Mobile Developer
Mobile developers communicate about platform-specific concerns: App Store review, ANR diagnostics, deep links, background refresh policies. This path builds the English to handle all of that confidently.
Topics covered
- App Store language
- Crash & ANR reports
- Release notes
- Mobile architecture
- Push notifications
Vocabulary spotlight
4 terms every Mobile Developer should know in English:
Application Not Responding — an Android error when the UI thread is blocked for over 5 seconds
"The new ANR report shows 0.3% of sessions are affected on low-end devices."
Visible stuttering or dropped frames during animations or scrolling
"There's noticeable jank on the list view when images load."
A URL that navigates directly to specific in-app content
"The onboarding email should include a deep link to the welcome screen."
App launch from a fully terminated state — the slowest launch type
"We reduced cold start time from 2.1s to 0.9s by deferring non-critical initialisation."
📚 Vocabulary Reference
Key terms organised by category for Mobile Developers:
Platform Terms
App Lifecycle
UI/UX Mobile
Distribution & Releases
Diagnostics
Push & Connectivity
Store Communication
Recommended exercises
Real-world scenarios you'll practise
- Writing App Store release notes for a new version
- Responding professionally to a 1-star app review — empathetic, professional, and actionable
- Presenting crash rate data to a product manager
- Explaining a deep-link scheme to the backend team
- Explaining a crash to the backend team — describe what happened, what device, OS, and what the logs show
- Discussing platform differences in a cross-functional team — "On iOS this works because…, but on Android…"
- Writing release notes users will actually read — clear, benefit-focused, no technical jargon
- Reading official Apple Developer Documentation and Android Developer Guides in English — understanding platform requirements, API descriptions, and App Store guidelines
🎯 Interview questions specific to this role
Practise answering these questions out loud — or in writing. Each question targets a real interviewer concern for Mobile Developers.
- How do you decide between a native and cross-platform approach for a new app?
- Walk me through how you debug a crash that only happens in production.
- How do you handle App Store rejection of a release?
- What is your approach to performance optimisation on mobile?
- How do you manage backward compatibility across different OS versions?
Recommended reading
Reference glossaries for Mobile Developers
Deep-dive glossaries covering terminology specific to this role: