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APPFORUM 2019 - Blog Series: Common Myths About Going Cloud - Part 2

                                                  Zebra’s Cloud Transformation is Game-changing for Developers    …

Industry News - Week of Aug. 26, 2019

IN THIS ISSUE: Self-charging eDumper; Bad Packets Caused CenturyLink Outage; Galaxy Note 10 Adopts iPhone Design Element; Zebra Dives into AR; Measure Distance Using Light Speed; How to Improve Dev Skills Wisely   Electric Dump Truck Re-…

Industry News - Week of Aug. 12, 2019

IN THIS ISSUE: Android Q's Radical Nav Changes; Android Ransomware Scare; Banner Year for threats to Android, iOS; Delivery Robots Hit the Streets; GitHub Improves Automation; Healthcare AI Hits Roadblock Android Q Axes Home Key For some Androiders…

Augmented Reality Extended: Developing Enterprise Applications with Zebra Mobile Computers

Augmented Reality Extended: Developing Enterprise Applications with Zebra Mobile Computers   Learn more about this topic and others at Zebra's APPFORUM in Las Vegas, Oct. 1-2, 2019.  REGISTER NOW   By Pat Narendra, PhD Innovator,…

Remapping Zebra MC33xx/MC93xx hardware keyboard to support local language characters

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Remapping Zebra MC33xx/MC93xx hardware keyboard to support local language characters Ian Hatton Zebra EMEA Updated June 2020 Overview Many customers prefer to use a hardware keyboard for numeric+text entry and in some cases they also require the ability…

Zebra TC5x Workstation Docking Cradle Demonstration

Workstation Docking Cradle Demonstration Ian Hatton Zebra Technologies EMEA Overview This demo configuration uses the Second Screen utility from Google Play (  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farmerbb.secondscreen.free&hl=…

Zebra DEVTALK: What's New for Zebra Developers in Android Pie l Wednesday, Sept. 18th 2019

Learn about the new features Google have introduced in Android Pie and how they affect Zebra developers targeting our Android mobile devices.  This talk will cover the changes to power management as well as discuss what new features such as…

Zebra's GMS Restricted Mode

Zebra’s GMS Restricted Mode is a device state that provides complete control over which GMS applications and services are available on a Zebra device. Activating this mode disables all Google applications and services that are part of Google Mobile…

All-Touch TE is now in the Google Play Store

For those of you waiting on All-Touch TE to be a public application and would like to be able to download from the Google Play Store, the time has come. To find the application, do a searh for "Ivanti" and look for the Velocity Application. Here is the…

DEVTALK: The Savanna Data Services Sandbox l Wednesday August 28th, 2019 l

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Whether you are working with Zebra products or new to developing for the enterprise, in this talk, we’ll cover everything you need on how to get started with Savanna Data Services sandbox including how register and access the API’s for enterprise…

Listening for KeyPress events with DataWedge

Please be aware that the following article only applies to our devices running the SD660 chipset and some other select devices running other chipsets.  If you have DataWedge 7.3 and do not see the Keyevent options page in DataWedge as described then…

Industry News - Week of Jul. 29, 2019

IN THIS ISSUE: Berkeley Labs Develops Magnetic Liquid; DOJ Starts Social Media Probe; Facebook Anti-Fake News API Called 'Inadequate'; Wi-Fi 6 Could Effect PoE; Apollo Mission Turns 50; Google's Leaked Recordings; AG Seeks Help from Big Tech…

Converting Remote StageNow Profiles for Local Staging Via a Wireless Storage Device

Summary This article details how to easily convert a StageNow XML profile which is remotely hosted to work with a local server based either on a Sandisk Wireless Stick or a Zebra TC5x/7x device . The Remote Hosting method outlined in a previous blog post…

Industry News - Week of Jul. 15, 2019

IN THIS ISSUE: Low-code, No-Code Tools; What's Coming in Android Q; Rasperry Pi 4 Defect; 77-Patch Tuesday; IoT Explosion Warnings; Getting More from Teams Still Writing Code for Line-of-Business Apps? Companies that continue to code "the old way" are…

Recommendations Developing for Zebra Android Devices

...and some common questions on the developer portal We receive a lot of questions on the developer portal that are variations on a similar theme, so I thought it made sense to bring together answers to the most common questions as well as some more…

Droidcon Berlin 2019 - Readers Digest

Last week James Swinton-Bland, Darryn Campbell & Alex Fryer had the privilege to once again represent Zebra as a Sponsor at Droidcon Berlin 2019. The event drew 1,300 attendees over the course of three days and consisted of a range of…