Mobile Development Tools are mobile technologies used to build mobile applications. There are two major types of mobile development tools such as Native mobile development tools and Cross-platform mobile development tools. Native app development tools are used to build applications for a designated platform such as Android or iOS. On the other hand, cross-platform mobile development tools helps build generic applications which are compatible on multiple platforms. Here are the top three mobile app development tools.

1. Xcode

Xcode presents a new approach in designing and building mobile app development for companies providing mobile application development. Swift, the programming language for Cocoa and Cocoa Touch and, when integrated with Xcode tools, makes coding an enjoyable experience. 

Changes in the code can be reflected on the design canvas immediately using live rendering within the Interface Builder. Xcode contains all it needs for developers to build applications for Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Apple Watch. Also Xcode provides a single workflow for UI development, coding, testing and debugging.

2. Android Studio

Android Studio by Google is an Android development software used by many for android mobile app development. There are many shortcuts for coding and designing available for Android developer with its layout designer being highly user friendly brings down time spent on coding. There are also drag and drop features to design the layout of your projects.

3. Xamarin

Xamarin is a cross-platform mobile development platform i.e developers can build native iOS, Android as well as Windows applications using a single shared .NET code base. Being an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), Xamarin leverages tools like Visual Studio to build native mobile applications.

The platform offers a range of features including code editing, refactoring, debugging, testing and cloud-publishing.