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Mobile Application Development
BeginnerFree LearningMobile Development

Mobile Application Development

by UptoSkills Team, Divy Aakarsh

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10

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68

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27

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340

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35

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About This League

This league provides foundational knowledge and practical skills in mobile application development for both Android and iOS platforms. Students will learn to design user interfaces, implement app logic, and understand cross-platform development principles. The curriculum is structured to build a strong understanding from basic concepts to practical implementation.

What you will learn

Upon completing this league, you will be equipped to:

  • Design and wireframe mobile app ideas, understanding UI elements and user experience principles.
  • Set up development environments for Android, iOS, and cross-platform frameworks like Flutter.
  • Build basic Android applications using XML layouts and handle activity lifecycles and intents.
  • Develop fundamental iOS apps with Storyboards and Swift, managing view controllers and navigation.
  • Create initial cross-platform applications using Flutter widgets and Dart programming.
  • Implement data display, network requests, and basic data persistence for mobile applications.

What this league covers

ModuleWhat it covers
Foundations of Mobile App DesignUnderstanding UI elements, UX design, platform differences, wireframing app ideas, and prototyping user flows.
Setting Up Your Development EnvironmentChoosing frameworks, installing Android Studio and Xcode, configuring emulators, and setting up cross-platform environments.
Your First Android App: LayoutsCreating Android XML layouts with TextView, Button, ImageView, and LinearLayout, RelativeLayout containers.
Android App Logic: Activities and EventsUnderstanding Android Activities, lifecycles, handling button clicks, navigation between activities, and using Intents.
Introduction to iOS Development: StoryboardsUsing iOS Storyboards, core UI elements like UILabel, UIButton, View Controllers, and Auto Layout.
iOS App Logic: Swift Basics and EventsLearning Swift programming, variables, control flow, handling button actions with @IBAction, and navigation.
Cross-Platform Basics with FlutterIntroduction to Flutter and Dart, building UI with Rows and Columns, handling user input, and navigation in Flutter.
Working with Data: Lists and CollectionsDisplaying data in lists for Android, iOS, and Flutter, creating data models, and filtering data.
Networking Fundamentals for Mobile AppsUnderstanding APIs, making HTTP requests, parsing JSON data, and handling network errors for Android, iOS, and Flutter.
Next Steps in Mobile DevelopmentMobile app persistence, device sensors, permissions, Git version control, app deployment basics, and building a portfolio.

This league prepares you for Kotlin for Android Development.

A look inside

Mobile Application Development screen 1Mobile Application Development screen 2Mobile Application Development screen 3

Prerequisites

  • Understand variables, loops, conditionals and functions in some language.
  • Comfortable with classes, objects and inheritance.

Learning Objectives

  • Understand the fundamental concepts of mobile application development, including the client-server architecture and common mobile operating systems (iOS and Android).
  • Create a simple 'Hello World' mobile application for either Android or iOS using their respective Integrated Development Environments (IDEs).
  • Implement basic user interface elements like buttons, text fields, and labels within a mobile application layout.
  • Navigate between different screens or activities within a mobile application.
  • Write simple code to handle user interactions, such as button clicks.
  • Debug and test a basic mobile application to identify and fix common errors.