Sunday 19 August 2018

How To Bring Down The Cost Of App Development?




A mobile app is the latest trend and most businesses have their own mobile apps. Now, we know mobile apps can do miracles but it can cost a fortune if you don’t know what to do, whom to hire, which features to have, what should be the marketing strategy, and what are the maintenance needs of the app. There are little tips and tricks which can help save you money, if you are smart and read this article ahead, you can save a lot of money. Wanna know, how? Read ahead.

1) Try MVP

MVP stands for the minimum viable product. If you are determined about the purpose of the app, you don’t need to fill up the app extras. Those extras which are not even needed. Till date, we know a feature-rich app can steal the show. But, when the agenda of the app can be accomplished in just 3 to 4 features which to clutter it with 10 to 15 which are totally needless. This will create the mess in the app along with the high price. Isn’t it amazing?

2) Outsource Your Project

You know it might be possible that a local company you are considering to hire is an expensive one. It might be possible that software companies in your company are expensive on a whole. Consider Indian app developers to outsource your project. They are really reasonable at pricing. So, if you can just think to ditch the idea of hiring a local company and just get the estimation from an Indian app development company and see the price difference you come across.


3) Pick The Platform

If high performance is not a priority then there are options to cut down the costing. If you opt for a native platform for app development then two different codes have to be coded for Android and iPhone. The alternative option is React Native. Here, the same code will work for both Android and iPhone. The need for hiring developers will be reduced along with cutting down on the cost just to the half. So, make smarter choices and save your bucks.

 



4) Choosing The Right Pricing Model

A company has many pricing models. You need to scrutinize each one of them and make a comparative study as to which one will be beneficial from the financial end. There are basically three models: Fixed price model, Hourly base model, and hire dedicated developer model. If you have a long project that needs amendments on regular basis, the hourly or dedicated developer should be your choice of pricing model. If you have a small project with a predefined set of feature listing, fixed price model should be your choice of pricing model.

5) Post App Launch Support

Well, pick a company that won’t abandon you right at the stage of deployment of the app. Your app has to undergo some minor changes, some updates, and other teeny weeny things. Pick a company that provides at least 6 months of post app launch support. This will also help you cut back on a lot of costs.

       

Sunday 28 January 2018

Secure And Procure: Enterprise Mobile App Development

Remember Spiderman, uncle Ben said to peter parker, ‘with great power comes great responsibility.’ Enterprise app development is something booming highly in the market and more and more organizations are indulging in the same but not all understand the security threat and loss it can make if the breach is witnessed. Its inevitable for the mobile app development company to work side to side to deploy enterprise apps but the truth is not all the companies can work their way efficiently yet they do give it a shot. It’s a daunting and tedious job to burst with a mobile app that’s fully functional and yet highly secure. If you want to set aside your competitors along with not failing your clients trust, here are some of the key takeaways.


Don’t Think Its Witty, Pay Focus On Security

The reason of hyped need of enterprise apps is not just on the grounds of increase use of smartphone or increase in number of users. The real motive behind this is competition, business are diverging their ways for having an app even the small ones and this is driving every sector to voluntarily or compulsorily opt for the same. This trend has also uplifted the security threats, more and more cases are witnessed and the figures are still on the rise. With mobile payment widely in use, banking details are at stake. Just for the competition sake, you cannot put the confidential data of the users at stake. There’s no other cure, just work smart and build secure. Tighten communication and authentication mechanism and fasten the security seat belt before deploying such app.

Impersonating Apps

One of the major risk for this type of app is the fear of impersonating apps. It is basically a malware which come up with enterprise apps which is exactly similar to the real apps. They will compel the users in downloading them and if the users fall in the trap, it can be devastating in plenty of ways. It can root the device or can get access to all the personal information or can also push install ads in the notification bar of your phone. Frightening, right? Its horrifying to see your personal data go viral. Well, being a developer, what you need to do to avoid such scenario is to integrate security features right from the initial stage of the mobile app development process. What else you should be doing is to undergo deep testing of the app and check if it needs any kind of bug fixing or so.

Track Your Audience

Which platform you choose to build the app do matter a lot and before deciding the platform what you need to rub your brains on is audience that will be delighted to use your app and then make a study what platform they prefer to use. It’s not your convenience that matters, its the user’s usage that actually matters.     

Saturday 11 November 2017

Content Marketing: Now and For the Ages to Come



The present era is all about startups, entrepreneurs, mobile apps. To be blatant, technology is the only thing that’s trending. Take any of the fields, the only way it is being uplifted is through tech support as they are the guiding ways to grab more users. The big players are searching how these users can connect and consume content. Users are on the verge where there are so many nuances coming to their ways and which one to grab is really making their head spin. Getting in touch with the new technologies and techniques will assist the business to stay ahead of the competition. Here are some of the content marketing trends that should be watched out to frame the strategies for the upcoming year.

1) Increasing users in Virtual Reality

Well, you must have heard a lot about VR this year. This sector has already been started integrating into sports, entertainment and real estate. There are no divergent ways to the fact that marketing people are going to incorporate this trend into their content marketing. The big players like Facebook, Apple have already started working and investing heavily in VR. Mobile app development companies have also recognized this trend and have started investing not just in VR but also in AR. By the end of 2017, the estimated spending in VR and AR is around $3 billion. All these nuances are going to flourish through the content only. Blogs, press releases, ads, media all these channels have the AR and VR in sight. These should be the targeted sectors of your content strategy.

2) Personalized content with AI

Information is all around you. We can say that the content has captured us. You start your morning on Instagram or Facebook post, then you head for taking a newspaper, you reach the office you will plenty of sites to gather information from. So, this is how your routine has been framed. Well, not all content captivates you, you connect to those contents that can relate to you. It can either be some problem you are facing, or it can something of your like and interest. So, another point in framing the content marketing strategy is integrating AI. AI will make content production highly productive and personalized. You can take an example of YouTube, you search one thing and it will give similar suggestions to watch further. Content production becomes highly predictive and luring audience and keeping them entertained by the content becomes much easier.

