Now with the trend veering towards smart phones and technology like the Android and the iPhones changing the face of the mobile world, mobile application development is just another feather in the cap.
1. Best Tools for Mobile Application Development
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Now with the trend veering towards smart phones and technology like the Android and the
iPhones changing the face of the mobile world, mobile application development is just another
feather in the cap.
Mobile applications are mainly written in Java or Objective-C, but mobile application
development tools are many and developers have a wide variety to choose from. With people
now being more on the iPhone than their laptops or iPads, it becomes imperative to develop
more applications for the iPhone.
Mobile Application Development Tools:
NetBeans a Java ME tools is one of the most popular mobile app development tools and
has been around since 1996. This tool supports J2ME for any iPhone which supports
Java, as well as Android OS apps.
Xcode is essential for mobile applications using Objective-C and is the only tool used for
writing applications for iPhone and iPad, it also needs the IDE XCode which is Apple’s
proprietary.
Eclipse due to its plugin design supports different languages and thus helps developing
applications for Android iPhones as well as Java ME applications. It is known for its code
highlighting and syntax checking.