Development of native-based and hybrid applications for mobile environments taking advantage of gesture-based input and using location and presence services. Topics include introduction to low-level network services and mobile platforms, description of architectural patterns, principles of mobile development and interaction styles for network service usage. Topics Covered: Multi-threaded application development on iOS and Android; Platform agnostic data representations: XML and JSON; Use of advanced widgets: maps; App state: representation, accessing and updating; App communication mechanisms: services, publish and subscribe and intents; The Reactor pattern.
