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Glossary: Mobile

15 terms

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Android

Android OS / Google Android

Google's open-source mobile OS with the world's largest market share. Built with Kotlin/Java; Jetpack Compose is the modern UI standard.
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App Store Connect

ASC / iTunes Connect

Apple's portal for review submissions, TestFlight beta, revenue reports, and ASO metadata. Requires a 99 USD/year developer account.
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Capacitor

Capacitor.js / Ionic Capacitor

Ionic's Cordova successor wrapping web apps in a native WebView on iOS/Android, providing native API access for any web framework.
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EAS Build

EAS / Expo Application Services / Expo EAS

Expo's cloud build service compiling iOS/Android binaries and submitting to stores — no local Xcode or Android Studio required.
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Electron

Electron.js / electron-builder

Desktop framework combining Chromium + Node.js. Powers VS Code and Slack; web developers target Windows, macOS, and Linux from one codebase.
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Expo

Expo SDK / Expo Go

Streamlines React Native development. Expo Go enables QR-code preview; EAS Build handles cloud store submissions with no local Xcode needed.
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Flutter

Flutter SDK / Google Flutter

Google's Dart cross-platform UI framework for iOS, Android, Web, and Desktop. Impeller engine delivers pixel-perfect UI on every platform.
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Google Play Console

Play Console / Google Play Developer Console

Google's portal for publishing Android apps. Supports staged rollouts, ASO metadata, and crash reporting; one-time 25 USD registration fee.
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iOS

Apple iOS / iPhone OS

Apple's mobile OS for iPhone and iPad. Apps are built with Swift, distributed via the App Store, and managed through App Store Connect.
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Jetpack Compose

Compose / Android Jetpack Compose

Google's Kotlin declarative UI toolkit for Android. Replaces XML layouts; became the de facto standard after its 2021 stable release.
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PWA (Progressive Web App)

Progressive Web App / プログレッシブウェブアプリ

Web spec (Service Workers + App Manifest) for near-native apps: offline, home screen install, and push notifications without an app store.
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React Native

RN / ReactNative

Meta's framework for native iOS/Android UI from React components. The Fabric + TurboModules architecture delivers major performance gains.
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SwiftUI

Swift UI / Apple SwiftUI

Apple's declarative UI framework (2019). One codebase covers iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS with real-time Xcode previews.
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Tauri

Tauri v2 / tauri-apps

Rust-backend + web-frontend cross-platform framework. v2 adds iOS/Android; bundles are far smaller and startup faster than Electron.
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WebView

WebView / WKWebView / Android WebView

Mobile component embedding web content. iOS uses WKWebView; Android uses Android WebView. Capacitor ships web apps natively using WebView.