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Native Mobile App Development- An Ultimate Guide

Sometimes, it is not the expert predictions but the innovative leaders in the industry that may rule the market. And, such is the case with the Native Mobile App Development landscape. Contrary to Gartner’s predictions that the app development market will fall to its 0.01% by 2013, the market is booming, and there is no shortage of new projects.

However, this abundance of projects for mobile app developers is proving to be highly futile because most of the applications are not making enough money. The reason behind this failure is probably because the developers are creating applications that are meant to promote an organization, not the app itself. It is not the strategy of bringing forth the business through developing a mobile app, but the lack of thought in the concept that is flawed.

The concept creators, nowadays, appear to be least interested in studying the market and the preferences of the target audience. They use the strategies that they believe is the best and launch the application. Now that the application does not even appeal to the expectations of the users, then why should they any how download them!

The Problem Starts at the Top

Often, the failure of native mobile applications is accredited to the decisions made at the top-level of management- the CEOs, CTOs, and Co-Founders. And rightly so, because they seldom take their application seriously and do not select the right development platform after critical analysis. Now, the similar apps which are running on counterpart platforms do not really allow the new app to enter the competition.

Also, critical research is required when adding in the features so that they make the user experience better. However, top-level management doesn’t focus on it, and eventually the app fails terribly.

Well, it is not only the CEOs who are at fault; the process is further worsened by the ignorance of mobile app owners and marketers. They fail to publicize the app to the right public at the correct scale. Now that the consumers are not engaged certainly in the process of app creation, the app is sure to feel alienated on the app stores. Ultimately, another mediocre project with little prospects is born.

What’s more painful here is, that all of this failure could have been terminally avoided with some critical thinking before conceiving the mobile app idea. The recipe behind a mobile app’s success is that you kill all the doubts regarding its development before taking a plunge into the actual process.

Here, we have attempted to answer all your queries about native mobile app development.

To begin with, we would like to take you through the queries list that troubled the new-age entrepreneurs, start-up founders, and co-founders more. So, read along to make sure that your future attempts to promote a business through a mobile app are definitely a success.

What are Native Mobile Apps?

Native Mobile Apps are platform-specific applications that are commonly found on app stores. The language that is used in the development of these apps is also specific to each platform individually. For instance, Swift and Objective-C are used for iOS app development, and Java or Kotlin is native to Android Apps.

Apart from the language, the apps are also built using an Integrated Development Environment that is specific to a selected operating system. Bigger platforms like Apple and Google provide app developers with their adequate tools, interface elements, and SDK. The multitude of benefits and features offered by the platforms is the reason why most companies indulge in native mobile app development instead of Hybrid or Web app development.

Should the enterprise opt for a mobile web app or a native mobile app?

Now you know that a native mobile app is the one you can download through the app store of the platform you are using, here is how having a website to back up your app becomes all the more important.

When there is no website to support an enterprise’s venturing into applications, the app loses its credibility. Also, there is no other way to market the product all across the web, if there is no dedicated destination of product offering.

Having a website, but not a web app over the internet will help you look more credible, get more user reviews, easily promote the app, and monetize the app quickly. Also, you can devise more optimized SEO strategies with a mobile app and gain better visibility.

What are the Advantages of Developing Native Mobile Apps?

If you consider web applications, hybrid applications, and native mobile apps, it is the native mobile apps that offer most of advantages. Some of which are listed below:

You can use the two platforms, i.e., Google Play Store and Apple Store to charge for the apps from the users.
Native apps work the best when it comes to performance, because they are well-integrated with elements of the operating system they are supposed to run upon.
Since the app stores provide support and visibility to all apps from the inbuilt platform, the apps can get better access to target audience.
Since the app is native to the platform, you can make it more interactive and intuitive, thus enabling it to run more smoothly on their dedicated platform.
Each operating system comes with their own set of UI guidelines which are difficult to be completely achieved with web apps and hybrid apps. However, you can achieve them through native apps pretty easily.
Plus, since it is approved by the operating system, there is little doubt over the authenticity of the app.
The apps which qualify for a certain operating system are more or less device compatible than the rest.

