IICTI Certified Mobile Application Developer

Holders demonstrate that they can apply and evaluate mobile architecture patterns and modularization at scale, cross-platform versus native strategy, concurrency, state and reactive data flows and offline-first data, sync and local persistence, plus 8 further areas, in realistic professional scenarios, as defined in the AQSCERT scheme for Mobile Application Developer.

Who it is for: Professionals working, or preparing to work, in software development roles.

1. 01Mobile architecture patterns and modularization at scale8% of the exam

   • Architect modular mobile codebases that scale across features and teams.
   • Scope: MVVM, MVI and unidirectional data flow, Clean Architecture, feature modularization, dependency injection (Hilt, Koin, Swift DI), build-time and team-scaling trade-offs.
2. 02Cross-platform versus native strategy7% of the exam

   • Evaluate native and cross-platform approaches against product, performance and team constraints.
   • Scope: SwiftUI and Jetpack Compose, React Native New Architecture (Fabric, TurboModules, JSI), Flutter, Kotlin Multiplatform, interop and bridging costs.
3. 03Concurrency, state and reactive data flows12% of the exam

   • Design safe concurrent and reactive data flows free of leaks and race conditions.
   • Scope: Swift structured concurrency and actors, Kotlin coroutines and Flow, Combine, state management in Compose/SwiftUI/React, lifecycle-aware work and race-condition analysis.
4. 04Offline-first data, sync and local persistence7% of the exam

   • Architect offline-first data layers with reliable synchronization and conflict handling.
   • Scope: SQLite/Room, Core Data and SwiftData, Realm, conflict resolution and CRDTs, background sync (WorkManager, BGTaskScheduler), caching and schema migrations.
5. 05Mobile application security and privacy engineering10% of the exam

   • Evaluate and harden mobile apps against MASVS requirements and platform privacy rules.
   • Scope: OWASP MASVS/MASTG, Keychain/Keystore and hardware-backed keys, certificate pinning, Play Integrity and App Attest, secure storage, privacy manifests and data minimization.
6. 06Authentication, identity and API integration10% of the exam

   • Design secure authentication and resilient API integration for mobile clients.
   • Scope: OAuth 2.1 with PKCE and AppAuth, passkeys, biometric step-up, token storage and refresh, GraphQL/REST/gRPC clients, resilient networking and backend-for-frontend patterns.
7. 07Performance engineering and resource optimization8% of the exam

   • Diagnose and resolve performance, memory and energy bottlenecks using platform profilers.
   • Scope: Startup time, rendering and jank analysis, memory and battery profiling (Instruments, Android Studio Profiler, Perfetto), baseline profiles, app size reduction.
8. 08Testing strategy and mobile quality engineering9% of the exam

   • Design a layered mobile test strategy that delivers fast, reliable feedback.
   • Scope: Unit, snapshot and UI testing (XCTest, Espresso, Compose testing, Maestro, Detox), contract tests, device farms, flaky test management and test pyramid design.
9. 09Mobile CI/CD, release engineering and store compliance7% of the exam

   • Lead mobile release pipelines that ship safely with controlled rollout and rollback.
   • Scope: Fastlane, Xcode Cloud and Gradle pipelines, code signing, staged rollouts and phased releases, feature flags, OTA updates, App Store and Google Play policy compliance.
10. 10Observability, crash analytics and production diagnostics5% of the exam

    • Diagnose production defects and measure app health using telemetry and crash analysis.
    • Scope: Crash and ANR analysis (Crashlytics, Sentry), symbolication, OpenTelemetry for mobile, real-user monitoring, privacy-compliant analytics and experimentation.
11. 11Accessibility, internationalization and inclusive UX11% of the exam

    • Evaluate and design mobile experiences that meet accessibility and localization standards.
    • Scope: WCAG 2.2 and EN 301 549 for mobile, VoiceOver and TalkBack, dynamic type, localization and RTL layouts, adaptive layouts for foldables and tablets.
12. 12On-device AI and platform capability integration6% of the exam

    • Architect integration of on-device ML and platform capabilities within privacy and resource limits.
    • Scope: Core ML and Apple Foundation Models, ML Kit, LiteRT and Gemini Nano, push notifications, widgets and app intents, background location and permission strategy.

Question types

Single choice 100%

Delivery

Online (remote proctored), Test centre, On-site (corporate)

Retakes

Up to three attempts within any 12-month period. A 14-day waiting period applies after a first unsuccessful attempt and 30 days after a second. Each retake requires a new booking and fee. Retakes draw a different randomised form from the question bank.

Provisional cut score — psychometric validation is required before live delivery. Blueprint v1.0.

1. 1

   Register

   Create a free account and start the programme.

2. 2

   Practice

   Online practice test (coming soon).

3. 3

   Training

   Optional

   Online course or classroom — or skip it.

4. 4

   Certification

   Independent exam and certification decision.

Training is optional and does not by itself confer certification. Find a training partner