3) Live streaming: Don’t miss on that

You take the example of any top iPhone or Android app development, Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, each of the apps have a live video option. Well, yes, this is the trend these days. While formulating content strategy also, live streaming is an integral chunk you should not miss out on. According to one of the studies, a video post can generate 135% more reach to the audience as compared to the general still posts. It is stated that users spend 8 times more time on live video as compared to that with on-demand videos. So, now you know why live video is becoming the core element of online content. Live streaming will enable the closest interaction with the real world. Users can engage, ask questions, give answers. This type of activity makes the content more interactive which the blogs and image content will not be able to create.

4) Native advertising

 Just a little time and you will not find any distinction between content marketing and native advertising. This will happen when native advertising will mature and will be less obstructive. In-app ads are one of the most popular ways of content promotion and also generating revenue. If the quality remains very poor of the way, this trend will soon be obsolete.     

Friday 30 June 2017

Hold On Users, You Don’t Need To Delete The App

Users don’t stay if you don’t give them the reason to stay. It’s general if you are watching TV and following any TV show, but it shows the similar set of things every day, you will stop watching it, right? Well, the similar thing happens with your mobile app as well. Users will throw your app right away from their phone if it falls back in interesting them or entailing them with something that they don’t already have. Yes, I know there is no such thing as innovation left now, everything single thing has an app, but you better know that this is the era where on the one side there is innovation and on the other side, you better watch for it, it’s death.



I know, being indulged in mobile application development company and being in trend always and keeping the pace with the upcoming techs is a challenging job with roadblocks in the way. With all these efforts, if users still end up deleting your app, yes it is heartbreaking. Well, all sympathies don’t go your way as you are the one digging your own grave. Let me remind you, intrusive ads, annoying push notifications, bad user experience and lack of updates. If this is the road map you have followed, no wonder why users delete your app. How can you let loose these essentials when you are striving hard for users and the number of download figures with a lack of innovation and competition right on your head. The recent study depicted that only 10 to 20% of mobile apps stay on the user's device, the rest of them are deleted permanently just after a single use. So, if you want to grab a seat in these 10 to 20% of the mobile apps, here’s a list of what you need to do.


1) User experience



You must have heard this plethora of times, but I am talking about the first time. The first impression is the last impression, ever heard of this? Of course, yes, I guess. Well, when the user navigates the app for the very first time, it should leave a positive impact on the user. They should not be stressed as to where to go, how to go, what to do. Make them aware of your app and its functioning and not to forget to tell them they are always free to submit their grievances. You should always be on your toe to redress it.


2) Easy onboard



Coming up with a smooth onboard process is something that can engage the users or at least don’t compel them to delete the app. What mobile app development India has done has made the account creation and logins quite easy. Sign up steps and multiple registration options are also reduced to avoid the confusion on the part of the user. Entailing the users with tons and tons of information leads them to delete your app.


3) Excessive notifications

You are in the middle of driving, waiting for the updates of your business meeting and you see your mobile screen blink hoping it to be your meeting update but what it is? A mere notification about an app. Well, when this happens on a roll, it can leave the user very irritated and force them to delete the app permanently.


4) Frequent updates


Availing the users with something new to explore in regular time intervals keep the user on the toes. There is always a flair of excitement and your app is in the talks, which of course save it from being deleted permanently. And yes, not to forget to keep your user always informed about the change you bring.

Read More: What are the impacts of mobile apps on customers?

5) Enchant


Users are always in a hunt of attractive deals that can benefit them. If they find some really enticing discount offers or bonus, they will not delete your app that’s for sure, but they will also spread the positive word as well. Keep a track of your users and see if some of them have not visited your mobile app for a while, then try to engage them by providing some special offers.


6) Work on the feedback



Feedback option is not just for the looks, your user and their suggestions are valuable and your user should be in the know of the same. Hence, work on the suggestions and make changes in your mobile app likely to keep your audience engaged and not delete your app.

Thursday 15 September 2016

5 Factors to look over to make your mobile app Super-Perform

87% of C-Level executives say they have a formal mobile strategy but it seems that more than 75% of the mobile apps that are uploaded everyday fails to gain the momentum and ultimately fumbles somewhere. I am talking because mobile applications have dominated the way online commerce world works. Not only the commerce world but the other sectors are affected strongly because of this. There is only one thing you can do about it- Take Action. Yes, if you don’t do anything now, then there is a 90% chance of your business going down.


Let’s talk of the other side. The business which had mobile applications developed as their startup-need or a catalyst, also failed to maintain the acceleration. Why? In this article, we will talk about the other side- the factors that are responsible for downgrading the mobile apps and eventually the business.  Everyone has a smart phone and wants to perform every action using their phone.

Let us get into the details of these factors:

Incompatible to Cross platforms

You refer your friend to download the mobile application you loved but the only problem is that he has iPhone and when he installs it, he  doesn’t feels the same about the app. That is not good. Why would this happen? It’s because the application is not made compatible for all platforms. You can’t just make the mobile app for android or iOS, at least looking at the cut throat scenario today. You will directly cut down the half of the ocean since today’s e-ocean is made of both largely. Thus, if you consider this element in mind and use it as shield, there is no way your mobile app will downperform.

Lengthy Beginning Process

The sign up, sign in or log in should be simple and easy. It says ‘Not Lengthy’. Some applications ask for birth date, birth place, etc. Is that necessary? People don’t have time for such silly things. The developers just need to keep in mind that this is definitely not going to work. For instance, if there is only 4-6 empty box to sign up, anyone will be willing to do it rather than making it 2 page bundle full of questions.

Read More: Utilize Android Apps to Turn Your Business into a Runaway Success

Intuitive Design

First impression is the best impression. You enter into a new house, be it of friends or guest, and you judge it from the first inside look when you step your feet. It’s all about the design when the users have entered your house. It’s upto you that you want them to be their house or home. Design, to be precise, Intuitive design, that means how the user will like to have your home to be in, plays a very important part in super boosting the leverage of your business.

