--- title: "9-year-old Indian girl develops an iOS app, Apple CEO Tim Cook congratulates her" description: "In her initial message to Cook, 9-year-old Hana Muhammad Rafeeq bragged about being the youngest iOS developer." author: "Muskan Singh" published: 2022-09-27 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2020/9-year-old-indian-girl-develops-an-ios-app-apple-ceo-tim-cook-congratulates-her category: "information technology" tags: ["internet", "technology can transform", "coding"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # 9-year-old Indian girl develops an iOS app, Apple CEO Tim Cook congratulates her A 9-year-old Indian girl living in Dubai was recently praised by [Apple](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/323333/4-apple-apps-to-help-you-find-your-office-space-like-a-pro) CEO [Tim Cook](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/85085/why-india-is-important-to-apple-tim-cook) for creating an iOS software for iPhones. In her initial message to Cook, 9-year-old Hana Muhammad Rafeeq bragged about being the youngest [iOS developer](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/326287/how-attractive-is-the-career-of-freelance-ios-developer-in-2021). **She claimed credit for developing the 'Hanas' [storytelling](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/338793/building-visibility-through-smart-storytelling) app, which enables parents to record stories.** She reportedly outlined her software and other accomplishments in the email, to which the CEO of Apple replied with compliments. Use the Hanas app if you're a parent and wish to record stories for your kids. It's a free [iOS](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/328465/how-to-hire-ios-developers-that-match-your-requirements) app. The child claimed that when she was eight years old and wrote the software, she **typed about 10,000 lines of code**. Since she was [five years](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39990/which-is-the-highest-body-that-approves-five-years-plans-in-the-country) old, she claimed, she had been interested in computer programming. **She requested that Cook have a look at the app and informed him that she had built the Hanas app entirely from scratch without using any pre-existing third-party [libraries](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49244/which-company-is-ahead-in-classification-of-data-for-libraries-innovations), classes, or scripts.** Cook allegedly thanked the girl for her remarkable accomplishments at such a [young age](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/4494/10-sports-to-play-in-your-young-age) in his email response to the message. He also predicted that if she persisted, she would go on to do great things. Leena, Hana's sister, and both of them are reported to be self-taught programmers who have the support of their parents. **Her sister runs a website for children called Lehanas website.** Hana obviously wants to work for Apple after moving to the US to pursue her studies. It's interesting that Hana attends home school and learns coding from her 10-year-old sister. When she was 6 years old, her sister also made a webpage. Next year, Hana would also like to go to **Apple's [Worldwide](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/99997/what-is-worldwide-developers-conference-held-by-apple) [Developers](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12875/blunders-you-must-avoid-while-hiring-java-developers-to-get-the-best-fulfilling-your-needs) Conference.** --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2020/9-year-old-indian-girl-develops-an-ios-app-apple-ceo-tim-cook-congratulates-her Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.