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ToggleButtonLayout: Easily Create Toggle Buttons for Your Android App
While Android provides floating action buttons, navigation views, and other useful items in its design support library, there's no out-of-th...
Tips
The Definitive Guide to Expanding Your Native App to the Web
Many popular startups from the last 10 years began as native apps. As they proved themselves out, they expanded to the web. Instagram and Ub...
Design
The Importance of Branding for Apps
In the first episode of The Savvy Apps Podcast, Ken speaks with Savvy's Creative Director Rob Soulé about the importance of branding for app...
Tips
28 Metrics That Matter for Your App
You spent the time and money building your app, now you need to start assessing how it's doing. We break out 28 of the most useful metrics i...
Analysis
App Development Costs: The Ultimate Guide to App Budget by App Type
When we published our massive review on how much an app costs back in 2015, we had no idea it would become the top resource on the web. Two ...
Tips
Founder Interview: It's a Business, Not an App with Alex Villanueva of Sprynt
Alex Villanueva, the founder and CEO of Sprynt, recently gave us an insider's look at his brand new, on-demand, ride-sharing business Savvy ...
Development
A Massive Guide to Building a RESTful API for Your Mobile App
We build apps of all shapes and sizes here at Savvy Apps, but a common element is that they communicate with servers. Very few apps today op...
Development
Can Core ML in iOS Really Do Hot Dog Detection Without Server-side Processing?
Machine learning has quickly become an important bedrock for a variety of applications. Its mobile implementation, however, has been out of ...
iOS
11 Considerations to Update Your App for iOS 11
Another WWDC keynote has come and gone. 2017 saw Apple focus on six particular areas, including announcements for the Apple TV, Apple Watch,...
Development
16 Kotlin Tips for Android Development
Savvy Apps started using Kotlin for its new Android projects late in 2016, right around when Kotlin 1.0.4 was released. Initially, we saw an...
Design
Savvy Sketch iOS Wireframe Kit: Touch ID, Apple Pay, and iOS 10 Styling
Designing for apps is a fluid process. As time passes, system updates and new design conventions mean we have to master new techniques to en...