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2015年4月 Archives

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How to Spread the Word About Your App

Marketing begins the day you put your mobile app idea into production. But not everyone has a budget for marketing. Contrary to popular belief, most effective marketing strategies don't require any spending at all. How to put that strategy in place? From the period before you launch your app to after it goes on the

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Top 5 Tools for Multi-Platform Mobile App Development

We all know how bothersome multi-platform mobile app formatting can get. Each platform is unique and exhibits different features, capabilities and behaviour. But then, multi-platform apps are truly “in” today, so you as the developer, need to find solutions to develop the best cross-formatted apps, without emptying up all your resources on developing for just

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你部Smartphone 安全嗎?

每次開機,第一時間會用邊隻 Apps ? Facebook ? Whatsapp ?定 check email 呢?一般而言,我們都會上 App Store 或Google Play 去下載心儀 Apps做自己想做的事‥‥‥。時間長了,會發現即使電話叉足電,閒置電池都會很快被耗盡。除此之外,也有不少電話被監聽,中毒等新聞,網絡上不少教學要機主格式化電話,備份資料。有見及此,想從 programming 和用家角度去分享心得。 1. 熄機不一定是完全停止運作,永遠不知道 Apps 背後運行什麼程式 在電腦世界中,背後運行的程式,叫做 Thread。Thread就是跟主程式分開,獨立進行背景程式。只要背後寫成一個回應方式 (callback method) ,就可以定期更新主頁。在 Android / iOS 的世界中,有三種類型的 Thread :行單一個Task 、重覆行一個Task、什至連續一個 Backend Class 去使用。 而以上所有Threads,如果不是用家設定教它停止運作,或用呼叫 App Stack 掃走,電話很快就會耗盡電力。即使依正常步驟離開Apps,Threads 也未必停止運作。 如果有開發 Android App 的經驗,就會明白所有開機關機的程序都是先由截取按鈕的事件觸發的。即使離開某 App ,如果開發者設計一個 Thread,是一定需要用家到設定才叫它停止運作。 Hacker 可以從熄機的流程中截取按下和放開按鈕的觸發事件,可執行Thread去做任何事。如果你已經 root 了電話或 jail break

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AppReview: Five Nights at Freddy’s

There are just a few people on the internet by now that has never heard or played Five Nights at Freddy’s. Sure, it is originally a point and click game for PC’s and even consoles, but Five Nights at Freddy’s has gained a lot of attention from being playable in cellphones and tabs too. It

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