A Step by Step Guide for Mobile App Development

A mobile app is a must-have for any business or company. Given the tech paced world we are living in and the craze of mobile phones, everything nowadays is on our fingertips. An app is an essential tool for companies to boost their business and it is the easiest way to be in customer’s reach. There is a high demand for the latest apps every day. You need to be well equipped accordingly to build good performance apps. Mobile platforms are used to buy, sell, lease, rent, display, interact, informed and be informed. An app is the only gateway to your customer’s life and the only way to be near to them.

Your companies’ business can be extremely profitable if your brand’s identity is becoming separate and for some of your customers’s the only facet through which they can access you.  An app is not just a conversion of your website, it is much more than that. Below are some of the mobile app development steps.

1.       Know the baseline of your app:

Ask yourself questions about what is the aim of building the app? What are the problems it aims to solve? How does it help your customers? These questions may seem obvious but people actually ignore all these basics and jump directly onto building an app thereby incurring loss to the company.

 Another few questions required are, is the app helping people? How is it helping and why should people choose your app over other similar apps? Another thing is competing with other apps in the market. Either come up with a great and unique idea or if not an idea then a unique feature to other pre-existing apps that makes your app a favorable one. Inquire and investigate the operational models in the market. This will help you out a lot.

2.       People buy what they attract:

Looks matter, it is the hard reality. Aesthetic matters and attract a lot of customers. Anything that comprises UI/UX is serious and important because you need to leave a good and crisp expression to your customers. Tackiness and inefficiency will leave you to lose many good customers.

Draw a diagram about how you want your app to look, work on the fine details, give them some thought and idea. It should all be perfect from the opening lock screen to the thank you screen. It should all look very convenient to the customer as if it is a piece of cake to operate your app.  Eliminate what you don’t like or something that is not needed at all.

3.       Technical and money matters:

Two things that are really needed to take care of our monetization and tech specs. Apart from giving consumer-ready services to you need to monetize your app and plan how much you need to invest. The app is the only eternal having anywhere and anytime nature.

Calculating the cost of the app and monetizing it is very essential. Take an expert opinion if needed. Study the rates of all the developers and other industry specialists. Don’t go overboard with your expense in marketing and advertising of the app.

4.       Plan the prototype:

As the technicality increases understand the flow of the app. See how your apps run on different platforms, the prototyping process is very important as it gives you an idea of how your app will work. If you can’t hire a firm to do the prototyping you can always use the tools available which do not need intensive coding and are very easy to use.

Some of the good tools are InVision, JustinMind, Marvel and so on.

5.       Make plans:

Hire a developer and plan with him on how to get that app going. Now as you have the prototyping in hand you will not be much disappointed with what you get and what you want. Make plans with the developer and avoid loss of translation. You can also reach out to your friends, family and get their feedback on your app. The review and recommendation can help you get better insights into your customer base. Get honest reviews and keep your technical capabilities in mind to keep a balance.

6.       The developer:

All the above-discussed point is on the surface or the front-end, the developer is the one who will build your backend. It will the backbone of your app.  One should get a reasonable developer in terms of everything like pricing, behavior and skills. Approaching firms can be pricey for most independent operators but on the other hand they are trustable. You will always be supervising and can handle the bug before it gets too far, everything is transparent.

If you are technically sound you can do it yourself.  You can consider the following: AppMakr, GENWI, Mippin, Mopbase and more. Designing all the frames is also very essential here be it a developer or you. They are called ‘skins’ and the flow from one frame to another should be streamlined. APIs and storage-based the process also needs to be added to the backend.

7.       Testing and Troubleshoot:

There should be no bugs in your app. Perfection is the only way for the success of an app. Make sure that the app goes through rigorous testing by the developer. Only then some of the bugs are discovered when the app undergoes the testing. Live testing on iOS and android is very important as no one would want their half testes app to go in the market because no one wants harsh criticism.

While Google Play Store is very flexible, the apple store tests and reviews your app before launching it in the market.  You can test them with the firms you worked with as discussed in point number 5.

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