <![CDATA[Xamarin 3 Enterprise Edition Reviewed]]> <![CDATA[http://www.drdobbs.com/tools/xamarin-3-enterprise-edition-reviewed/240168321]]> <![CDATA[With a state-of-the-art designer for iOS and Windows, seamless forms integration, more widgets, and simplified, integrated builds, Xamarin 3 finally realizes the dream of polished, high-quality, native iOS apps written in C#]]> Wed, 28 May 2014 12:17:00 -0400 <![CDATA[Android on x86: Java Native Interface and the Android Native Development Kit]]> <![CDATA[http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/android-on-x86-java-native-interface-and/240166271]]> <![CDATA[JNI and the Android Native Development Kit work together to complete the mapping between Java and C/C++ and enhance performance]]> Tue, 08 Apr 2014 07:08:00 -0400 <![CDATA[Jolt Awards: Mobile Development Tools]]> <![CDATA[http://www.drdobbs.com/joltawards/jolt-awards-mobile-development-tools/240166387]]> <![CDATA[The best tools for the nuts-and-bolts of building mobile apps.]]> Tue, 04 Mar 2014 05:35:00 -0500