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Best Mobile article of November 2013

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Each month at CodeProject we gather together the best of the articles submitted the previous month and ask our readers to choose the best of the best. Entry is automatic - just submit you articke and we'll do the rest.

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Current Entries

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3 Nov 2013Kyle A.B.
Learn how to play Audio in an Android app from an HTML5 page in the Apps Assets folder.
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4 Nov 2013CodeProject
Dave Butler, VP and Senior Business Leader at MasterCard, offers developers insight into the company’s worldwide OpenAPI platform.
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2 Nov 2013Elagizy
Most of the mobile browsers don't support audio autoplay to save mobile bandwidth on behalf of the user!
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9 Nov 2013JJ Bussert
Running Windows Phone 8 Emulator within VMware Virtual Machine
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29 Nov 2013Siddharth Chandra
Firefox OS browser simulator using HTML5/JavaScript/CSS3
5 Nov 2013Ted Neward
Shake, Rattle and Roll: Dolby Sound on Android Devices
28 Nov 2013Yuriy Loginov
Intel’s HAXM greatly reduces the emulators boot up time and in my tests the Atom x86 based emulators performed twice as fast as their ARM counterparts
22 Nov 2013ashcairo
This article will cover the process of debugging and evaluating Android based games and apps for performance hotspots using Intel’s Graphics Performance Analyzers.
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16 Dec 2013Taiseer Joudeh
A sample eLearning system API which follows best practices for building RESTful API using Microsoft technology stack
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27 Aug 2014César de Souza, Diego Catalano
Scientific computing for Java and Android.
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19 Nov 2013Simon Jackson
I’ve compiled an extensive list of resources at your disposable on your Unity3D journey, split up in to sections to allow you to target what you need.
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9 Jan 2014Dev Leader
Creating a tabbed Android User Interface.
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16 Dec 2013Taiseer Joudeh
This is the first part of Building ASP.NET Web API RESTful Service Series.
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21 Nov 2013sonic_youth
This tip will tell you how to add popular web maps such as Google, Nokia, OpenStreet and Yandex maps into a Webix app with just several lines of code.
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27 Nov 2013Tharaka MTR
Emoji; is the Japanese term for the ideograms or smileys used mostly in Japanese electronic messages and webpages.
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18 Nov 2013PieterDeRycke
The technical architecture of Jace.NET, an OSS framework which I developed in my spare time.
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21 Nov 2013ThatsAlok
Creating ExpandableListView and populating it with BaseExpandableListAdapter derived class
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21 Mar 2014Pascal Ganaye
This library allow serialization and deserialization of objects to CSV with very little code.
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8 Dec 2013Yildirim Kocdag
What is next for Mobile Gestures? Past and Future of Mobile Gestures
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13 Dec 2013Serge Desmedt
An ObjectEditor as a custom ExpandableListView
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21 Nov 2013ThatsAlok
Article demonstrating use of Alert-Dialog in android universe.
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21 Nov 20133PillarLabs
Get photo albums from Facebook and Twitter in Android.
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11 Nov 2013Hadrich Mohamed
This article shows you how to fetch the name of your Windows Phone 8 using some C++/CX code.
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29 Nov 2013Tharaka MTR
How to transfer ownership of the Android application
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20 Nov 2013maxchen666
Using MVC to understand ASP.NET, iOS, Android and Hybrid Development
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12 Nov 2013JuiceOntour, Infoteam SA
An elegant solution for standardized and rapid settings page generation for Windows Phone
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21 Nov 2013Lewis Benge
Building Glassware with the Xamarin Android and Google's GDK

Current Participants

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Software Developer (Senior)
India India
He used to have biography here Smile | :) , but now he will hire someone (for free offcourse Big Grin | :-D ), Who writes his biography on his behalf Smile | :)

He is Great Fan of Mr. Johan Rosengren (his idol),Lim Bio Liong, Nishant S and DavidCrow and Believes that, he will EXCEL in his life by following there steps!!!

He started with Visual C++ then moved to C# then he become language agnostic, you give him task,tell him the language or platform, he we start immediately, if he knows the language otherwise he quickly learn it and start contributing productively

Last but not the least, For good 8 years he was Visual CPP MSMVP!
India India
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Software Developer (Junior) PLAYIR.com
United Kingdom United Kingdom
7 years console games dev.
3 years mobile r&d.
Now working on a real-time design and development tools for the creation of 3D games and apps across mobile and web platforms. (http://playir.com)

