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How do app developers protect their app when a user decompiles it?

I've been trying my hand at building apps with Flutter and Dart. I noticed in my apps that if someone decompiled my app they could access a whole lot of things I didn't want them to access. For example, if I am calling my database to set the users…
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Should I require users to register to use my app?

So I'm very close to releasing an app I've been working on, and the server I integrate with allows me to register users. So I was wondering if I should require users to register with the app before they use it. The app wouldn't "need" the…
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How to develop line-of-business tablet apps as a .NET developer?

My company has a lot of experience in .NET development, and one of our products in an ERP system. Recently, a customer asked us if we could provide a tablet interface to that system, i.e., a software that allows the customer to view product…
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RESTful API with session tokens.. ehh?

After looking at a lot of session/state debates with regard to REST and finding nothing concrete, I'm just going to cut to the chase and ask myself. Developing a RESTful API as a backend for a mobile app, I (think I) want to keep track of all users…
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Is using PhoneGap for your first ever mobile app a good idea?

I am a beginner programmer. I've gotten an AS degree in CS which exposed me to the basics of c++, data structures, and algorithms and have light experience with html/css/javascript from just messing around building my own basic websites. I am no…
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Is there a way to dispute or challenge poor iPhone app reviews?

Problem: user has left review of iPhone app which is simply incorrect Question: is there a way to make contact with the reviewer and a) explain how what they've said is incorrect and help them with their issue or b) challenge the review? Edit Sept…
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What would cause a company to need to move their app on the iOS App Store to different "app"?

I'm not sure what SE site to ask this on, but I figure this is something somebody in the SE community has the answer. Feel free to move this question if this is the wrong place. Recently I launched the game Vainglory on my iPhone for the first time…
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REST server user authentication

So i am creating my first larger scale application (by larger scale i mean something i see myself publishing in the app store) and i am not sure of how to handle user authorization. The client will consist of a application for android and iphone,…
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How can a developer working alone respond to a spike in server demands?

Imagine this scenario: You've created a multiplayer game app for a mobile platform such as Android. You successfully set it up with one server, you figured out how to do that. It works quite well. To your surprise, the game TAKES OFF. Server demands…
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Can python and php work together?

I am having a mobile app created for ios. The developers built the app in php. The app requires an algorithm so I found another programmer to develop it. The algorithm programmer built the algorithm in python. The developers refuse to finish the app…
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Making sure nobody has created an app for something before?

I've an idea for a smartphone game app. I want to make sure nobody has made an app like this before; how can I check that? I don't want to remake something that already exists now.
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Qt Quick dynamic QML vs Apple's App Store rules

Imagine that I've got a piece of custom audio hardware that I'd like to be able to control in a multitude of ways via a tablet/touchscreen GUI. In particular, my goals are to have the tablet's control GUI be "pretty" (i.e. nicely animated and…
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Using advertising with free app is a commercial app?

I have a simple question: if I publish a free app (iOS, Android, ...) and implements advertising in the app, does it's considered a commercial app? I'm asking this question because I don't know if I can use tools that have a certain license to build…
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Can someone explain the behind-the-scenes process of connecting an app account to a Facebook account?

I am developing an app that will use the Twitter and Facebook login APIs exclusively. Suppose a new user downloads the apps and is presented with the option to log in through Facebook or Twitter. The user chooses Facebook. I think the procedure at…
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Is it possible to check a client side application identity from server side?

Assume there is a web service which is visible publicly but it must be just responsive to a specific client application. Is there any mechanism to check client side application identity to prevent disallowed application to access the service? For…
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