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Early bird tickets for Appdevcon 2026 are now available We’re excited to announce that early bird tickets for Appdevcon 2026 are officially live! This means you can now secure your spot at a reduced rate and guarantee your place at the leading conference for app developers. Appdevcon brings together developers, engineers, tech leads, architects and enthusiasts from across the mobile and connected device ecosystem. Whether you work in iOS, Android, Flutter, cross-platform or backend development, this is the place to be for deep technical talks, hands-on sessions and meaningful networking with peers. By getting your early bird ticket now, [...]

The Road to Appdevcon 2026 Has Officially Begun We’re gearing up for Appdevcon 2026, and the preparations are already well underway! Our team is working hard behind the scenes to create another unforgettable edition packed with cutting-edge talks, hands-on sessions, and valuable networking opportunities for app developers from all over the world. Reach over 1,000 international app developers With over 1,000 international attendees each year, Appdevcon is the perfect place to showcase your brand, connect with tech talent, and position yourself at the heart of the mobile development community. Sponsorship opportunities for 2026 are now open We're currently looking [...]

Appdevcon will be back! We’re thrilled to announce the official dates for Appdevcon 2026: mark your calendars for 10 – 13 March 2026 because Pathé Amsterdam Noord will open her doors again for all of us! Once again, we’ll be bringing together the developer community for four days of learning, sharing, and connecting. Whether you're into mobile, backend, frontend or anything in between, Appdevcon remains the place where technologies, trends, and talent collide. When can you get your tickets? We’ll open up ticket sales in June 2025, and early birds will be rewarded! If you’re already excited to join [...]

It's hard to believe, but it's already been a month since Appdevcon 2025 took place. We're still enjoying the afterglow of another successful edition and now you can too! In this Appdevcon 2025 recap, we're giving you a chance to relive the event and catch up on anything you may have missed. You probably noticed the photographers roaming around the venue, capturing everything from keynote moments to spontaneous hallway chats. We've bundled those moments into photo albums that are now available for all of you to view and download. Whether you want to spot yourself in action or share [...]

As Appdevcon 2025 has come to a close, we want to take a moment to thank each and every one of you for making this edition such a great success! From inspiring talks and hands-on workshops to meaningful networking and knowledge sharing, this week has been truly unforgettable. We loved seeing so many passionate developers come together, exchange ideas, and learn from some of the best in the industry. But we’re not stopping here! We’re already gearing up for Appdevcon 2026, and we’re committed to making it even bigger and better. Your feedback is incredibly valuable to us, so [...]

The Call for Papers is over and after evaluating over 400 entries we managed to compile a very solid schedule for this year's edition! Special guest star as always is Daniel Steinberg, who will do 2 workshops (one on Swift6 and one on Apple Intelligence)  and a talk on the main conference day. Manuel Carrasco Molina will present a workshop on Apple Vision Pro and VisionOS. There are Apple and Android native specific tracks, as well as architecture and best practices tracks, and a track on cross platform development, covering tools such as Kotlin Multiplatform and Flutter. Tickets are [...]

Are you ready for an inspiring experience full of knowledge and networking opportunities? Then you can't miss Appdevcon 2025! From March 18th to March 21st, 2025, this annual event will take place again at the beautiful Pathé Noord in Amsterdam. And this year, we have something special in store for you! This is the second time we’re combining Appdevcon with Webdevcon and Dutch PHP Conference. This means you'll not only learn about the latest trends and technologies in app development but also attend in-depth sessions on web development and PHP techniques. It’s a unique opportunity to broaden your knowledge [...]

Appdevcon is just around the corner! This is one of the leading conferences in app development. This time, the organization is releasing a new update for the Appdevcon app, so you have all the necessary information. The new update provides attendees with the ability to stay informed about all important updates, schedules, and sessions during the event. The app is available for both Android and iOS. It is an indispensable tool for all visitors, helping you make the most of your Appdevcon experience. With the Appdevcon update, visitors have various options, such as: See the complete conference schedule With [...]

