Time has come to create Beautiful Apps for Android ! Today, we are very happy to open GoodBarber for Android. Thanks everyone for your kind messages to encourage us during the final stretch. The team worked very hard to finish the Beautiful Apps Engine for Android as quick as possible. From now on, you can enjoy on your Android device almost all the features of GoodBarber. There is still work to be done. This is the reason why we say this is a beta. But you’ll see, the result is already fantastic! If you want, you can even submit your app on Google Play. If you do so, take the time to review your app before publishing. Hey, it’s a beta ;) Last thing, remember that every Tuesday, we update GoodBarber with new features. You’ll be able to publish a new version of your app on Google Play, in order to make it even more beautiful ;) Now, go to your backend and have fun ! (or test for free if you're not already a GoodBarber)  

Today, everyone is working hard in the GoodBarber team to open the beta for Android. If everything goes fine, you'll be able to test your app on your Android device tomorrow! So, this week the changelog for iPhone is a bit short, but you can understand why :) Changelog for this Tuesday update, for iPhone: - There is now a relaese to load more feature in the comments pages - It's now possible to use the token [COMMENTS] and [NBCOMMENTS] in the lists subtitles (Settings API) - The headers of Events sections show now the day of the week - Bug fix: the Events sections handle now correctly the absence of thumb - Bug fix: the Search Bar appears now correctly when a Circle Band categories template is set - Bug fix: the app doesn't crash anymore at launch when there is no connection - Bug fix: the app doesn't crash anymore when sharing the app in the Settings section Don't forget to rebuild your app to apply these changes… and prepare yourself to build your Android app!

We are almost ready to open the Android beta. More info in this Friday talk. Next week is going to be a very exiting week !

Changelog for this Tuesday update :     - It's now possible to add a search engine in Articles and Videos sections - Comments are now displayed immediately in the list when sent - Bug fix : "Download button" wrong color fix in Sound / Podcast section - Bug fix : Statistics are now correctly sent - Bug fix : Crash fix in Template 3 of Photo section - Bug fix : Vimeo videos are now played correctly on iPad - Bug fix : Fix error in ads downloading on the app launch - Bug fix : The "load more" is now available in template 3 of Article sections   Don't forget to re-build your app to apply these changes!

Children is one of the 50+ themes available in your GoodBarber backend. Use it as a starting point to create your Beautiful App.

You are so many to join GoodBarber everyday that we had to make this general video about GB! So, if you have ever wanted to know, in 3 minutes, what is GoodBarber, you are on the right page ;)

Changelog for this Tuesday update :   - The progress bar on the status bar is removed temporarily - Add of a red bubble indicating the number of comments in detail page of Article section - It's now possible to add a custom CSS in detail page of Sound / Podcast section (Settings API) - Bug fix : The dates are now displayed correctly in iOS5 - Bug fix : Crash fix when a wrong type is returned in loadMore download - Bug fix : Encoding error fix on the data past in gbRequestDidSuccess function - Bug fix : Graphic adjustment in plugins - Bug fix : Visual bug fix on download button in Sound / Podcast sections - Bug fix : Downloaded podcasts are now correctly played - Bug fix : Podcasts from iTunes are now played correctly - Bug fix : Text and photos submissions are now sent correctly - Bug fix : The Off page of Live radio sections is now scrollable - Bug fix : InApp web browser no longer opens when you click on an outgoing link (iTunes, maps, ...) - Bug fix : The detail page size of Sound / Podcast section is now fixed - Bug fix : The Youtube videos in Facebook sections are now played correctly - Bug fix : The text size bug in Facebook section is now fixed - Bug fix : The callback error in photo submission is now fixed   Don't forget to re-build your app to apply these changes!

In this Friday talk, we discuss about some improvements added thanks to user feedbacks. We present the new features in the live section and the ability to archive a design.

Changelog for this Tuesday update :  NEW FEATURES - it's now possible to set a time frame during which a live audio section is available - It's now possible to zoom in the Photo section detail view. BUG FIXES - Bug fix : The double ads problem in MobPartner banners is fixed. - Bug fix : The font change in Article details views is now recorded. - Bug fix : The instability in the Photo section with template 3 is now fixed. - Bug fix : The color problems in the "CircleBand" navigation are now fixed.   Don't forget to re-build your app to apply these changes!

In this Friday talk, we focus on optimization. We rolled out a wave of optimizations mid march, in order to load your content faster in the apps. In this video, you'll learn more about what's behind the scene and how GoodBarber is organized to help you create the most Beautiful Apps in the world ;)

Old Trip is one of the 50+ themes available in your GoodBarber backend. Use it as a starting point to create your Beautiful App.

Changelog for this Tuesday update :    - It's now possible to change the width of the Swipe menu (Settings API) - It's now possible to change the cell's height of the Swipe menu (Settings API) - It's now possible to change the icon's size in the Swipe menu (Settings API) - It's now possible to choose the color of a particular cell in the Swipe menu (Settings API) - It's now possible to enable auto refresh in Custom / URL sections (Settings API) - French translations added (Pull down to load more, release to load more) - Localisation into Spanish - It's now possible to disable playing sounds in background. This option is available in your backoffice, in Design / App options - Bug fix : Fixed issue with the background images of selected buttons in CircleBand (Categories) - Bug fix : Subtitles in Article / Template 2 section are now displayed correctly - Bug fix : Subtitles in Article / Template 3 section are now displayed correctly - Bug fix : There is now a minimum width for the CircleBand buttons (Categories) - Bug fix : Fixed an issue when there is less than 3 items in a section with a SlideShow template   Don't forget to re-build your app to apply these changes!

