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We’re inching closer to our newest major update. We’ve been talking to the developers, and they are still working hard to get you both the Cocos Creator 3.0 Tech Preview this summer as well as a planned date for Cocos Creator 3.0.
But for now, the developers are improving Cocos Creator 2.X to keep you motivated to build more games and fix some lingering bugs that have to be addressed. This edition has a lot of great features, but we wanted to share a big one with you today: Two new platforms to export your game on! Introducing Huawei AppGallery and LinkSure mini games.
Huawei AppGallery Connect
Huawei’s AppGallery （https://developer.huawei.com/consumer/en/agconnect）is one of the biggest platforms in the world to those with a Huawei phone. Creating a game or app for these phones is now available as well as have it configured for your account. Great news to hear.
At the same time, Cocos Creator now has in-depth cooperation with HMS Core on mobile games, especially at the technical level, integrating with the underlying algorithms of CG Kit, tapping Vulkan’s extreme rendering capabilities, releasing greater graphics rendering performance, and improving rendering efficiency.
In the future, Cocos will cooperate with Huawei in many aspects, giving you access to more high-quality services of Huawei HMS Core, AppGallery Connect , and help developers to develop more high-quality games.
To learn more about how to become a Huawei AppGallery developer and getting your game on the marketplace, here’s a great instructional video.
In Cocos Creator, when a developer publishes a game based on the Cocos IDE, when they choose to publish to HUAWEI AppGallery Connect , they can access Huawei HMS Core with one click. It currently includes services such as account, payment, advertising, and game services. In the near future, it will also support push, analysis and location services, greatly enhancing the services for developers.
Developers can enable the SDKHub in the service panel and configure the corresponding SDK presets.
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Choose HUAWEI AppGallery Connect platform during building, and select the preset SDK preset.
After the building is completed, you can upload with one click through the upload window.
LinkSure Mini Game
LinkSure Mini Games is a mini game application platform inside the WiFi Master Key app, which is convenient, lightweight, and free of installation. It is now officially supported by Cocos Creator. Developers only need to select the LinkSure Mini Games release platform when building, and the platform adaptation is automatically completed.
Reference links：
1、 how to install and full developer notes：https://discuss.cocos2d-x.org/t/cocos-creator-v2-4-1-released-now-using-cocos-dashboard/50961
2、 Instructional Video：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E12xTsE_3OQ[/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE]
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Huawei has launched HMS Core Services 4.0 which promises to bring efficient application development, rapid growth, and flexible monetization. Let's take a close look at HMS core services and see how they help developers.
Huawei Mobile Services Core (HMS) Development Forums
HMS Core Services 4.0 includes the following features:
Some of these services may seem familiar to you, as a number of them date back many years. Features like Account Kit have had time to mature and be polished with many updates. Other services like Location Kit and Analytics Kit and newer and have only been around since late 2019. The latest release of 4.0 includes ML Kit, Awareness Kit, Scan Kit, Nearby Service, as well as all the features shown in the graphic above. Huawei still plans on adding many more features in future updates.
So why would a developer want to choose HMS over GMS? HMS Core's service scope already encompasses most of the services in GMS Core. Huawei has also been a little bolder in exploring new terrain where GMS hasn't bothered to venture. For instance, with HUAWEI ML Kit, HMS Core is a step ahead of GMS Core in providing machine learning capabilities. Although Google has cutting-edge artificial intelligence capabilities, it has not yet added machine learning to GMS Core.
These are some of the ways that HMS 4.0 is helping developers, and offering an alternative solution to GSM.
Read More: HMS Core on Android is Huawei’s alternative to Google Play Services
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Unity, is best known as the creator of the world's leading real-time 3D development platform, giving users accessible tools to create, operate, and monetize experiences for the real-time world. Experiences created with Unity have been already used on 3 billion devices worldwide now, and have been installed over 37 billion times in the last 12 months. Today, 50% of the world’s top 1,000 mobile gaming apps are created with Unity, and half of all new mobile games are made with Unity.
The gaming market is becoming increasingly distributed around the world, with the APAC region accounting for over 50% of global gaming revenue. The Android ecosystem in APAC is very fragmented, for instance, and for game developers, this global distribution presents both tremendous opportunities and new challenges.
