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Apple’s Xcode Cloud CI/CD service comes out of beta
At its last WWDC, Apple announced Xcode Cloud, its continuous integration and delivery service (CI/CD) for building apps for all of its platforms into beta. While the company opened up…
This Week in Apps: WWDC 21 highlights, Instagram Creator Week recap, Android 12 beta 2 arrives
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with…
Apple looks to recharge its broader app ecosystem at WWDC 2019
Developer tools don’t tend to make headlines outside the tech ecosystem. But the developer tools announced at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference this week could have a significant impact on both…
Apple’s updated TestFlight will let users submit feedback with a screenshot
Apple’s TestFlight app testing platform is getting an upgrade. With the new version of Xcode 11 announced this afternoon at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference, TestFlight apps will automatically enable user…
Apple continues to ramp up its efforts to court developers by making it easier to create and iterate their apps for its platforms. The iPhone giant has now acquired Buddybuild,…
Reactant is a new native framework for iOS apps
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to Xcode, a small Czech team called Brightify has created Reactant, a framework that makes it easy to program iOS…
Why is Android Studio still such a gruesome embarrassment?
About twice a year, I get involved in a project that requires me to do some Android development; so, about twice a year, I re-launch Google’s so-called integrated development environment,…
You Can Now Install Screen Brightness App f.lux On Your iOS Device Without Jailbreaking It
When Apple combined their iOS and Mac developer programs a few months ago, the company also quietly dropped the requirement that you had to be a registered developer to load…
Apple Asks Developers To Verify Their Version Of Xcode Following Malware Attack On Chinese App Store
Following the recent reveal that the Chinese Apple App Store had become infested with malware, thanks to dozens of infected consumer-facing mobile apps that had been built and updated with…
Swift, Apple’s New Programming Language, Has Been In Development For Nearly Four Years
At its WWDC event on Monday, Apple made waves among the iOS and Mac developer communities with the announcement of Swift, a new programming language designed from the ground up…
Android vs. iOS Development: Fight!
The eternal startup question “Android or iOS first?” grows ever thornier, with news that Android’s market share exceeds 80%. But never mind the managers and non-technical founders: what do developers!…
