Mobile Applications Development

More and more people are using increasingly powerful mobile devices as their primary means of obtaining information and requesting services over the Internet. The shift from traditional personal computers (desktops and laptops) to mobile devices (Smart phone and tablets), as a means of accessing services, has forced enterprises to adapt mobile channels for their existing applications. At the same time, demand for new kinds of applications that can exploit the unique characteristics of mobile devices is rapidly growing. While there certainly is value in developing a mobile app user interface for an existing business application, the users of mobile applications have come to expect more from their mobile experience. This has manifested in an ever-increasing demand for mobile application development in the market.

Aims and Objectives

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• The techniques for deploying and testing mobile applications, and for enhancing their performance and scalability
• The capabilities and limitations of mobile platforms that affect application development and deployment
• The enterprise-scale requirements of mobile applications
• The technology and business trends impacting mobile application development
• The characterisation and architecture of mobile applications

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Work with software/hardware tools to develop, test and debug mobile applications
• Develop enterprise-level mobile solutions, by taking full advantage of the capabilities of the adopted platform/framework

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Designing and develop mobile applications using a chosen application development framework
• Evaluate alternative mobile frameworks, and contrast different programming platforms
• Model and manage mobile application development using a range of methods
• Explain the advantages and limitations of development frameworks

Syllabus

Overview of Mobile App Development:

• Why Mobile Apps?
• Choice of Implementation Technology
• Native Application Implementation
• Mobile Web Applications
• Hybrid Mobile Application Implementation

App Design Issues and Considerations

• Mobile Development Lifecycle Overview
• Form Factors and User Input Technology
• Architecture, Design and Engineering Considerations
• Usability and User Interaction Design
• Mobile Navigation and Interface Design
• Overarching Design Principles and Guidelines

Developing the Mobile App

• Techniques, Methodologies for Mobile Application Development
• Mobile Application Development Frameworks
• Persistent Data in Mobile Apps
• Maps and Location in Mobile Apps
• Access to Hardware and Sensors
• Building Mobile Apps Powered by Enterprise Backend
• Secured Data Store and Synchronization

Testing and Publishing Apps

• Mobile Application Build and Delivery
• Testing Mobile Applications
• Automated versus Manual Testing
• App Distribution Through App Stores
• App Distribution for the Enterprise
• Monetizing Apps

Learning and Teaching

Teaching and learning methods

Lectures, tutorial, group coursework assessed via technical report and submitted application

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

Bill Phillips et. al (2019). Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide.

John Horton (2019). Android Programming with Kotlin for Beginners.

Reto Meier, Ian Lake (2018). Professional Android, 4th Edition.

Nate Ebel (2019). Mastering Kotlin: Learn advanced Kotlin programming techniques to build apps for Android.

Assessment

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External

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