VLC video player free download in ios.

VLC, arguably the most popular third-party video player in existence, is now available for download on the Apple App Store. The VLC video player app had exited the Apple App Store in 2011 because of conflict between the tightly controlled Apple ecosystem and its open-source nature. The only presence VLC had on the App Store during the video player’s absence was in the form of a streamer app that let users stream videos off their PC on to their Apple device. However, the VLC player has continued to remain very popular on the Android mobile OS.

The new VLC app supports devices running iOS 5.1 onwards and supports all popular video formats like MKV, 5.1 audio and also subtitles. The app also has a Wi-Fi upload feature that lets users upload videos from their devices to a web server and download them on to other devices. An additional similar feature is ‘Download from Web Server’ that lets users download videos from a web server to their Apple device. The VLC app also supports Dropbox integration and allows you to browse through your Dropbox folders and sub-folders for videos.

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Facebook announces a new SDK for iOS and Open Graph for mobiles

The new set of announcements are aimed at providing a better experience for
mobile app developers to integrate Facebook into their applications. Though
most of the announcement concerns iOS devices, further updates for the
Android platform are to be expected soon.


Facebook has made a new set of announcements related to mobile phones at its Mobile Developer’s Conference held in New York today. It has announced that it will be releasing the Open Graph platform for mobile phones. This is a big change for the mobile ecosystem where Open Graph Mobile can work wonders and drastically improve the way in which apps integrate with Facebook thus providing much easier access to social graph information. Besides this announcement, the social networking giant also released a newer version of its Facebook SDK 3.5 for iOS and improved upon its Facebook Login for mobiles.

The new Object API makes it much easier for mobile developers to create Open Graph objects on mobile devices without needing a web server. There is also a new “Native Share Dialog” which is currently available for iOS apps as a limited beta which allows publishing of Open Graph actions from a mobile device.

While all these updates are already on the way for iOS devices, more updates for Android devices are also in the works as mentioned by Douglas Purdy on the Facebook developer’s blog post. Apart from these technical updates to its platform, Facebook also announced a new Technical Partner program which will include companies who provide products like Sencha Touch, C# SDK, Node.js, Corona SDK etc.

Facebook is working towards making mobile app developers integrate more and more into its Social platform on the mobile web too. Its products like Sign in with Facebook, Facebook Comments, Like and Share buttons have already penetrated deep into the traditional websites which heavily use these plugins to provide more social features to their experience. According to Douglas Purdy, “More than 81% of top 100 grossing iOS apps and 70% of top 100 grossing Android apps integrate with Facebook. With the new tools we’re unveiling today, we’re excited to see even more high quality mobile apps integrate with Facebook to engage with our 680+ million mobile users.”

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Apple has announced the release of its latest iteration of iOS7 WWDC.

Apple just announced the latest release of their mobile operating system at
their WWDC in the form of iOS 7 which is expected to hit iPhone, iPad and
similar devices soon this year.

On the first day of its WWDC, Apple has announced the release of its latest iteration of iOS. The newest release i.e. iOS 7, has been designed with a whole new interface in mind and has been seen as the biggest change since it was first released. This not only means that there are a lot of changes and features for the consumer, it also means that there are a lot of goodies for the developers too. Of course, following this announcement, the iOS developers will have to redesign their application while keeping the newest changes in mind.

The most appealing aspect of iOS 7 is definitely touted to be the flat and simplistic design that the general UI elements are presented in. Some other noticeable features include a “Control Center” which could resemble the notification bar in Android, where you can toggle quick settings. There is an enhanced notification center, which shows you everything related to weather, calendar and app notifications. Multitasking is something else that has been given a huge uplift and has been made much smarter and better. Among others are features like a new radio service, Airdrop sharing. The App Store has also seen a few updates including features which shows nearby apps and automatic updation of all apps.

Since the guidelines for developers have already been released, it is understood that app developers are expected to start working on re-designing their apps for integration with the newest features. The transparent status bar and navigation bar are some of the main UI elements which will need to be considered while designing your app. Some of the main thematic elements which are constant throughout the new OS are Dynamic Type, Auto Layout and an outlook towards depth to indicate hierarchy of UI elements. This means a more polished layout which matches the overall theme of the operating system with translucent windows, edge-to-edge layout of every application and a little more simplistic design

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