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Mobile App Development vocabulary · iOS, Android and Native Development

SDK

Meaning in mobile app development, with examples

/ˌɛs diː ˈkeɪ/abbreviationCore term

In mobile app development, SDK means: Software development kit: a set of tools, libraries and documentation for building apps for a platform or for adding a service, such as payments or analytics, to an app.

In Turkish: yazılım geliştirme kiti, SDK

How it is used

Developers speak about the iOS SDK and the Android SDK, and also about third-party SDKs they integrate, such as a maps or payment SDK. In Android projects, minSdk and targetSdk set the oldest supported and the target Android versions.

Example sentences

  1. We added the payment provider's SDK, and the app size grew by 4 MB.

  2. Google Play makes us raise the target SDK version every year.

Common collocations

  • integrate an SDK
  • third-party SDK
  • iOS SDK
  • target SDK version
  • APIApplication programming interface: a defined way for programs to talk to each other; in mobile work, usually the server endpoints an app calls to get and send data.
  • XcodeApple's development environment for writing, building, testing and publishing apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac and other Apple platforms. It runs only on macOS.
  • Android StudioGoogle's official development environment for Android apps, based on IntelliJ IDEA, with a code editor, the Android Emulator, profilers and build tools.
  • app sizeHow much space an app needs, both as a download from the store and after installation on the device, including its code, images and libraries.

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