Hello Developers! Spring is here and so is the good news: Android™ 13 is available for Zebra devices!
What’s New in Android™ 13 and the Impact on Zebra developers
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Industry News - Aug. 9, 2021IN THIS ISSUE: Say Good-bye to Gingerbread; Hey Android, Where's My Process?; Jetpack Compose Reaches 1.0; Stack Overflow 2021 Survey; Make Scrolling Obvious; Common Pitfalls of Home-page Design
Google Calls it Quits on Early Desserts
Google next month…
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Using PrintConnect with Apps Built with Android 11 or HigherPrintConnect has been widely utilized on Android devices to simplify the printer discovery and pairing process for apps that need to print labels or receipts on Zebra Link-OS printers. With PrintConnect, apps simply pass the variable data for the label…
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Industry News - Jul. 26, 2021IN THIS ISSUE: Microsoft Sunsets Xamarin Community Toolkit; Android Language Options; 50+ Free Tools; A UI Mistake Costing $8 Million; Solving the 100vh Problem; The Hobson's Choice of Browsers; The Perfect Play-store Screenshot
Microsoft Shows…
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Link-OS SDK for iOS – Printer Network Discovery API impacted by iOS 14.5 and higherApple has added additional privacy protection around the local network access in its iOS 14 updates. Among them, it is the multicast networking entitlement. Starting from iOS 14, the multicast networking entitlement is required in order for an iOS app to…
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Application Best Practices for Managing Device PowerThis article is aimed both at application developers and engineers troubleshooting the power management on Android devices.
Since Android Marshmallow, there have been significant improvements in the Android platform to increase the battery life of…
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Industry News - Jul. 12, 2021IN THIS ISSUE: Android Studio 4.2.2 Stable; Run Android Apps on Windows 11; Moving Away from the APK; Android Apps From an Amazon Windows Store; A Deep Dive into AirBNB's Server-driven UI; What's Coming in Android 12
Android Studio 4.…
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Using OS_Builder utility to create XML OS update packages for installation via WiFi DirectSummary
This unofficial/unsupported utility is designed to simplify fast creation of XML-based OS update packages for updating Zebra devices in the field via another Zebra device acting as a host which creates a WiFi Direct hotspot.…
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App Actions on Enterprise Devices (Part 2)This is the second of two blogs exploring the newly announced Shortcuts feature of App Actions and whether it will work well on Enterprise devices. A sample app to accompany this series is available at https://github.com/darryncampbell/App-Actions-…
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Gain Valuable Insight with Zebra VisibilityIQ Foresight APIsZebra VisibilityIQTM APIs help our customers to improve their operational efforts and better streamline efficiencies. Our APIs expose volumes of detailed information related to device health, availability, utilization, and support. Our APIs help to…
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Develop React Native Printing App for Android & iOS with Link-OS SDKSince its release in 2015, React Native has become one of the popular cross-platform mobile development frameworks used to build thousands of mobile apps. Often, we have developers asking about how to integrate the Link-OS SDK with a React Native…
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Industry News - Jun. 28, 2021IN THIS ISSUE: App Store Mine Field; Mobile MVP Rules of the Road; Four Basic Rules for Android App Security; Variable Fonts Look Better than Scaling; Windows 11 UI Gets Some Love; Brave Search Now in Beta
Washington Post: Apple's App Store is Loaded…
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Developer Portal OutagesThe developer Portal is experiencing some point outages due to the upgrade over the weekend. We are aware of many of the issues and are working hard to fix them. Known issues, in no particular order, include:
Some API pages not appearing…
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Zebra DevTalks Community Day APAC | July 29
We are happy to announce that Zebra is hosting the third edition of the DevTalks Community Day, an online developer conference.
Wherever you are, join us on July 29, 2021 starting 9:05 AM …
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Zebra DevTalk | New Print Support Added to Select VisibilityIQ APIs | June 16 10 am CDT
We are excited to announce support for Zebra DNA Printers for the first batch of VisibilityIQ APIs ! In this talk we will demonstrate how to use the APIs to build your own custom views gaining valuable insights for your printer deployments that…
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App Actions on Enterprise Devices (Part 1)This is the first of two blogs exploring whether the newly announced Shortcuts feature of App Actions will work well on Enterprise devices. This blog considers built-in Intents and the second part will deal with custom Intents. A sample app to accompany…
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