The statistic shows the total number of mobile phone users worldwide from 2013 to 2019. For 2017 the number of mobile phone users is forecast to reach 4.77 billion. - www.statista.com
Mobile development as the mother of many children ● Android Development ○ Android phones and tablets ○ Wearables etc ● iOS Development ○ iPhones, iPads ○ Watches etc ● BlackBerry and Others ● Cross Platform
● Documentations ○ https://developers.android.com/ ○ https://developer.apple.com/ ● Development Tools ○ Android Studio for Android development, ○ Xcode for iOS development ○ SDKs
● OS ○ Android Studio - Windows, Linux, OS X ○ XCode - OS X ● Programming Languages ○ Android - Java ○ iOS - Objective C, Swift ○ Cross Platform - html, css, js
● Learn the best practices ● Design Guidelines ○ Android Material’s Design Specs. ○ iOS’s Human Interface Guidelines ● It must start with a beautiful app icon. This is the first thing the user interacts with. ● Best UI/UX for your app.
● Mind the size of images and other resources ● Close all connections ● Secure your apps ● Obfuscate your apps ● Remove unnecessary permissions from your app ● Testing