raywenderlich.com Weekly - Issue 151

Tutorials on App Asset Design, Recreating the Apple Music Now Playing Transition, Unreal Engine, Unity, Android Google Maps API, & more! Issue 151 - Jan 23, 2018 Note from Ray We just finished a great visit with Tim Condon, who was visiting our video studio to record a major update to our Server Side Swift with Vapor course (coming soon)! If you're curious, here's some pics of the [Tim behind the scenes](. iOS [New Course: Beginning App Asset Design]( by Catie and Jessy Catterwaul Check out our massive new 23-video course on designing and using visual assets for your apps. Learn about vector and raster graphics tools, design principles, digital color, and more. This course [raywenderlich.com subscribers]( is for developers with little or no design skills, but who want to learn enough to handle the basics on their own. Happy designing! :] [Recreating the Apple Music "Now Playing" Transition]( by Warren Burton A common visual pattern in many iPhone apps are stacks of cards sliding in from the screen edge. You can see this in Reminders (lists that spring up from the bottom) or in the Music App (songs expanding from mini-player). In this free tutorial, we'll show you how you can implement this cool effect! [Screencast: Internationalization]( by Jessy and Catie Catterwaul Internationalization is the process of preparing your app for support of multiple languages. In this screencast for [raywenderlich.com subscribers]( you'll learn how to help users around the world enjoy your app! [Core Bluetooth Tutorial for iOS: Heart Rate Monitor]( by Jawwad Ahmad In this free tutorial, you’ll learn about the key concepts of the Core Bluetooth framework and how to discover, connect to and retrieve data from compatible devices, like a chest-worn heart rate sensor. [Document Based Apps: Opening Files from Other Apps]( by Brian Moakley In this screencast for [raywenderlich.com subscribers]( you'll learn how you can open files created by other apps. Sponsored Links [Join Honeypot.io: Europe's Developer Job Platform]( Honeypot's mission is to get every developer a great job. No applications, just create one profile. Companies apply to you. [Join Honeypot.io today]( for free and see what opportunities are waiting for you! [Crashed Session Recordings = No Need to Re-Create!]( With crashed session recordings, you won’t have to spend time trying to re-create an issue. Pull up a video of a crashed session and see exactly the sequence of actions the user took that led to a crash. Plus, you’ll get symbolicated crash reports. Just 5 minutes & 1 line of code to get started. [Start Your Free Trial Now. ]( [Sponsor raywenderlich.com Weekly and reach 52,894 subscribers!]( Android [Introduction to Google Maps API for Android with Kotlin]( by Joe Howard From fitness apps such as Runkeeper to games such as Pokemon Go, location services are an increasingly important part of modern apps. In this free tutorial, you will create an app named City Guide. The app allows a user to search for a location, use Google Maps to show the address of the location and listen for the user’s location changes. Games [How to Create a Simple FPS in Unreal Engine 4]( by Tommy Tran In this Unreal Engine 4 tutorial by Tommy Tran, you'll create a simple first-person shooter. You'll learn how to create a first-person character that can fire a gun and how to damage other actors. [Open Call for Applications on the Unreal Engine Team]( by Ray Wenderlich Calling all Unreal Engine fans! We’re putting together an Unreal Engine team to create written tutorials for this site (and maybe even a book!), and we’re actively looking for great new authors and tech editors to join our team. [Unity Cheat Sheet and Quick Reference 2018]( by Jeff Fisher Do you find yourself asking the same questions over and over when using Unity? If so, we made this handy Unity cheat sheet and quick reference for you. Conferences [Top 10 iOS Conferences in 2018]( by Cesare Rocchi It's the beginning of the year, so it's time to start planning out what iOS conferences you'd like to attend in 2018! We've surveyed the community, and here are our picks of the top 10 conferences to consider this year. Where To Go From Here? [What Happens to the Traffic You Send to the (Mac) App Store?]( by iA Writer This is an interesting experiment by an indie dev that shows the Mac App store may be sometimes punishing app rankings based on an anti-spam algorithm. I wasn't aware this was a thing! [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Website]( [View this email online]( [Unsubscribe]( | Razeware LLC, 1882 Hawksbill Rd McGaheysville, VA 22840 Copyright © 2018 Razeware LLC, All rights reserved.