Mobile Development
Build apps that live in a billion pockets.
Mobile developers create Android and iOS apps — India is a mobile-first market.
What the work looks like
Building screens, integrating APIs, handling offline states, publishing to app stores.
Key skills
- Kotlin or Swift
- Flutter / React Native
- Mobile UI patterns
- APIs
- App store publishing
Common tools
Android StudioFlutterFirebaseXcodeFigma
Pros
- Ship to real users fast
- Indian market is mobile-first
- Good freelance options
Cons
- Device fragmentation
- App store rules
- Fewer roles than web
A 12-month starter roadmap
Months 1–3
- • Programming fundamentals
- • Kotlin or Dart
- • Git
- • UI basics
Months 4–6
- • Flutter or native Android
- • APIs & local storage
- • Publish one app
- • Firebase
Months 7–12
- • Architecture patterns
- • Testing
- • Performance
- • 2 published apps
Reality check
Students like: Seeing friends use your app.
Students dislike: Testing on 20 different phones.
Hardest part: Performance on low-end devices.
Common myth: Cross-platform hasn't made native skills useless.