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Integrate mobile in to your development.
Design and develop full-stack mobile apps using native or cross-platform frameworks.
Jul 02, 2019
Mobile development
Code Pattern
Create a real-time object detection app using Watson Machine Learning
Article
Getting started with full-stack mobile development
Archived | Create a backend for frontend application architecture
Series
Building successful mobile apps
Conference
Sep28
Workshop
Oct2
Hackathon
Oct4
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Announcement May 07, 2019
Announcement Nov 30, 2018
Announcement Oct 26, 2018
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Featured | Article
Discover the programming languages, frameworks, or SDKs you can use to create native, cross-platform, or web-based mobile apps.
Understand the tradeoffs and development considerations for native and cross-platform mobile development frameworks.
Aug 20, 2019
Artificial intelligenceDeep learning+
Learn how you can use machine learning to train your own custom model without substantive computing power and time.
Aug 12, 2019
AndroidArtificial intelligence+
Use Android Studio, IBM Mobile Foundation, Cloudant, and Google ARCore with Poly 3D assets to build a retail mobile app
Podcast
Aug 08, 2019
AnalyticsArtificial intelligence+
The IBM Developer podcast is the place where developers hear all about open topics and technologies.
Aug 01, 2019
Artificial intelligenceMobile development+
Develop a hybrid mobile application using Mobile First Foundation integrated with recommendation system.
Jul 22, 2019
Artificial intelligenceCloud+
Build a Node.js chatbot using Watson Assistant and Elasticsearch that can run on either Kubernetes or Cloud Foundry.
Open Project
Jul 08, 2019
BlockchainMobile development
Helpchain is an easy-to-use mobile application providing transparency for people world-wide to help the victims of disasters.
To design a full-stack mobile app, you must consider the total user experience of the app – from the graphical design of the user interface, to the performance of the app, to requesting support when something goes wrong. Additionally, you need to consider each platform and the expectations of the…
This article explores the features of full-stack mobile development environments and covers several core native and hybrid mobile alternatives and the factors that influence the selection of each platform.
Focus on the mobile frontend programming by taking advantage of mobile backend capabilities.
Other
Jun 25, 2019
Artificial intelligenceContainers+
Talk to an app that can create and manage your Kubernetes instances
Jun 12, 2019
Build an Android app speech assistant for Kubernetes using identity and access management, OpenID, and a Node.js back-end server connected to Watson Assistant.
Blog
May 08, 2019
Artificial intelligenceMachine learning+
Attend this Call for Code Workshop at WWDC to learn how to apply AI to your mobile apps.
May 07, 2019
Mobile developmentSwift
During WWDC and AltConf, IBM invites you to get involved with Call for Code 2019 through a series of workshops, AltConf booth activity, and a Call for Code reception.
Tutorial
Apr 26, 2019
AndroidMobile development+
This two-part article series examines techniques for handling two of the most common data formats found on the Internet today, XML and JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), on the Android platform. Part 2 examines the manner in which Webkit-hosted JavaScript code exchanges data with Java code in an Android application. This…
Apr 22, 2019
Build a fun treasure hunt game that uses visual recognition.
Apr 12, 2019
AndroidCloud+
This code pattern demonstrates using push notifications with a serverless back end. When you use a serverless approach for back-end mobile apps, you can run your code or functions based on events. It's easy to create functions that you can schedule to run at specific times, and you can automate…
Mar 28, 2019
DatabasesMobile development+
In this pattern, we show you how to create an offline-first shopping list progressive web app using Polymer and PouchDB. The app is designed to work offline and will sync with Cloudant NoSQL DB when online.
Mar 21, 2019
Explore techniques for handling two of the most common data formats used on the Internet, XML and JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), on the Android platform. This first part covers the basics of XML and JSON and shows you how to build an Android application that parses and displays a Twitter…
Feb 26, 2019
JavaScriptMobile development+
One of the popular frameworks for cross-platform mobile application development is React Native. This article is a quick guide to React Native with pointers to existing resources and some suggested best practices when writing your React Native mobile app.
Feb 23, 2019
Fetch company-specific news through a mobile app built with Watson Discovery and React Native.
Feb 11, 2019
We’re pleased to share the first release of a new mobile application that surfaces IBM Developer content in a convenient, efficient, pocket sized format for iOS and Android.
