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This post is a continuation of my previous post (Develop a Side Menu App using Intel XDK - Part 5) and describes considerations in adding images and some text to the content. In the present post it is shown on just one page of the app. As an image is worth a thousand words, adding images is very important in app development. As I am writing an app that has about two to three dozen images I wanted to find out what would be an optimum size for an image. Although I am still debating, I created four images resized to represent from 100% to 25%. The Intel XDK UI allowed me to place the images using the image icon which brings in the default image, Stabburg.jpg which had the following details, 500x448 pixels with a file size of 31.68 KB. Placing images and re-sizing Click on Image Control and drag it to a page and the image is added to the page. Placing an image control on a page automatically adds in the Stabburg.jpg. PlaceImage.jpg Clicking on the image opens the image prope...

With sales in China hampered by economy and somewhat by cheap look-alikes, Apple has shifted to a more stable market on the verge of blooming with an excellent demographic make up. Among the BRIC nations perhaps INDIA has the biggest opportunity of growth with a tech savvy PM. Apple has been having conversations with India to open Apple Stores. Apple has grown much faster than China, Korea and others.  Apple strong holds and is expected to grow even more. Perhaps Tim Cook's bet is not a bluff. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/apple-chief-tim-cook-bets-on-economic-reforms-in-india-says-smartphone-market-is-incredibly-great/articleshow/50743806.cms

Why? Well it is because of these unbeatable new features: 1TB SSD Storage 16GB RAM Intel Core i7 processor NVIDIA GPU Ultra thin Great workmanship PC or Tablet both OK Of course it is pricey at $2699 and buy a keyboard add another $129 It is already sold out. Next availability is after February 2016. 

I saw this effect for the first time in Lumia 950. I am sure it is in the higher version but also more recent Windows smart phones. You might have also found it in the pictures you might have recently captured and saved to your Camera Roll. Perhaps you might not have associated these (.nar files) with the cute effect you  observed. You (in the Photo tile) click on one of these images and it opens up and comes to life briefly (Live Images)  before settling to a still that you have been used to all along. These are live pictures. If you look at the properties of these picture you will see the .nar extension. NAR extension refers to Nikon Capture Advanced Raw file. If you try to attach it with a message you will get two options, an image or a video. I sent it out to my wife to her iPhone 6S and she got a video. The video effect on iPhone 6S is Ok but not like it is on Windows 10 Phone Lumia 950. You have got to see it to know how it looks . This is developing area  of...

You have worked on an App and you want to know how it is doing. What you need is some analytical information. App Annie which provides App Analytics has several products of which the Store Stats is free. It claims to have 0.5 million registered members. Hourly and daily charts plus ranking for millions of apps is made available using the Staore Stats. Of course there is also a Pro version if you pay $59/month. The other premium products are: Store Intelligence Usage Intelligence Audience Intelligence App Store Analytics Advvertising Analytics In-App Analytics What I like is it covers all the important App Stores like, iOS, Apple TV, Mac, Google Play, Amazon, Windows Phone and Windows. Here is a over view of the dashboard and you can drill down to details in various ways and do filtering. Here is details for iPhone and you can splice and dice. I did not see a search box on this screen. Well your app has to have sufficient tracking before it can make it into the ...

In this part 5 of the post you will learn how to add content to your SideMenu app. Review the following posts before you start with this post although Part 5 is quite independent except that it may start picking up a screen from Part 4. Part 1:Creating a Intel XDK project using a template; SideMenu project UI, SideMenu on iPhone6 emulator http://hodentekmobile.blogspot.com/2015/11/develop-side-menu-app-using-intel-xdk.html Part 2: Review of Controls and Layout as well as working with Pages. Pages in a SideMenu http://hodentekmobile.blogspot.com/2015/12/develop-side-menu-app-using-intel-xdk.html Part 3: Linking the pages and Navigation http://hodentekmobile.blogspot.com/2015/12/develop-side-menu-app-using-intel-xdk_19.html Part 4: Adding the BACK button to return to the previous page. http://hodentekmobile.blogspot.com/2015/12/develop-side-menu-app-using-intel-xdk_26.html Presently the Favorites Screen(page)is empty as shown. SideMenu5_01.png The header show...

This course is offered by ESRI. Read here: https://geonet.esri.com/community/education/content and here: https://geonet.esri.com/message/556447#556447 This is announced on the site: February 2, 2016: Do It Yourself GeoApps (landing page forthcoming). This (Massive Open online Course) MOOC is for anyone who wants to build geo-enabled apps that make communities smarter and businesses more successful. Anyone can learn to build apps with configurable templates like Storymaps, and with applications called Web AppBuilder and AppStudio, all with little or no coding. Coders can learn about Esri's developer resources like SDKs and APIs, and can join the GeoDev community. Four weeks, self-paced, 12-18 hours total. Section 1: Overveiw of the Course and Geo Apps Section 2: Geo apps for Smarter Communities Section 3: Put Your Story on the Map Section 4: Web Apps for Your Community Section 5: Native Apps for your Community Section 6; Building Geo Apps onOpen Data Section 7: Custom Codi...