LAIKIPIA UNIVERSITY
COMP 314: MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
READING ASSIGNMENT DUE DATE: 05/2/2024
QUESTION ONE
Read on: "Material Design Guidelines" by Google and "Human Interface Guidelines" by Apple.
Check on the Topics: Best practices for UI/UX design and Using XML in Android and SwiftUI in
iOS. Then Design a simple user interface using Figma or Sketch for a banking app.
QUESTION TWO
Read on: Clean Architecture in Software Structure and Design. Focus on: MVC, MVVM, and
Clean Architecture for mobile apps and Managing activity and fragment lifecycle in Android. Then
Create a UML diagram for an e-commerce app using MVVM architecture.
QUESTION THREE
Read on: Learning SQL on SQLite. Focus on: Using SQLite and Room database in Android and
Core Data framework for iOS. Then Create a mobile app to store and retrieve user profiles using
SQLite.
QUESTION FOUR
Read on: RESTful Web APIs and Focus on: Fetching and parsing JSON data and Making HTTP
requests using libraries like Retrofit or Alamofire and Develop a weather app that fetches real-time
data using an open API.
QUESTION FIVE
Read on: OWASP Mobile Security Testing Guide and focus on: Securing user data and
authentication. And Preventing vulnerabilities like SQL injection and data leaks. Then review the
security of a provided mobile app and suggest improvements.
QUESTION SIX
Read on: High-Performance Android Apps and focus on: Memory management and app profiling
and best practices for efficient coding. Then optimize a slow-performing mobile app and measure
the improvements.
