Mobile Development

Definitions

1. The discipline of building applications for mobile operating systems — primarily iOS and Android — using native SDKs (Swift/Kotlin), cross-platform frameworks (Flutter, React Native), or progressive web apps, encompassing concerns like battery life, gesture input, offline support, and app store distribution.

   In plain English: Building apps that run on phones and tablets.

   Example: "Mobile development adds a whole layer of pain you don't hit on web — background task limits, push notification entitlements, and App Store review."

Related Terms

• Material Design
• Kotlin
• Swift
• Objective-C
• Native App
• Mobile Framework
• Portability
• Table View