Marketing Strategy

Your application is multi platform, excellent designed and has the simplest sign up process but the promotion is not up to the mark. You know that the movie to be released will be worth watching once but what if you don’t know at first place that the movie is releasing. Well, that is the part where you can’t blame anything but the marketing strategy.

Security Breach


When there is a risk of your personal data to leak, would you even consider it for any bargain? Then, it’s clear that it would be the same with the mobile applications. No user would like a security breaching. Thus, this is also one of the vital and significant factors which if used positively then be it any season of the year, your mobile application would roll over the audience totally.

Now, you ought to be aware about these factors if you want to dominate the app development market and be the pioneer of the app development company.

Tuesday 5 July 2016

Here are top 5 vulnerabilities of android application

We talk about M-commere, mobile technology and other inventions going on with the mobile devices but we are not aware about the vulnerabilities of mobile application, are we? Mobile devices are the field of study of dozens of security treatments, but it's often mobile app development that dish out as attack vectors. There are several factors that contribute to application vulnerabilities: Malware, sideloading, Bad data storage practices, and lack of encryption. Devices are wrongly accused for insecurities, but these are insidious. It's significant for users to comprehend best practices for downloading apps and granting permissions.

Read More : A list of another 6 vulnerabilities of mobile application and how to avoid them

 
Malware

Android mobile application vulnerabilities are now becoming a massive emergence(issue) because of Google Play's open format, and also because Google Play still isn't fully protected from malware-laden apps. Expert android app developers bifurcate malware into pieces to avoid detection. Luckily, Anti-malware apps are available in paid and free enterprise-class versions. It can easily defend mobile application exposure. There are also unstable updates and patches to the Android operating system. You can't just simply rely on Android to update itself periodically that makes it tough for Android devices to stay up-to-date as protective cover against vulnerabilities. 

Data Storage

One of the elevated reasons why its vulnerabilities subsist is because many amateur android app development company have policies to have data storage habits. All it takes to access the data stored on an unlocked smartphone running a badly written app is a normal extraction of the file attached to the mobile application, then finally a query. Databases such as SQLite store compact data on a local device easily, but developers can nevertheless store that data in the XML format, which is a readable, plain-text file that makes it conveniently gain access to an application’s data.

Accessibility

Generally, users are unaware of how valuable their contact data is, and applications' terms and conditions frequently conceal the veracity about personal data access. Then someone whiffing the network activity of the app unveiled that Path uploaded entire contact lists to its servers. Mobile application vulnerabilities are not confined to Android apps. What Path did was a fine illustration of fanatical developers trying to serve a better user experience. It offered a new way to socialize with friends and was acclaimed for its great user interface. Path had to apologize for unauthorized storage of users' personal data. User approval is always necessitated before any app can access other data or apps on an Android device, it is mandatory.

Lack of encryption

Applications that don't use encryption can cause problems as well. It happened once, with one of the prestigious brands of the world. LinkedIn's mobile application transferred local calendar data to LinkedIn servers when the site rolled out a new calendar integration feature. And it is almost impossible to find out those details without transparency from the app developer or a full analysis of the app. It is expected that developers will use common encryption frameworks to protect users' data, you know nothing is guaranteed. All of that data was transferred in clear text over the network and via the Internet, so it was open to anyone looking for the data.

Data leaks from syncing

In applications where users sync data to the cloud, data leaks are the crucial concern. Dropbox suffered a password breach that exposed many user accounts to a hacker. Luckily, it didn’t affect many users. A user could expose data to a security issue on Dropbox unaware. You can't control a vendor's protection mechanisms, even if the company's published security policies comply with best practices. These services rely on verification through email in the event of a security breach. A reset link to a webmail Gmail or Hotmail account is hardly secure in most enterprise environments, and when they get hacked, the security of the synced data is compromised. Many app development companies are trying to counter act on this issue and few have accomplished.

Wednesday 29 June 2016

Top six trending ipad applications of mid-2016-II

Android and Apple are in great competition; the teams are in fierce rivalry since long. It has not remained restricted to just mobile applications and performances but it has extended to a larger scenario where both are trying to attract more and more customers, gain their trust, build the rewarding strategy, and convert them into potential users. Mobile applications have always been tentative, tender, terrific and terrible altogether; it depends how it has been created and whether it is benefiting the 3rd party.


Most of the time, both Android and Apple walk side by side but mostly and yes, since past couple of years, Apple app store has enhanced the standards and raised the quality of apps. We have already talked about scintillating iPad applications of mid-2016 (Part- I) and it’s time that we go through the other magnificent iPad apps that also dominate the virtual stores and pleases the mobile users across the globe.

Here is the second list of trending, popular and appreciable iPad applications of mid-2016:

Tayasui Blocks

Blocks almost tromp into place, letting loose a pleasingly squatty sound effect, Tayasui Blocks is gesture-aware. You can zoom, displace & spin your creation, making it the simplest to sum up blocks to any surface. And the aforenamed social aspect works very well, extending downloads of existing models and uploads of your own. This is a laudable, astounding, scintillating and simple building-block toy for your tablet. Occupying some of that giant's and social smarts, it isn't Minecraft.

Hear

Depending on your circumstances, Hear might come across like a mad remix app, applies varying amounts of delay, and volume boosting to your iPhone hears. Among the 7 pre-defined filters, it comprises the deep reverb washes of Office, psychedelic horror show Happy, the oddball Talk, which are of the primary focus. Hear’s fun to try and is practical; that is why, it is one of the astonishing iPad applications which is adored and admired by the users

Slack

An amalgamation of social and business application, Slack is a wonderful fashionable-looking conversation platform aimed at the workplace. One good thing about this app is that it supports both private and group conversations. It integrates with Dropbox and Google Docs, lets you add images, videos and GIFs to your chats, automatically syncs across all of your Slack accounts, thus it makes easily an off-the-cuff collaboration feasible even when you’re on the bus.

