Important SDKs for mobile app development

							       Some of the most important SDKs for mobile app
                             development

If you’re just starting out in mobile app development , read this starter
guide on what tools are available for building user-friendly apps. You
need the right tools to build robust, user-friendly apps. Here’s a list of
tools that will help you create powerful apps and stay competitive in the
mobile development space.




iOS official SDK : Formerly known as the iPhone SDK, the iOS official
SDK is broken down into four development sets. Cocoa Touch includes
all elements related to touchscreen support; this includes multi-touch
controls and configuration, as well as certain localization and camera
support features. The Media development set includes all components
related to video, audio, photos, and multimedia functions. Core Services
includes things like networking. Mac OS X Kernal includes essential
functions relating to file systems, power management, and security.
Appcelerator : Appcelerator is a cross-platform solution that enables
developers to build native smartphone and tablet applications with
popular programming languages like Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, PHP,
Python, and HTML.



Android SDK : The official Android software development kit comes
with a wide range of resources, including emulators, development
tutorials, libraries, sample code, and detailed documentation.



Windows Phone 8 SDK: The Windows Phone 8 SDK comes with a copy
of Visual Studio Express 2012. Though the Windows Phone platform is
still struggling to take off from a sales standpoint, it is a very powerful
operating system that is likely to only become more integrated and
commonplace as Windows 8 (for tablets and desktops) becomes
mainstream. This SDK includes plenty of drag-and-drop controls and
code chunks, but also has Microsoft’s typical level of deep coding
support. Several emulators and testing tools are included.



Snapdragon Android SDK : This SDK includes a number of tools for
improving application development on Snapdragon-powered devices.
This includes powerful facial recognition technology, sophisticated
location services, and surround sound recording capabilities.



RhoMobile : RhoMobile is based on Rhodes, an open source cross-
platform   Rails-based   mobile   app   development     framework.    With
RhoMobile, you can build robust applications that can be deployed on
just about every major mobile operating system: iOS, Android, Windows
Mobile, and BlackBerry. It really is a one-stop-shop for serious mobile
development. Their platform allows you to write your code once and
deploy the app over multiple operating systems using their sophisticated
mobile development platform. RhoMobile also offers a cloud-hosted
mobile development environment called RhoHub and a standalone
mobile development server called RhoSync.



And mobile app developers should know about SDK for mobile
application management



We’re clearly in the midst of a mobile application management boom,
and the two prominent techniques for making apps manageable are
software developer kits (SDKs) and app wrapping. It’s only natural to
wonder which is better. But is that’s the wrong way to be comparing
these two techniques(MAM techniques and use cases). While it’s true
they both achieve the same end result of manageable applications, the
use cases for app wrapping and SDKs are actually quite different.


Source: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/app-builder/essential-sdks-for-mobile-app-
development/2083