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Which are the best Native App Development Platforms?

Native Applications are designed to work on a specific operating system or platform which can provide all the required support, in terms of functionality and visibility. The two native mobile application development platforms which are ruling the market are Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android.

The developers who create the native apps for iOS use different programming languages such as Objective-C and Swift to write code. However, Java is the programming language that can help them create the most engaging Android applications.

Since the very designing of the app is based on the guidelines of a specific platform, it tends to definitely run more smoothly on its native platform. However, since a native mobile app is platform specific, there isn’t much difficulty in platform compatibility and the developers will have to create separate versions of the app, if it is marketed for different devices.

For example, the developers of Facebook used HTML5 for the development of the app which was supposed to work on all the platforms such as Android, iOS and Windows. However, the functioning of app wasn’t as impressive as it did on the iOS devices, forcing the creators to recreate the Facebook app with iOS-specific programming languages.

Some popular examples of native mobile apps that have been ruling so far the internet are the various social networking applications such as Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, and more that worked incredibly well for the platform they run upon. Also, they are able to access the added device services such as microphone, contacts, accelerometer, GPS/location services, or push notifications.

Apart from the social networking apps, various navigation apps, games, and browsers are created in order to cater to a specific platform, to enable better functioning and user experience.

One of the native applications that topped the charts when it comes to native functionality is PokemonGo, that exploited the navigation, mapping locations, camera augmented reality, and accelerometer for obtaining the best possible experience for the users. Also, the frequent push notifications that informed the users about the presence of a player also encouraged them to join the game again.

The storage used by the native mobile apps; although they are successfully installed in the device is mostly restricted to a remote, cloud-based storage.

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Native Apps vs. Cross-platform Apps

It is a debate that has been running amongst the developers’ circling since ages and hasn’t yet still discovered who is winning, all thanks to the ongoing evolution in the two.

The basic difference between native applications and cross-platform applications is – while native mobile apps are designed for a specific platform, abiding by its norms, guidelines, and programming languages; cross-platform apps are designed in a manner to be comfortable with almost all of the platforms.

In native app development, developers use programming languages such as Objective-C and Swift for developing iOS based applications and Java for developing applications for Android devices. Now, the developers have little to worry about, because the innate features of the two platforms directly helps the applications to work smoothly on their respective devices. However, the applications designed for Android cannot work for iOS and vice-a-versa.

On the other hand, cross-platform applications are made compatible to work with multiple platforms with the help of HTML and CSS, since they are the two platform independent web entities. Due to the market share owned by Android and iOS, most cross-platform apps are developed to meet the requirements of the two. A multitude of cross-platform development tools such as Zoho Creator, Iconic, etc. help developers extensively in creating cross-platform applications.

Leading Native Mobile Applications

If you are skeptical about whether the native mobile application will prove lucrative for your business or not, here are the examples of native mobile apps that have owned the application landscape for a decade past until now.

Facebook

Facebook has developed successful mobile applications for both Android and iOS platforms so that users can now stay connected with their friends, no matter the device they are using.

Now, the Facebook applications are twice as fast and provides a multitude of enhanced features as compared to the website.

Walmart

Striving to become the world’s leading online retailer, Walmart has stuck to native app developments to meet the expectations of its flourishing customer base. By using lesser resources in a smaller time span, Walmart was able to grow a lot with the help of native mobile apps for Android and iOS.

Bloomberg

For engaging its customers through a more interactive experience, Bloomberg adhered to the strategy of providing its consumers with more personalized contents. This was achieved with the help of native applications. Even though it is a cross-platform initiative, it managed to gain enough visibility on both the leading platforms.

Instagram

Another social networking platform which manages to make it big with the help of native mobile app development is Instagram. Today, it enjoys an enormous customer base who loves to use the application time and again, both on Android and iOS, to view their favorite accounts with most engaging content.