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The Challenge
In general, the highly distributed game market brings more challenges to developers. They must Developers must deal with:
- different software development kits (SDKs), proprietary payment systems,
- governance and regulatory conditions for each app marketplace where they publish their games, and
- they have to go through this every time when there is an update to the store.
The Solution
Unity Distribution Portal (UDP) is one of Unity’s most powerful apps. UDP allows mobile game developers to reach and engage with their gamers with less effort but greater efficiency across various distribution channels. With UDP, developers can distribute to multiple stores in new markets through a single hub, truly enabling “Create Once, Publish Everywhere”. Launched in open beta about a year ago, UDP already hosts more than 700 apps with a total of 20,000 developers from over 2,000 organizations active on the app.
How Unity and Huawei collaborated to help developers?
Huawei and Unity have come together to help developers to create amazing games and unlock new opportunities by collaborating on the UDP app.
Unity has integrated Huawei’s Game Services kit into UDP. This means that if UDP developers have already published games on other stores they do not have to integrate SDKs again and can publish on the AppGallery with just a few clicks. It also allows developers to easily build features like achievements, rankings, player sign-ins and statistics for the launch on the Huawei AppGallery. Currently, this is the first and only game service kit that has been integrated into UDP. Unity has also integrated the Account and In-App Purchases (IAP) kits into UDP. Taken together, this saves developers a significant amount of time and resources when publishing on the AppGallery. Sounds exciting? Click here to see how their Greater China President says about UDP and their collaboration with Huawei.
In the future, Unity will integrate more features from Huawei HMS Core Kit into UDP, further lowering the cost and saving precious time for developers who want to publish and operate their games on Huawei AppGallery.
To know more about the voices of local developers and interact with them, HMS Core ecosystem expansion support team and online operation team have worked with frontline colleagues in Singapore to actively choose the event themes which meet current requirements of developers and plan a series of activities. Two activities, including online developer sharing and offline lab visit, attracted more than 70 developers till date of publication.
Online developer sharing meeting:
Monthly developer sharing meetings focus on different industries. On October 14, Huawei representatives introduced the future market strategy and incentive policies for Startups to integrate HMS Core. We also discussed with developers the technical advantages of HMS Core compared with competitors and the app migration methods. The experienced sharing and easy interaction of the whole event gave developers an excellent communication experience. More than 90% of the participants said that they wanted to participate in the event continuously and get familiar with more HMS Core information to prepare for future integration.
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Offline lab visit:
On October 21, Singapore's DigiX Lab was officially launched and developers were invited to visit the Lab. The activity started with the theme "HMS opens up potential growth space", focusing on HMS building AI life, and decrypting the internal driver of HMS selection by developers outside China. Then, we introduced the core capabilities of the HMS Core to developers and analyzed the business advantages of the HMS Core solution that are time and labor saving, quick integration, and monetization.
The next "1+8+N solution experience" will undoubtedly lead developers. The experience room provides participants with six themes. The key values of HMS Core are directly conveyed through the TV screen. Demos and real cases are provided on tablets and mobile phones, so that participants can fully understand the application of HMS Core scenario solution in multiple dimensions. The HQ ecosystem development and online operation team provided full suggestions on the material layout of the experience room, and provided the full set of materials for large and small screens in three scenarios, including AR interaction, AI smart life, and taking the lead in cutting-edge technologies in the vertical domain of e-commerce
Through this activity, 15% CPs plan to hold HMS Core technical meetings in Huawei, and 20% CPs are in-depth integration.
HUAWEI AppGallery Connect, the one-stop app service platform, has recently adopted a new logo, inspired by the angle brackets (<>), which are symbols frequently used in coding. The two angle brackets are closely linked to form a square, representing the working relationship forged between developers and Huawei in building innovative apps. This new logo conveys the message that AppGallery Connect is more than just an app distribution platform, but also a close partner with its developers in creating innovative apps.
