#196: Flutter beta arrives, Apple adds Service Worker support to Safari

Mobile Dev Weekly February 28, 2018   #196 Brian Rinaldi recommends Announcing Flutter Beta 1: Build Beautiful Native Apps — The first beta release of Flutter just got announced at Mobile World Congress 2018. It’s Google’s mobile UI framework for crafting native interfaces for both iOS and Android. Google Chris Brandrick recommends Welcoming PWAs: Apple Now Supports Service Workers On Safari — With Safari 11.1, Apple will introduce service workers to both macOS and iOS — a crucial ingredient for Progressive Web Apps. Andrew Gazdecki Sponsored Webinar: Let's Talk Appium — Join us on March 14 for a free webinar featuring some of the world's leading Appium experts, discussing all things Appium, mobile testing, and the upcoming AppiumConf taking place on April 6 in London. AppiumConf Peter Cooper recommends Announcing Capacitor 1.0.0 Alpha — A new project from the Ionic folks that aims to offer a better native runtime for Ionic apps in the future across all platforms (including on the Web with PWAs). Ionic Holly Schinsky recommends Xamarin vs React Native vs Ionic: Cross-Platform Mobile Frameworks Comparison — A look at cross platform mobile frameworks, comparing Xamarin, React Native and Ionic. AltexSoft Inc Chris Brandrick recommends App Developer Salary Guide 2018 — Plenty of statistics on iOS and Android developer salaries and how they compare. Artyom Dogtiev Chris Brandrick recommends How Blind People Use iPhones — Apple engineer Jordyn Castor, attorney Haben Girma, & accessibility consultant Tiffany Taylor demonstrate how accessibility features like VoiceOver allow people to be more independent & efficient. BuzzFeed News Mobile Web Holly Schinsky recommends A Comprehensive Guide To UI Design — A guide to finding a solid UI approach that stands the test of time. Christopher Murphy Brian Rinaldi recommends What Google AMP Means for the JavaScript Community Mathias Schäfer Hybrid Apps Holly Schinsky recommends Adding a Payment Service to a Cordova App with Square Khemry Khourn Holly Schinsky recommends Hybrid App Development with Framework7 and GraphCMS Meinolf Droste Brian Rinaldi recommends Optimizing Performance of an Ionic 3 Application — Aimed at starters with Ionic who are thinking about app performance for the first time. Kewin Dousse Native Development Peter Cooper recommends Google Announces ARCore 1.0 — ARCore enables devs to build apps that can understand an environment and place objects and information in it. Google Holly Schinsky recommends Flutter Crash Course — A video crash course on how to use Flutter to build a complete app from scratch. Bram Vanbilsen Brian Rinaldi recommends Mobile Smalltalk — Ever wanted to be able to develop mobile apps for Android and iOS using Smalltalk? Well, either way, now you can! David Buck Brian Rinaldi recommends Using WordPress Content in a Native Mobile App — WordPress runs almost 30% of all websites today. Here’s how to re-purpose that content in a cross-platform native mobile app with NativeScript. Rob Lauer Holly Schinsky recommends Integrating Firebase with a Stencil Built PWA — How to integrate Firebase with your Progressive Web App based on Stencil. Andrew Cole Chris Brandrick recommends The Amazing Amount of Backward Compatibility in Google Maps — An interesting look back at Google’s longstanding native app support. Huan Truong

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