What is React Native App Development?

When the developers use one code base to develop Native Applications which work specifically on Android and also with iOS platforms, it is known as React native Development. The above-mentioned apps are a result of React Native Development. The code used are identical for both the platforms- JavaScript and React.

Apart from React Native, another programming concept that will allow you to design applications to work across Android, iOS, and Windows is Xamarin. It will allow you to use C# for developing the applications.

React Native and Xamarin are complex concepts and need a lot of in-depth research to understand. However, one thing we can surely say is that both of them help in creating the apps which are cross compatible between native and hybrid.

The Best Way Launching a Native Mobile App In the Market

Most of the times, start-ups are confused about the fact that whether they should use EVP, Exceptional, Virtual Product or MVP, Minimal, Viable Product for their app launch. Well, while it all entirely depends upon the scale of investments they have received; it is also the wit of the app creators that requires being on point.

MVP is the smallest possible version of the product that is at a workable stage. Once this version hits the market, it is the customer feedbacks and iterations it relies upon completely. Further improvements keep on taking place until the app reaches its EVP stage.

However, if the enterprise has enough investments to launch the finest version of the app in the beginning stages, then nothing can beat that. And that finest version is EVP. The developers consider a myriad of customer feedbacks here to perform iterations and come up with an exceptional app.

Remember, the idea of launching EVP is only considered prudent when there are similar applications available in the market, that have been successful. If not, no matter the amount of investment the app should be launched at an MVP stage, to regulate it according to market reactions first.

How to go about the compliances required by the Apple App Store and Google Play Store?

The leading app stores owned by Apple and Google are overflowing with guidelines that needs to be followed for staying in the market for long. Although they are many, it is not the most onerous task to comply with all of them.

However, sending the apps in for approval and receiving them back because they missed out on one of the points, can be time-consuming. Therefore, it is advised to let go off the compliance responsibilities to some of the leading mobile app development companies which have a track record of creating successful projects in the past.

Now that you have saved time in the compliance process, you can use it to perform rigorous testing, analyzing the market, and at last using the app yourself to decipher scope for improvement, building the marketing strategies for the mobile app, and further focus on how you can engage the users in using your app.

Technical Aspects of Native Mobile App Development

Apart from focusing on the strategic aspects of Native Mobile App Developments, you should also focus on the technical aspects of developments.

Web App, Hybrid App, or Native App?

A web app is a condensed form of an enterprise’s website, which can be viewed on browsers like Chrome, Safari, and Firefox. Neither you are required to download the app, nor do they take up any space in your device whatsoever. It is simple mobile-friendly content that can reach its users in a cost-effective manner.

A hybrid app, on the other hand, is the combination of a native and web app. You can use it across multiple platforms and still make it work like a website that can be installed on the mobile device for all-time access. However, they are more feature-rich as compared to web apps.

As discussed earlier, native apps are specific to the platforms they are developed upon, and the users have to download and install them into their devices accordingly to use them.

The choice of an enterprise between the three depends upon factors such as:

Time to market
The desired level of UX
Feature Complexity

While there is no definite answer that we can give you, the answer really lies within your requirements. It is the app developers and marketers who can advise you about the selection of app platforms, which will help you march towards stability, constant development, and responsive mobile apps. They will use various approaches and strategies into the selection process of mobile app development, taking into account of the changing preferences of the users. They will design the apps in terms of user experience, reliability, and fast response.

Prototyping or Agile

You should use all the capacity there is to your business to strive in the dynamic business environment and constantly steer the product nearest to success. For this, the better you manage, the better results will come your way at ease in the development phase. You can create a prototype first and, later, you can keep on creating upgraded versions of the same prototype and adding newer functionalities to each one of them. Ultimately, you will have a finished product that the users will love.

Containerized or conventional deployment?