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AppGallery Connect’s new logo
Aligned with the slogan of “Empowering Creativity”, AppGallery Connect provides full-lifecycle app services, encompassing innovation, development, distribution, operations, and analytics, for a diverse range of apps including Android, iOS, web, and quick apps. AppGallery Connect is dedicated to helping developers develop and operate apps with unprecedented efficiency, to achieve a next level of success in both user base and revenue on the market. It is the platform where developers and Huawei work together to build a better digital world for global consumers.
As of the end of 2020, AppGallery Connect had provided 2.3 million developers in over 170 counties and regions with access to various services. 69 services are available for developers outside of China. Auth Service has distinguished itself, helping developers boost development efficiency by a staggering 80%. Furthermore, Remote Configuration has helped increase app MAU by 10%, and App Bundle has helped boost the app installation success rate by 4%. A range of other services have also proved essential to countless developers.
AppGallery Connect Academy offers a broad array of online courses, helping developers take full advantage of AppGallery Connect services. AppGallery Connect Academy will continue to hold live events online, where services of AppGallery Connect are explained in greater detail, and partners are able to share their experiences, providing invaluable opportunities for exchange. AppGallery Connect will continue to provide support to nurture innovation throughout the ecosystem, for the benefit of all.
For more AppGallery Connect information, please refer to: https://developer.huawei.com/consumer/en/agconnect
For more about the AppGallery Connect logo details , please check this video：
Or you can check the original link: https://forums.developer.huawei.com/forumPortal/en/topic/0201542622432920176
Any questions about this, you can acquire the answer from HUAWEI Developer Forum
AppGallery Connect provides not only full-lifecycle app services, but cross-platform service capabilities as well. By providing easy-to-use cross-platform SDKs and REST APIs, it enables you to develop apps using most of mainstream development languages.
AppGallery Connect services can be used for Android, web, and quick apps with cross-platform framework, including Flutter, Cordova, and React Native. What's more, Cocos also encapsulates Android SDKs of AppGallery Connect services, facilitating the development of high-quality games.
Build services allow you to quickly release apps, free you from maintenance, and reduce service costs, improving app development efficiency. Based on the model of Acquisition, Activation, Retention, Revenue, and Referral (AARRR), grow services are equipped to help you conduct refined operations throughout the lifecycle. Quality services span the entire process from app development to app release. By flexibly using these services, you can obtain crucial insights into your app's issues, monitor app performance, improve app quality, and enhance overall user experience.
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1. Supports platforms including Android, web, and quick app.
AppGallery Connect services support all Android devices and can be easily integrated to other platforms. All you need to do is add the plugins and SDKs to your code. For details about integration, please refer to Getting Started with Android. To develop a specific service, refer to its documentation.
If you are developing a web app or quick app, please refer to Getting Started with Web or Installing the Development Tool, respectively.
2. Support cross-platform frameworks including Cordova, Flutter, and React Native.
An app built based on a cross-platform framework does not require separate coding for each platform, but instead will run efficiently on multiple platforms after one-time coding. That's why cross-platform apps have become such a hot development trend. Currently, Auth Service, Remote Configuration, and Crash support the Cordova, Flutter, and React Native frameworks. All you need to do is integrate the AppGallery Connect cross-platform framework plugins into your development environment before using these services. For details about integration, please refer to Getting Started with Flutter, Getting Started with React Native, and Getting Started with Cordova, respectively.
3. Support cross-platform game engines.
You can integrate AppGallery Connect build (Auth Service, Cloud Functions, Cloud DB, and Cloud Storage), quality (Crash and APM), and grow (Remote Configuration, App Linking, and App Messaging) services into a game developed using Cocos and other game engines. For details, please refer to Cocos official materials.https://service.cocos.com/document/en/agc-apm.html
These services help you with building high-quality games, growing your player base and improving player experience.
AppGallery Connect provides apps with access to a massive pool of devices, while offering developers versatile services that meet all conceivable needs. In the future, more cross-platform service capabilities will be supported to suit diversified application scenarios, providing more high-quality apps and services for Huawei users, and unique opportunities for your business grow. If you have any suggestions, please send an email to [email protected].
You can also access a substantial amount of sample code via GitHub.https://github.com/AppGalleryConnect