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16 articles tagged #Mobile.
P.01Google made Android UI Compose-first: Views gets critical fixes but no new features, ever. What maintenance mode covers, and how to plan a migration.
P.02The W3C's updated accessibility evaluation methodology now covers mobile and desktop apps, not just web pages. The five-step audit, applied to a native app.
P.03Android 17 (API 37) brings mandatory large-screen resizability, a local network permission, and stricter media rules. What to fix, and by when.
P.04Meta quietly launched Pocket, a vibe-coding app that turns prompts into playable mini-games with a social feed. What it signals, and where it stops mattering.
P.05Roblox launched Build on July 16: a mobile tool generating a playable prototype, mechanics, environment, characters, and sound, from a text description.
P.06Since July 22, 2026, third-party stores can list your Android app inside Google Play unless you opt out. How enrollment works and what to check now.
P.07React Native's New Architecture is the default now. Screening for JS and native boundaries, Expo tradeoffs, and knowing when cross-platform is wrong.
P.08Mobile app budgets get underestimated because they only price the build. A full cost breakdown by app type and platform, plus the hidden line items.
P.09Flutter dominates cross-platform mobile now, and the gap between tutorial-complete and production-shipped is wide. The screen that finds the difference.
P.10iOS changed more in three years than the previous seven. What strong candidates actually know, how to screen for it, and what to expect on rates.
P.11Android changed more in three years than the prior decade. How to tell who builds modern Compose apps from who learned it in 2019 and stopped there.
P.12Expo Router brings file-based routing to React Native, the pattern web developers know from Next.js. Here's how it works and where the friction lives.
P.13Three viable paths to cross-platform mobile in 2026. Which one makes sense depends on your team, your deadlines, and how much of the device you actually need.
P.14React Native's new architecture shipped as stable and has been default since RN 0.76. Here's what the Fabric renderer and JSI bridge replacement changed, what the migration looks like in practice, and where the remaining rough edges are.
P.15PWAs got a second wind once iOS 16.4 enabled push notifications and iOS 17 improved install flow. The gap between PWA and native is now narrow enough to matter.
P.16Mobile-first design in 2026 means designing for device capabilities, context, and user preferences, not just responsive breakpoints and screen size.