Feb 09, 2019
AndroidIoT+
Android, a rich platform for application development, offers an attractive set of user interface elements and data management capabilities. It also has a healthy array of networking options for developing applications that connect to the physical world. What would you want to connect to? Perhaps you want to tell the…
Feb 08, 2019
This tutorial introduces a simple architecture for designing similar applications for Android.
Feb 06, 2019
Artificial intelligenceBlockchain+
Code @ Think, IBM's developer experience at the conference, is the ideal venue to connect and skill up among the industry's brightest.
Tech Talks
Feb 04, 2019
Mobile developmentSecurity
Use IBM Mobile Foundation to implement either enterprise login with LDAP or social login with Facebook or Google services
Jan 29, 2019
Artificial intelligenceMobile development
Use Watson services deployed to an iPhone with ARKit to have a voice-powered animated avatar in Unity.
This article walks you through basic and advanced strategies for offline data synchornization for mobile apps.
IBM and Clinton Global Initiative University partner to equip students with technology to address world's challenges.
Jan 24, 2019
KituraMobile development+
Explore the future of Kitura by looking at the history of the Swift language.
Jan 15, 2019
CloudData stores+
Mobile applications can interact with data that is stored as objects in the cloud, not only for archiving, storage, and back-up tasks, but also for scalable, persistent storage for analytics. This code pattern shows an example Swift app for comparing images that are downloaded from a traditional server and images…
Jan 14, 2019
Take a deeper dive into a specific TME use case to get a better understanding of how such solutions can be built on blockchain.
Jan 09, 2019
Apache CordovaDatabases+
Learn how to use the unified notification system of IBM Mobile Foundation to send push or SMS notifications to iOS, Android, Windows, or Ionic or Cordova apps, by using the vendor's infrastructure
Jan 02, 2019
The Watson Developer Cloud: Swift SDK will help you quickly and easily build Watson-enabled apps for iOS and Linux platforms.
Dec 19, 2018
Mobile developmentWeb development
JSON's key strengths are its lightweight syntax and its simple data model, which have helped propel it to the dominant payload format in RESTful web services.
Dec 17, 2018
Mobile developers can, and should, be thinking about how responsive design affects a user’s context and how we can be the most responsive to the user’s needs and experience.
Dec 13, 2018
Use Tone Analyzer to analyze emotions and tones in what people write online, like tweets or reviews or customer service information, and then predict whether they are happy, sad, confident, and more.
CloudContainers+
Build an application in Node.js, Swift, or Java that dynamically connects frontend code to backend code.
Quickly and accurately tag, classify, and train visual content using machine learning. Use this Code Pattern to provision a Visual Recognition Service that you can create a custom model with or use one of the demos provided in Watson Studio.
CloudIBM Cloudant Local (NoSQL)+
Use the Weather Company Data in your iOS app for a more comprehensive user experience in your mobile apps.
CloudKitura+
Create a server-side application using Hyper Protect Services to bring continuous security to IBM Cloud, so that all data is encrypted in flight, at rest, and in use.
This Code Pattern comes pre-configured with a Cloudant NoSQL database. It'll help you enable infinite scroll in your application using pagination. Infinite scroll is a great user experience for social media apps like Twitter and Instagram.
CloudMobile development+
Nov 28, 2018
IBM Cloud Pak for ApplicationsIBM Cloudant Local (NoSQL)+
Learn how to implement enterprise login with an LDAP server or social login for your mobile apps.
Nov 15, 2018
CloudDatabases+
Cloudant Envoy is a microservice that sits between your mobile or web application and your cloud database.
Nov 14, 2018
AnalyticsInfrastructure+
Application Metrics for Swift™ collects and visualizes resource and performance monitoring data for Swift-based applications.
Oct 31, 2018
Mobile developmentServerless
Learn how to use server side Swift in a serverless, OpenWhisk-based "function as a service."
Oct 30, 2018
CloudIBM Cloud Pak for Applications+
Learn how to implement offline user authentication in mobile apps, how to store data securely on your mobile devices, and how to synchronize data and images upstream and downstream between the cloud and device.
Oct 26, 2018
The 2018 Call for Code winner, Project Owl is a hardware and software solution that simplifies disaster management.
With mentoring from IBM and Call for Code, university students developed natural disasters solutions.
Oct 22, 2018
Call for Code finalists named and President Bill Clinton joins esteemed judges.
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