App developer insights
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Flutter Vs React Native: A detailed comparison
If you’re developing a new app the question of the day is Flutter or React Native? The answer… is that it depends. Read our comprehensive guide to decide what is best for you and your team.
What’s next for react native in 2024?
As competition increases from other cross-platform tools like Flutter, Jetpack Compose, and .NET MAUI, there is pressure for React Native to drastically improve the developer and user experience.
How much does an app cost: A 2024 Guide
Want to know how much an app costs in 2024? From design to post-launch support, this exhaustive guide details every factor that shapes your app’s cost.
Startup Speed Boost: 9 Steps to Effective Testing
Speed up your startup's success with effective app testing. Discover 9 essential steps for quick setup and ongoing performance.
Streamline your iOS builds with Bitbucket Runners
Time is invaluable in our fast-paced world. Why are you wasting it herding your builds? In this article we’ll explain how with a little setup–and a spare Mac mini–you can avoid build ceremony and focus on adding features to your iOS apps.
The State of Mobile 2023: What’s new in iOS17 & Android 14
A lot happens in a year in mobile. This article summarises all new features for iOS17 and Android 14 as well as how you can use them within your apps.
Location Spoofing: Benefits and Drawbacks as a Testing Tool
Ever needed to know how to test your app across a variety of locations? In this article we tackle location spoofing. What it is, how it works and how you can use it to test your app.
Latency 2023 Roundup
Some of us at Adapptor had the pleasure of attending Latency this year, and it was a great conference. Below we highlight the talks that caught our attention.
Creating a Cross-Platform App with Flutter
Adapptor’s Leon Ross highlights how truly cross-platform Flutter has become with a small demo app to get you started.
Let’s get native with React Native
React Native is a great framework for developing native iOS and Android apps. It provides components that wrap existing native components, allowing us to develop apps with a single code base. But what happens if you need to execute platform-specific code, and there isn’t an appropriate React Native component available? We can bridge the native code ourselves with a native module.
5 simple steps to relieve the pre-release panic
Adapptor has developed a app testing checklist to help ensure that you catch major issues before you get that dreaded 1-star review when you release a new app or an update to your mobile app.
Coding is like writing
Adapptor’s Brett Adams recently published a novel, and it got us thinking about the nature of creative writing and software development. Chalk and cheese, right? You might be surprised.
RTK Query: a better way to Redux
We take a look at Redux Toolkit (RTK), a toolset aimed at increasing productivity with Redux development. In particular we explore a simple use case for RTK Query, a data fetching and caching framework that lets us significantly reduce the amount of boilerplate needed to code asynchronous operations.
Building a Draggable Sheet with React Native Reanimated 2
Swipe on, swipe off — mastering screen real-estate with this overlay component most commonly seen as an adjunct to a maps screen. This step-by-step tutorial covers the fundamentals of creating a sliding sheet in React Native using Reanimated 2 and Gesture Handler for a polished look and feel.
Into the … Adapptor-verse?
It’s been more than three years since we last took the Adapptor family portrait. In that time, we’ve grown …
Maximising Output: Thorough Testing On A Small Budget
Some testing insights to ensure a quality processes to deliver products, like mobile apps, that meet industry and client expectations, resulting in better outcomes across the board.
React Native on Apple M1 Silicon without Rosetta-2
With just two Intel-based computers remaining in Apple’s stable (Mac mini and Mac Pro), your next Mac purchase will likely be powered by the M1 chip. In case you missed it, the M1 is Apple’s own CPU, and while the move to the new architecture won’t be noticed by many users, developers have some work to do. I’ll describe the steps I took to set up my dev environment for React Native to make the most of the M1’s promised power, and avoid gotchas with lingering Intel dependencies.
How To Create An Engaging App Store Product Page
With the arrival of iOS 15, Apple have introduced the ability for developers to create multiple versions of their app’s App Store product page. This is a great opportunity to review your app product page and will offer businesses the ability to test what design works best. The role of the product page is to showcase your app’s fundamental value and to drive visitors to download your app.