Development history
Brian Lara International Cricket 2005 (Codemasters) - PS2/XBox
World Championship Rugby 2005 (Acclaim) - PS2/XBox/PC
50 Cent Blood on the Sand (Activision) - PS3/Xbox 360
F1 2010 (Codemasters) - PS3/Xbox 360/PC
iGrapher (Software is Poetry) - Web/iOS/Android
Stock Market Hero (Software is Poetry) - iOS
Nah Bruv Shisha Sim (Software is Poetry) - iOS
Lambi Islands (France Telecom) - iOS
Female Mosque Finder (Faith Matters) - iOS
Music Gym (Software is Poetry) - iOS
Freedom Square (Software is Poetry) - iOS
FacePlayer (Software is Poetry) - iOS/Android/PC
MyndPlayer (MyndPlay) - iOS
Quran Project (QuranProject.org) - Android
Phone Wars (PLAYIR) - Web/iOS/Android/WP8/PC
Food Fighters (PLAYIR) - Web/iOS/Android/WP8/PC
Tank Legends (PLAYIR) - Web/iOS/Android/WP8
World of Fighters (PLAYIR) - Web/iOS/Android/WP8
Engineer NAVER LABS Europe
France France
Computer and technology enthusiast, interested in artificial intelligence and image processing. Has a Master's degree on Computer Science specialized on Image and Signal Processing, with expertise on Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition and Data Mining systems. Author of the Accord.NET Framework for developing scientific computing applications.

If you would like to hire good developers to build your dream application, please check out DaitanGroup, one of the top outsourcing companies in Brazil. This company, located in Brazil's Sillicon Valley but with US-based offices, has huge experience developing telecommunications software for large and small companies worldwide.
Software Developer CodeProject Solutions
Canada Canada
The CodeProject team have been writing software, building communities, and hosting CodeProject.com for over 20 years. We are passionate about helping developers share knowledge, learn new skills, and connect. We believe everyone can code, and every contribution, no matter how small, helps.

The CodeProject team is currently focussing on CodeProject.AI Server, a stand-alone, self-hosted server that provides AI inferencing services on any platform for any language. Learn AI by jumping in the deep end with us: codeproject.com/AI.
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Team Leader Microsoft
United States United States
I'm a software engineering professional with a decade of hands-on experience creating software and managing engineering teams. I graduated from the University of Waterloo in Honours Computer Engineering in 2012.

I started blogging at http://www.devleader.ca in order to share my experiences about leadership (especially in a startup environment) and development experience. Since then, I have been trying to create content on various platforms to be able to share information about programming and engineering leadership.

My Social:
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@DevLeader
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@devleader
Blog: http://www.devleader.ca/
GitHub: https://github.com/ncosentino/
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ncosentino
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DevLeaderCa
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DevLeaderCa
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/dev.leader
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickcosentino
CEO InfraDrive
Egypt Egypt
Egyptian freelance programmer and the founder of InfraDrive, Inc.

Check:
https://infradrive.com
https://robomatic.ai
https://robomatic.chat
http://www.tufoxy.com
Student
Tunisia Tunisia
Microsoft Certified Professional, Big Data and Cloud Architect.
Mail : hadrichmed@gmail.com
Architect
United States United States
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Product Manager Pronoó AG
Switzerland Switzerland
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Software Developer
United States United States
I am primarily a C# and ASP.NET Developer but I am beginning to drift towards app development with Apache Cordova (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
Software Developer (Senior)
Australia Australia
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Software Developer
Australia Australia
an ASP.NET, iOS, Android and Hybrid Developer
Software Developer (Senior)
France France
I am a French programmer.
These days I spend most of my time with the .NET framework, JavaScript and html.
Architect
Belgium Belgium
.NET expert and architect specialized in mobile and web-services. I have a huge experience with WCF and ASP.NET Web API and ASP.NET MVC. My knowledge includes advanced topics like customization of the underlying stacks, development of extensions, security protocols ...

From time to time I amuse myself by building parsers, compilers, mobile apps and various other fun tech projects.
Software Developer (Senior)
Belgium Belgium
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Architect
India India
Hi,

Hope you all are doing great.
i have worked and have hands on exprience various technologies.
But the one i love most are HTML5,AngularJS,Cordova,Bootstrap.
i have 10+ yrs of experience in building Enterprise level applications
based on emerging technologies.
Currently i am mostly dedicated towards nodejs and as a mean stack developer.
I have also worked on embedded software and graphics technologies.

My interest is in simple Human Machine Interface.

Please feel to drop me an email siddmegadeth@gmail.com
please do let me know of your valuable suggestion for improving articles
and feedback.
Architect ZenithMoon Studios
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Long-time game developer / IT maniac.
By day I architect, design, build and deliver enriching Mixed Reality solutions to clients, bringing the work of AR/VR to light in new and interesting ways, by night I Masquerade as the Master Chief of ZenithMoon Studios, my own game development studio.

At heart, I am a community developer breaking down lots of fun and curious technologies and bringing them to the masses.

