Why Mobile Apps Have Taken Over The Websites?

App stores are flourishing as per June 8, 2015 , there are 1,400,000+ app on iTunes (App store for iOS)and have received 100,000,000,000+ downloads to date which bring down the average download per app to 62,500.

As per a survey conducted by Compuware’s users expect a lot from mobile apps, in which around 42% of people in the survey stated that mobile apps are expected to perform better in the loading performance when compare to mobile apps.

People are now using smartphones and with this growing demand there is a very considerable increase in the number of app usage. This has resulted in a phenomenal surge in Mobile application development. Mobile apps server ample lot of benefits and this is the reason why user are now preferring mobile apps more than any other app store.

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We have seen that all of our interaction online takes place via mobile devices. As per reports from International Telecommunication Union we have five billion plus mobile users which is almost 77% of the total population of the world.

Mobile apps have now made the access to internet quite smoother and expedited the shopping process as well which is helping the smartphone owners to purchasing services and goods with quite easy using their phone and speaking of numbers it is 41% to be precise , according to a survey conducted by Chadwick Martin Bailey.

Business owners can capitalize on this new mobile technology? The answer is quite simple and easy you can either develop a mobile app or can also make your website mobile friendly to your users.

Technology has sucked all our patience. We want fast results and want to expedite all the processes. We can not wait for the computer to process even for one minute and take time to laod and this is the time we can test our patience.

Mobile Apps have efficiently taken out the waiting time from mobile apps. We do not say that all the information but most of the information is deposited in mobile apps. Thus all you need to do is to download an app and do not wait for information to load information over your slow internet connection.

Additionally, there is some information that requires updates and this can be carried out in the background, as this allows you to go through the data as you wait for your mobile app to load. 
 

This brings to us the fact that mobile apps will continue to improve and will be accepted by masses resulting in better productivity and business growth, as per the Forrester Research report (FORR) moreover it will be seen in the near future that even corporates will also issue mobile devices as BYOD which means Bring your own device will be seen at its peak.

Though we are moving forward incredibly but when it comes to the speed of the internet we are a bit restrained. As now we have a lot of technologies such as “4G” which is at its boom, but we still need to go a long way. This is the reason why storing information on internet is not such a good option. Mobile Applications have thus worked as a great medium to store information and now users now use them to store videos, songs, and catalogues. As now we have a lot of information stored in mobile apps which has improved the experience that these app use to deliver.

Key Tips to Building a High-Performing Android App

If you stay glued to app industry, then you'll be aware of the fact that Android dominates the mobile industry with 76.6% market share than Apple (source: IDC). In fact, Android apps market share is growing faster compared to Apple. These factors clearly suggests that building an Android app will prove beneficial to you in the coming years.

Even though, the demand of Android apps is increasing, many well-designed applications are not accepted or re-used by the users, owing to some common issues that are being observed in most of the applications such as:

• Poor Battery Life
• Slow Response Time
• Fragmentation issue

These are the biggest reasons that make the users quit using Android applications. In fact, these reasons even put negative impact on the developers and/or the mobile application development company reputation. Reading this blog, however, will help you know about some useful tips that you should consider when building an Android app. Let’s have a look at those tips:

Optimize Battery Life

For making your app a hit with users, it is imperative that the app should have limited impact on the batter life of the device it is being installed. This can be achieved by building an app that can modify its functionality and behavior according to the host device. Or else, follow the below mentioned key points to limit the impact of your app on your device's battery life:

• If you're no longer connected to a network, make sure to disable background service updates;
• Avoid running such updates when your battery is low;  
• Try to reduce the round trip to server for improving user experience;
• Code you application so that it uses a network-based location rather than GPS (whenever possible) and so on.

Use Tools That Helps Improve App Response Time

In order to make your app a success, it's very important that it responds faster. Luckily, there are some remarkably useful tools such as Systrace and TraceView that helps to code an application in a manner that makes it load quickly. These tools help figure out the bottlenecks that make your app response slow.

Use Latest Android Version

One of the biggest issue that you will face when performing Android app development is the fragmentation issue – you can find different Android versions available in the market, and on your current device as well. Moreover, phone carriers and manufacturers often doesn't update the Android powered devices version at the same time when Google does, and take months or years to run the updates. And so, many users still use outdated versions that increases malware risks.

But, in comparison to fragmentation issues that leads to security vulnerabilities, the greater risk it creates is rendering different user experiences. In essence, with multiple Android versions, running security measures becomes quite taxing and challenging for users. That's because, each device offers different experience to users. So, make sure to switch your old Android version to an updated one. This will provide advanced functionality to the users, and thereby assist them in coding robust applications.

Conclusion

Implementing the aforementioned tips when coding an Android app will definitely help you improve the efficiency of the app to a greater extent.