Containerized development clouds allow the app to function uniformly on all platforms without any inconsistency in performance. Therefore, such deployment clouds are more scalable and easy to operate. It will help you cut down on app management costs, enabling you to formulate more efficient strategies, and then use Kubernetes. Here, you can also use the capabilities of automation to the fullest.

In-house security measures or Third-party protection?

Instead of sticking to the one, you should opt for the most effective combination of the two. For this, you can include high-quality, third-party encryption resources and in-house development of encryption modules. Make sure that it is based on single horizontal and protocols of networking. Because the users are taking data security quite seriously nowadays, and neither can your app afford instances like trouser attack on CamScanner for Android.

Manual or Automated Testing?

Again, the best answer to this would be a combination of the handpicked automated testing suite and rigorous testing method done by a hard-working tester. Your in-house team of testers should be qualified and capable enough to cut costs and further allow you to carry out immaculate mobile app testing plans, without delays. So, employ user-based, manual, and automated testing in a combination for obtaining best results.

Branding, ASO, and App Marketing

Now that we are through, with the strategic and technical aspects of native app development, it is crucial to market the app in order to hit the right market and generate the desired response.

Is App Store Optimization (ASO) a thing?

If you have not been living under a rock, you must be aware of how optimization is ruling the web today. It is not only prevalent in search engines but has also taken over the app stores. The higher the app ranks on the search, the better are its features and acceptance amongst the users of that platform.

Your application should include an appealing meta-description, development details, and developer information’s to be more visible to the users. It also helps in keeping the users engaged by receiving plenty of organic reviews, which, in turn, increase the number of downloads.

However, commercial success is not something which is guaranteed with ASO, and it is essentially a way to bring in more targeted traffic, and then expect for successful conversions.

Is it possible to cut costs around mobile app analytics?

Mobile app analytics is the one way in which you can understand your users and increase user engagement. So, there is no reason why you should consider cutting back on costs here.

Furthermore, with mobile app analytics, you can create more engaging content, persistent notifications, introduce interest-based sections, and bring about the much awaited upgrades that your users actually want.

All your marketing strategies can go down the dump, if you have not created a loyal customer base through them. Remember, it is only the user-engagement that will take your mobile app a long way ahead.

Can the native mobile app not do without efforts in engagement when the app idea/concept is up-to-the-mark?

Ideally, a majority of the mobile app users, today, are millennials. And it is not that easy to satisfy them with just a great concept. They are always looking for more in terms of user experience. Now, since the users are taking the lucrative propositions of the app seriously, the competitions multiply, making it essential for you to introduce as many engagement programs as possible, to keep their interest intact.

An average idea with strategic engagement is more likely to succeed, as compared to a brilliant idea with little thoughts put into grabbing customers’ attention.

Mobile app analytics is just one of the means of targeting the desired users. In fact, there are companies which tie-up with famous partners and promote their partnerships to get more downloads. This off-line marketing and collective efforts put into engagement, normally through social media marketing and Search Engine Optimization, also result in the app’s success in the digital space.

In the end, Native Mobile App Development is made easier with the presence of already well-established platforms. Even though the upfront costs thus involved in native app development appear higher, they will benefit you better in the longer run.

How to localize your mobile app successfully?

Posted by: Arul karuppannan Posted on: October 3, 2019 App Localization , Localized Apps , Mobile Application Localization

Launching a mobile app can be exciting. Regardless of what features and functions you have available, you probably want your mobile application to be downloaded by as many users as possible. Building an audience becomes, thus, a primary objective here.

To increase your exposure and visibility, however, your app should be accessible on a global scale. Maximizing your reach and automatically your profitability implies international app availability. Different users from different countries and regions should benefit from a complete and thorough app user experience. To obtain the international popularity you are aiming for, you should invest time and resources into mobile app localization.

What mobile app localization does is allow you to access a global market. Localization, explained in simpler words, is the process of customizing an app to work in more languages than the default.

There are multiple factors that highlight the importance of localizing your mobile app, as well as relevant steps you need to take to handle this project successfully. Here are your must-knows on the subject:

Why proceed with mobile app localization?

