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Industry News - Week of Sep. 9, 2019

IN THIS ISSUE: Is Apple Testing AR?; Q is for Quitting; Robotics in Farming; Samsung Latest Rugged Tablet; Don't Make AI Apps Too Smart;  Is Apple Testing Augmented Reality? Reports vary, but one trusted analyst is certain that Apple is hard at…

Zebra Savanna Data Services l Video Case Studies

Hello All! Zebra has been working with several partners in our early adopter program for Zebra Savanna Data Services.  As we have rolled out the services, we put together video case studies around these partners and how they are using Zebra Savanna…

Creating Android NFC Pairing tags for Bluetooth devices

Creating Android NFC Pairing tags for Bluetooth devices Ian Hatton Zebra Technologies EMEA Sept 2019   Overview This document details the process required to create an Android NFC pairing tag for most Bluetooth devices in order to allow tap to pair…

Developer Impact of Restricted GMS

Many customers adopting GMS in an enterprise environment will be moving from non-GMS (or AOSP) devices and for many customers making that transition it can be a daunting leap. Zebra’s new Restricted GMS feature is designed to bridge the gap between the…

Zebra at Droidcon London 2019

October 24th – 25th sees the annual Droidcon London event taking place at the city’s Business Design Centre in Islington.  Yet again, Zebra will be sponsoring the event giving us a booth and the opportunity to speak with and get feedback from event…

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…