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Android Jetpack and Kotlin: the benefits to developers

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Jetpack is a collection of Android software components that make it easier for developers to create Android apps. Used alongside Kotlin, GitHub’s fastest growing language, Jetpack has some excellent benefits for developers, including: Backward…

Site Update - Feedback

Good Morning Developers and Tech Leaders out there! As many of you will notice, we have made an update to the Developer Portal site. While outwardly you should notice little difference from what you were used to seeing, there have been many changes as we…

Getting Fat is Not a Good Idea – For your Personal Health or Your Warehouse

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  This is probably the last place you thought you’d see this kind of article. As I have progressed into my fifties, I have found myself packing on a little extra padding.  It’s probably not a good idea.  Getting fat can lead to any…

Using TeamViewer for full Remote Control of Zebra Oreo Devices

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With the release of Oreo OS for SD660 and 8056 based products, we have the ability to support full remote control of our devices via TeamViewer which is a feature that has been requested many times over the past few years. This uses the new Event…

Site Updates - May 20, 2019

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Hello Community! We are pleased to announce some changes happening to the Developer Portal soon.  On the morning of Monday May 20, we will be switching to a new back-end system for the site.  This will allow us to provide a better experience…

Network Connect - Updates

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There has been several enhancements to the Network Connect products. New versions of Network Connect printer Firmware Kits are available.  These new versions support Link OS 5.2 and back.  Attached is the document "Readme - Loading NC printer…

Industry News - Week of May 6, 2019

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IN THIS ISSUE: AWS Dominance Grows; Teaching Criminals to Code; MIT Makes Heat-conductive Polymer; Oracle v. Google Goes to Supreme Court; MS Adds 'Decision' to Azure; Amazon Warehouse Robots a Decade Away AWS Still the 'Big Kahuna' Jeff Bezos has…

CHROMIUM BLE PRINTING

A Technical Support case for Bluetooth (BLE) printing came across my desk, and it was the First Time that our Help Desk and Engineering Support had come across BLE Javascript / HTML printing that leverages a Firefox Function added to the Chromium /…

New Training: Design and Deploy RFID Solutions

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Design and Deploy RFID Solution is an intense workshop-style training designed to quickly introduce you to hands-on aspects of RFID projects in a concise and concentrated manner. The course scope covers all the aspects of a typical RFID project (…

New Training: Migrating to the Next Generation Platform - Android

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Need to enhance your Android knowledge? Have upcoming Android customer deployments? Zebra provides intensive workshop-style training to help get you up to speed with the Android OS, Zebra's MX and mobility DNA enhancements, useful deployment,…

DEVTALK - Advancing Data Services with Savanna l Wednesday, June 19th at 10:00 am CDT

Ever wondered what would happen if you gave a Zebra access to every database in the world? See what Zebra can share when you go beyond the data. What if your scanner could give you not just the data you scanned, but real insights on that data? Scan a UPC…

APPFORUM 2019: Zebra SDK Optimization – Making it easier for developers

Decision makers outline several factors when they are evaluating competitors during technology purchase processes. To be on top, technological companies are competing to have SDKs, APIs, Utility Apps and cloud platforms easier to work with for…

Industry News - Week of Apr. 22, 2019

IN THIS ISSUE: Google Previews IDE Plug-ins; Debut of the Robotic Dog; Samsung's Latest Galaxy Stays in the Fold; Apple Calms Qualcomm 5G Battle; Researchers Develop Molecular Barcodes; How Secure is OpenVPN Really?   Google Previews Plug-ins for…

DEVTALK: Learn About Signify VLC Solution l Wednesday, May 15th 10:00 am CDT

In this webinar,  the current generation Zebra handhelds based on SD660 processors such as the PS20, TC52 and TC72 are all capable of high accuracy indoor positioning using the Signify (formerly Philips Lighting) VLC solution which uses LED lighting…

APPFORUM 2019: The Latest Features for Developers Using Android Oreo and Pie

From KitKat to Lollipop and Marshmallow to Nougat each version of Android changes the behaviour of how your applications work. Documentation of these changes is readily available for consumers but for app developers, detailed information on the…

Who’s in Charge Here? – Managers in the Supply Chain Warehouse

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As Android continues to proliferate through the Supply Chain landscape, the mobile worker becomes far more efficient in his efforts.  The modernization of character-based applications improves productivity by making the user function more…