Solving a problem is hard when people don’t realize it’s a problem. It’s also hard when people do realize it’s a problem, but they believe they’ve already solved it. In telling the Runway story, we have to contend with both perspectives, each one a different side of the “category creation” coin. And we understand why this is. It took my co-founders and I quite a while — our entire careers in mobile, really — to realize that there was a problem, and that it wasn’t, in fact, solved. On most of the mobile teams we were a part of, we [...]

Automating App Store Publishing: How Appcircle Makes Enterprise-Grade Publishing a Breeze Learn how a revolutionary mobile app publishing solution addresses complex deployment challenges, streamlines the process, and ensures error-free deployments for enterprises Why Do You Need a Revolutionary Mobile App Publishing Solution In the fast-paced world of mobile app development, a seamless and error-free deployment process is crucial for success. Whether deploying apps to public app stores like Apple Store and Google Play or managing private app stores within enterprises, the challenges seem to multiply exponentially. The intricacies of ensuring correct versions, meeting diverse store requirements, and safeguarding user [...]

We're thrilled to announce that the Appdevcon 2024 schedule is now published! The lineup promises an exciting experience for all attendees, packed with valuable content and networking opportunities. Here's a glimpse of what's in store: Schedule Highlights: Training Sessions (Tuesday and Wednesday): Dive deep into various topics with our diverse range of training sessions, from renowned experts such as Daniel Steinberg. Tutorials (Thursday): Choose 1 half and full-day tutorial to enhance your skills and knowledge. Conference (Friday): Brace yourself for an impressive lineup of 110 conference sessions spread across 12 tracks. Ticket Information: Tickets are still available for all [...]

App Development is a constant evolving workfield, undergoing continual transformations. The landscape today is vastly different from what it was just a few years ago, and the pace of changes isn't slowing down anytime soon. Within this dynamic environment, one notable evolution is the emergence of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) within apps. However, comprehending the implications of the technologies for the future of app development requires a deeper understanding. What exactly are there new concepts? And how do they shape the future of app development in the years to come? This article delves into these questions, exploring [...]

As the eleventh edition of Appdevcon, the largest app conference in the Netherlands, approaches, there is an air of excitement in the tech community. This year Appdevcon promises to be a little different from its predecessors, setting the stage for an unique and transformative experience. Join us as we dive into what makes Appdevcon 2024 stand out in the world of app development, and explore the changes that are being made in this ever changing industry. This year Appdevcon will not be alone. Three conferences will be combined in one building and are turned into one big developer event. Which [...]

At ioki GmbH, we complement existing public transport with a demand-responsive transport (DRT) system. We equip our customers with the platform to provide on-demand transport services, including consulting, transport APIs, mobility intelligence and white-label apps (WLAs). White labelling mobile applications is an integral process for customising on-demand solutions at ioki. We currently have 80 modules in-app and 70+ projects being released biweekly, a number that is ever-growing! With an increasing number of features and code, we need to separate responsibilities between the core feature-driven app and the white-label projects, while optimising for scalability. In 2022, we gave time to [...]

As part of the annual Bitrise State of Mobile App Development report, Bitrise compiles the most significant mobile app development takeaways from the year's data. Let's take a look at this year's State of Mobile App Development in 2022 Report. In 2022, we spent a lot of time developing new features to help you step up your game on mobile, including: Flare.Build: Bitrise acquired Flare.Build to enable developers to speed up feedback loops, iterate faster, and multiply app build performance by up to 10x with remote and advanced cache options. Build Pipeline: break your Workflows into Stages, build and [...]

Bitrise is making great new additional changes to how you can use Bitrise Insights. This includes changes to some of our chart titles, the identification of flaky tests, the display of build failure rate and typical duration and more. In addition to working on Dashboards, Bitrise is making great new additional changes to how you can use Bitrise Insights. This includes changes to some of our chart titles, the identification of flaky tests, the display of build failure rate and typical duration, the display of data points when hovering over a chart, the display of lengthy workflow names, and replacing a [...]

