Hi there! I’m Dan, a Mobile Software Engineer 👨💻 making apps since 2015 for iOS and Android 📱 using native technologies like Swift and Kotlin, but also Flutter. Welcome to a place with for open-minded people 💡 Here you can find not only resources to make you a better software developer, but also tips on career development, soft skills and management.
Haha, you mean why aren't the slides, visible, right? Well, yeah, the exposure was not quite right, unfortunately. I'll make an update for this presentation and share it here soon, in a dedicated video! 🤩 So stay tuned and subscribe for that if you're interested.
Haha, I can understand, Dart is not my favourite language either, but Flutter as a framework is really nice. What do you think about Kotlin Multiplatform? The language is great, the framework is promising ;)
I briefly mentioned MAUI at the end, but I haven't explore it yet, and I don't know many people who did, or anyone using it right now 🤔 in my circle of friends and colleagues, I mean. Do you use it? If so, how do you like it?
Hi, great question. Not necessarily, you can keep using Flutter and always look for projects on jobs on Flutter, there are plenty ... but still, stay aware of how things are evolving, KMP might become more popular, more in demand, so maybe in the next 2-3 years you'll benefit from learning it, but for now you can focus only on Flutter, no problem!
Hey, I discovered your channel yesterday and I have already watched most of your videos. I am currently a web developer (fullstack) but I recently got an idea for a startup that I really want to try to build. I really think the idea could be more optimize with a mobile app but I've never done mobile dev before. I researched a lot about it and I'd like to know was is your take on PWA vs Mobile app because I think that right now PWA are not the most valuable option yet because people are more comfortable installing app from the app store instead of web (maybe It's just me and that's why I want to know your take on it) . I'm learning to code on my own and I'm only doing it to build things and not to get a job. I don't mind switching to mobile dev because I've got plenty of free time ahead of me to learn it. Thanks for the great content btw.
Hey there, thanks for the support! 😊 It's hard to bring an idea to life, especially without experience, but it's doable, or at least you start, then you realize you can change and adapt it, and make it even better over time. I wouldn't bet on PWA either, they offer a bad UX compared to a native app, and people will feel that. I think your best bet is React Native, it's similar to Web Development, you can use JS/TS, and it also offers that native-like feel and UX 🏅 try that, and you won't feel like switching from Web to Mobile, but more like adding a new layer of skills 💪 Good luck!
@@mobiledevlife Thanks for the feedback and I just want to let you know that I really don't mind switching to mobile dev because like I said I have a lot of free time in front of me (I could basically do that all day long for multiple months) and I have barely a year in web dev experience so the switch might not be that disastrous, and I don't mind starting from ground zero because I'm always open to learn new things. I just wanted to be more specific in case it would change your opinion. Sorry if I bothered you with this but I'd really like to start on the right track and If I can have some advice from a someone who has this much experience in this domain I'd like to get the most out of it.
@@Vinc-b7j Got it, it's awesome that you have patience, many people ask me "how can I become a developer in a month" 😂 I still think that for your own apps you're better off with a cross-platform framework, you'll have less work to do in order to have both iOS and Android as supported platforms. Plus, cross-platform is growing, but in big companies there are still plenty of jobs on native, so yeah, any choice is good, with cross-platform you can build your own apps faster, and mobile development as a whole is super exciting! 🤩
Hmm, specifically for Android? Learn the Kotlin language first, and do some exercises to get comfortable with it. Then, some Android tutorials (even on the official developers.google.com page you have a few, like "Basics in Compose") and continue like that, build 1-2 apps from tutorials, then try to build a small app without a tutorial 😊
@@mobiledevlifethanks man❤️, I am actually confused... wheather i should go for native android development or cross platform.what would you recommend for a newbie,like which technology is used more in the marketplace.
@@talhaqayyum5923 Ooh, got it! Well, in the past few years the cross-platform framework got better, so naturally they can be used for more types of apps. Nowadays people also want to save money 😂 so the demand for cross-platform might increase, but at the same time apps get more complicated too. I think you're safe with any option for now, look around your area (on LinkedIn maybe): what jobs are there, what requirements? What type of company do you wanna work for, big or small? Usually in big companies you'll find more native projects, but smaller companies can be exciting. It's too long of a discussion, haha, maybe a dedicated video would be nice. tl;dr - any of them will get you a job, but you can look at job openings and see if there's any pattern .. and cross-platform is growing more, but native will always exist.
firstly came to this amazing video loved it helpful right now iam learning web dev , could u plese tell me the average salaries or pay ranges for an android app developer in startups ?
Thanks for the kind words 😊 well, those salaries will vary a lot, depending on countries and the company itself, how much cashflow or investments they have. As a beginner, it's much more important to join a company where you learn stuff, not to earn a big salary. Here's why: At first it will be low anyway 😄 like a few hundred $$ per month, but the important thing is to learn in your first 1-3 years as much as possible. For this, I'd recommend joining a company who has between 10 and 50 people. It's not too chaotic (like with under 10) and also not too corporate (over 50-100), and you get to work on multiple things. In huge companies like Google you only do a very small part of a system, you don't learn how software is built in general, you just play by the rules (which is ok later in your career, but not so optimal early on). Good luck, and let me know if you have any other questions 😊
Hey brother, My BCA [in Specialization in Mobile Application and Information Security integrated with Certification in CompTIA Security+ / Apple iOS Application Development with Swift] is going to start next month, so please can you suggest which PC or MacBook I should buy?
