How to Become a Mobile Developer

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To start a career in mobile development, should you learn Native Android/iOS development or a cross-platform technology such as React-Native? Where do you start learning mobile development? How do you land your first mobile dev job? In this video, I touch on all these topics and more.
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Intro: (0:00)
Native vs. Cross-platform: (0:54)
Android vs. iOS: (2:04)
Where to start learning: (4:25)
Landing your first mobile job: (6:34)
Timeline to landing your first job: (9:45)
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Android basics in Kotlin (Free course from Google):
developer.android.com/courses...
Start developing iOS apps in Swift (Free course from Apple):
developer.apple.com/library/a...
Develop in Swift Explorations & Fundamentals (Books from Apple):
developer.apple.com/learn/cur...
LetsBuildThatApp channel for developing iOS/Android apps:
/ letsbuildthatapp
Android best practices:
developer.android.com/distrib...
Android architecture guide:
developer.android.com/jetpack...
Android Material Design:
developer.android.com/guide/t...
iOS Human Interface Guidelines:
developer.apple.com/design/hu...

[@MrSojek]

The biggest obstacle when applying for a junior dev job can be asking yourself a question: “Do I already know enough to even apply for it?”

[@kennygunderman]

That’s difficult, and I’d say if you feel at least 50% confident - you should go for it

[@Ameersoccerdev]

Same bro it's happend with me

[@sura2107]

It's never enough, you won't attain it, when you start learning, you end up more to explore. It's good to try out, when you know basics for junior dev

[@kaushiknits0307]

Udacity does a great job. You will be doing a lot of projects, which in turn will boost your confidence

[@sunnysingh8483]

@@kaushiknits0307 thanks for the heads up! Summer coming up and nothing to do. Will enroll in some sort of class. 1st year CS student.

[@akashp4863]

Kenny is like the cool kid in class who got your back.

[@awesomeGuss]

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This comment convinced me to watch the whole video. Good call! 💯

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Just out here helping with the algorithm

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[@elrogelio]

Same

[@kamertonaudiophileplayer847]

Also remember that for Android you pay $25 once, and need to pay annually $100 to get your app listed for iOS even if your app is free.

[@kennygunderman]

Good looks! I had this in my notes to mention but forgot, thanks brotha 🤘

[@MrSojek]

Plus when it come to hardware you can get a decent windows/ linux laptop to do an android dev for half a price of a mediocre Macbook.

[@thevitruvianman9781]

But you’re more likely to get more money with iOS

[@kamertonaudiophileplayer847]

@@thevitruvianman9781 True, unless your app is free ;)

[@AnkitSingh-wq2rk]

@@thevitruvianman9781 but arent iOS Devs are paid kinda higher than their counterparts ?

[@ibukunokunoye4795]

You're steadily becoming one of my favorite Mobile Dev KZbinrs. Thanks for the advice man!

[@ngotuananh3421]

Guys, this is the guide to the light for me. I'm 31 and just started learning C++ for a couple months and I realized that I really like this kind of brain-blown job. But it is hard for me to find out which path is better for me: Frontend or Mobile. Then this video solves it. Thank you so much!

[@umarajmal6216]

How are you doing now

[@mrsdragonite]

32, just started myself!

[@cleangoblin2021]

I stopped going to school after 6th grade due to phyisical disability. Ive been drunk throughout my and depression has been my wife. 30 now and wanna change things up. I dont have any valuable skill for work at all so i might wanna learn programming.

[@krisb-travel]

which one did you decide and why?

[@ngotuananh3421]

@@krisb-travel my decision is android native. It take me less time to build a basic and dive in to programing sea. It also has a course of google: android by kotlin.

[@nivretech2072]

I am currently a computer engineering student and it is so hard to decide which specialization to go into. For now, I am planning to be a mobile developer. Thank you for a great video!

[@6iovanj]

same brooooo did you stick with mobile development or did you find a new interest?

[@nivretech2072]

@@6iovanj Hi Gio, I just graduated last month, and I decided to pursue a career in Big Data. Currently, I am a Data Engineer. But still mobile dev is a great field!

[@lofibuttah4078]

@@nivretech2072hey did mobile dev help with internships while you were in school?

