Mobile App Agentic Coding Workshop: iOS and Android with AI Agents

Mobile development has hurdles that web projects rarely face: device diversity, operating system updates, signing certificates, permission dialogs and a review process before users can download anything. Coding agents can accelerate much of the code, but they do not remove those hurdles. This workshop is designed for teams building iOS and Android apps who want speed without nasty surprises at release time.

Choosing the stack

Agents work with all major mobile approaches, but results differ with how much training material and clear convention exists. The workshop compares options at a practical level:

• Native. Swift for iOS and Kotlin for Android, with the best access to platform features.
• Cross-platform frameworks. React Native with Expo, or Flutter, sharing most code across platforms.
• Web-based wrappers. Capacitor or similar tools that package a web app as an app, useful when a good web app already exists.

We do not claim one winner. See our guides on React Native, Flutter, Swift and Kotlin for stack-specific advice.

What the day covers

1. Project setup with instructions. Writing an instruction file that records platform targets, architecture, naming and the commands to build and test.
2. Feature work with an agent. Building a screen with data loading, error states and an offline case.
3. Permissions and privacy. Camera, location, notifications and tracking: when to ask, how to explain and what to do on denial.
4. Real-device testing. A routine for testing on at least one recent and one older device per platform, including poor network conditions.
5. Release engineering. Signing, build numbers, beta distribution and automated builds, linked to our guide on CI/CD for AI-built apps.
6. Store readiness. Screenshots, descriptions, privacy information and typical review issues.

Why real devices matter

An agent can build, run the unit tests and even drive an emulator, yet still miss problems that only appear on actual hardware: a keyboard covering an input field, a layout that breaks on a small screen, slow startup on an older phone, a permission flow that behaves differently after an OS update. We therefore treat real-device checks as a gate, not a nice-to-have. Participants practice writing short manual test scripts for the critical flows and performing them with fresh eyes.

Store rules in brief

Apple publishes the App Store Review Guidelines, including Guideline 4.2 on minimum functionality, which matters especially for apps that mostly wrap a website. Google Play has policies of its own, and new personal developer accounts may need a closed testing period before production release. These requirements change, so always verify them on the official pages. In the workshop, we show how to plan for them from the start instead of discovering them in the last week. More detail is in our Guideline 4.2 guide.

How apprat.io works on mobile

apprat.io combines an AI app builder with services from jocapps GmbH, which has built apps since 2014. Following the principle of AI speed, human responsibility, agents do much of the implementation, while senior AI Code Engineers plan, review every change, test on real devices and handle store submission. The mobile workshop shares that process. If you want to discuss your platform plans, you can book a call for free.

Typical outcomes

Participants usually leave with a working instruction file for their mobile project, a real-device test routine they can repeat before every release and a checklist for store submission. Many also leave with a clearer view of which tasks they should hand to an agent, such as screens following an established pattern, and which they should keep, such as native module integration or anything involving payments. These outcomes are practical by design, so the next release already benefits from them.

Who should attend

Mobile developers, tech leads of app teams and web developers moving into mobile will find the day useful. Participants should be comfortable with Git and have a development environment ready for at least one platform. For iOS builds, a Mac is required; we recommend clarifying hardware and account access (Apple Developer and Google Play accounts) before the day. If your organization is still setting up those accounts, our guides on Apple Developer account setup and Google Play Console setup explain the common pitfalls.