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Sometimes you might need to get the duration of an audio file, located somewhere on the network. There are a lot of libraries for any programming language as well as command-line tools that can do that for a locally available MP3 file. However, downloading the full MP3 file might not be desirable. The problem with MP3 files is that the nature of the file format doesn't really allow for quick and easy extraction of the duration data.

The dark side is on the march this autumn. Both iOS 13 and Android 10 are introducing the setting to opt into the dark version of the interface on the mobile phone. It saves battery life, reduces digital eye strain and makes the Dark Lord happy. System applications obviously support it out of the box, but third-party app developers don't get the dark support for free. Certain steps need to be taken and code written in order to add the support for this shiny (or actually the opposite of "shiny") new feature.

Apple reported self-care to be one of the trending topics in recent years. The company announced that it has been witnessing a surge in apps that are primarily focused on mental health, mindfulness, and stress reduction.

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What do we use smartphones for in our daily life apart from communication? - Right, the answer is for so many routine stuff that everyone feels bored when it comes to list them. However, the variety of purposes never ceases to amaze. Let’s take a look at automotive service stations, for instance. How they might refer to our smartphones? Keep reading to find it out.

React Native has recently gained a lot of traction. Those, looking to commission an application development, are attracted by the promise of  reduced development costs and a single codebase  for iOS and Android. My team has accumulated certain experience with React Native for the last couple of …

If you have recently considered developing a mobile application, you have likely heard of  React Native . Developers either love it or hate it. But here is a short guide for those are looking to make a business decision whether to use React Native or not bother. Actually, I am going to save …

In a digital era when smartphones have already become a significant part of our lives, it is quite hard to imagine a person who doesn’t use this device on a daily basis. They dominate almost every aspect of living: from regular social communications to health examinations and measures. Even if …

In 2015 Factorial Complexity team has released the set of iOS travelling applications for  National Park Service aimed to help visitors get the most of their experience. After 2 years of active use, gathered feedback and the worldwide changes in design trends, the customer decided to go with the …

Working with small dedicated teams that are easy to control is one of the most optimal solutions for your business if it is connected with the development of mobile applications. This, of course, could be an obvious and unreliable statement of a technical writer that is preparing a sponsored post, …

People we hire are our main strength and our weakness at the same time. Those who we entrust with the work that we are not capable to do ourselves can both please us with their results and let us down. By trial and error, we at Factorial Complexity invented our own recruitment criteria which we …

Photon Unity Networking (PUN) is a Unity package for multiplayer games. It provides authentication options, matchmaking and fast, reliable in-game communication through Exit Games Photon backend. In this tutorial we will use PUN for simple two player network game. Photon Unity Networking is …

Very often Tablet applications are just resized versions of Smartphone applications. But does it mean that they have the same UI needs? 1. Some key points to be considered Smartphones are used almost in all spheres of everyday life and in the majority of locations. While tablets are more …

While working on the user interface in their applications, mobile developers tend to make the same mistakes over and over again. If the development process is properly organized, these are normally fixed during the quality assurance phase. However, the mobile developers should normally avoid making …

When it comes to developing a mobile application the first question one should be asking is “Which platform to support?”. These days the answer is obvious. iOS and Android heavily dominate the market with a combined share of  more than 95% and growing . Between iOS and Android market share is …

It is commonly believed that a fixed-price model is the best way of cooperation which  gives the client absolute clarity of the project budget and timeline, insure them against the team’s fails and cheating, and saves the costs . But is it really so and are not there any hidden rocks in fixed-price …

I have recently shared my thoughts on  the UI/UX mobile trends for 2017  and today I’d like to talk about the web design trends and what will be popular in the coming 2017 year. It is hard to give such predictions but we can say that for sure about the things which are taking a back seat to the …

I was really excited when it turned out my new Android project was related to the video processing because the task was very interesting and I thought I knew some possible solutions. But in some time after starting the development, I realized Android OS did not (and does not) have instruments for …

More than  2,5 billion people on Earth have smartphones  and use them heavily every day. We spend about  4 hours a day  staring at the screen. Curious fact but each person has  three favorite apps  used most frequently. The leaders among them are Facebook, Youtube, WhatsApp, Instagram, Uber, Gmail …

We are happy to revive our blog with useful and fun information for our readers and to mark this wonderful event we decided to connect it with a present for everybody involved into mobile. This is a free UI Kit for a music app and you can do whatever you want with it: download and save on your computer in order to use in some time, have a look at it and get inspiration for your own apps or rework them partially or completely and create your next great app based on this UI kit!