[@atiquekhan1257]

I keep coming back to this every goddamn time i feel down and your cool aura just gets me going. Thanks man.

[@TomaszRykala]

This lad absolutely nails it. Well done, man!

[@thatonesalad8212]

Thanks for the advice Kenny! I've been researching a lot into app development. This gives me a clear path on how to do it!

[@razodactyl]

Been in the industry for a while. Gonna give a like to this channel. Straight forward, no negative whining, great editing skills. Practical content.

[@taotechsolutions]

What's your advice for starters?

[@elizabethsaethryth8621]

Thank you sooo much for this video, this helped me soo much! Thank you, Kenny! You give me hope to being a self taught mobile developer :')

[@AlbertoRodriguez-oe6jo]

That was a perfect how-to, now I know my next steps. Thanks

[@matiiaas182]

i really don't know how to thank people like you, you just saved us maybe months of work, i hope you at least feel that you have your subscribers back for anything you need Kenny

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i feel the same with this incredible guy

[@MrSojek]

The worst thing for me is an attitude. Whenever I see how much learning i have left I feel overwhelmed and starting questioning the sense of it all, pressure of time being over 40yo etc.

[@kennygunderman]

I feel you, sometimes we can be our own biggest enemy. It’s never too late to make a career change. If you genuinely enjoy programming keep pushing through and all the pieces will slowly start falling in place :)

[@MrSojek]

@@kennygunderman How do you reconcile the work with personal life? It's definitely not a 9 to 5 job. How often do you do dev things outside "working hours"?

[@azackmatoff2570]

You shouldn't. Just keep going man. I was there just two years ago, today I'm working as a mobile dev. You can make it

[@vlogithan8784]

@@azackmatoff2570 Hi, what was your major in college? Was it programming?

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[@omartamer1334]

Really one of those rare informative contents, thank you 🙏

[@aa-fn8ho]

Honestly very good video. It’s the first that I have seen from you and it was very informative, giving answers to all my questions in just over 10min. 100% deserved like and subscribe 🤙🏻

[@andiraynth]

I've been thinking about Mobile Development recently, and I found this video. Thank you so much! Now I know how to start :D

[@wnong9688]

Thank you Kenny for your vulnerable sharing tips. I hope it is never too late in my middle age to create a new career path. I truly need to continue to learn new skills or else I am not enjoying doing what I am doing right now.

[@nahian.66]

Thank you for your suggestion.

[@dhyeydevilsofficial]

So pleased that I found your channel Great info, personal experiences , tireless uploads, lots of humour and overall great experience. You lay it all out for us. Can't thank you enough. I really fancy a chance so that I can meet you in person and thank you Lots of love

[@thomasryde6558]

This is some great ground zero starting point advice. Thank you!

[@HotshotArafath]

Wow thank you , can u clear this ..I know kotlin android studio / is there any use in studying react native? Will it benifit native apps?

[@kennygunderman]

Yeah, absolutely! There are many great cases to make a cross platform app, and I think React native is a good option. Once you have a solid understanding of Native, making an effective Cross-platform app shouldn’t be much of an issue :)

[@HotshotArafath]

@@kennygunderman cool ,ty for ur time✨

[@SixtySixPonies]

Great video. I've been thinking about getting into this career field after my previous field collapsed due to Coronavirus. Would love to learn and start my own business doing freelance work. Thanks for the great info!

[@manrajgaday1395]

Ur goated after this video. Very clear and gave me some direction on what to do and how to get started. 🐐🐐

[@HyperTheViper]

Damn this 3:20 am code learning is hitting me veeeeery hard

[@himabimdimwim]

Surreal. I just read your comment and am writing this reply at 3:14am.

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I am reading and replying at 3:51 AM

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[@haroonrasheed6461]

Thank you so much, for your thoughtful advice.

[@isnakolah]

Really nice video, thank you for the thoughts. I've been thinking to switch to be an android developer. Now I have an idea how to go

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I’m a data science guy, but ever since I started thinking about learning flutter, your video on it helped, and I saw some other videos of yours, and they are pretty chill. U earned a sub

[@alonanderson5064]

Finally, the video I've been looking for, thanks :D

[@mro5858]

Thank you so much! Helpful pieces of advice.