Before you go deeper into the topic and learn about the necessary actions to pursue, you should acknowledge why exactly mobile app localization is important. Well, it all comes down to the number of users you want to obtain. The more countries you target, the more downloads your app will benefit from. More downloads equal increased revenue, and ultimately, boosted profitability.

Through localization, you can improve user engagement and satisfaction, attract new audiences, boost your MAU (monthly active users) growth, and get a bigger market share. Localization has been used by all the big brands on the market that have created a mobile app, and this strategy continues to be a smart move for businesses or app developers that wish to obtain global visibility.

Determine which local markets to target

The first step in localizing your app is to select your target markets. The question you will be asking yourself first will probably be: Which languages should I focus on? Just because you can access virtually any international market through localization doesn’t mean you should actually do that.

With each new market explored, you will be investing money and time, and in some cases, it might simply not be worth it. To maximize your finical returns on any investments related to localization, make a wise, informed decision when you are choosing local markets to target.

Start with extensive market research. Discover in which countries it would actually be smart for you to enter. In which countries does a potential market for your specific industry exist? What countries might lack access to this type of application and would find it appealing? What countries are your competitors targeting? In which countries are digital users relying on a Google voice alternative to contact people from your own county? The connection between multiple regions is important. Conduct market research and establish if the conditions are favorable in the regions you have eyed, before doing anything else.

For accurate insights on the matter, you can do the following things:

Check app analytics

An app data analytics tool can help you gain a more in-depth perspective on possible growth directions. If your application has already been released, and you have a user based established, checking your app’s analytics can be a great starting point. See where your most loyal users come from, and use the info to implement localization strategies.

Get statistics about competitors

To exceed your competitors, you first need to know what they are doing. Finding out information about your competitors’ actions will help you make better decisions and reach the most promising foreign markets. You can check statistics online or use digital tools that will provide you with accurate data. You will be able to see in which markets competitors are performing best.

Read reviews

Reading reviews can also come in handy here. Discover what users from different demographics have to say about your app’s functionalities. If you have a fairly large group of users from a specific industry, expanding your reach there would be a wise decision.

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Understand the difference between app localization and app internationalization

Businesses and mobile developers looking into localization possibilities for the first time often confuse localization with internationalization. These two processes depend on one another but demand a different, particular approach.

You already know what localization means, so what does internationalization stand for? This term refers to the process of customizing your code. Preparing apps for localization requires you to go through internalization first. Make your code ready to be modified and released in multiple languages.

It’s important to plan internationalization before the mobile app development process because modifying the code after being already created will be more complicated than preparing it for internationalization from the start.

Handle translations correctly

Translations stand at the base of any app localization project. The purpose here is to provide audiences from different countries with an application they can actually fully understand and use, and translating any block of text is necessary.

Translation errors can affect the image you are trying to create and maintain, so that’s why you need to be thorough with translations and handle them in a professional manner. Relying on Google Translate is an example of a mistake you should avoid here – the results can end up horrifying, affecting your overall image in front of your target audiences.

As specialists from PickWriters suggest, working closely with top translation and localization companies can help you maintain the accuracy and relevance of your written content, regardless of language. There are cultural barriers that need to be considered, and only a professional will be able to tackle potential issues and ensure translations that convey the same meaning as the original text.

By collaborating with someone experienced and qualified, you can avoid problems with cultural differences, you can be certain that your app doesn’t contain anything offensive in certain regions, and all the text throughout the application is free of spelling and grammar mistakes.

Deal with text customization effectively

Getting all of your app’s text translated is usually performed using an HLIFF or HML file. This file includes all of the strings in your app that can be translated into another locale or language. If you are hiring external translators for your localization process, you need to provide guidance on text customization. The people in charge of translation should receive guidelines for different strings and how these are used within your app. Attach comments and explain the context to ensure translation accuracy and relevance.

