Mobile Development refers to the process of creating software applications that run on mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. These apps can be built for:
- iOS (Apple devices – iPhone, iPad)
- Android (Google devices – Samsung, Huawei, etc.)
✅ Types of Mobile Apps:
- Native Apps
- Built specifically for one platform (e.g., Swift for iOS, Kotlin/Java for Android)
- High performance and full access to device features.
- Cross-Platform Apps
- One codebase for both iOS and Android (e.g., Flutter, React Native).
- Faster development, slightly less performance than native.
- Hybrid Apps
- Built using web technologies (HTML, CSS, JS) inside a mobile wrapper (e.g., Ionic, Cordova).
- Good for simpler apps, but less efficient for complex ones.
🛠 Common Tools & Languages:
- iOS: Swift, Xcode
- Android: Kotlin, Android Studio
- Cross-platform: Flutter (Dart), React Native (JavaScript), Xamarin (C#)
📱 Features Often Included in Mobile Apps:
- User authentication (login/signup)
- Push notifications
- Access to camera, GPS, contacts, etc.
- Offline capabilities
- Payment integration
- In-app chat or messaging