[@yasserj3693]

currently I'm in my first year as software engineering student and it was my very first video to watch about mobile developer it was very clear and helpful thank you so much for making it.

[@sergiohernandez72]

After doing the google course for a while, I absolutely love android development. The google course makes it so easy to learn, and they keep adding units to learn more!

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[@PriyankaChoudhary-tk5em]

best video on internet on this topic..now I know what to do, thank you

[@rachelmay7436]

Very informative, thank you for this video. I want to jump into tech but I'm super nervous! Wish me luck 😊

[@kavertx9167]

Great video all around. Thanks!

[@nadamsga]

Great info! Subbed! I'm working on building my first app and this video was helpful.

[@lexsoft3969]

You didn't mention the core language required for Anrdroid : Java. I myself feel I should get sufficient skills/knowledge in Java before getting into native way for Android. That's why I will start with React Native, and I have just got started yesterday. React Native is my initial main reason to learn React. So because I have sufficient skills in React, now I can proceed to React Native for Android dev. Afterwards, I plan to resume my learning of Java. Actually my interest in Java is not only for Android dev, but also for backend in web dev. It was actually my plan of using Java for desktop non-web dev as an alternative to Visual Basic, C#.

[@anusree8707]

hey, how's it going now

[@lucaslisboa1995]

freaking amazing video buddy, congratulations and thanks for that. I feel that you help me so much.

[@kennygunderman]

I’m glad man 🤘🤘

[@JKCofficial]

THIS IS THE BEST HELPFUL KZbin VIDEO FOR ME EVER. THANKS ALOT BROHER!

[@mosakutosin7109]

Thanks so much, Kenny. You are awesome

[@JohnWick-hp8wn]

Thanks alot man...Finally I have my questions answered now✌🏻

[@manelslama5702]

Thanks for all the information... Keep going men

[@joshadams8761]

Fantastic advice! I respectfully disagree that building a portfolio is annoying, though. I enjoyed building my first portfolio app.

[@aduadu22]

Thanks for the video! i just got recently interested in programming and want to learn app development ,so yea thanks for the video!

[@brotherslanguageacademy6068]

Dear Mr. Kenny thanks a million for this amazing video. I hope you see this message and answer. I would like to ask you to make us a roadmap based on your experience and recommendation about how to exactly start as an ultimate beginner. I am an English teacher with a Masters degree, but I have left teaching and I wanna focus on learning mobile application full time.

[@oliveryt7168]

Thanks for that info. Seems very helpful.

[@KamranRiyaz]

Thanks for your advice, you explained it very well.

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Thank you for the honest information bro , just commenting to help the algorithm

[@Zura2091]

thanks a lot for the vaaluable info!

[@JaydenLOL]

Ur underrated my friend

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Yh he so is

[@jaysfinaltake]

Im ur

[@tinagirl316]

our school taught us swift for 1.5 week... assignment & project the next 1.5 week.. then ios dev the next week after for 1.5 week, then exam + project which is a quiz app for 1.5 week again. Overall, swift + ios dev in 6 weeks with a full app. my brain is literally melted 🤯

[@mohammedzakriyaahmed4476]

you are my personal favorite KZbinr and programmer

[@noreluss]

Thank you for this video :). I have been an iOS developer for 8 years now, but I have often people asking me where to start. Unfortunately I am not sure what to tell them, I just attended a iOS course provided by my company. There are nice tutorials for learning SwiftUI, but for someone wanting to learn UIKit, I am not sure where he can begin. Your link may be a good start, even if I can see from screenshots that it has been made for an older version of XCode :D. If anyone has questions about iOS development, fell free to ask me :)

[@Rad_Gamer456]

thank you for your advice bro!

[@DaveJacobseniOS]

Such solid advice! I went the iOS dev route but can confirm that googles documentation is superior. My journey definitely aligns with all these tips. Great stuff man.

[@SkyrimBeast]

Thanks for this video Kenny. I've been in web development for roughly 10 years now. To make a long story short, it's lost its flair. I'm looking to move into React. With that said, would you recommend the same advice to getting a job as a React developer? That is to say spend time learning the basics, then put together a few projects. Appreciate ya :-)

[@abdurrahmanfadhil]

The official SwiftUI tutorial from Apple is pretty good though

[@stewarthunt3563]

Thanks again - you get right to the point ...