Asses the specifics of non-string app content as well

Just because you’ve translated all the text in your application doesn’t mean you are done with localization requirements. Non-string content needs to be assessed and optimized for your new audiences as well.

The entire content on your application should fit the new markets. You might be required to change or alter a few elements to better fit the preferences of your new target audiences. Focus on the following things during localization:

Images
Videos
Date format
Numbers
Audio
Currency

Only after each one of these elements has been modified to suit the new languages, you can move on to the next step.

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Optimize app store content

You’re sure of your technology, you’ve prepared your mobile app for international use, but have you worked on the app content as well? An app’s metadata – referring to the content you see on the app store listing – should be optimized accordingly as well. This step is critical in getting the right users to actually download and use the application.

Just as SEO helps a website boost search engine rankings, app store optimization can help you attract your local target group of users.

Describing your app with the help of locally-popular and accurate keywords, for example, will allow you to pop up among the primary results in the app store. Conduct keyword research, and establish which words users from your target markets would normally use to find the type of application you have available. Then optimize your description and include these terms.

Test the app effectively before the international launch

Once you’ve gone through every single step and you’ve localized your mobile app to perfection, it’s time for some standard testing. You should be 100% sure the app runs smoothly before you actually launch it internationally. Perhaps your app works great when you try it on a specific device, but is flawed on another. Two types of testing will help you release a flawless-working application:

Functional testing – determine, using multiple devices, whether users can perform all necessary actions, such as saving, swiping, switching pages, etc.
Linguistic testing – check if all translations have been done correctly. Have a native speaker handle this part of the test, in order to effectively spot cultural faux pas, politically sensitive topic, besides usual language errors.

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Release the mobile application in target countries

After internationalization, localization, and proper testing, you can move to the final step and actually release the mobile application. Publish the localized app in the app store together with the localized app metadata mentioned above. You can easily edit the info in your app to fit a specific language.

Make sure to market the application internationally, as well, and let users from your target regions actually know you have released a localized version. You can use social media and cost per install campaigns for effective marketing.

Bottom line

App localization comes with promising advantages. Regardless of what has determined you to consider this project in the first place, you probably want to carry out the process by the book, from A to Z. Keep in mind the pointers highlighted here, and you will be able to reach the optimal results you desire and gain international visibility.

W2S Solutions Gets Listed In MobileAppDaily’s Exclusive List of Top Mobile App Development Companies

Posted by: Maran kavin Posted on: September 18, 2019 MobileAppDaily , W2S Solutions on MobileAppDaily

MobileAppDaily, a top-notch news & media portal that exclusively covers the mobile app industry has released a list of the best mobile app development companies, which include W2S Solutions. This exclusive list comprises of the top 100 application development companies that are delivering highly innovative and advanced mobile app development services to their clients.

MobileAppDaily chose W2S Solutions because the app development company has delivered exceptional mobile application development services to a wide range of clients consisting of startups, SMEs (Small to Mid-scale Enterprises), and even Fortune 500 companies. Over the years, the company has created an impressive portfolio of many innovative app projects, making them a leading name in the field of mobile app development.

Also, W2S Solutions offers the latest and most advanced app development solutions to its clients. By implementing the top technological trends, W2S Solutions makes sure that its clients receive the best user experience possible.

Highly-skilled app developers and designers at W2S Solutions are trained to go the extra mile to deliver the best outcome possible. This being one of the main reasons MobileAppDaily has included W2S Solutions in their exclusive list of Top Mobile App Development Companies of 2019 and recognized their team as the top mobile app developers in the industry.

MobileAppDaily is a leading tech media house that exclusively covers all news and events related to the mobile app industry. This platform has a lot to offer to its technical audiences such as detailed walkthrough videos of mobile apps, descriptive textual app reviews, press releases, CEO interviews, and latest reports on top app development companies. By delivering high-quality content related to the world of mobile apps, MobileAppDaily now has a reader base of thousands of active tech enthusiasts and app users.