Sure, it depends on your budget, but the best "value for money" right now is in the 14" or 16" M1 Pro Macbooks. They are not the latest model, but they are very good, improvements to M2 / M3 were not huge, so if you can find a refurbished / used M1 Pro/Max in good condition, it would be awesome. If budget is not a problem, M3 Pro (without the CPU limitations). You definitely need a Mac if you're going to work with Swift, it's not possible to build iOS apps on a PC / Windows. Also, 32gb RAM would be nice, 16 could work, but Macbooks are not upgradable, so get 32 if you can. Good luck! 😊
@@mobiledevlife I showed some RU-vid videos, and they suggested the MacBook Air M3 with 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD. Since it's a fanless device, I'm confused. Should I opt for the 14-inch MacBook Pro M2 Pro or the MacBook Air M3 with 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD? They both cost the same.
@@its.gamer4 Honestly if you're planning to use it for programming and heavy stuff, the M2 Pro with fans (and better screen, the Pro XDR) and more solid in general. Can you get a 32GB M2 Pro? That would be amazing!
I mentioned right at the end 😅but for now I think it's not a good option for iOS apps, the support for iOS is still in Alpha, I wouldn't recommend it for "client apps" to be honest. I'm sure it will grow and become better in the future, but that's why I didn't insist on it for now.
@@mobiledevlife Yeah I agree it’s better not to rely on a technology in Alpha. It’s unfortunate - as an Android engineer I’d LOVE to be able to write iOS UI with Compose too! I used KMP to build a cross platform app but forwent CMP for this reason and built the UI with SwiftUI. KMP still allows for great sharing of business logic as mentioned in the video 💪
@@karenforde7998 That's totally aligned with my view on it! 😊 can't wait to have Compose and CMP good enough for iOS too (although Swift is pretty cool and I love it).
@@mobiledevlife It will be great to see it happen☺! As much as I love to rag on Apple, I do like Swift I have to admit🥲But just to keep up my ongoing rivalry and be nitpicky for the hell of it, the lack of parentheses in for loop declarations and such is very strange to me 🤔
Yes, I agree, I was surprised to see that at Google I/O, that Google plans to support KMP even more, since they also have Flutter, a direct competitor 😅 interesting times.
Love the video, Dan! Brilliant content as always 🔥Really nice video format and rundown of all the technologies. WELP, it scares me to see a native iOS alert on Android (in the Flutter section) 🥲 Great use of humour throughout! Interrupting yourself with “Excuse me, sir!” had me laughing out loud :D
Thanks a lot, Karen! ✨🤗 haha, I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed it, and you were really paying attention to all the small parts too, I really appreciate that 🥹 haha, the "excuse me, sir" part was inspired from real life 🤣
@@mobiledevlife Sure thing, Dan 😊🤗 You made it easy to pay attention to, very engaging video 🙌 Well done “sir” 🤣 That’s so funny it was inspired from real life 😄
Thanks a lot! 😊 it can be a downside in terms of development speed, yes, but at the same time it can allow you to easily use native stuff anytime you want, so I'd say KMP is also promising 💪
Both of them have potential. Recently Google announced official support for KMP, so if you already know some native Android, KMP would be a good choice, for I think Flutter is also great. I'll drop a new video about them in a couple of days!
How will you rate the Android development using Kotlin... As where I'm working these guys are already shifting from native to PWA... What is your view on the same? Should I continue to work in Kotlin or do I need to shift into Angular(web).
Great question! Honestly I think PWA still offer a bad experience compared to native or cross-platform. Kotlin's major advantage (besides being able to develop for Android) is Kotlin Multiplatform, which is growing and I think it will become more and more popular. Sure, very simple apps can work as PWAs, but you'll never have a banking app, or an IOT app, or some pro-camera app as a PWA, maybe not even as a cross platform app, so you're safe with Kotlin for now 😊
Ive been following you on Instagram. I saw a link to this video on your story but forgot to click and now you are on my timeline. Great to see your content 🎉
Haha, partially just to make a joke, but I'm also less experienced in React Native compared to the other ones, because I worked for several years on the other ones. That doesn't mean it's not good, it is, and I can surely share mobile development tips that apply to React Native as well 😊
Hi Dan, thank you very much for this! Would be really great.. as a newbie of mobile app development, I struggle deciding where and what to learn.. as you said, sometimes can be overwhelming! But yes, having someone guiding you would be great, so really appreciated 😍
Thanks for the support! 🤩 Oh yes, there are so many choices, all of them have pros and cons. I'll address this topic specifically in one of my videos for sure!
Thank you so much! 🤩 RU-vid should allow us to explore topics in more depth than on Insta, so it should be a nice addition, thanks for following along 😊
Thanks for the feedback! 😊 I'll try to add more in the future videos, it takes some practice but it should get better with time. Do you mean like: zooms, images, animations, texts?
Sorry 🤣 I had to also make it funny a bit, but I'm not that experienced in React Native as in native iOS/Android or Flutter. Nonetheless, I'm curious about all the app development routes and will definitely keep up with React Native stuff as well, but probably not in so much depth as the others, we'll see 😊 I think you can still get some value about mobile app development in general, career, coding tips and so on.
Hey, thank you so much! 🤩 I don't have an active Newsletter yet, but I did set it up at mobiledev.life 😅 Skool and my Instagram account are my main priorities now, along with RU-vid, but the Newsletter is next! Thanks for much for the comment and nice words!
🤣 React Native is ok too, I just don't have that much experience with it, compared to the others, which I've used over the years. I can definitely cover some React Native stuff too in the future 😊 thanks for watching and for the comment!
