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Scoped Storage with Enterprise ApplicationsIn Android 10, Google introduced Scoped Storage as a security enhancement, severely limiting an application’s ability to access world readable / writeable file locations. Application file storage is now sandboxed with only a few documented…
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Join us at Zebra DevCon | 3-5 November, 2021 | Online Free Event INSIGHTS INTO ZEBRA'S STRATEGY AND LATEST PRODUCTS
The landscape may have changed but the desire to learn from…
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Industry News - Sep. 6, 2021IN THIS ISSUE: New DevTools in Chrome 94; How to Build a Stepper Component; Understanding the AVIF Image Format; Betting on the Android Dream; Using Xamarin to Extend Battery Life; Google Dodges $8.8 B Oracle Payout
New DevTools in Chrome 94
The…
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Industry News - Aug. 23, 2021IN THIS ISSUE: Android 12: A Detailed Look; Wear OS Allows Dev-specific Tiles; Visual Studio 2022 Preview 3; Breaking the Web Forward; What the Heck is a 'Metaverse?'; Mobile-first vs. Desktop-first Dev
Android 12: A Detailed First Look (video)…
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Third (and last!) Revised method for deploying StageNow profiles to a remote FTP server(This is a repost of a blog originally created in 2019 which was lost in the recent Developer Portal upgrade)
StageNow 3.x Remote XML Hosting v3
Ian Hatton
Zebra EMEA Aug21
The procedure below describes an unofficial method (use at your own risk)…
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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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