[@edfsoft]

Thanks ! very useful and concise.

[@mouhibsahloul2577]

so underrated, new comer btw love your videos

[@toufexisk]

Thanks for the insight!

[@alejandrohernandez674]

Super useful, I began android app development in the page you suggest to us. Keep going man!!

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[@ahmadelmasri9702]

Thanks for the video !! really motivating

[@Geomaverick124]

I would also add documenting your journey on Social Media like LinkedIn or a blog so that when people search your name on the internet your portfolio comes up along with all the blog and posts you made.

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[@Legacy4K]

Excellent video! I learned a ton!!

[@ji23delgado]

This is pretty cool I've been doing whatever projects I want these past few months but now I've hit a roadblock, I didn't know what to do I then decided to become a mobile developer and now I stumbled upon this video Good stuff

[@kennygunderman]

Good luck!

[@umarajmal6216]

How are u doing now

[@everythingcool101]

dood great vid keep up the work

[@mcm4981]

This is really helpful... appreciate your insights.

[@go_better]

Thanks, man. Very inspiring!

[@ucminh7630]

Love it! You encourage me a lot

[@adamuwanganya3822]

Thanks for the video it really help despite being from BootCamp and I decided to take Android development full-stack

[@user-ru5st6uo3q]

I really enjoy this channel, thanks for all your help :-)

[@abramwalker882]

Thanks Kenny! Paying it forward isn't extrinsically rewarding most of the time, so I appreciate you doing it anyways!

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Love this video. Thanks buddy

[@nathan3693]

Majorly helpful. Thanks

[@Monkeydluffy-we2fk]

I don't know if it's luck or something but I'm glad I found your channel😬 I just started learning android been 5 days and I'm enjoying

[@kennygunderman]

Hell yeah dude. Android is a lot of fun 🤘

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Thx dude this is a great boost

[@ozan4903]

Thank you for taking your time to inform us. God bless you...

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Just found out this channel, love your videos. Subscribed!

[@kennygunderman]

Thank you! 🙏🙏

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Good stuff! Liked and Subscribed. :) EDIT: and extra Kudos for putting all those links into the video description! Way to go! :)

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[@eddiemedina7399]

hEy Kenny..Im the older guy here just starting out as ive been a firefighter for 20yrs and military reserves for 25 yrs. After yrs of physical beat downs w/ both career fields, Im ready to pivot into the Blockchain/ mobile architecture development world, would you recommend Android for this kind of FinTech environment?..thanks in advance for the advice. Also, saw your video w/ your dad..It was great and inspiring video. Good luck with your tube channel and future endeavours..

[@profmustafa]

really helpful, thanks!

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Well i love this video, no clickbait straight to the point with valuable information. Hope mi comment help with the algorithm, more people should watch this.

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I don´t know why but you motivated the shit out of me, i will post here my evolution

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You're the best man! All you've said is helpful thanks bro!

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[@withtalha2331]

Hey kenny! I heard you talking about the timeline of landing your first job. What if you have college going on alongside? Can I make my academics suffer a little bit??

[@rod6722]

I'm interested in mobile development and I have web dev skills in React and Node so I was thinking about getting into mobile development by building apps in React Native (with the REST API in Node), in order to make the transition smoother by leveraging my existing skills, and then start picking up native technologies such as Swift or Kotlin. Would you say that's a good approach or would you still recommend learning Swift/Kotlin first?

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Love your videos young bro! you are very talented and i'm learning a lot from you. I'm your biggest fun and love your posts. Thank you!!!!

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[@KuyaRhamz]

new subs here.. came from visual basic app for windows. and now planning to develope in mobile more lot to learn here.

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This was very helpful. Thank you. Please make more videos about android

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I really liked the video ,thanks kenny

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thanks I found this video very insightful, I am a web developer interested in transitioning to android mobile development.

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Great video ! And I would like to ask if you can start over, would you learn java first or kotlin for android app development ?

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Great videos, thanks mate

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Thank you so much, brother! God bless you!

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God bless!

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