How to become an App developer?

We can divide this to three.

1. Can I choose app developer as career? and what about Job opportunities.
2. How to become an app developer? and choose the best Platform.

1. Can I choose App developer as career?

We can definitely say yes. You can make a very competitive income, And build a very satisfying career as an app developer. And we know that Android & iOS are two Mobile OS giants dominating the global smartphone market. Android is still the most used mobile operating system in the world compare to IOS. However, Android is top of the list with 72.44% of the total mobile OS market share today.

When we speak about job opportunities, For example if you go and search “App developer” on google or Linkedin site, there is 10000+  app development Jobs are available in world wide. We had got this result on October 2021.

2. How to choose the Best Platform?

Before starting your career, you have to make a decision and go with good development platform, so these three development platforms are there.

• Native
• Hybrid and
• Cross-platform

What is Native app development?

A native app is usually written in one programming language for a particular operating system. Compared to other types of products, native apps offer consistent performance and times more reliable. For Native android app developers write code in Java or Kotlin, for IOS native Swift code or Objective-C.

Native Apps mean building two different apps with different sets of code for each platform Android & iOS, So if you want your app on multiple platforms, it requires developing and maintaining an app for each platform separately.

Tools for Native app development:

• Android studio
• Xcode
• IntelliJ IDEA

Native app examples:

Waze app, Social apps, such as Twitter, or games, GPS app, Pinterest app.

What is Hybrid app development?

Hybrid app development is to build a single app that can run on multiple operating systems including Windows, Android and iOS. When developers build hybrid software, they include a single codebase for all platforms.

We can say this simply we are just going to create app with help of embedded web view. Hybrid apps blend web elements with mobile ones. So, you create a codebase using standard web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript). Then, you wrap it inside a native container using the WebView. The app content within WebView is rendered as a plain website.

Tools for Hybrid app development:

• Ionic
• Visual Studio
• Apache Cordova

Hybrid app examples:

JustWatch, NHS, Airbus Helicopters.

What is Cross-platform app development?

Cross-platform mobile development is also the same as a hybrid, build of software apps that are compatible with multiple operating systems. One codebase for all OS. The purpose is to enable the same app to run on a PC, tablet, smartphone, smartwatch or Xbox.

The only difference of Cross-platform frameworks operates on the agenda to develop shareable and reusable code for building apps for different OS. Writing code once and reusing the same on multiple platforms helps in minimizing the development costs and efforts. Many cross-platform app development frameworks are there, that helps to achieve a good user experience on the app and its performance also feels like the native app. 

Tools for Cross-platform app development:

• Flutter
• React Native
• Xamarin

Cross-platform app examples:

Facebook Ads Manager, Zipcar.