In this Friday talk, get to know more about the new progress bar. The progress bar gives a visual feedback to the user when he launches the app. It tells him that data is being retrieved. This behavior occurs when it is the first time someone launches the app or when you publish an update of your app There are 2 buttons in the backend in the publication menu : Submit and Publish. Hitting submit will trigger our compiler to rebuilt your app. Then you'll have to upload your ipa file to Apple and wait for the review. You need to re-built your app each time you want to benefit from the new features of the Beautiful Apps Engine. We improve it every tuesday. Hitting publish will update you app the easy way. If you add a section, you change your design, well, when you make your app evolve, no need to rebuilt it. It can be updated on the fly. So, this is why we made the progress bar. It's here to tell the user, hey, updating is in progress. Hold on, fresh content and fresh design are coming.

Changelog for this Tuesday update :  - Add of a progress bar on the status bar when the app is updating - Increase the frequency of checking the availability of updates to the application - It's now possible to detach listBackgroundColor and listBackgroundOpacity fields Detail pages (Settings API) - It's now possible to add a custom CSS in an Article Detail page (Settings API) - Translation adding : the sharing mail content is now available in French - Bug fix: It's now possible to zoom in the app web browser - Bug fix: Correction of typos in some texts in French - Bug fix: Fix of post comment problem in Article / WordPress sections   Don't forget to re-build your app to apply these changes!

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I spent much of my time during the MWC to discuss with Ad Networks, with the intention to improve GoodBarber's ads features.   My feeling is that most of these services are meta Ad Networks. They work with many Ad Servers and through their algorithms, they take care to provide maximum gain to their customers.   I can quote Smaato , InMobi , Adfonic and the very friendly people of Ad4Screen as services that have caught my attention.   Our Holy Grail is the generic implementation of an Ad Server in GoodBarber, this trend is perfect for us :-) Implementing the SDK of one of the services mentioned above allows GoodBarber to be compliant with all the ad servers managed by this service.   I also discovered AirPush , a mobile Ad Network focused only on Android which has the ability to send ads by Push. I found it quite original.   A word for a service that deserves a mention: going around these Ad Networks, I stumbled upon Crittercism , a bug tracker that really attracted me. We will soon use this tool, allowing us to stay aware of the stability of our applications and constantly improve their quality :-)

Changelog for this Tuesday update : - It's now possible to detach images and background colors in Detail pages (Settings API). - Smarter display of large thumbnail in articles and videos : when the large thumbnail is not available, we use standard thumbnail. - Two new methods in the Plugin section :         - setPreference for storing a variable in user preferences.         - getPreference for getting a variable stored in user preferences. - iTunes outgoing links are now supported in Custom and Plugin sections. - Bug fix : In the Plugin section, the gbViewWillAppear method is also called for main plugin view. - Bug fix : In the Plugin section, the return type of the gbRequest's callback is now String instead of Data. - Bug fix : Error fix in the gbRequest fail callback. - Bug fix : when getPreference is called on a non-defined preference, the method returns an empty String instead of a null object. - Bug fix : the artist name is now displayed correctly in SoundCloud lists. - Bug fix : the banners in detail views ads are now clickable. - Bug fix : the backgroung of the swipe menu is now displayed correctly. - Bug fix : no download for some thumbnails is now fixed. - Bug fix : Missing article (or video) in case of an odd number of items in template 3 is fixed. Don't forget to re-build your app to apply these changes!

Play! is one of the 50+ themes available in your GoodBarber backend. Use it as a starting point to create your Beautiful App  .

Early in the morning, it was time for me to go to hang around in the Hall 3, a hall in which manufacturers like Samsung, LG or Nokia have great presence. You may also find mobile actors like IBM, or T-mobile, or others that you won't necessary think about, like Ford. The first one when you go down to that hall is Samsung, you really can't miss it, it's a really huge booth ! To deal with the desappointment generated by the non-official release of the Galaxy S4 (and yes it was really disappointing for us), Samsung puts a strong focus on their new tablet :  the Galaxy Note 8.0, presented at the MWC. The other highlight by Samsung was the Samsung Home Sync, a box that allows to share content between all Samsung devices authorized in the area.  Not so much devices news, this year is the year of Cloud ! It is the master key !

Today I left the GoodBarber booth to visit others halls of the MWC. It's so large... Just spent 2 hours to visit 1 and a half hall ! What did I see? Mobile phones (of course), tablets, TVs, presentations, docking stations, beautiful hostesses, things I don't care, and many other things... Oh... I also finally saw a 3D printer in the Nokia booth used to make phone covers. Great. At the end I took a look at the Sony booth. It was my favorite one (I always had a soft spot for this brand...). Stop speaking. Let's show the photos.

Very busy day 2 at Mobile World Congress. Day 2 and day 3 are said to be the most intense of the event ... and, well, this is true. We met a lot of people today : VCs, potential partners, complementary services and of course, leads :) Not so much time to give you a feedback of what's hot in MWC2013, but we'll try tomorrow.