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Samsung has unveiled a new flexible display technology for foldable phones that's designed to be slimmer, more durable, and less prone to creasing. The Flex Titanium tech is the culmination of everything that the company has learned over seven generations of foldables, according to Samsung, and will debut with the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 8 […]

If you've searched the App Store for a reliable third-party QWERTY keyboard on iOS, you know how that ends. Some are abandoned. Some are ad-riddled. Some feel like they were ported from Android and never touched again. The good ones are the ones that don't ship features so much as they don't crash. The system keyboard is fine. It's fine because Apple has been iterating on it for fifteen years. Nobody else has. Third-party keyboards on iOS are a graveyard. I'm building one that isn't. It's called Diction. Most people know it as a voice keyboard, and that's what I lead with, but under the hood it's a serious low-level QWERTY project too. This post is about that half of it, because that's the half nobody talks about. Why third-party QWERTY on iOS is a graveyard Building a good keyboard extension on iOS is hard. There's a strict memory ceiling. There's a permission dance the user has to opt into. There's no keychain access, no meaningful background work, and the extension can be killed the moment iOS decides it needs the RAM. Most keyboard makers ship a first version to check the box, then abandon it once they see how much work maintaining it takes. The result is what you see on the App Store today. Every third-party keyboard I've tried on iOS fails on at least one of these: Speed. You type a letter, the letter arrives. That's it. If there's a hitch you can feel, the keyboard is broken. Half the ones I've tried have a visible delay on every keystroke. Predictability. If you correct the same word back three times, that word should be yours. The keyboard should stop fighting you. Most never do. You fight the same wrong correction for a year. Recovery. iOS keyboard extensions are memory-constrained. Bad ones freeze under pressure. When you rapid-switch between apps, half the third-party keyboards on the store will lock up until you kill and reopen the host app. Autocorrect that isn't from 2014. Fix the obvious typos. Split words that ran together. Complete contractions. Ge

The 2027 release of SwiftData introduces support for persisting custom and third-party types via Codable, along with the ability to organize data into SwiftUI list sections. It also adds new capabilities for observing data store changes through ResultsObserver and HistoryObserver. By Sergio De Simone

“On-device AI saves battery” and “cloud AI is more efficient” can both sound plausible. Neither is a measurement. The placement decision crosses at least four different budgets: user wait + network transfer + provider spend + device energy Do not collapse them into one vague “cost” number. Measure each with its own unit and evidence boundary. Start by identifying the actual execution path I reviewed MonkeyCode mobile code at commit c58bcd4 . The task stream opens a server-supported WebSocket. The speech-to-text hook also participates in a server-supported streaming path. That reviewed path is not evidence of on-device model inference. So a fair current study would measure a mobile client using remote task and voice services. An on-device alternative would be a separate prototype with its model, runtime, and packaging declared. Record a measurement envelope The included CSV template begins with these fields: sample_id,sample_kind,placement,device,os,framework,model,network,input_tokens,output_tokens,latency_ms,bytes_up,bytes_down,energy_joules,cost_usd Why so many? device , os , and framework make thermal and runtime results interpretable; model and token counts keep workload size visible; network separates offline, Wi-Fi, and cellular behavior; latency is milliseconds, transfer is bytes, energy is joules, and provider spend is currency; sample_kind prevents synthetic examples from masquerading as device measurements. Battery percentage is too coarse for short runs. It is affected by display, radio, background work, battery health, temperature, and OS estimation. If you cannot collect energy with an appropriate platform profiler or external power measurement, leave energy_joules empty. Use matched user flows Compare the same tasks, not unrelated model demos: Flow Cloud case On-device case Short prompt Same input and output cap Same semantic task and cap Voice turn Same audio fixture Same audio fixture Offline Expected failure or queued action Local completion if supp

