App Development
![What’s the Difference between Flutter and React Native?](https://uploads.sitepoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1679470084flutter-vs-react-native2.jpg)
Learn the different ways Flutter and React Native approach mobile development, and which is best suited for your next project.
![Top Mobile App Development Programming Languages](https://uploads.sitepoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1666051663mobile-app-development.jpg)
Many application languages are available nowadays. The strategy you choose may rely on a number of factors. So let's have a look at the most popular mobile programming languages for iOS and Android devices.
![How to Simulate Mobile Devices with Device Mode in Chrome](https://uploads.sitepoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/1615949272mobile-testing.jpg)
Does your web app work in all devices? Testing is a huge job. Learn how to enable Chrome's useful device mode to emulate dozens of mobile devices.
![CSS and PWAs: Some Tips for Building Progressive Web Apps](https://uploads.sitepoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/1534906760css-pwa.jpg)
In this article on CSS and PWAs, David Attard discusses a number of techniques that can be used when creating the CSS required for the development of PWAs.
![Step Away From the Ledge: Mobile Apps Aren’t Dying](https://uploads.sitepoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1493318818rami-al-zayat-170349.jpg)
Read Step Away From the Ledge: Mobile Apps Aren’t Dying and learn Mobile with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
Theodhor Pandeli looks at using the Google+ API in an Android app to provide authentication and social sharing features.
Patrick Catanzariti highlights 5 tips and tricks he has gathered from his development work with the Ionic framework.
![How to Turn Your Sketch Files into Working Prototypes with Origami](https://uploads.sitepoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/1489118015rest_prototype_ptxdtl.png)
Sketch is a great for UI Design, but it stops at flat designs. Mateo shows you how to do sophisticated prototyping with Sketch files in Facebook Origami.
Valdio Veliu looks at the RecyclerView in Android, perfect for handling long lists of data efficiently.
When you are a beginner, it's easy to get confused about where to start. To make it easy for you here are 12 Android tutorials to start with.
Joyce Echessa shows how to use the YouTube API to embed video into an Adroid App.
Theodhor Pandeli looks at how the Crashlytics library, a part of Twitter's Fabric, can help identify common crashes in an Android app.
Theodhor Pandeli covers Retrofit, an HTTP client Library from Square that helps Android and Java developers make network calls easier and quicker
![Building a Cross-platform Desktop App with NW.js](https://uploads.sitepoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/1480968680NW-js.png)
Julian Motz introduces NW.js, a framework for creating native applications using web technologies like HTML, JavaScript and CSS.
![Developing Add-ons for Enterprise Apps like JIRA](https://uploads.sitepoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1475470690enterprise-app-stores.jpg)
Chris Ward looks beyond developing for Google Play and Apple's App Store to enterprise app stores, and their opportunities for better returns and support.
![Monetizing Apps with the Google AdMob SDK](https://uploads.sitepoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1473658319admob-mediation.png)
Valdio Veliu looks at one option for monetizing your Android Apps, using Google's own AdMob SDK.
![Creating a Cloud Backend for Your Android App Using Firebase](https://uploads.sitepoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1473658241firebase.png)
With Parse shutting in January 2017, Joyce Echessa looks at alternatives, such as using Firebase as a cloud backend for your Android app.
![Securing Your Android Apps with the Fingerprint API](https://uploads.sitepoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1472802187huawei-nexus-6p-fingerprint-reader.png)
Deivi Taka looks at how to secure your Android apps with the Marshmallow Fingerprint API.
![Using ViewPager to Create a Sliding Screen UI in Android](https://uploads.sitepoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/14727080211472288795image01.png)
Abbas Suterwala looks at using ViewPager in Android for creating sliding screen UIs in your apps.
![5 Great Services To Optimize Your Mobile Apps](https://uploads.sitepoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/1421748992TestFairy.png)
Annarita Tranfici looks at 5 services to help you optimize your mobile apps based on how users are actually using them.
![Adding Analytics to a React Native App](https://uploads.sitepoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/14721093111468569784keenio-groupby.png)
React Native is a great framework for building cross platform apps, and Wern Ancheta looks at adding user analytics with Keen.io and Segment.io
![A Step by Step Guide to Building an Android Audio Player App](https://uploads.sitepoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1471529082Screenshot_2016-08-12-19-31-48.png)
Valdio Veliu presents an in-depth and step by step guide to building your very own Android audio player app.
![Communicating with Bluetooth Low Energy Devices in Cordova](https://uploads.sitepoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/14710130792000px-Bluetooth.svg.png)
Wern Ancheta shows how to to communicate with bluetooth low energy devices in a Cordova-based app.
![Build a Stateful Real-Time App with React Native and Pusher](https://uploads.sitepoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1471013240pusher_logo_p_dark.png)
Ayomide Aregbede creates a real-time app for chatting between users, making use of React Native and Pusher
![Hassle-Free Image Loading in Android with Picasso from Square](https://uploads.sitepoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1470055294sample.png)
Theodhor Pandeli looks at simplifying image loading in Android with the Picasso library from Square.
![Tidy and Optimize Your Java Code with Android Butter Knife](https://uploads.sitepoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/1469454010logo.png)
Valdio Veliu looks at Android Butter knife, a great tool for optimizing and tidying your Android codeso you can focus on important logic.
![Use React Native to a Create a Face Recognition App](https://uploads.sitepoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/1471013367verification_0.png)
Wern Ancheta uses React Native and the Microsoft face API to create a face recognition app.
![Authenticating Users via OAuth with Cordova and Ionic](https://uploads.sitepoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/14692437231466765868ad32525b-aeb5-4def-a98a-3adf3e212538.jpg)
Jay Raj looks at authenticating users via OAuth with a Cordova and Ionic based app.
![PaintCode: How to Make iOS-Ready App Graphics with Sketch App](https://uploads.sitepoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/1469243344paintcode-sketch.jpg)
App development needs great design but there is a disconnect between design and code. Now Paintcode turns Sketch into an iOS app UI development tool.
![Access Platform APIs with React Native Modules](https://uploads.sitepoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/1469241848imgres.png)
Sajjad Ashraf looks at accessing native platform APIs by creating custom React Native modules