Periscope


This free live-streaming app from Twitter is quick to set up, easy to use, and might just revolutionise the way we use social media. Moreover, all the users can film whatever it is they're doing, and can peer into a constantly rolling set of windows into people’s lives. From journalists in disaster areas to teenagers in shopping centres, there’s the potential for Periscope to cover an enormous variety of perspectives. Spend few moments surfing through the app and you could be propelled between offices, hot-air balloons, car parks, all broadcast by people using the app.

Novation Launchpad

Launchpad manages that tricky proposition of appealing to music newbs and pros alike. It’s essentially a board of pads, which you prod to trigger pre-set loops. These are organised into genre-based sets, such as House and Dubstep, and it’s almost impossible to play something that doesn’t make you want to get up and dance about like a loon. For anyone who’s hankering for a little more depth, IAPs exist for new sounds and the means to import your own audio; additionally, you can record sessions and edit the sounds triggered by each pad.

Chunky

There are rather very less comic readers available for iPad, and Chunky is one of the astonishingly good. Its organizational chops are a touch basic for large collections, else this is a master piece. Settings enable you to adjust aspects of page turns, rendering, upscaling, panning, etc. These all ensures the comics in Chunky look sensational on the Retina display, even if the source material isn’t of the highest quality.

These 6 iPad apps now makes a list of total of 12 apps that are trending and making some revolution in 2016. Well, it might be possible that while reading this post, you get a spark for iPad application development and so we are here to make the best, versatile and multi-functional iPad apps.

Thursday 14 April 2016

What are the impacts of mobile apps on customers?

The hurly burly burst of the mobile application market is popularly known as ‘mobile app revolution’. If you recall the massive box of software, with 100 pages of manual that would cost $1000, has become days of past. Now it only takes a minute to download and start using the application instantaneously. But, with the pace this is going, entrepreneurs agree that the recent changes occurring in the mobile app revolution is just the beginning.

There was a time when online shopping was considered a threat and unreliable because it was unable to make its headway to entrust the audience. Apps are vigorously creating a new global market economy. According to Gartner, minimum 17.7 billion apps will be downloaded this year. It is accelerating because people now can afford to buy mobile than computers. We all are likely using a smart-phone in both a personal and professional capacity. There has been a paradigm shift in the mobile application development as this arena is shaping to be ‘Mobile World’.

A-Z applicability of mobile applications:
Smart phones have made the tasks easier and simpler. Experts encourage small scale business to design mobile application. Here are the set of things or applicability of mobile applications.
  • Booking a movie, air or train ticket
  • Enjoy home deliveries from any restaurant
  • Ecommerce shopping
  • Learn tutorials of any subject
  • Get health tips, Read books and Play games
  • Buy clothes of any brands online
  • Set reminders and alarms
  • Watch live telecast of any important events
  • Get the latest news updates across the country and the world
  • Communicate via social medias
  • Make free calls to other states and nations
  • Listen to the most recent music
  • Send and receive mails
  • Easy surfing and downloading of specific subjects
  • Finding a doctor or lawyer
  • Search for nearby party places or places to visit.

Which mobile apps sell and which doesn’t?

It has so just become simple that today, for every occasions, an app is available; some are utilitarian while others can be off-the-wall. Some are brainstormed and absolutely practical, while few are absurd and unethical. Others are informative i.e.tells you weather in a distant city; some are meaningless i.e.throw angry birds at green pigs. But, one thing is certain that the apps which sold and earned billion dollars were not at all intuited to collect so much fame. It all depends on the end users, eventually.

Impacts of the revolution and its reasons:

It can’t be exaggerated if it is said that the mobile applications in Android, iPhone, Blackberry and Windows have easily surpassed the desktop applications, overall. According to a recent survey, 8 out of 10 online-shoppers use mobile applications for convenience, and easy experience.
  • Apps being highly scalable, it solves many complex problem for the uses nowadays.
  • Sharing or marketing or promotion has become really easy.
  • Many apps are acting as virtual wallet so there is no need to keep cash in your pocket; that’s an added advantage for the customers.
  • Before the inception of the mobile apps, smart-phones were a solitary source for entertainment but the scenario has changed totally as it is now used for different purposes.
  • With safety and security becoming a huge concern for the mobile apps, it is likely that the new apps will lay stress on these aspects and create a more secure and reliable app ecosystem.
  • Only smooth, useful, engaging, and user-friendly mobile apps will survive in the compelling mobile app market.
  • Cross-channel promotion boost sales and improve ROI.
  • The good thing about this industry is that any smart geek can jump into it and earn dollars. There’s no any legit barrier to its entry.
  • Apps that are loaded with information on inventory, product features and provides value to the customers, surely gets applauded in the market sooner or later.

Connection: Customers and apps

The enterprise is truly understanding the mindset of the customers & accordingly, they try to entice customers to engage, convert, and shop. Mobile Application is an intermediate path to attach the end users and the organization. It is a kind of breakthrough in the tech-world that the bridges the gap in the market. It is dependent on, and solely subjected to the customers satisfaction. This connection is the shortest way for the mobile app developers to be lucrative.

Mobile Application has a bright forward-looking days ahead, and sure enough to change the present ‘Mobile app revolution’. Do you have any strategies to be the part of this revolution?

Wednesday 24 February 2016

Apple CarPlay Versus Android Auto: Which one Would You Prefer?


Apple CarPlay and Android Auto

Apple and Google have been traditional rivals in the smartphone software industry for many years now. However, with the launch of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, this rivalry has now taken front seat and the new arena for it is your car. Will you allow Android to win the battle or Apple?  Let's find out.

What is CarPlay and Android Auto


Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are smart systems designed for your modern day car. These offer a ton of impressive features that includes better navigation, messaging, as well as audio streaming. However, let us discover  whether they have any limitations or not, how useful they are for us, and do they really meet our driving needs.

