MobilePro #77: AI-powered age of creation, Stripe in React apps, Mobile Pentesting resources.

Mobile development blogs, tutorials and resources inside! February 28, 2023 Hello! Thanks for being a valued member of the Packt Publishing family! Since you've used our products, we figured that you'd benefit from our free mobile app development newsletter to keep you up to date on market trends and advancements. Check out the latest _mobilepro issue below to learn more about what it has to offer. I hope you'll find it useful! Our goal is to keep you informed through bite-sized actionable content in Mobile development in the form of practical articles & tutorials, illustrations, tools, and useful resources with every weekly issue. No jibber-jabber, no boring content. Please feel free to reply back to me in case of any queries. To help you understand what the _mobilepro has to offer, scroll below to read the latest issue. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks, Apurva Kadam Associate Editor-in-Chief, Packt Curated Blogs - [Get Instant Error Solutions with GPT]( - This article focuses on Quickfix AI, an extension for VS Code that provides you instant solutions for errors in your code within the code editor using AI. [Know more.]( - [Augmented Reality in iOS Apps: ARKit Development Guide]( - With extensive experience in building AR-powered apps, MobiDev has created an ARKit development guide that will help you fill some gaps in the understanding of the specifics of ARKit projects. [Read more](. - [Creating a resume builder with React, NodeJS and AI]( - In this article, you'll learn how to create a resume builder using React, Node.js, and the OpenAI API. What's better to look for a job and say you have build a job resume builder with AI to do so? [Learn now](. - [We are entering a new age: The creation age]( - This watercooler discussion board talks about the impact of AI and ChatGPT on development. Do you believe we are entering a new age / era? Do you think society will change rapidly over the next few years? Or do you believe that AI will change very little? [Join the discussion](. - [How to integrate Stripe into your React application]( - Stripe is a popular payment gateway that allows you to securely accept customer online payments. In this tutorial, we'll use the @stripe/react-stripe-js package to integrate Stripe into a React application. This package contains a set of React components that make it simple to integrate Stripe into your application. [Learn how!]( - [7 Tools for Faster Development in React]( - This article provides a valuable resource for React developers who want to improve their development process and create more efficient and performant projects. The tools and frameworks mentioned in this article can significantly speed up your React project development process and allow you to focus on creating unique features and improving user experience. [Read now.]( - Need a breather? Check out this compilation of GIFs on [What is it like to be a developer?]( Ease into the weekend with a little dose of laughter. Caution: Some GIFs maybe too relatable! [Checkout the GIFs!]( Mobile Development Motivation "While the world is focused on platforms like Facebook and WeChat, the real super app is the operating system on your smartphone." - Neil Shah, Research Director at Counterpoint Research. Mobile App Pentesting Resources You Can't Miss! If you are planning to put your apps to the test - these resources are for you! Mobile Penetration Testing Lab - [WaTF Bank]( - What-a-Terrible-Failure Mobile Banking Application (WaTF-Bank), written in Java, Swift 4, Objective-C and Python (Flask framework) as a backend server, is designed to simulate a "real-world" web services-enabled mobile banking application that contains over 30 vulnerabilities based on OWASP Mobile Top 10 Risks. - [InsecureBankv2]( - WThis vulnerable Android application is named "InsecureBankv2" and is made for security enthusiasts and developers to learn the Android insecurities by testing this vulnerable application. Its back-end server component is written in python. - [DVIA-v2]( - Damn Vulnerable iOS App (DVIA) is an iOS application that is damn vulnerable. Its main goal is to provide a platform to mobile security enthusiasts/professionals or students to test their iOS penetration testing skills in a legal environment. - [DIVA Android]( - DIVA (Damn insecure and vulnerable App) is an App intentionally designed to be insecure.The aim of the App is to teach developers/QA/security professionals, flaws that are generally present in the Apps due poor or insecure coding practices. - [DVHMA]( - Damn Vulnerable Hybrid Mobile App (DVHMA) is an hybrid mobile app (for Android) that intentionally contains vulnerabilities. Its purpose is to enable security professionals to test their tools