Have you ever wondered how the apps in your smartphones work? How do people manage to make these cool-looking apps that keep us stay stuck on the screen for hours? With this question, we enter the territory of mobile app development a branch of softwareengineering aimed towards mobile devices. Over the course of time, there have been various operating systems that were developed to run on our devices, attempting to make them smart. On taking a look at the popularity of various mobileos in the market, we see that the two OS are dominating: Android (61.12%) & appleios (27.23%). So, if you decide to develop apps (which means you are awesome!), these two platforms could be your best bet. Let us now dive into some lightweight technical stuff.
Android is a linux based operating system. java & fairly new kotlin can be used to develop applications for this platform. Java, being an old(but not obsolete) language have a huge community of experienced developers that could help you in the journey to becoming a pro android developer. Kotlin was declared to be the “preferred” programming language for androidappdevelopers by google in 2019. It’s off for a good start & definitely has a bright future ahead of it. iOS is created & developed by appleinc We could use Objective-C or the very popular Swift programming language to develop iOS apps. Both the platforms provide great documentation to get you up & running with app development.
What are the career opportunities in the field of App Development? A very important question indeed. Every business, big or small, requires an app to grow in the market, to increase engagement, to enhance user experience. An opportunity for the app developer to step in & save the day. An android app developer in India earns around ₹26k per month & ₹34k in case of an iOS developer. In the end, it boils down to your interest, which platform do you choose to create apps for, what kind of apps do you want to develop, the possibilities are endless. You could build something super important or something just for fun. Never hurts to give it a try 😉
