How to Make an iPhone Chat App with Firebase – Part 4
It’s time for the exciting conclusion of our Firebase chat app tutorial! In Part 3, we equipped our app to handle push notifications. We’re still restricted to sending them out …
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How to Make an iPhone Chat App with Firebase – Part 3
If you’ve been following along with Part 1 and Part 2 of this tutorial, you now have a functional chat app with a Firebase backend. Next, we’re going to set-up …
What’s New from Apple with iOS 11
Although first announced on June 5, 2017 at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), iOS 11 was released to the public on September 19. You may have downloaded it, or …
How to Make an iPhone Chat App with Firebase – Part 2
In Part One of this tutorial, we set-up an Xcode project and integrated Firebase using CocoaPods. Now it’s time to build the core chat functionality of our app! Open up …
How to Make an iPhone Chat App with Firebase – Part 1
People love to send texts. The Messages app is quite possibly the most used app on your iPhone. Lots of companies incorporate chat into their own apps as well—think one-on-one …
Making a Pong Game with Cocos2d-x Part 4
In part 1, we set up Cocos2d-x. Part 2, saw us create a functional pong game. In part 3, we optimized images and created a richer gameplay. This tutorial will begin …
How to Build a Cocos2d-x Android App for Multiple Architectures
If you have ever tried to run a Cocos2d-x app in an Android emulator, you might be familiar with this error: INSTALL_FAILED_NO_MATCHING_ABIS. This happens because your emulator is using one …
Making a Pong Game in Cocos2d-x Part 3
In part 1, we set up Cocos2d-x on our computer. In part 2, we created a functional pong game. This tutorial will begin where part 2 left off. Please visit …
SKStoreReviewController: The New Review Prompt for iOS
In iOS 10.3, Apple introduced the SKStoreReviewController, a new standardized way to prompt users to review apps. It’s critical to accumulate as many positive App Store reviews as possible in …
Recycle Code into a Rock Paper Scissors App
As you spend more time developing apps, you accumulate a lot of useful reusable code. Whether you’re implementing Game Center (which is still alive and well!) or setting up in-app …