I'm also a contributor to several open-source projects, most notably, the Reality Toolkit and all the services provided by the Reality Collective, The Unity-UI-Extensions project, as well as in the past the AdRotator advertising rotator project for Windows and Windows Phone.

Currently, I spend my time fulfilling contracts in the Mixed Reality space (primarily for an XR experience firm called Ethar), writing books, technically reviewing tons of material and continuing my long tradition of contributing to open-source development, as well as delivering talks, but that goes without saying Big Grin | :-D

Mixed Reality MVP, Xbox Ambassador, MS GameDevelopment Ambassador & Best selling author:

[Accelerating Unity Through Automation](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Accelerating-Unity-Through-Automation-Offloading/dp/1484295072/ref=rvi_sccl_3/262-0817396-1418043)
[Mastering Unity 2D Game Development] (https://www.packtpub.com/game-development/mastering-unity-2d-game-development)
[Unity 3D UI Essentials] (https://www.packtpub.com/game-development/unity-3d-gui-essentials)
United States United States
I am JavaScript developer that has a profound experience in developing web apps with jQuery, DHTMLX, Webix and NodeJs. I am glad to share the js news which I learn about.
Architect App Dev Consultant
Jordan Jordan
Working for Microsoft Consultation Services as a Lead App Dev Consultant.

I have more than 15 years of experience in developing and managing different software solutions for the finance, transportation, logistics, and e-commerce sectors. I’ve been deeply involved in .NET development since early framework versions and currently, I work on different technologies on the ASP.NET stack with a deep passion for Web API, Distributed systems, Microservices, and Microsoft Azure.

Prior to joining Microsoft, I have been awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the years 2015 and 2016 in Visual Studio and Development Technologies, also I’m a regular speaker in local events and Dev user groups.
Web Developer
United States United States
Ted Neward is an independent consultant specializing in high-scale enterprise systems, working with clients ranging in size from Fortune 500 corporations to small 10-person shops. He is an authority in Java and .NET technologies, particularly in the areas of Java/.NET integration (both in-process and via integration tools like Web services), back-end enterprise software systems, and virtual machine/execution engine plumbing.

He is the author or co-author of several books, including Effective Enterprise Java, C# In a Nutshell, SSCLI Essentials, Server-Based Java Programming, and a contributor to several technology journals. Ted is also a Microsoft MVP Architect, BEA Technical Director, INETA speaker, former DevelopMentor instructor, frequent worldwide conference speaker, and a member of various Java JSRs. He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife, two sons, and eight PCs.
Technical Lead Eyepax IT Consulting (Pvt) Ltd.
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Having more than 9 year hands-on industry experience in software development
Responsible for designing, implementing and managing complex software systems with stringent up-time requirement.

Visit my blog
Architect
Turkey Turkey
Phd. Yildirim Kocdag is a Computer Engineer.

Programming Languages
Android, Objective-c, c#, vb.net, asp.net, javascript, TSQL.

Computer Science
DataMining, Compilers, Expert Systems, Digital Image Processing, AI and Extreme Programming.

ykocdag@yahoo.com

http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=223886830
Software Developer Developer Media
Canada Canada
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Contest Entries and Requirements

  1. The contest period covers the the first day of the month 12AM US Eastern Standard Time and ends the final day of the month at 11:59:59 PM US Eastern Standard Time. All entries must be submitted during this period in order to qualify.
  2. Must be an article, or blog entry
  3. With the exception of the overall category, the article must be tagged with at least one of the tags corresponding to that competition's category (for example, to enter the C# Competition you would need to tag your article with a C# tag).
  4. The contest period covers the the first day of the month 12AM US Eastern Standard Time and ends the final day of the month at 11:59:59 PM US Eastern Standard Time. All entries must be submitted during this period in order to qualify.
  5. Articles entries must follow the CodeProject submission guidelines.
  6. No cheating, lying, plagiarizing articles, chicanery, or kicking.
  7. Authors may only have their article considered for multiple categories if that second category is the Overall monthly category. Under no circumstance will an article be nominated in a second category that is not the Overall monthly category.
  8. No author can be nominated twice in the same category.
  9. If an author writes has two separate articles, each article may be considered in their respective categories provided none of the aforementioned rules are broken. For example, if an author wrote two separate articles, one related to C# and one related to VB.NET, the author and article could be nominated in the C# and VB.NET competitions, respectively.
  10. In the event an author wins multiple competitions, and repeat, identical prizes, the number of prizes issued is solely at the discretion of the prize issuer.
  11. Multiple votes from the same IP will be automatically disqualified.
  12. The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  13. Only those who live in jurisdictions in which this contest is legal may enter.
  14. Any breach of the rules and the prize will be awarded to the runner up.
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