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Industry News - Jul. 12, 2021

Zebra-News
IN 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.…

Using OS_Builder utility to create XML OS update packages for installation via WiFi Direct

StageNow
Summary    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.…

App Actions on Enterprise Devices (Part 2)

WorkForceConnect
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-…

Gain Valuable Insight with Zebra VisibilityIQ Foresight APIs

ZebraDataServices
Zebra 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…

Develop React Native Printing App for Android & iOS with Link-OS SDK

Since 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…

Industry News - Jun. 28, 2021

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IN 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…

Developer Portal Outages

Misc
The 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…

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 …

Zebra DevTalk | New Print Support Added to Select VisibilityIQ APIs | June 16 10 am CDT

ZebraDataServices
  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…

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…

Data Services for RFID – Enabling Edge Managed Tag Reading from the Cloud

In April, Zebra Data Services announced the first fully cloud-based offering for fixed RFID.  Along with the ability to manage readers and get tag read data to the cloud, we introduced the concept of Read Modes.  This post will detail Read…

Industry News - May 31, 2021

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IN THIS ISSUE: Apache Cassandra 4.0 Beta Spotted; Android 12 to Get 'Bubbly' Buttons; Life Before CSS; Inside the PNG Image Format; Chromium Testing 'Follow' Feature; Embed Google Forms Without iFrames   Apache Cassandra 4.0 Beta Spotted Keep an…

Industry News - May 17, 2021

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IN THIS ISSUE: Android Studio 4.2 Improves UX; Time to Target Android SDK 30; Bootstrap 5 Lands New Components; Primer: CSS Container Queries; Under the Covers at GitHub; A Collection of Landing Pages     Android Studio 4.2 Improves UX,…

Transform Your Business Model with VisibilityIQ APIs

Zebra 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…

Industry News - May 3, 2021

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IN THIS ISSUE: Safari Gets a Grid Inspector; Pssst...Want Some Free Fonts?; A Guide to Google's Core Web Vitals; 18 Pitfalls of Mobile Commerce Design; TIP: How to Handle Mobile Viewports; BEST PRACTICE: Handling Cookie Notices Inside Safari's New Grid…

Preventing Play Store Apps from Updating Automatically

With the increased adoption of managed Android devices, a common request is to prevent Play Store apps from updating.  For example, you might not want to receive Chrome updates because you have validated your hybrid app against a specific version of…