Home Screen

To begin with the home screen, both these smart car systems adopt a competing approach right from the start. Apple Car Play features the various apps as well as functions in the form of large icons, that immediately reminds one of the iPhone screen. The style is simplistic and works in CarPlay's favor.

Features
When it comes to Android Auto, the features are arranged at the bottom of the home screen, which means that the user does not need to pull up the home screen.  Accessing the audio apps is also very easy. The user just needs to tap the headphone icon twice so that a list of cards is brought up on the screen for the user' benefit.

Another advantage of using Android Auto is that Google Now is integrated with the system. This is a live updating system that is capable of displaying various information cards that the user might need while driving.  This includes typical information such as weather updates, notifications, as well as shortcuts to typical and likely destinations.

However, CarPlay does not display as much information as a user needs onscreen. Nevertheless, this does not mean that information is not presented. It notifies you about what you need to know.

Text Messages

Carplay shows the missed text messages with a small red circle and a number that corresponds to how many messages have been missed. Comparing the similar feature in Android Auto, the missed messages notifications are now a part of the list of cards that are displayed by the Google Now system.

Navigation


Whilst navigation for Android is handled by Google Maps, ApplePlay uses a corresponding system Apple Maps for a similar purpose. With Google Maps, the onscreen maps are well-drawn and include easy to understand turn-by-turn directions. Users also are provided suggestions on alternate routes as well as verbal updates on traffic.  You can also access the time when the particular business is closing. Google Maps also works well with Android Auto's Google Now. 

When compared to Apple Maps, although the software is very effective, many people prefer using Google's system over Apple's CarPlay. Both systems do not use the third-party navigation apps. Hence apps such as TomTom or Waze are not permitted.

Messaging

When it comes to messaging, the Apple CarPlay supports apple's native messaging application. Contrarily, The Android Auto is more inclusive and supports Hangouts, Kik, Whatsapp, ICQ, and other such apps. The on-board text-to-speech can read the messages and voice commands can be used to reply to them.

Music Streaming & Compatibility


Regarding music streaming, both systems reflect their superior abilities. About compatibility, Android Auto is compatible with any smartphone that runs Android Lollipop 5.0 or higher. At the same time, Apple CarPlay requires the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Also compatible are the iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, and the iPhone 5s. Older phones require a lightning connector and the latest iOS version.

Conclusion
Although it is very difficult to predict the winner between CarPlay and Android Auto, it can be said that those who prefer Apple will choose CarPlay and those who choose Google Android will go in for Android Auto.

If you are interested in app development, such as described herein, then  please contact mobile app development company for your needs!

Sunday 3 January 2016

Six Important Steps To Make Your Android App Development Project Successful


If you are an Android Developer, or want to develop an Android application  for your company or project, then you will probably will have understood that Android development is not an easy task. Due to the popularity of Android, the world has been overtaken by a tsunami of Android phones. Additionally, there are numerous Android apps that are developed on a daily basis. Nevertheless, for any Android app to become a success, it should go through the following development process:

1. Conceptualizing the application

As part of this first step, the Android app development company works towards understanding your requirements. This step involves indicating your app development objectives to the company so that the  company can work towards the goal of  app development process in earnest.

2. Wire-framing and Design

This stage involves making the blue-print of the app so that you can refer to it and make any changes. This includes details of the platform as well as features and specifications. With wire-framing, you get the opportunity to ensure that your Android app development project is moving on the right track. The designing stage involves the work of the design and the development team to build the application and ensure that it becomes a reality. It is important to consider factors such as app functionality, design concepts, budget, as well as the timeline for the application.

3. Development

The development process takes care of the the UI designing, coding, and taking care of server components if essential.  Both time and quality are critical factors in this area.   The Android app development company will usually send you app prototypes so that you can send in your approval.

4. Testing

This is an important step in the overall app development process. The app is handed over to the QA team for checks on aspects such as functionality and flow. The app undergoes rigorous testing so that errors do not creep up in the process or when the app is used later.

5. Market Submission

The development company now submits your Android app to the Android market for submission.  Here, you get the rights to manage your app in the market, which includes a developers account and the rights to price your app accordingly. You can then upload your app to your account, where users will be able to download it.

6. Promotion

Just submitting your app will not help! You need to promote your app with the help of an effective marketing strategy including offline and online marketing strategies.

Conclusion

Why not contact a full fledged mobile app development company which can work efficiently towards achieving this goal?  Take your company or business to greater heights by converting your next fabulous idea into an Android app!

Tuesday 18 February 2014

Tips To Hire Android App Developer

Hire Android App Developer

One of the fastest growing markets in recent times in the field of mobile applications development has undoubtedly been Android. With its variability and wide offerings, Android is turning out to be popular amongst various IT offerings. Right from the gaming apps to the widely used instant messaging and document sharing apps, Android has given sublime results in the form of various apps. Hiring professionals for the development of scalable and robust application development is the stringent task that any Android apps development company has to find out.

JAVA is the original platform that any Android app developer needs to be thorough with to develop application. Before hiring an Android app developer or app development company for a particular assignment of app, some of the things that are to be considered can be listed as follows:

1. Technical Efficiency With JAVA And Coding Principles
It is indeed a difficult task to find someone with enhanced quality of logical JAVA principles as it is large enough. Also every qualified JAVA professional does not possess the potential to successfully deliver project proficiency on Android.

2. A Good Team Player
Android application is something that becomes a cumbersome process if developed independently. So the professional hired has to be in synchronization with the team and also should have clarity about his role as a part of team member.

3. Experience In The Industry
As the technology is developing intensively day by day, the most important factor to be considered before hiring android app developer is the amount of experience in his portfolio. As every app cannot take years to become live, the professional with experience will be accustomed to genres and niches of Android. So the results produced will be fast as well as effective.

