I recently came across this great article on techcrunch and thought it a worth while mention to you budding game and app developers. According to this article Android now has 41.8% of the US market (up a staggering 5.8% on last quarter), whilst Apple’s iOS has a very respectable 27%… Read more“Android and iOS Market share – Who’s ruling the roust!”
Month: September 2011
Marmalade SDK News – Marmalade 5.1.7 now available for download
The guys over at Marmalade have just released v 5.1.7 of the Marmalade SDK, changes include: – All platforms: Fixed IwHTTP failing due to network failure during an operation – PlayBook: Added detailed PlayBook setup and distribution information to the Platform Guide and fixed distribution deployments. – PlayBook: Add support… Read more“Marmalade SDK News – Marmalade 5.1.7 now available for download”
Blog Expansion
Because I’m thoroughly enjoying blogging I am expanding my blog to other areas. As you may or may not have noticed, I have started adding new pages to the blog. The new pages include: Jobs & Projects – Here I will post jobs or projects that you would like to… Read more“Blog Expansion”
Marmalade SDK Tutorial – Handling key inputs and the on screen keyboard
This tutorial is part of the Marmalade SDK tutorials collection. To see the tutorials index click here In today’s tutorial we are going to cover key input and on the on screen keyboard (OSK). As usual if you just want the associated article source code then you can Download it from… Read more“Marmalade SDK Tutorial – Handling key inputs and the on screen keyboard”
Marmalade SDK Bitesize Tutorial – Running out of memory and how to fix it
This tutorial is part of the Marmalade SDK tutorials collection. To see the tutorials index click here Available Application Memory Ok, this is the first of my bite-sized tutorials that I have started running alongside my usual meaty tutorials. I see these types of problems cropping on the forums often so… Read more“Marmalade SDK Bitesize Tutorial – Running out of memory and how to fix it”
Marmalade SDK Tutorial – Touch and Multi-touch
This tutorial is part of the Marmalade SDK tutorials collection. To see the tutorials index click here A little rushed this weekend but I did kind of commit myself to producing another tutorial this weekend, so here goes. This tutorial is going to cover handling touch and multi-touch pointer events using… Read more“Marmalade SDK Tutorial – Touch and Multi-touch”
Marmalade SDK Tutorial – Loading bitmaps and rendering sprites with Iw2D
This tutorial is part of the Marmalade SDK tutorials collection. To see the tutorials index click here Carrying on from my previous Marmalade SDK tutorial that covered creating a basic game loop, I promised that I would move onto something a little more interesting. Well I was going to write this… Read more“Marmalade SDK Tutorial – Loading bitmaps and rendering sprites with Iw2D”
Marmalade SDK Tutorial – Up and Running in a Jiffy – The Main Game Loop
This tutorial is part of the Marmalade SDK tutorials collection. To see the tutorials index click here Ok, so you downloaded and installed the Marmalade SDK, took a quick scan over the help files and thought “Hmm, this is a biggy, where do I start?” When we start something new we… Read more“Marmalade SDK Tutorial – Up and Running in a Jiffy – The Main Game Loop”
Hello Marmalade – Introduction to the Marmalade SDK – The ultimate cross platform SDK for smart phones and tablets
This tutorial is part of the Marmalade SDK tutorials collection. To see the tutorials index click here So you are a smart phone, tablet, smart TV or desktop developer (or at least want to be) and you want to have your next hit game or app run across a huge range… Read more“Hello Marmalade – Introduction to the Marmalade SDK – The ultimate cross platform SDK for smart phones and tablets”
Blackberry Playbook App Categories
If you are a bit stuck finding a list of categories that your app can be placed in when deploying your Blackberry Playbook app then this list of Playbook app categories may help