Advantages of Java in creating mobile apps

Question

Hello everyone. :) There are many ways to create mobile apps using different languages such as Delphi, Python, or even JavaScript. What are advantages of using Java for it? Is Java still the most popular language for mobile development and what do you think will be in future? Thanks!

Answer 1

If you are developing for Android, then JAVA is the way to go as that is the native programming language and is even what Android Studio uses. However, if you are looking to program for iOS, then they use XCode, and most natively support Swift and Objective-C. However, both platforms do support other programming languages. I would suggest sticking with the more natively supported languages unless you have a very valid business reason to go outside of those languages.

As a side note, you may also want to lay out what you are going to truly be doing with your app. Depending on the functionalities will give you a better idea of what language to use...or even what combination of languages to use.

Hope this helps. Please up vote if it does. :)