Rendering a big image on iOS is one of those things that looks trivial until your app gets killed by the OS mid-export. CGContext , draw, makeImage() , done — except the moment the output gets large, that innocent-looking pipeline quietly asks for gigabytes of RAM and iOS terminates you. I hit this wall building Mozary , an iOS app that packs 100+ photos into a single giant picture (a photo mosaic). In v1.1.0 I finally killed the "high-resolution export crashes with out-of-memory" bug for good. The fix: stop putting the canvas in RAM at all. Put it in a memory-mapped file and let the OS page it to disk. RAM usage dropped from "4.8 GB, please die" to a few dozen MB, flat, regardless of output size. This post is the walkthrough — with the actual Swift. If you've ever seen Core Graphics blow up on a big image (mosaics, collages, stitched panoramas, high-res rendering — same trap), this is for you. TL;DR A non-compressed bitmap costs 4 bytes/pixel . A 1.2-gigapixel image = ~4.8 GB of RAM just for the canvas. CGContext(data: nil, ...) allocates that in RAM. context.makeImage() then copies it again . Double death. Back the canvas with a memory-mapped file ( mmap ). Writes transparently page out to disk and don't count against your app's memory footprint . Wrap that same mapping in a CGImage via CGDataProvider — zero copy — and stream it straight to a JPEG on disk. Never call makeImage() . Decode source tiles at their draw size , not full size. Because you now spend disk instead of RAM: add a free-space pre-flight check and clean up temp files after a crash. Let's dig in. The problem: "compressed file size" is a lie about memory Mozary lays photos out on a grid. A typical high-res export is a 200 × 267 grid with each tile drawn at 150px : width: 200 × 150 = 30,000 px height: 267 × 150 = 40,050 px That's ~1.2 gigapixels . Here's the part people underestimate: the final JPEG is only a few hundred MB to ~2 GB because JPEG is compressed . But while you're drawing, the canvas i

This year's Google Pixel 11 lineup might come in a bunch of funky colors. A series of now-deleted Amazon listings spotted by 9to5Google show what appear to be placeholders for Google's upcoming Pixel 11 in hot pink Fuchsia (Hibiscus), vibrant green Moss (Pistachio), and Midnight (Obsidian) black. We've seen two sets of names for the […]

Commerce is the easiest feature in this release to misunderstand, so the first sentence has to be blunt: What is Codename One? Codename One is an open-source framework for building native iOS, Android, desktop, and web apps from a single Java or Kotlin codebase. Learn more at codenameone.com . Commerce does not replace IAP and never will. Purchases still go through Apple, Google, or the payment processor you chose. Codename One does not process the payment, does not touch the money, and does not take a percentage. PR #5300 adds infrastructure around the annoying backend work that comes after a purchase: validation, entitlement checks, subscription lifecycle, webhooks, and reporting. That backend work is real. Anyone who has shipped subscriptions knows the trap. Buying a SKU is not the same as knowing whether the user has the right to a feature right now. Renewals, grace periods, refunds, billing retry, product changes, trials, family sharing and store server notifications all show up later. The device has one view. The store has another. Your backend usually needs a third. Commerce is the optional service that turns that mess into an entitlement. Entitlements Instead Of SKU Branches Your app should not need to know every SKU that grants pro . It should ask for pro . CommerceManager cm = CommerceManager . getInstance (); cm . setAppUserId ( accountId ); if ( cm . isEntitled ( "pro" )) { unlockProFeatures (); } Purchases are still delegated to the existing Purchase API: cm . subscribe ( "pro_monthly" ); // or cm . purchase ( "remove_ads" ); After a purchase, or when the app starts, refresh off the EDT: new Thread (() -> { CommerceManager cm = CommerceManager . getInstance (); cm . refresh (); CN . callSerially (() -> { if ( cm . isEntitled ( "pro" )) { unlockProFeatures (); } }); }). start (); refresh() validates the current receipts with the cloud when the build has a build_key and commerce is enabled. In a local build or simulator, it safely falls back to the normal

Hello DEV Community! 🚀 In my last post, I shared my passion for App Development. Today, I want to talk about the actual process of building an app. Whether you want to build an Android or iOS app, the core workflow remains the same. Here is a step-by-step roadmap for anyone starting out: 1. Planning and Research 💡 Before writing a single line of code, you need a clear idea. Identify the problem: What problem does your app solve? Target Audience: Who will use this app? Feature List: Write down the core features (e.g., login, dark mode, notifications). 2. UI/UX Design 🎨 Design is how your app looks and feels. Sketch your ideas on paper first. Use tools like Figma or Adobe XD to create wireframes and visual mockups. Keep the user interface clean and easy to navigate. 3. Choosing the Right Tech Stack 🛠️ You need to decide how you will build the app: Native Development: Use Kotlin/Java for Android, or Swift for iOS. Cross-Platform Development: Use Flutter (Dart) or React Native (JavaScript) to build for both Android and iOS with a single codebase. 4. Development (Coding) 💻 This is where the magic happens! Frontend: Building the screens and visual elements that users interact with. Backend: Setting up servers and databases (like Firebase or Node.js) to store user data, login details, etc. 5. Testing and Publishing 🚀 Before releasing it to the world, you must test it thoroughly. Test for bugs, crashes, and performance issues. Once everything is perfect, publish it on the Google Play Store or Apple App Store . Conclusion 🤔 App development takes time and patience, but seeing your app live on a smartphone is an amazing feeling! What framework are you using for your app development journey? Let me know in the comments below! 👇

