NoSQL for mobile apps? [closed]
I don't think there's an established NoSQL backend for native mobile apps, but Couchbase Mobile is a great NoSQL database with implementations for both iOS and Android.
iOS: http://www.couchbase.com/products-and-services/mobile-couchbase
Android: https://github.com/couchbase/couchbase-lite-android
I wouldn't be surprised if there's a Tokyo Cabinet port for mobile OSs; but seriously, what would NoSQL bring over the SQLite library already included in every platform?
- simple semantics. it's just as easy to do key/value in SQL as it's on any NoSQL database
- scalability. a multipetabyte-capable phone doesn't qualify as a mobile platform.
- trivial sharding. clusters of phones aren't so popular yet
- small implementation. tokyo cabinet source code is 4.8MB, SQLite is 4.7MB. no real gain (and it's already there).
in short, you can just use SQLite as a 'small NoSQL' if you want. it's quite fast too.