We're excited to share some of our training day speakers! Daniel Steinberg has given workshops and sessions at Appdevcon in the past and has always been one of our highest rated speakers. He was scheduled at the canceled 2020 event and did an online version later that year, but many people have asked if we could invite Daniel back for an in person class again. So this year he will present a two-day workshop on Swift Async/Await on Tuesday and Wednesday! Another speaker that was scheduled in 2020 and unfortunately couldn’t make it in 2021, is Abraham Aranguren. His security [...]

Build Pipelines, beta, is now available on all plans for Bitrise users. Organize your CI/CD process, set up advanced configurations with multiple tasks, and run them in parallel—today. Bitrise Pipelines — the feature that runs individual workflows in parallel — is now available on all plans for Bitrise users in beta. That’s right — Build Pipelines, the force behind organizing your CI/CD process, setting up advanced configurations with multiple tasks, and running them in parallel — is now available to all users, in beta. So, what can you expect from Build Pipelines if you haven’t used it yet? Then vs now: What [...]

We’re happy to announce the dates for our 10th anniversary edition: Appdevcon 10 will be held from May 9-12, 2023 in Amsterdam! Many details will follow later, but here’s what we can share now: Early bird tickets are now available. Get them here. We’re reviving the endpoint conference, this is  a backend and web conference we’ve organized years ago as a sister conference. By organizing it on the same dates as Appdevcon 10, you can bring all your backend and web team mates as well! The call for papers for both conferences is open from now until February 1st. [...]

The pros and cons of domain-driven design When preparing business cases, developing ideas and implementing software solutions, software developers like to modernise without having to reinvent the wheel. A well-known technique for doing this is domain-driven design, or DDD. By using a common language (ubiquitous language), a design (or “domain model” is created. By defining themes, the subjects (entities) are described. This is done without reference to the solution itself (technology and software architecture). Eric Evans is a pioneer within the field of domain-driven design. According to him “[e]very model represents some aspect of reality or an idea of [...]

Appdevcon 2022: an epic edition Appdevcon 2022 is a wrap! What a great edition it was—again! The most experienced speakers and influencers in the world of app development treated our attendees to a range of inspiring talks and training sessions. People from all over the world found their way to Amsterdam to join, connect and get informed. Slowly, the photos and videos of this year’s event have been made available. Do you want to check them out? You will find the photos here: Conference day Tutorial day Training day 1 Training day 2 Of course, we also invite you [...]

This is the first part of a series of articles that dive into creating a new Android application from scratch using Jetpack Compose for the user interface and some other tools offered by Google, like Firebase Authentication, Crashlytics, Cloud Firestore and Hilt. In this first part, we will take a look at what you can do with this app, how it is structured and what technologies we will be covering in this series. In part 2, we will look at Firebase Authentication and how it helps us to implement the sign up and login flows. In part 3, we [...]

Egeniq is one of the leading app development agencies in the Netherlands. We are at the forefront of innovation and distinctive techniques. We also provide companies with app consultancy, i.e., analysing your app (ideas) or reviewing an app that is already under development, has just been implemented, or has been in the air for years. If you want to make sure that your app works perfectly, we help companies with technical advice. We can show you what can be improved at each stage of an app’s lifecycle. In addition, we can present alternatives and outline what you can expect [...]

“Appdevcon is a powerful, inspiring meeting of app developers for app developers.” The latest technical insights When you visit Appdevcon, you will listen to various keynote speakers and participate in interesting masterclasses and interactive workshops. The way to stay informed of the latest technical insights. Learn from heavyweights Leading developers from across the technology sector in the broadest sense of the word share their views on the challenges, solutions and opportunities for the future of the European technology sector. Discover emerging technologies Discover how the technology contributes to building resilience. Resilience that enables organizations and economies to respond faster and [...]

Appril festival has been over for quite a while now. But it could be the case that you couldn’t attend all our excellent seminars or that you want to revisit one or two seminars. That’s why we have made this summary of all the 2020 seminars, so you can pick and choose which seminar you want to revisit. Accessible apps Dennie Declercq Want to start building apps for people with disabilities but don’t know where to start? In this session, Dennie covers everything to start right now! There are many people with learning disabilities around the world. There are also [...]

