Two common ways to upload files in Appery.io apps are via the browser’s FormData API and via the Cordova file-transfer plug-in. To make it really easy to add file upload to your app, we package the “wiring” for both methods in a standard Appery.io plug-in. Once you load the plug-in, you can choose which method to use.
Our Head of Developer Relations, Max Katz, recently posted an article in App Development Marketplace describing seven pain points in mobile app development driven by an escalating demand for mobile apps:
Mobile apps are on a trajectory the likes of which have yet to be charted. Digi-Capital forecasts that by 2017, the mobile app market will reach $70 billion of global revenue, with non-game apps to double revenue share from 26% to 51%. This will be made possible by 2017’s expected 200 billion app downloads.
Although Max spends time detailing each pain point, in the end, he point out the path to pain-free development
Read the whole article in App Development Marketplace.
Need to make your app’s UI available in different languages? Sounds hard? It isn’t. Just use the i18n JavaScript library. With Appery.io’s open architecture, you can easily add it in to your app; with Appery.io’s deep documentation, we can show you exactly how easy it is to incorporate i18n with Appery.io.
Cordova is available in Appery.io for your app as ready-to-use components or API calls. However, much of the appeal of Cordova comes from the ability to extend its functionality through 3d-party plug-ins. As an Appery.io developer, you can extend the Cordova available in Appery.io using these same plug-ins.
Appery.io is the only cloud-based mobile platform with visual development tools and integrated backend services (MBaaS). With Appery.io, you can very quickly build responsive web/HTML5 apps and mobile apps, complete with UI and backend logic or data. Here are just 10 of the many reasons why our customers use Appery.io for their mobile apps.
A lot of your Appery.io app is HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS that runs in the browser. So, for a lot of debugging you can just use browser tools.
[This is the first in a series of periodic tips we’ll be presenting in various places.]
Along with the warmer weather, spring has brought a sweet new upgrade to Appery.io. What have we got for you? Here are the main improvements:
Check out our webinar, “How to Build Responsive Web and Mobile Apps with Appery.io” to learn more!
Forrester Research, one of the most well respected technology and market research companies in the world, has given Appery.io some well appreciated recognition. In their recently published report, “Choose The Right Mobile Development Solutions,” they put Appery.io on their shortlist of 5 mobile app platforms-as-a-service.
“Mobile app platform-as-a-service. These offerings take the general platform-as-a-service concept (PaaS) and apply it specifically to mobile development. Mobile app cloud platforms include visual tools, but they also add other development metaphors like workflow definition tools, business rules, and data access painters. Examples of mobile app PaaS platforms include Appery.io…”
Read more in their full report.
Learn more about Appery.io’s MBaaS solution.
Adding a map to your mobile app can provide great value to users. Maps used together with a smartphone can solve a wide range of tasks, whether it’s a pizza delivery app, GPS navigation, or travel guide with attractions. One of the most popular online maps is Google Maps.
Appery.io provides a convenient way to work with Google Maps for mobile apps – a Google Map component with a set of configurable properties and a preinstalled marker. All you need to add the Google Map into your app is to drag and drop the component on the page. That’s all: Google Maps will be loaded when the page is displayed.
OAuth 2.0 protocol is now the most popular authentication protocol for apps. By using OAuth protocol, you can securely authenticate with a variety of popular services what will increase app functionality and cover a much larger target audience.
The Appery.io App Builder has a large number of useful and convenient mobile development tools for rapidly creating Android, iOS and Windows Phone apps. Today we are glad to present another feature that significantly helps with the OAuth 2.0 authentication routine – the OAuth 2 Template plugin.