4. Understands The Business Perspective
After all application development is a flourishing business and it’s the client whose app requirements have to be accomplished within stipulated time. A good Android app developer understands the traits of business and moulds his skills for app development accordingly.

5. Survey The Work Done
Google play store provides all the details regarding the apps that are published. Check the credentials of the company before hiring a developer from it. The type of apps developed depicts the amount of knowledge that is possessed by the individual in this field.

6. Keen To Learn
With technological advancement in Android at every brink i.e. KitKat released before few months to support the user as well as the developers, it becomes necessary to get accustomed to every new feature that can be given to end user with app. Optimized use of resources available should be made by the app developer to give best results in the form of applicability.

7. Innovative Approach
There are many developers available in the market who can monotonously work according to the directions given by their managers. But Android applications Development Company requires someone who can put forth the ideas and innovations regarding app design along with development.

On a concluding note, Android has come up with some of the best mobiles and tablets in the market. So the need of developers would be increasing on a daily basis, but to find a suitable candidate who can justify this form of mobile application development, efforts has to be put forth in finding a suitable professional. The above mentioned points are not only useful for Android project outsourcers and Android apps development companies, but also for the young, efficient developers to portray their skills in front of the biggest apps development authorities and prove their worth for upcoming individual in this field of Android application.

Wednesday 1 January 2014

Things to Know Before Developing a Mobile Application

Mobile Application Development
With the flourishing field of mobile applications, almost everyone is creeping into this business and as a part of it this industry has some unwanted apps that neither benefit the user nor to the app maker. Most of the app failure is due to improper research before its development. Mobile apps Development Company should know the exact target and necessary thing they want to achieve in the market with the app. Without keeping any pre-conceived notions in mind, app making for mobile or tablet needs a set of steps to be followed before actually starting to make an app.

Here is complete set of guidelines or advice that mobile apps development should precede before developing an app.

Clarity With Goal of App Making
The whole and sole of app making does not only include the process of making money. Some apps are delivered to the market as a cause of social responsibility or leveraging influence over others. Some apps may be the investment as a part of marketing ones business or other stuffs. So the app maker should intrinsic clarity about the future of the app and design, set and formulate strategies for app making accordingly. Dividing the complete procedure for app making into discrete steps for enhanced result is must.  If the goal is clear, the way to reach the goal will be automatically be unhindered.

App Costing or Charges of App
This step is utmost important because knowing the current market scenario and economic consideration of company has to be made in an unbiased manner. It’s according to the allotment of resources and requirement of mobile app developers for a particular project that the decision of app cost has to be made. If the app is being made for personal interests than it’s applicability on app stored has to be check out for whether it is free or charged. The prime monetization of app can be through its effective downloads on app store. Also working with client projects, it’s important to dart in with clarity of when, how and at which milestone the payment has to be made.

Allocation of Resources
For a particular project of mobile app, it is indeed necessary to generate a wire-framing of resources that are needed to be imparted for successful completion of it. Mobile app development requires inherit collaboration between developers, designers, APK developers, marketing sector and reporting person of the project to the client. Before starting up a mobile app development project it becomes necessary to analyze how, what and where your personnel has to be occupied with work that can provide extraordinary results for project enhancement.

Integrity With Platforms And Updates
Most of the app developers find inconveniences in choosing the right platform for app development. In recent market, Android and iOS are the leading platforms with Windows and Blackberry lagging behind considerably. As all the platforms have their own app demands and drafting, correct choice of platform is necessary. Also mobile apps development companies should remember that the app is not over once it is launched. Updates and Upgrades are focusing part of the applications that most clients demand and it is essential to stay tall among others in the market.

Keeping these points in mind and considering app development as a methodological process, mobile apps development business has to be tactfully handled to get prime benefits out of it. App making will then be much easier and give efficient results to the developers. Mobile applications have become an integral part of Smartphone users and they are also going to see more hikes in nearby future giving more opportunities to mobile apps developers.

Thursday 12 December 2013

How iPhone Apps Help You Maintain Business Networks?

iPhone Business Networks Apps
The nature of conducting business terms have changed a lot after the evolution of Smartphone. Especially mobile apps have changed the aspects of business. They have been emerging as one of the best ways to conduct, collaborate and conclude business proposals and deals as well as agreements. These phones can perform all the work of managing, organizing and distributing information, data and other things that govern the momentum of the business.

iPhone is fastest among the technological advancements that have happened and so has been popular among users for its applicability. iPhone app developers have been continuously working to enhance the device utility for large scale business owners and entrepreneurs. Various software versions, tools, applications which are necessary requirements for all the business tycoons are inherited in iPhone provide the flexibility of working even while they are away from office or any other workplace. Thus it will not be compulsory to carry laptops and files along with you while travelling or in meetings or outdoors. Instead having a slick iPhone with applicable apps can lead your business new ways of facilitation.

Real Time Data Migration
With 3G and 4G enabled iPhone, the iPhone apps development companies have kept a separate provision through GPS and WiFi of accessing the data at variable place which may be online or at remote place. Another important application that falls under the category of iPhone apps development is Contacts journal. This enables you to sort out with any specific conversation in your logging class. It also keeps broad view looks on people specific tasks and complete details of what you have spoken to the last calls. Web browser and Bluetooth enables you to access data from anywhere to everywhere. To pass virtual business car after the meeting is over, MeetMe is another useful app to get your time bound responses in order.

Socialize Network With iPhone
iPhone users certainly do not have any problem regarding keeping them social in terms of business generation and prospects. LinkedIn, Twitter and other socio-commercial apps have dignified iPhone use to negate any kind of hindrances that occur during relationship maintenance with business clients and customers. It helps you find out related connections that can turn into an ongoing new business relationship. Innovation at every stage can be seen by iPhone app developers to include the features that may be minute in crafting but can extend a lot of help when in a misery. Facebook on official Apple’s app store is the most used tool keeping social and business networks energized.

