Loading

iPhone

A Swift look at Apple’s new programming language Swift

During WWDC 2014 one of the big announcements is Apple’s new programming language Swift. Swift is a language based on Objective-C. Apple has dropped a lot of “baggage” with it’s new language and is usable on both OSX and iOS. Easier debugging With Swift developers will be able to see live changes when making adjustments in their code. Developers don’t have to compile their code every time they change something in their code to see the results. Better performance Because Apple has dropped a lot of baggage by building a lot of elements into the language itself, there is a performance increase with apps that have been specifically design for iOS 8 using Swift. Quicker development Because a lot of functions are already built into Swift, it will allow developers to build application much quicker then when using Objective-C. Swift is available with Xcode 6. Codester will of course support Swift. Developers…    read more 

Why apps are first released on iPhone

The biggest rivalry in mobile operating systems has always been between Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. Although there are many more Android users then iOS users, developers seem to choose for iOS instead of Android as their primary platform. More revenue If you want to make money from your app, chances are you will be more successful releasing it on iOS, then when when you release it on Android. Because iTunes has better integration with a variety of payment methods users can make a purchase much easier then on Android. iOS users often only have to make one click to do a payment.  There is not much that can beat that. iPhone users are much more willing to spend money then Android users. A report from Nanigans, a major Facebook advertising company revealed that ads shown on iOS return a staggering 18x higher return of investment then ads shown on Android….    read more 

Support