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7 App Development

Learning Outcomes Let’s Learn About

• Introduc on
Students will be able to
• Types of Apps
• identify diff erent types of apps.
• Uses of Common Apps
• list uses of apps.
• Installing an App on Your
• classify apps.
Phone
• design and develop an app. • Some Commonly Used Apps
• Designing and Development
of an App

Activity Corner

Discuss and fi nd out what an app is. Then answer these questions.
1. Which app helps you in guiding a route? __________________________
2. Name a few apps which you use in everyday life.

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3. Do you think using an app is helpful?

Yes No

Introduction

An app or application is a piece of software that can run on computers, smartphones or any
other compatible electronic device. It is designed to do a specifi c work. Using an app you can
do many things like you can read, draw, read maps, take photographs, edit photographs, play
games, view and edit videos, and can do almost anything for what the programmers have built
an app but within the technical limitations of your device. The computing power and memory
of a smartphone is less as compared to a computer. Therefore, the capabilities of an app are less
than that of the same software running on a computer. Apps are designed to run on diff erent
operating systems. For example, Android apps are developed to work on phones which have

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