Secure Documents and Data Markups Through iPhone
The apps available on iPhone for business utility have to be 100% efficient with their working because data and files of extreme importance have to be stored within it. For these as sharing and using those data cum documents is easy, similarly the storage and backup components app are provided by the iPhone applications development companies to extend complete safety and security of data even while migration of it. Also there has been great improvement in connectivity with the main stream of data gathering to fortify the networks of business administrators.

iPhone apps development has thus gained adaptability from market stats due to their versatility in applications which give them edge over the others in the market. Due to cut-throat competition with android and other platforms, Apple has always tried to come up with something that is more astonishing. Business utilization of iPhone is another feather in the wings of Apple because most of the iPhone users due to its cost demarcation include pool of people with well-developed business or the ones who can afford high-end utility of iPhone.

Monday 11 November 2013

Why Most Mobile Apps Fail?

Why Mobile Apps Fail
Market of mobile app is running thick and fast. Many apps are launched day-to-day but all these apps do don’t get success in the market. WHY? Building a mobile app is not just sufficient for the company. They must try to build a business in the market.

Target Audience - “Adapting From The Influencers”
Firstly, the target audience of the mobile app has to be fixed. Promotional strategies are not pre-defined so as to get the app run longer. Moreover, mobile market research of previous apps is not done to examine the significance of own product. Keeping it simple and straightforward is another task that most mobile app developer does not follow. With the intent of making a hi-fi app, mobile app development companies deliver such complicated product that it seems a burden to the user. Trying to inculcate everything in a small package of app towards other apps because same featured app are available in plenty.

Features - “At The Cost Of Actual Usability”
Shorter battery life, graphics and visual effects that are not appealing, high storage space in mobile are some of the other reasons which lead to mobile application failure. Mobile app developer needs to think as a user before developing the app and understand demand of the user. Adapting the new things may not be easy for the user so by studying the competition in the market, try to give them something that may have edge over the others. Stick to only one concept for which the app has been developed. Irrelevancy of the app ruins the sustainable development of the app in the market after its publishing.

Marketing - “Strength Can Turn Into Weakness”
Marketing is another most important aspect that most mobile app development companies fail to do. Mobile marketing is a crucial in this vast ocean of app world. When you have worked months over to some design, formatting, UI and other aspects of the app, then why to shadow the marketing part of it? Give one prominent reason to the user to enhance the utility of mobile app and market accordingly. The best way to achieve this is by offering them free app or making them one time pay. Regardless of the fact that mobile app developer gives classy features and marvelous display, if the product is not marketed properly it will surely fail.

Mobile App Development Company thus needs to ensure that developing an app as well as framing its future resides in their hands. So better to keep an eye on ever-changing market and let the user distinguish yourself from others.

Thursday 17 October 2013

Why Your Business Should Have A Mobile App?

Business Mobile App
Any business’s growth depends upon how well you serve your customers? The new beginning of serving the customer as a result of technological advancement is through mobile applications. They prove to be valuable business tools and a sign of status symbol in the market. Smart phones are almost present everywhere in the market. Economist also has surveyed that mobile app development for most of the businesses have proven to be successful enough.

Need To Develop Mobile App
Important data provided by the Google reveals that many of the small scale businesses are also being largely searched on mobile through maps and location tools. By next year, mobile apps developers promise to develop apps for more than 50% of local command businesses. Shopping cart or manufacturing deals are done primarily through this app. Relationship building process gets quicker and secure layouts for your developed business can be known in the market. Recently surveyed by eMarketers, people spend daily five times more time with their Smartphone than newspapers & magazines.

Is Improvement In Business Possible?
As such creating a buzz around of your business having mobile app may not just grow your business but seek a hike in your reputation as well. Recently, a food franchise jumped into this mobile app development and created an app that lets consumer design meals using ingredients made by them on their phone. This is customer loyalty at its peak. If your mobile apps developers can find such innovations that optimize your business, developing mobile app could be boon to you.

High-End Chargeable App
If you are looking to target the high profile customers for your app, make it chargeable. For e.g. medical application that provides two way competencies between the doctors and patients can be charged accordingly. Due to this feature, unauthorized public may not make a move to download the app. Also publicity and marketing of your business can be done through this app feature. Mobile app developers also provide the facility to upgrade your app as per your future growth of business. On a concluding note, a mobile app becomes inevitable in this 3G world of Smartphone and Tablets.

Thursday 12 September 2013

Android Outreaches Possibilities for Android App Developers

Android
Android is one of the operating system that is dominating after few months of its release as its users are increasing rapidly at a consistent rate. It has been proved that it is the best platform for creating innovative and scalable apps for different industries. For third party developers, as it is an open source technology it’s easy to customize app according to their app development requirements.

Android operating system is giving the tough competition to apple’s products. What makes a flexible platform is its open source platform. Android app developers can mold it to fit into their framework and build apps for different industries.

It reduces the development cost as it is an open source platform. This is the main reason why android has been picking up importance in few years. There are plenty of android app development companies specifically targeting apps.

It is possessing wide collection of libraries that can be used to elaborate the potential of android app development. Limitless capabilities of this platform make the android app developer more enthusiastic to explore for any innovative apps.

It is highly customizable technology makes the android app development more powerful for different industries verticals. There are different types of android apps has been developed for finance, banking, advertising.

Millions of users and developers are there who are using android Os and updating according to custom standards. Android app developers who are stuck in some phase can get solution by interacting with this user and developers community. Since It’s easy to fix problems it outcome in quick development of android apps.

Monday 19 August 2013

Do's and Don’ts While Developing an Effective iPad App

iPad App Development
Well, Apple’s iPad is one of the best examples of technological gadgets which are handy, useful and swift. No wonder, iPads have been sold in record numbers and has become a mainstay of billions of people who plan, schedule, reschedule, perform or cancel their daily routines with the help of this “magical” gadget. Thus, it is imperative to develop the applications which provide them with more facilities and also at a reasonable cost.