and techniques legally, help developers better understand the common pitfalls in developing hybrid mobile apps securely. - [MSTG Hacking Playground]( - This is a collection of iOS and Android mobile apps, that are intentionally build insecure. These apps are used as examples to demonstrate different vulnerabilities explained in the the OWASP Mobile Security Testing Guide. - [UnCrackable Mobile Apps]( - UnCrackable Apps for Android and iOS, a collection of mobile reverse engineering challenges. These challenges are used as examples throughout the Mobile Security Testing Guide. - [OWASP iGoat]( - Goat is a learning tool for iOS developers (iPhone, iPad, etc.) and mobile app pentesters. It was inspired by the WebGoat project, and has a similar conceptual flow to it. How far in the future is the Metaverse? The metaverse will evolve across three overlapping phases: emerging, advanced and mature. Distinctive shifts in technology, markets and products/services will characterize each phase. Tech product leaders must not wait to act until the metaverse is fully mature. Strategic advantage depends on evaluating the opportunities for providing interaction capabilities, content and infrastructure now. [Gartner]( Low-Code App Dev Tutorial Modifying a Quick App An important feature of a Quick App is that you can modify it at any time. You may rename the application, add or remove team members, and even modify the fields captured for each record. To achieve this, proceed as follows: - Navigate to the Quick Apps Designer and open your application by clicking its name, as illustrated in the following screenshot: [Figure 2.13 – Quick Apps Designer] Figure 2.13 – Quick Apps Designer - For now, please leave the name as it is and proceed to the Form step. You already know how to add fields, but I want you to focus on the details you can configure for each field. Click the pencil icon for the Title item, as highlighted in the following screenshot: [Figure 2.14 – Form step with pencil icon and list selections] Figure 2.14 – Form step with pencil icon and list selections - Add one or more of these configurations to support your users in entering the right values, as illustrated in the following screenshot: [Figure 2.15 – Input field options] Figure 2.15 – Input field options - Let's see what these configuration texts are about, as follows: - Instructions Text: This is displayed below the input field and used when that text is so important that it needs to be displayed all the time. - Placeholder Text: This is shown inside the field as long as the user did not enter any value. Use for hints in formatting—for example, phone number. - Help Tooltip Text: This adds a question mark icon to the field name. The user can click that icon to see the text. Used to explain details or give examples. - Click UPDATE FIELD to close that dialog.... [read more.]( [Read the Book]( What's Happening in Mobile App Dev? Android - [API desugaring supporting Android 13 and java.nio]( – A new version of [API desugaring]( based on Android 13 and Java 11 language APIs is here! API desugaring allows developers to use more APIs without requiring a minimum API level for your app. This reduces friction during development. You are now free to use the java.nio APIs no matter which Android version is on the user’s device. For example, libraries such as kotlin.io.path are now available on all Android devices, including devices running Android 7 and lower. - [Bringing the best of Chrome to Android developers and users]( - When adding a web experience to your Android app, simply launching a browser from your app forces users to leave your app, with the risk of abandonment for that session. WebViews allow you to build your own in-app browser but can be a complex process with higher maintenance overhead. To help developers provide a better in-app web experience, Chrome launched Custom Tabs, which are now supported by most major browsers on Android. Here are two new features that bring the best of Chrome to Android developers and users. Microsoft - [Bringing ONNX models to Android]( - One of the advantages of the ONNX runtime is the ability to run locally on a variety of devices, including mobile devices. This means that your users get fast response times, but also comes with the need to respect mobile device limitations such as app size and the ability to support performance enhancements. For a general overview of how to build a mobile app with ONNX machine learning, follow this [high level development flow]( - [Reference GitHub Issues and Pull Requests in Visual Studio]( - The preview release of linking GitHub Issues is here. With Visual Studio 2022 17.6 Preview 1 you can now mention your issues in the commit message box in the Git Changes window. See you next week! 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