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First, I will begin with telling you what an API is.

API stands for Application Programming Interface and it allows two applications to communicate with one another. An API consists of a set of Routines, protocols, and tools which a mobile app developer, in this case, can use to create a mobile app which can communicate with another application and request information and then get a response back from that other application.

Here are some of the best APIs for mobile app development.

Google Maps API

The Google Maps API is available for Android, iOS, and web development. The Google Maps API is one of the best map APIs you can use. It is available to everyone and it gets regular updates and has very accurate location data. This map API is the go-to for mobile app developers and web developers.

Facebook API

The Facebook API will allow mobile apps to use Facebook’s features in order to add a social aspect to the app for users to interact with. With this API, the mobile app’s uses will be able to add their own information into the mobile app using their profiles, friends list, groups, and more.

Instagram API

The Instagram API allows users to access user authentication, followers, updates, share content and more. The Instagram API was changed in 2018 making it so that developers were restricted in how much data they could pull for the API.

Twitter API

The Twitter API allows users to post content from third-party apps directly to Twitter. This makes posting content regarding your mobile app or from your mobile app a lot easier, which will increase the chances of your users engaging with this feature.

Gmail API

The Gmail API will allow your mobile app’s users to login into your mobile app using their Gmail account. This means they don’t need to go through the process of creating a new account which streamlines the setting up process and helps users to start using your mobile app in a shorter amount of time.

This API could increase the number of users who keep your mobile app installed as people don’t want to create a new account just to check if they like an app. This means having the ability to use their existing Gmail account will increase the chances of them giving a mobile app a chance. This is why this is one of the best APIs for mobile app development.

YouTube API

The YouTube API will allow your mobile app’s users to access videos from YouTube from your mobile app. You can use this API to get search results, and perform other actions such as add, delete, and update videos.

Indian Railways API

The Indian Railways API makes a huge collection of trains and stations data available with other features such as PNR status, arrivals on stations, train live status, and trains between stations. This is made available to you through a RESTful API in a structured JSON format.

AccuWeather API

The AccuWeather API gives you access to current weather data of any location you want (Global). This is one of the various weather APIs out there and it will get the job done perfectly.

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