Opening hook It happened during a quiet afternoon in the library. I was deep in a documentation sprint, and the only sound was the rhythmic tapping of my mechanical keyboard. Suddenly, my phone erupted into a high-pitched, aggressive ringtone that seemed to echo off every wall. Every head in the room turned toward me in unison. My face burned as I scrambled to silence the device, fumbling with the volume buttons while the caller—a telemarketer, of all people—continued to interrupt the silence. It was a humiliating, avoidable moment of pure friction. The problem We live in an age where our phones are supposedly "smart," yet they consistently fail at the most basic context-aware tasks. I found myself constantly needing to switch my phone to silent or vibrate, but the human error component was 100 percent. I would enter a meeting, forget to silence, and pray I didn’t get a call. I would leave a prayer or a lecture, forget to unmute, and then miss urgent calls for the rest of the afternoon. Existing solutions felt heavy-handed. Many automation apps relied on massive, bloated frameworks that kept the CPU awake, draining my battery just to check if I was near a specific building. I didn't want a system that required constant polling or cloud-based synchronization just to realize I was at work or at the gym. I needed something that felt native, lightweight, and, above all, respectful of the hardware's limited power budget. I wanted a way to define boundaries where my phone would simply handle itself, without me having to remember a single toggle. The technical decision / implementation When I started building Muffle, the biggest challenge was the Geofencing API. The temptation is to use LocationManager and track the device's coordinates in real-time, but that’s an immediate death sentence for battery life. Instead, I opted for the GeofencingClient within the Google Play Services library. This is a crucial distinction: LocationManager gives you raw data that you have to pro

HyperTexting's new app aims to make the open web feel more like social media by turning websites, blogs, newsletters, and podcasts into a scrollable feed, while also making it easier to post to your own website.

The Trump phone was never a serious phone. Not when it was announced last June, in dodgy renders and with an incoherent spec sheet. Nor when Trump Mobile admitted - just two weeks later - that it wouldn't be made in the US. Not even when the company revealed the final phone, first to me […]

In Tutorial 1 Duke dashed for coffee with arcade physics. Now he sets the cup down for a calmer contest: Duke Jack , a game of blackjack. A card game has none of that arcade motion — cards sit on the felt and the rules decide who wins. This tutorial shows how the same Game Builder pattern (visual data + an onUpdate companion) handles a card game, where your code reads the cards and runs the table instead of simulating movement. We'll build a felt table, deal a real hand, and wire up the complete blackjack rules: hit, stand, the dealer's draw, and the win/lose decision. What is Codename One? Codename One is an open-source framework for building native iOS, Android, desktop, and web apps from a single Java or Kotlin codebase. Learn more at codenameone.com . If you haven't set up a project yet, the project setup in Tutorial 1 applies verbatim — only the mode changes (board mode isn't the default, so the -Dmode=board flag is required here): mvn cn1:create-game-scene -DclassName = com.example.dukejack.DukeJack -Dmode = board mvn cn1:gamebuilder Why board mode for cards? Board mode is the Game Builder's grid mode: you place elements on a flat board of cells instead of a free-scrolling world. That's a natural fit for a card table — the felt is a tile layer, and each card is an element you position by hand, carrying its own rank , suit and faceUp data. There's no physics and no camera to chase; the layout is the game state, and your rules read it. (Board mode can also tilt the grid into an isometric view through IsoProjection for tabletop games — for cards we keep it flat and top-down.) Step 1 — A card-table scene Pick New scene → Board . You get a Board (tile) layer for the table surface and a Pieces (entity) layer for the cards. Keeping the felt and the cards on separate layers matters: the felt is static grid data, while the cards are objects your rules deal, flip, and clear. A small grid (here 8×5) is all a card table needs. Step 2 — Lay the felt Select the Board layer,

In this article, I describe the challenges and the design of a React Native real-time mobile beat-aligned playback system for iOS and Android. The system combines personalization with low-latency, and seamless navigation and was the result of careful analysis and experimentation to address strict mobile and network constraints as well as meet user expectations. By Vladyslav Melnychenko

