Software engineering practices on mobile applications

This research aims to the improvement of Mobile Software Engineering approaches. For this purpose the characteristic and types of mobile devices are examined. And then the limitations caused by their features and prominent requirements are expressed for Mobile Software Engineering. Besides, characteristic of mobile operating systems which are used commonly for mobile devices are described. Existing traditional software engineering methodologies are explained. Afterwards the studies which are related to the Mobile Software Engineering literature are examined. Through the obtained experiences we introduce a mobile methodology. This methodology has enough simplicity to be used in mobile applications which will be developed in mobile devices. In addition, the states and basic principles of Mobile Software Engineering which will be applied in the introduced methodology are presented in a detailed way. Finally an appropriate approach is presented for Mobile Software Engineering.Keywords: Mobile software engineering, mobile devices, mobile applications, mobile software engineering methodology