Alternatives to Launchkit

As described on its site, LaunchKit is a suite of easy to use tools for mobile app makers to create, launch and monitor our apps. On meumobi we use all their services: Screenshot Builder, App Website Builder and Review Monitor. All are well designed, with best UX and features you need. For us the most important is the screenshot builder, we save the screenshots of all Apps we manage ( > 20), iOS and Android. launchkit Unfortunately on July, 2016 LaunchKit team joined Google and decide to discontinue the service on July, 2017. They have open sourced LaunckKit, so anyone can set up their own instance. But I’m not sure it’s a good idea to own a discontinued project, let’s search a solid alternative.

Handling international numbers with decimal and thousands separators

Great Britain and the United States are two of the few places in the world that use a period to indicate the decimal place. Different countries officially designate different symbols for the decimal mark. The choice of symbol for the decimal mark also affects the choice of symbol for the thousands separator used in digit grouping. While the U.K. and U.S. use a comma to separate groups of thousands, many other countries use a period instead, and some countries separate thousands groups with a thin space. When we manage values from different countries using several formats we need to use a standard in order to compute, compare or share results.

Android App Auto-update on Google Play and Permissions Change

Before you download an app on Google Play, you may need to give the app permission to access specific capabilities or information on your device, known as permission groups. If you have turned on AUTO UPDATE option in settings then it would be automatically updated otherwise you will receive notification that “New version is available on play store”. Google Play Auto-update It will take around 24 hours for giving update notification to users. If you don’t observe update it should be due to permissions change on App.

How to Download files in Cordova App

Quick post about download of files on Cordova, 3 main options: cordova-open plugin, fileOpener2 plugin or InappBrowser plugin

Create a Ionic2 App with Firebase Cloud DB

The first thing you’ll do is to make sure you have node.js installed. If you’ve previously installed it, check if it’s latest version, compare node --version with.

How to upgrade Node.js on Mac OS X

If you already have Node.js installed on your Mac the simplest way to upgrade Node.js from the Terminal is to use the n version manager:

Recommended Image Size in Android BigPicture Push Notification

Android 4.1 and newer devices support a BigPicture that will show below your notification text when it is expanded. But to not see your image cropped you should follow some rules. Android BigPictureStyle

Your App has been removed from Google Play because it violates information policy

This morning I received following scary email to inform me one of my Apps has been removed from Google Play because it violates our personal and sensitive information policy. Well… Your App has been removed from Google Play because it violates information policy

Cleaning code with ESLint

Cleaning up Code with Eslint https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh_gOMfOod8

My First App with VueJS

Vue is a progressive JavaScript framework that focuses on building user interfaces. You can see [VueJS in action online] (https://jsfiddle.net/chrisvfritz/50wL7mdz/) or install it on local. The simplest way to run it locally is using an official template.

Host a php App on Heroku

Create Account on Heroku, by default, your app is deployed on a free dyno. Free dynos will sleep after a half hour of inactivity (if they don’t receive any traffic). This causes a delay of a few seconds for the first request upon waking. Subsequent requests will perform normally.