Users judge a mobile app in the first few seconds, and they judge it harshly. A slow launch, stuttering scroll, or a device that runs hot will sink an otherwise good app faster than a missing feature. Performance isn't one metric — it's four distinct areas, each with its own causes and fixes. Here's how to keep all of them healthy. Startup time — the first impression Time from tap to usable screen is the metric users feel most. Every extra second measurably increases abandonment. The usual culprits are doing too much before the first frame: heavy synchronous work at launch, loading data you don't yet need, and oversized bundles. Fixes: Defer non-essential initialization until after the first screen renders Lazy-load features and screens instead of loading everything upfront Show a real first screen fast, then hydrate data — don't block on the network Trim your dependency footprint; every library adds to startup cost Rendering — kill the jank Smooth means hitting the device's frame budget (about 16ms per frame for 60fps). Dropped frames show up as stutter during scrolling and animation. The main causes are doing heavy work on the UI thread and rendering more than you need. Virtualize long lists so only visible rows render (FlatList, RecyclerView equivalents) Move expensive work off the main thread Avoid unnecessary re-renders — in React Native, memoize and keep render functions cheap Optimize images: right-sized, cached, and in efficient formats Memory — don't get killed The OS terminates apps that use too much memory, and users read that crash as your bug. Leaks and oversized assets are the main offenders. Watch for retained references, unbounded caches, and full-resolution images held in memory. Load and decode images at display size, release resources when screens unmount, and cap in-memory caches. Battery and network — the invisible costs Users blame the app that drains their battery even if they can't name why. The big drains are aggressive polling, chatty netwo

Even though they haven’t been officially announced yet, Samsung is giving you a chance to save some cash when you preorder what we’re expecting to be the brand’s updated Galaxy Z Fold phones. The next Galaxy Unpacked event will take place on July 22nd, 2026, and features the tagline “A new shape unfolds.” In addition […]

I'm building TrainWiz , a Flutter app that turns real exercise into a pet-raising game: you do squats or push-ups, your phone counts the reps, and a little creature levels up and evolves. The core technical problem sounds trivial and absolutely is not: count reps from the camera, on-device, without uploading a single frame. Here's what broke along the way, and what finally worked. Why on-device Two reasons: privacy and latency. A fitness camera that streams your body to a server is a non-starter for most people, and rep feedback has to feel instant or the whole "game" loop dies. So everything runs locally with tflite_flutter + an on-device pose model — no footage ever leaves the phone. Naive attempt #1: joint-angle thresholds The obvious approach: track the knee angle, count a rep when it dips below X° and comes back up. // looks fine in a demo, dies in the real world final kneeAngle = angleBetween ( hip , knee , ankle ); if ( ! _down && kneeAngle < 100 ) _down = true ; if ( _down && kneeAngle > 160 ) { reps ++ ; _down = false ; } It demos beautifully. Then real users prop the phone on the floor, stand at an angle, and it falls apart. The trap: a phone camera gives you 2D pose. A "120° knee angle" flattens completely depending on where the camera sits — the same squat reads as 90° or 150° purely from perspective. Lifting to 3D via the model's z doesn't save you either; monocular z is noisy enough that the angle jitters across your threshold and double-counts. Naive attempt #2: a "body-line" gate Next idea: figure out which exercise you're doing so I can pick the right signal. Standing (squat) vs. horizontal (push-up) should be easy — just check if shoulder, hip and heel form a straight line, right? Wrong, again for the 2D reason. In a real push-up shot from the front-corner, shoulder–hip–heel are not collinear on the image plane — perspective bends them. I gated push-up counting on "body is a straight line" and it would just... stop counting mid-set. Nothing is more

Google's upcoming Pixel lineup might cost more than last year's. A report from Dealabs spotted by 9to5Google suggests that Google could raise the starting price of its 41mm Pixel Watch 5 to $399, while adding LTE could bump the price to $499. That's a $50 jump from the base Pixel Watch 4, which starts at […]

A key delay from a state agency means robotaxi rides in the company’s new Ojai vehicle might be free for a few more months.

Samsung has announced that its next Galaxy Unpacked launch event will be held on July 22nd, with the tagline: "A new shape unfolds." It's long been rumored that Samsung is about to expand its foldable phone line to a third format, with a shorter and wider version of its big book-style foldables, to match Huawei's […]

The help button is the most important button in your delivery app that your QA team almost never...