Questions tagged [app]
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Why do some app makers limit their app to certain regions?
For example, many dating apps are limited to only certain cities of the USA. Or, they launch first in only regions and then may be unlocked across the country.
Why the restriction?
Why wouldn't you ...
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Writing apps for Android and Apple phone simultaneously
So, recently I have been looking into developing apps. I joined a school group who wanted to develop an app, problem being that I had an Android phone and my friends all had Apple phones. I know of ...
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For your application it's better to have your own online database or to use some online database service? [closed]
I would like to create an application that will interacts with an online database and i want to host my own online database on an old computer, but i think that in this case i should handle the ...
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App Development in a remote server
I am planning to develop a mobile app. But I don't want my developer team to have copies of my code in their local system (like in the case of git where you can clone the repo to your local system).
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Android app development (daily journal type)
I want to get help from you all about building an android app that is capable of logging daily journal type data. I want to have these feature primarily in the app:
Capable of logging the daily logs.
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How do app developers protect their app when a user decompiles it?
I've been trying my hand at building apps with Flutter and Dart. I noticed in my apps that if someone decompiled my app they could access a whole lot of things I didn't want them to access.
For ...
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GPS application targeting mobile devices
I'm working on making a product for tracking workers/staffs locations and in that case the application need to be able to run on the phone for at least 10 hours without the phone suddenly closing the ...
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Logic App next number
I have a need to generate a next number for each file type my Logic Apps is generating. My Logic App is doing some translations between an WMS and a customer's ERP. The issue is the customer is ...
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Are universal apps any less efficient than platform-specific apps?
I have once seen a universal download for an app. It was said to work on Windows, MacOS, and Linux. If the exact same app is designed to work on three different without changing any code. For example, ...
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What is done when an urgent fix for an app is needed but updates have to be approved by Apple/Google etc?
I have very little experience in this area, so sorry if I use any incorrect terminology or if this is a stupid/simplistic question in general.
But from what I understand, when a developer wants to ...
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Why isn't React recognizing the CSS file I've linked in Index.html?
I've built a meme generator using React as an early project to master the basics. I have 6 files in my "mememaker" folder on my desktop, which I created using "create-react-app". They include: index....
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Making launch screens with single color background
In iOS App there is something called a “launch screen” (the screen that appear before the app actually launches and is not equivalent to the splash screen), which can be provided by two ways, either ...
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What would cause a company to need to move their app on the iOS App Store to different "app"?
I'm not sure what SE site to ask this on, but I figure this is something somebody in the SE community has the answer. Feel free to move this question if this is the wrong place.
Recently I launched ...
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Geofence triggered credit card transaction
I have a question about a geofence triggered action. Does anyone know if you can trigger a credit card transaction by location? An app I'm having a guy work on requires this function and the guy says ...
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How does an app send an order to a retailer? What happens under the hood?
I am wondering how the apps that allow
a user to choose an item and, once the user has selected an item and checked out, give the retailer information about order that has been placed.
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RESTful API with session tokens.. ehh?
After looking at a lot of session/state debates with regard to REST and finding nothing concrete, I'm just going to cut to the chase and ask myself.
Developing a RESTful API as a backend for a mobile ...
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Making apps communicate with each other (?)
A friend of me and I would like to easily know if stuff like chores were done, and we're both in two different locations.
So, would it be very hard (would I need a lot of experience?) and take a lot ...
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Qt Quick dynamic QML vs Apple's App Store rules
Imagine that I've got a piece of custom audio hardware that I'd like to be able to control in a multitude of ways via a tablet/touchscreen GUI. In particular, my goals are to have the tablet's ...
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Is it unethical to figure out how much to charge by asking for a quote from another company? [closed]
I've been asked to write a mobile app for a business I have connections with, and I've been trying to decide what I should charge. One thing I came up with was to research what other companies would ...
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REST server user authentication
So i am creating my first larger scale application (by larger scale i mean something i see myself publishing in the app store) and i am not sure of how to handle user authorization.
The client will ...
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Android Apps: How can I view an apps code/files?
I love taking apart applications, software, and websites to see how developers were able to create a feature or how a game handles AI.
Something I'd like to be able to do is view an app's files (...
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GPLv2 code as a separate process in a closed-source iOS app?
I'd like my (currently) closed-source iOS app to use some GPLv2 licensed code. The code I want to use is simply a converter from one file format to another — nothing too complex or proprietary. Given ...
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Launching iPhone App - Do I need separate names for the App and the Landing Page/website or can I use the same name? [closed]
I am launching a iPhone App. Do I need two separate domain names for the app and the landing page website or can I use the same name for both. The website will solely be used to advertise the app ...
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Where to do post-processing of API call when used in MobileApp
Let's say I want to write an (iPhone) app, which tells you if you are in manhattan or not. This query involves additional computation after a google map API call (and is of course just an example).
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Execute a get request periodically while application is inactive
I have a website that has full support for mobile devices but since opening a browser window seems too much and some people are obsessed with installing apps, I'm now creating an android app which is ...
