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Hands-On Workshop: How to Add In-App Purchasing and Subscriptions to your Android Apps

Do you want to add in-app purchasing (IAP) or subscriptions to your apps but don’t know where to start? On Friday, July 28^th, Amazon Developer Evangelist Mario Viviani will demonstrate how to integrate monetization features into your apps, including how to use the Amazon IAP and subscription APIs so that you can sell in-game currency, expansion packs, upgrades, and more.

Testing Mobile Apps: A Primer

Why should you test your mobile app? A recent study showed that almost a quarter of users only use a mobile app once, and 95% abandon an app within the first month. Testing ensures that your mobile app has been stressed on as many devices as possible, which enables you to identify and fix bugs early.

Add the Power of Voice to a Multi-Platform App with Login with Amazon, Amazon Cognito, and Amazon Lex

This May, Amazon's own Greg Bulmash was in Austin, Texas for O'Reilly's OSCON, one of the nation's premiere open source conferences. Greg's talk, "Can You Roll Your Own Virtual Assistant," is now available on YouTube.

Test Your Alexa Skill's Voice User Interface with This Handy Tool

Alexa is excited to share a new tool to help you craft a robust voice user interface (VUI). Whether you’re looking to build a new skill or make improvements to an existing one, you can get started quickly with our new VUI testing tool.

7 Tips for Creating Great Multimodal Experiences for Echo Show

The Alexa team designed the Echo Show so that the screen augments and enhances what skills offer to customers. You can complement your skill interactions with imagery, blocks of text, video, list navigation and selection, touch input, and more.

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