How To Fill A XAML Rectangle with Multiple Colors
We usually write about iOS and Android on the HangZone blog, but legend has it that there are some mobile devices out in the wild that run Windows. These unicorns …
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Spelldom Final Thoughts
As we announced earlier, our virtual world of Spelldom finally closed its doors this month. It’s been almost three years since we launched back in 2015. We’ve all spelled a …
How to Create a Stream of Colorful Bubbles using a Blend Overlay in Swift
As a developer, it’s usually helpful to take a quantitative view of things. Colors are no different. Most of us learned in school that you can mix the primary colors—blue, …
Escape & Avenge: A Developer Preview
The HangZone Game Studio is still working hard. Since the release of Spelldom in 2015, we have been focusing more on contract work and enterprise app development, but the creative …
ARKit in iOS Part 2
Welcome to part 2 of our ARKit in iOS tutorial. In part 1, we created an iOS app using ARKit in which we could add a chair on the ground …
How to Make a Timer App that Stores Sound and Vibration Settings in UserDefaults
People are very particular about sound when it comes to their mobile experience. A great music track can help to immerse a player in a mobile game. Well placed sound …
How to Display Five Day Forecasts in our Weather App
Longtime readers of the HangZone blog will know exactly what the current temperature is, thanks to our blog post on how to call an external weather API. Unfortunately, they have …
ARKit in iOS Part 1
The release of iOS 11 this year brought an exciting new framework with it—ARKit! This framework is designed to greatly aid in the creation of augmented reality apps for iOS …
How to Build A Shaking Game for iPhone
For years, I’ve wanted to make an app that focuses entirely on shakes. I just couldn’t think of any reasonable idea that warranted that sort of user interaction. That is …
How to Build an iOS Weather App with an External API
When you’re building an app, it’s often necessary to retrieve data from an external API. Perhaps you’re making the next great sports app, and you need to retrieve updated scores. …