Thanks to one of our contacts, we are able to share this new free e-book about Apps & Law. There is also a dutch version. Here is more information about the book: Creating an app always starts with an idea. During the development process from idea to app, many topics need to be addressed, including legal issues. And although legal issues might not always come to mind from the start, we recommend that you do consider them from the very beginning. On the one hand, an app must comply with applicable laws and regulations, including those regarding privacy. However, [...]

Appdevcon is the annual meeting by app developers, for app developers. Due to the corona crisis, organizer Egeniq has chosen to offer the conference largely online. You can attend various sessions from Thursday 24 September. Whether you are an Android, iOS, Windows, Web or TV or another app developer, there is something for everyone! On September 24, the online version of Appdevcon will be kicked off by Jovche Mitrejchevski. He tells all the ins and outs about TDD on Android. You can indulge yourself as an app developer until December 10, because there are several sessions that you can [...]

A career with a high salary, solving world problems every day and appreciation from society. Working as a developer seems to be the holy grail. However, there are also disadvantages to working as a developer. We have listed the most mentioned advantages and disadvantages for you here. Handy to explain exactly what you do on birthdays. Or if you have the skills and are considering doing something with it. Egeniq makes smart apps for various platforms and devices, such as smartphones and wearables. We think it is important that it makes you happy. Because we also know the advantages [...]

"Delivering results as a team, using the right tool at the right time; it never gets old." In short, that's what Jeroen Leenarts (40) loves about his job. He is part of the team working on the iOS app for Centraal Beheer, a subsidiary of Achmea, the largest insurance company in the Netherlands. You can read more about it in his blog."People sometimes ask, 'how important can an app be?' Well, I fully expect the Centraal Beheer app to become our main channel for all contact with existing and new customers, which says something about the importance of the current [...]

"I'm part of a large team working with a lot of tools on an app for a lot of customers. It's tremendously educational." It's no surprise that Hylke Bron (27) enjoys his work as an app developer at Achmea, the largest insurance company in the Netherlands. He works on Centraal Beheer’s Android app. Read his blog and you will understand why he enjoys it so much. "What technology and tools do you use?” is often the first question my peers ask me. Well, here goes: We work according to the industry standards for the Android app, i.e. Native Android, [...]

A nice job, a decent employer and close to home, even. Wouldn’t we all like to have that? Hylke Bron (27) and Jeroen Leenarts (40) had the same dream but they actually made it happen. Both of them now work for Achmea, the largest Dutch insurance company. Every day Achmea, together with her power brands ‘Centraal Beheer’, ‘Interpolis’ and ‘Zilveren Kruis’ aim for a better quality of life for 10 million customers. Hylke and Jeroen work as app developers for Achmea IT on the Centraal Beheer customer app. Hylke focuses on the Android side of things while Jeroen works [...]

Achmea is proud to be sponsor of the 9th edition of Appdevcon, that takes place between 10 and 13 March 2020 in Amsterdam. At Achmea we help people to deal with risks as well as possible. With major brands such as Centraal Beheer, Interpolis, FBTO and Zilveren Kruis we are leading in the world of insurance. We have been leading for 200 years. And ... that's what we still hope to be doing in 200 years. Our customer’s happiness: that’s our commitment. Insuring has everything to do with feeling good, we are convinced of that. We live in a world [...]

PARK NOW connects with Appdevcon in 2020! PARK NOW will be the platinum sponsor of the 9th edition of Appdevcon, which Egeniq will organize from 10 to 13 March 2020. The history of the PARK NOW Group begins in 2000 with phone and text parking in the city of Groningen, in the Netherlands. Since then, we have grown to be the world’s leading provider of on-demand mobile payments for on- and off-street parking. Our apps are constantly refined to be faster and simpler to use, and we are now moving into car dashboards. This 9th edition promises to be a [...]