Mobile App Engineering

Mobile apps are everywhere and are now part of most people’s home and work lives. Many companies develop mobile apps to complement their web-based applications, make company content available on mobile devices, and to develop new business processes. Although it is a form of regular object-oriented development, creating mobile apps presents specific challenges that are different from those found in desktop and notebook environments.

This book provides a systematic course in mobile app development. Guy Vollmer uses a sample app to guide you through the phases of the real-world software lifecycle, addressing methods, tools, languages, concepts, and best practices—all with a view to developing top-quality apps.

Topics include:

• The challenges involved in developing mobile apps
• Requirements engineering
• Mobile app concepts and design
• Implementing native apps on Android and iOS
• Cross platform development with Xamarin, Apache Cordova/Ionic, and React Native
• Software testing and test automation
• Going live

Each chapter includes self-test exercises to help you absorb and review what you have learned.