The holiday season is upon us, and—regardless of how you may celebrate it—it bears repeating that you will not be celebrating it by releasing new versions of your apps in the App Store. The annual iTunes Connect shutdown is less than a week away, so either get your apps in pronto or hang onto them until the 27th!
Our "What We're Reading" section is a bit mislabeled this week. Half of what you'll find aren't articles, but instead are videos from Seattle's Xcoders meetup and a collection of free touch gesture icons, which would be perfect to pair with an in situ help or hints system in your apps (like perhaps RCHGestureGuide). Make sure you spend some time checking out the videos. For instance, I think that—even though it predates iOS 7—the Auto Layout video, from the Omni Group's Kyle Sluder, is particularly fantastic, and one of the best explanations for how the whole thing works that I've ever heard.
Finally, I want to thank HelpShift for sponsoring this week's roundup. If you haven't tried out their in-app help system before, I highly recommend giving it a try, especially now that they offer it for free for apps with 10,000 or less MAU.
Best,
Aaron
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What We're Reading
- Videos from Seattle Xcoders meetups
- How Apple's Lightning-Plug Guru Reinvented Square's Card Reader
- Free Touch Gesture Icons
- Why Apple's Newsstand isn't working out as hoped for 'The Magazine'
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