How to Make a Location Check-In App in Xamarin.Forms Part One
It’s been about ten years since Foursquare launched their mobile check-in app. In case you missed out on that trend, the original Foursquare app was all about checking into locations …
An Analysis of Mario Kart Tour
If you follow our blog, you know there are two topics we never miss a chance to cover: mobile gaming monetization techniques and Nintendo’s mobile game releases. Now that Mario …
How to Calculate the Implied RGB Color for Opacity Changes
Subtle usage of opacity changes can give your app a polished look. For instance, open the iOS Settings app. Tap the General cell, and look at the top toolbar. The …
How to Free Space in Xcode and Android Studio
My 5 year old MacBook recently started complaining about not having enough space. I don’t keep any music on my computer, and I have relatively few pictures. If I go …
How to Fetch Stock and Currency Quotes for iPhone
When I’m not writing apps, I like to follow stocks. I’ve even had the opportunity to combine those interests in the past with quantitative trading strategies. We’ll keep things simple …
A Breakdown of Dr. Mario World’s Financial Performance
I’m a huge fan of the original Dr. Mario on NES. I suspect it’s the best classic puzzle game of all-time. I’ve beaten level 20 on speed high hundreds of …
How to Add Core Location to our Weather App
It’s been over a year since we tackled weather on the HangZone blog. Longtime readers may recall our original weather app tutorial, followed by our five day forecast tutorial. In …
How to Transfer Data More Efficiently with DTOs
Let’s say you’re building an application with a SQL database stored in the cloud. You’ve written a web API which you can call from you app to interact with the …
How to Make Your First Apple TV App
We’ve written extensively on iPhone and iPad development in the past, but never covered the Apple TV. As you may know, you can mirror the screen of your iPhone or …
The Business Strategy of Collectibles in Smash Bros Ultimate
I just got Super Smash Bros Ultimate for the Nintendo Switch. The controls feel great, the stages look incredible, and the cast of characters is amazingly large. The Smash Bros …