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Web apps for enterprise
What are the potential drawbacks of taking a 'web approach' to providing an enterprise-level app (e.g. an ERP system or an app for field staff to complete tasks) and how can these drawbacks be tackled?...
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Should my program be flawless at release [duplicate]
I'm building a big, very complex piece of open-source software, and it's killing me trying to make what I have as "clean" as it needs to be.
What I want to know is: If there is an undetected flaw in ...
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Using advertising with free app is a commercial app? [closed]
I have a simple question: if I publish a free app (iOS, Android, ...) and implements advertising in the app, does it's considered a commercial app? I'm asking this question because I don't know if I ...
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How to handle authentication to web service from mobile?
I'm making a mobile application, and I use JSON Web Token Authentication (JWT Auth), but I have three questions about:
Should I use refresh-tokens or non-expiring access tokens?
In case I use refresh-...
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Backend as a Service (BAAS): temporary or long term solution?
Right now I'm building an app that relies heavily on Parse.com's products. The app uses nearly all of their features:
Data storage
User management
Push messages
Analytics
Crash reporting
There are ...
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Android Icons Square [closed]
I created an action bar icon for an Android app I'm working on and it seems to downscale my icon.
The thing is, it isn't a square icon. The width is greater than the height.
Do I really HAVE to ...
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Can someone explain the behind-the-scenes process of connecting an app account to a Facebook account?
I am developing an app that will use the Twitter and Facebook login APIs exclusively.
Suppose a new user downloads the apps and is presented with the option to log in through Facebook or Twitter. The ...
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Is there a download limit to ios apps?
With reference to iOS 7.
I couldn't find any Apple documents with regards to this.
Are we able to download any size of documents and manage them ourselves (within our app say < 100MB)?
Example, we ...
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Starting point for building an iPhone app [closed]
I have one idea that I want to make an app for iPhone, I have recently bought a mac for the same purpose. I want to make small app and build on it in later versions. I work in in a small company and ...
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Is it possible to check a client side application identity from server side? [duplicate]
Assume there is a web service which is visible publicly but it must be just responsive to a specific client application. Is there any mechanism to check client side application identity to prevent ...
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How can a developer working alone respond to a spike in server demands?
Imagine this scenario:
You've created a multiplayer game app for a mobile platform such as Android. You successfully set it up with one server, you figured out how to do that. It works quite well.
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Why retrieves a native app data faster than one with PhoneGap?
I know that an app developed with PhoneGap is slower than a native one because at PhoneGap the whole code must be interpreted at runtime into a native one.
But could someone explain or has a good in-...
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Can python and php work together?
I am having a mobile app created for ios. The developers built the app in php. The app requires an algorithm so I found another programmer to develop it. The algorithm programmer built the algorithm ...
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Microsoft Dev Centre accounts [closed]
Looks like Microsoft is offering a special offer of 95% of the yearly subscription for the Phone Dev Centre (I didn't say anything about desperate).
What I was wondering is do you need a seperate ...
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Is there any way to get faster app reviews? [closed]
I am trying to build a business around an iPhone app. The app will be our main sales channel, and being able to adapt the sales channel faster than the 9-10 days delay cause by the app review times is ...
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Do App Stores Have Exclusivity on Your Apps? [closed]
Let's say I write a mobile app and I want to sell it on all three:
Apple Market Place
Android Market Place
Windows Market Place
Will any of these market places tell me that it's not possible, that
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HTML5 and gaming practices [closed]
I am trying to build an app with HTML5.
Is there a certain syntax to follow when making objects for games?
Anyone tried that and what are good practices to follow?
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Finding Database issue for iphone app
I know this is a dumb question and it might not be "conceptual" but, as a self-starter I really want to know how to get connected to some sort of "commercial database"?
I'm designing a local gas ...
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Is an app that does nothing but link to a web site functional enough to meet Apple's iOS guidelines? [closed]
I don't hang out on Programmers enough to know whether this question is "ok", so my apologies if not. I tried to make the title obvious so at least it can be closed quickly :-)
The question is simple....
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Is it possible to develop an IOS application without a Mac?
I'm a postgraduated student and I had the idea to build an app for elementary school kids.
My question after many days of searching is whether anyone here have ever tried and what was their ...
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Is BSD-License compatible with Apple AppStores?
I would like to know if it is possible to make an application to be sold on Apple AppStores that is linked (during compilation) to a BSD-licensed library.
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How to develop line-of-business tablet apps as a .NET developer? [closed]
My company has a lot of experience in .NET development, and one of our products in an ERP system. Recently, a customer asked us if we could provide a tablet interface to that system, i.e., a software ...
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Should I require users to register to use my app?
So I'm very close to releasing an app I've been working on, and the server I integrate with allows me to register users. So I was wondering if I should require users to register with the app before ...
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Convince someone that an app cannot be done [closed]
I am profoundly disturbed by a request that asks me to develop an iPad app to measure the actual size of an object using camera.
It is simply not practical.
Translating 2D object into 3D is never ...
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Is using PhoneGap for your first ever mobile app a good idea?
I am a beginner programmer. I've gotten an AS degree in CS which exposed me to the basics of c++, data structures, and algorithms and have light experience with html/css/javascript from just messing ...
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