Tip: Use the Breadcrumb to Navigate within Screens in the Builder

Posted: April 6th, 2015 Author: Filed under: Tips Tags:

Icon for a tipThe breadcrumb represents the sequence of components containing components leading up to the currently selected component in the screen you’re working on in the App Builder (for example, “outermost component name > name of component inside the outermost component > name of the component you’ve selected that’s inside this component inside the outermost component“). It’s displayed above the screen. When you select the name of any listed component in the breadcrumb, that component becomes the selected component. As you can imagine, this is a very useful feature for working within complex screens.

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Uploading Files to the Appery.io Database via a Plug-in

Posted: March 25th, 2015 Author: Filed under: Plug-in, Tutorials Tags:

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Mobile developers often face the need to upload binary files, such as images, to the database. For example, this could happen in an app like Instagram, where a user takes photos with the device’s camera and then publishes it to their followers. Of course, all the data — including images — should be stored in the database, so the user can sign in from any device and see his or or her feed.

Another possible case for uploading images is sending an MMS (multimedia message) from your app, which can be done via the Twilio API. Twilio accepts a direct URL to an image. A user takes a picture with the device and uploads it to the Appery.io database. Then, a direct image URL is passed to the Twilio API.

In Appery.io, there are three ways to upload files to the database :

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Tip: Add File Uploading to Your App Instantly with an Appery.io Plug-in

Posted: March 23rd, 2015 Author: Filed under: Tips Tags:

Icon for a tipTwo 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.

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The 7 Pains of Developing Mobile Apps (and How to Solve Them)

Posted: March 18th, 2015 Author: Filed under: Articles Tags: ,

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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

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Tip: Add Multi-language Support to Your Appery.io App in a Snap

Posted: March 16th, 2015 Author: Filed under: Tips Tags:

Icon for a tipNeed 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.

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Tip: Any 3rd-party Cordova Plug-in Can Be Added for Your Appery.io App

Posted: March 9th, 2015 Author: Filed under: Tips

Icon for a tipCordova 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.

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10 Reasons to Use Appery.io to Build Your Next Mobile App

Posted: March 9th, 2015 Author: Filed under: Features, General Tags: ,

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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.

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Tip: Use Your Browser Developer Tools to Debug Your App

Posted: March 3rd, 2015 Author: Filed under: Tips

 Icon for a tipA 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.

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[This is the first in a series of periodic tips we’ll be presenting in various places.]

Upgrade: New AngularJS & Bootstrap Visual Builder and More

Posted: March 2nd, 2015 Author: Filed under: AngularJS, App Builder, Bootstrap, New release Tags: , , ,

Appery.io Makes the Forrester Shortlist

Posted: February 23rd, 2015 Author: Filed under: Articles

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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.