DO’S
  • Approach: For creating any effective application for a sophisticated instrument like the iPad, it becomes very important to make the approach clear. As an app entrepreneur, one must understand the intricacies and complicacies in the development of an app. The planning before taking up the task and jotting down the goals to be achieved can prove to be very useful. The approach should be goal oriented, which means that the features, tools and other add-ons should be easy to use and simple.
  • In-App Experience: It is very much expected from an iPad app development company to make the in-app experience a good one for the user. There should be features compatible with the device, calendar synchronization, social networking shortcuts etc.
  • The Customer Force: The iPad applications are not used by just a single member in a community. They are used by different people from different walks of life. Thus, it is important to design the application in a way that it attracts people of all ages and businesses towards itself.

DON’TS
  • Over Advertising: Sometimes, to extract back the amount of money spent in the app developing activities, an iPad app development company might advertise for various products with the help of its application. It is true that ads are necessary, but it should be made sure that there are not too many of them. The users usually do not like ad interruptions every now and then while working on their app.
  • Overload of Gestures: There is a very thin line of difference between popular gestures and the overloading of gestures. To include unimportant gestures in the application in the name of detailing can be harmful to the iPad app development company. Also, one thing should be kept in mind that there should be two distinct kinds of gestures displayed on the same page. Such a case might trigger a conflict between the two of them.
  • Improper Marketing: If you have been thorough with the world of apps, then one thing which you would surely come across would be the up to the mark designing and marketing of the application. For an application to be successful, it is necessary that it should not have unnecessary and ugly screenshots and icons. The more concise and precise the thing would be, the more popular it would become. So if you want to be at the top, make your app marketing look good.

Friday 5 July 2013

The Growing Popularity of iPhone Application Development

iPhone Application Development
Someone having a Smartphone can now be stated as someone having an iPhone. Nowadays people don’t want those casual smartphones but those slinky and attractive iPhones. It has become a matter of prestige and impression to carry an iPhone with you because of which the demand of it has taken a sharp rise. This rise also means rise in the iPhone application development demands. iPhone applications are expected to be best and our running all the other platforms in order of its popularity. This is the era when we can actually say that iPhone application development companies are at the peak of their business and revenues, all because of the popularity that the phone has gained due to its easily accessible and smooth services.

iPhones have enabled its users to use its vast range of application over its active years be it capturing pictures or finding information about any of the branches, it has proved itself to be the best in every single way. Since apple allows every single developer to restore their apps with apple from every corner of the world, iPhone apps come out to be most innovative and impressive.

iPhone application development involves a considerably high cost business because it involves training of developers till they become the best of all. Also they are supposed to be paid that much for their services since they are the experts in this field. The growing demand of iPhone and its application has also brought in the need to develop them at a fast pace and thus has made it a blooming business at this point of time and is expected to reach higher points in coming time.

Many software firms from the entire world have come up with proposals to develop iPhone application. In this case each company is given responsibility to develop a single feature each. A company may b given authority to develop GPRS service of iPhone while other may b given to develop the search engine. Since this process is quite expensive, often outsourcing is adapted for cutting the cost factor up to a certain extent. So by this way it provides business opportunities to many companies.

Many individuals/free lancers have also shown interest in getting into light by joining with apple to work as application developers. This also has emerged as a great opportunity for such free lancers. Many free lancers have also come out as the best of developers and so their scope in getting into this has a positive outcome.

Most iPhone holders are ready to spend money on apps. So it gives the developers a wide range of applications which can also be tagged as paid apps and even then are downloaded same no. of times as the free apps. Customers are not bothered about the money, all they want is high quality and effective applications which are comfortable to use which has boosted up the popularity of iPhone application development by a huge factor.

Wednesday 19 June 2013

Mobile Website Vs. Mobile App - Which One is Best For Your Business?


Mobile Website Vs. Mobile App
Having a strong online presence for your brand is not enough but at the same time having a powerful mobile strategy for your brand is also extremely important. Mobile sites are usually cheaper than Mobile application development. But mobile sites are relatively easy to update. You often have to make adjustments for each different mobile operating system in order to update applications. With an app you target only one platform but with an optimized web site you target all the browsers in the world. It is quite complex to monitor customer in an app but there exists plenty of tools for the website. Hiring appropriate mobile application developers is an important and not an easy task.

Various benefits of Mobile application development compared with developing mobile websites are as follows:
  • Less internet restrictions: Mobile websites always require the user to be connected to the internet in some way. While a lot of apps do not require internet connection and can be used offline.
  • Strong mobile engagement: Creating a mobile website is a great start to going mobile but it is just that a mere start. Mobile sites can’t really give you any insight into how people actually use mobile. But in order to capture the real opportunity of mobile, you only need to have an application developed by mobile application developers. Applications are a better platform for engaging users based on how they actually use mobile.
  • Cooler visuals: Due to various restricted bandwidth and technology reasons, the effects and graphics on a mobile website can be very limited. Mobile apps also have the powerful capabilities to portray high quality graphics and effects, which presents users with a better and enhanced looking visual.
  • Better user experience: Applications have a stronger capability to create a better user experience than mobile website. Applications are altogether a better experience when people are using them frequently.
  • More Features: Mobile apps give you unlimited access to the phone’s features such as GPS capabilities, the camera, microphone, etc. while mobile websites can give you very limited access to the phone’s capabilities.
  • Speed: Mobile apps also have the ability to run a lot faster than mobile websites.
  • Navigation: Navigation on mobile websites can be somewhat static. But on apps it can have a more interactive user interface.
  • Perceiving application as better with respect to mobile website: From the statistics point, it is believed that near about 70% of total users said they prefer mobile apps as compared with mobile websites. They preferred apps because they strongly believe that apps are more fast, convenient and easier to browse compared as with websites.
  • Interaction time: Users actually use apps more frequently and also for much longer amount of time if they have started liking it as compared with the mobile website. So your application is likely to gain enough value to get maximum users spending much quality time interacting with your related content.