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Developing Your First Android App ...  On Your Smartphone!  Sketchware is a integrated development environment (IDE) inspired from the language Scratch, which allows you to develop, compile, and build an Android application directly on your smartphone, without any help from a PC. Simply put, Sketchware is a friendly mobile application that allows you to create applications on your smartphone without having to go through any complicated setups. There are absolutely no boundaries between developers and non-programmers. Anyone can experience programming and create a working application through Sketchware. Sketchware can range from assisting as a friendly educational tool for children to serving as a professional tool for developers to quickly start a new project. It is an excellent starting point for you to familiarize yourself with Android App development. What does Sketchware provide? 1. Various programming examples When you download  Sketchw...

Norse attack Map The  global cyber war  is raging on, and this mesmerizing map shows just how serious it has become. Cybersecurity firm  Norse Corp  developed an  interactive map  in 2014 that displays live-updates of cyberattacks, along with the origin, type and target of the attack.  With the recent interest in cyberattacks, such as Friday's morning attack that took out Twitter and Spotify, it is the perfect time to revisit the terrifying map. The map does not in anyway visualize the recent attacks, but does provide a visual representation of the type of attack that ended up causing sever problems on the internet on Friday. In 2016 alone, the internet has taken some serious hits from cyberattacks.  Just Friday morning, the Dyn — a company that hosts domain name systems — announced it was  subject of a cyberattack , which impacted numerous websites such as Twitter, Spotify, SoundCloud, Vox Media sites, and Airbnb. After a...

Add Firebase to your iOS Project Prerequisites Before you begin, you need a few things set up in your environment: Xcode 7.0 or later An Xcode project targeting iOS 7 or above The bundle identifier of your app CocoaPods 1.0.0 or later. If you don't have an Xcode project already, you can download one of our  quickstart samples  if you just want to try a Firebase feature. If you're using a quickstart, remember to get the bundle identifier from the project settings, you'll need it for the next step. Note:  If you are upgrading from a 2.X version of the Firebase SDK, see our  upgrade guide for iOS  to get started. Add Firebase to your app It's time to add Firebase to your app. To do this you'll need a Firebase project and a Firebase configuration file for your app. Create a Firebase project in the  Firebase console , if you don't already have one. If you already have an existing Google project associated with your mobile app, click...

Add Firebase to Your Android Project Prerequisites A device running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) or newer, and Google Play services 10.2.1 or higher The Google Play services SDK from the  Google Repository , available in the  Android SDK Manager The latest version of  Android Studio , version 1.5 or higher If you don't have an Android Studio project already, you can download one of our  quickstart samples  if you just want to try a Firebase feature. If you're using a quickstart, remember to get the application ID from the  build.gradle  file in your project's module folder (typically  app/ ), as you'll need this package name for the next step. Add Firebase to your app If you're using the latest version of Android Studio (version 2.2 or later), we recommend using the  Firebase Assistant  to connect your app to Firebase. The Firebase Assistant can connect your existing project or create a new one for you and automati...