Social Authentication Examples for AngularJS and jQuery Mobile

User login/registration is one of the most common features in a mobile app. Permitting login with existing credentials that users have from social networks can significantly simplify the authentication process and improve the user experience.

User Login Registration Examples for all project types (jQuery Mobile, Ionic, and Bootstrap) has just been updated with social authentication functionality. You can use those examples to quickly set up your app with the social login feature or see how it’s built to implement your own.

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To create an app from an example, click Create new app > From example and choose the example you want from the list of available examples.

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Building a Mobile App with AngularJS and Barcode Scanner

With Barcode Scanner plugin, you can quickly add the functionality to scan bar codes from your app.  This can be helpful in many cases. For example, when building a warehouse mobile app: simply scan a product bar code, search the database with that code and retrieve the product information.

You can see how to build such app for jQuery Mobile here.

Adding a Barcode Scanner plugin to your Appery.io Angular app is very simple:

  1. Go to Project > CREATE NEW > From Plug-in.
  2. Select Apperyio Barcode Service and click Import selected plugins.

Then, in the Project view, a related service (Barcode_scan) and a JavaScript (Barcode) file will appear. After a native service has been added to the app, it can be called like any other REST service.

The Barcode Scanner plugin uses Cordova API. As the plugin uses native APIs, you should test it on the device or using the Appery.io Tester app.

Read the step-by-step tutorial we’ve prepared on Using the Barcode scanner service. And of course, feel free to contact us if you have any issues.

 

New Milestone, New Release, New Features – Find Out More about Our July 2015 Release

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We just announced some great news for Appery. We’ve passed the 250,000-user mark, we’ve updated our tester app so users don’t need to have an Appery.io account, and we’ve rolled out a new release of  the platform that includes these key features (among others):

  • Simplified implementation of social login and LDAP sign-on for apps
  • Extended offline capability in apps to use the internal database or an external one
  • New Bootstrap and Ionic components
  • Outline page component view for enhanced developer productivity

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3 Tips for Increasing Mobile Conversions

Mobile in-app conversionWhat’s a mobile conversion?

Simply put, a mobile conversion is an instance of a user taking a desired action within your mobile app. This could be completing a sale for example, or even just filling out and submitting a form. They differ from download conversions in that they are accomplished in-app, after the initial download of the app has already occurred.

Not everyone needs to worry about mobile conversions in their applications, but if you’re building an app where conversions are key, few things are more important than increasing that rate.

Mobile traffic now accounts for over 16% of all web traffic, and in general, businesses have done well in acquiring users for their apps: by 2016, there will be 2 billion smartphones in use worldwide, with an average of 27 apps per phone.

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How to Add Barcode Scanner with Database Search to Your App

We know that developers love examples. One of the most requested example is how to build an app with barcode scanner and search the database. We created an app example that does exactly that.

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Webinar Recording: Building a Barcode Scanner App Integrated with Backend Services

In case you missed our webinar, watch this recording to learn how to use Appery.io to build a barcode scanner mobile app. (At the end of this post is some of the coding used in the webinar.)

Check out many other videos on the Appery.io YouTube channel.

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Adding Live In-App Customer Service With Bright Pattern Mobile API Plug-in

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Appery.io and Bright Pattern have partnered to improve the simplicity of implementing live in-app customer service for enterprises and their customers. The partnership’s result is a plug-in for the Appery.io platform that helps companies to quickly add contact center functionality to their mobile apps. Read the rest of this entry »

Video: Using Native Device Features in Cross-Platform Apps

If you missed our webinar, watch this recording to learn how to use Cordova APIs in a mobile app. The webinar shows:

  • Building a hybrid app in Appery.io
  • Using Apache Cordova APIs:
    • Alert
    • Geolocation
    • Barcode scanner
    • Camera
    • FileTransfer –  use plugin for quick file upload to Appery.io database
  • Fast testing with Appery.io Tester app

Check out many other videos on the Appery.io YouTube channel.

Easily Add Secure Payments to Your Mobile App

The ability to quickly add payments to a mobile app is frequently requested by users. Today, we’re happy to announce an update to our existing PayPal plug-in that lets you quickly and conveniently add secure payments into an app.

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Try the New User Login/Registration App Example

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User login/registration is one of the most common features in a mobile app. With Appery.io Database’s built-in user management feature, adding a login and registration capability to an app is very fast and simple. We know that developers love examples and so we created an app example available in the Builder that shows how to add this functionality in an app, so it’s even faster.

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