I am not making this question another chicken and egg question to
confuse you what came first. We cannot deny the fact that mobile
gadgets are nowadays preferred than the regular computers.
If you are an aspiring entrepreneur who wishes to follow the
footsteps of people like Chad Mureta, (CEO of App Empire and the
co-founder of T3 Apps, Empire Apps, and Best Apps ), and you are
inspired to develop your app and want to enter into mobile app
industry but you are not sure of where to make an entry.
To develop an app which is highly intuitive and engaging is certainly
our prime motive but there are numerous business owners who a
specified budget for their development and this is the reason you
need to make your choices very wisely.
In this blog we will discuss some of the biggest decisions you
need to make before developing your mobile app:
- Choosing the right platform
- UX vs UI or UX + UI
- Do not fail to test
Choosing the right platform
Unlike websites, mobile apps cannot run on all the platforms. This
means that an app developed for Android OS will not work on iOS or
Windows. This implies that they are platform specific and to make a
high performance app that runs on all the platform you need to make a
native app for all the platforms individually. The major reason is
that there platform drastically vary regarding functionality as the
developer needs to have a grasp of Objective-C for developing apps
for iOS, wherein Android developers must be good at Java and XML.
Moreover, hiring a native app developer is a costly affair and if you
wish to develop an app for more then one platform then you need to
hire that many native app developers.
This problem has somewhat been solved by cross-platform development
tools such as PhoneGap, AppCelerator and others. Though these tools
do not render that level of precision when compared with the native
language, they have their cost effectiveness attached to them.
UX vs UI or UX + UI
People are utterly confused with what do the terms user experience
and user interface mean. When it comes to design, you got to learn
about them to come up with highly intuitive designs for your mobile
app.
Now
the reason behind this is that understanding them and then
consequently working on the design can help you render an intuitive design for your mobile app development.
User experience implies the functional experience a user gets while
working on your app, wherein user interface means the exterior design
interface or the appearance of your mobile app.
Do not get attracted by a glossy design rendered by your development
company. Before the completion of the project make sure that you have
thoroughly used it to check the user experience it renders.
Moreover, make sure that you keep your design simple and to the
point. Do not stuff you mobile app with too many elements. We all
know that there is already quite less space in a mobile app and no
one would like to confuse their users by incorporating unnecessary
things.
Do not fail to test
Another major issue with mobile apps is that there is a myriad f
device present out there, and you need to test your app thoroughly.
The
most prominent challenges that comes forth are:
Diverse Mobile platforms -
Android, iOS, Windows, and Blackberry are the most widely used
mobile operating systems.
Android being an open source operating system which is used by
several third-party manufacturers that have customized the Android
system in their way. This means that you have a plethora of devices
on which you need to test. Wherein, iPhones are flagship phones
created by Apple, which somewhere helps you to test easily.
Stick to the norms of the Industry-
To
survive in the industry, you need to stick to its norms and
conventions of the industry as this will make you acceptable at the
global arena. To
submit a high-end mobile app, your testers have to put in efforts to
ensure the quality.
Plethora of Mobile Network –
Mobile app testers has to pay special attention and needs to think
with an open mind while testing mobile apps as they need to consider
numerous network available across the globe. There are 400 plus
mobile network operators that run on numerous technologies, among
which GSM and CDMA are the most widely used ones.
Scripting
– To get to know that you mobile app is of best quality becomes an
uphill task when release cycles become frequent and shorter when you
have adopted the Agile Methodology.
In this case attaining stability is your prime motive. Thus, your QA
team needs to create a test automation framework and for this, you
need a skilled Automation Test Specialist.
Test your design -
Make sure that you have tested your design on all the design screens
such as ldpi, hdpi, mdpi, xhdpi. Check whether they appear to be
similar to all the boards. Do not hire a rookie designer and make
sure to take a keen interest while designing your app.
Cloud or Online testing tools: To make the testing process handy and
easy there are several online or cloud-based tools AppThwack,
BlazeMeter, Manymo and others are available.
Why should you opt for these tools?
Wide sample devices are available on these tools
- Tools are ubiquitous, means that the testers can use them from any demographic region
- Parallel Test execution can be carried on several devices simultaneously
- Allows you to test incoming, outgoing call services and others without any phone tariff
- Availability of Subscriptions as per one's usage
Final thoughts!
The long and short of this is that an app keenly designed can help
you boost your business returns.
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