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Why are food and beverage mobile apps getting a fabulous response?

Posted by: Maran kavin Posted on: September 10, 2019 Beverage Apps , Food and Beverage App Development , Food and Beverage Mobile Apps , Food Apps

Increasing influence business influence of mobile apps

Mobile apps are looking to cover everything under the sun. Right from helping you meditate efficiently to conveniently ordering grocery, mobile apps are seeping through our lives. With the increasing popularity of mobile apps, the consistent growth rate tells a lot about the business prospects growth rate and higher profitability that businesses are contemplating with mobile apps in 2019. It is in a matter of absolute concern that with the digitizing world, digital buyers are increasing and markets are making the best possible use of the opportunity. But there is a catch; long term success of a new mobile app is highly dependent on the users it attracts upfront. 80% of the overall customers are gained within the first three months of the release. Food and beverage industry also fears the same hurdle.

Contrastingly, the food and beverage industry is no different and is starting to get entirely captivated by the power of mobile apps, e-commerce, and M-commerce. Leading mobile app development companies are leaving no stone unturned to show up with consistent innovation every time a business needs a classic mobile app. It is an all-new broad scope of business that has realized a great deal of transformation with the help of mobile apps.

Problems faced by the food and beverage industry

Standardization and grading of food products

Until a few years back, ordering lose food from the market generally made customers really reluctant and completely confused. It is because there is no standardization or grading of food products that are sold in loose and causes a considerable risk of:

Harmful exposure
Infection
Degraded quality
Spoiled food
Genuineness of the day

Because there is an only randomized market with no formal regulations, open selling of loose non-vegetarian food items and vegetarian products has sharply diminished. It did not catch the eye of customers. It was a significant turnaround of food businesses that resisted turning towards completely functional, versatile mobile business apps.

Accountability of retailers

Mobile app ordering and doorstep delivery convenience are driving a lot of businesses in the present day. They are also bringing a lot of uncertainties and raise questions in the minds of customers. These questions become persistent and do not find satisfying answers. It becomes a potential reason for customers to bounce off and never come back until business creates a significant reason to do so. Accountability of retailers who are selling those lose products with shorter shelf life was a matter of concern for everyone open to ordering lose food items and beverages.

Formally regularize prices

Open markets of food products and beverages that are generally run by demand and supply rule, and seasonal cash crops availability. Thus, the cruel monopoly and hoarding did not let the food and beverage market remained utterly genuine. People had strong, reasonable notions that made them insecure while paying to anyone whether they were charging a premium or non-deserving price for food or beverage sold in public.

The competitive approach of sales

Aggressive sales approach to the noted practice of raising genetically modified crash crops that helped businesses meant more money. It makes customers even more vulnerable because of no accountability from the retailer or suppliers of this food and beverage products sold in the open. It is a significant risk to the much-needed sense of security among customers and winning trust while billing products.

The shorter shelf life of FMCG products

The shorter shelf life of all kinds of loosely sold food and beverage products is one of the most significant hurdles. It hinders the food and average industry while adopting complete digitization and doorstep delivery. Shorter shelf life causes a minimal amount of losses, Wear and tear and also increases the unit logistic cost. Everyone in central cities, ranging from suppliers to retailers, charge extra. It needs to be severely countered as it will open up a great space for healthy competition that is undoubtedly going to benefit the customers.

Variable profits and market scenario

Depending upon the class of customers, moderately increased logistics for far off places and cheaper rates at sites near the cash crop production area, it remains a highly volatile market. There are variable profits and contrasting market scenarios between popular cities, metros and smaller towns followed by villages.

Reasons why mobile apps are getting a fabulous response in the business of food and beverages industry

One-stop solution

Opening up gateways for e-commerce with the help of mobile apps is a great way to provide an all-round one-stop solution. It counters all the problems that are posed as a hurdle for the food and beverage industry. The challenges faced by the food and beverage industry include:

Price variation
Retailer accountability
Genuineness of quality
Critical operations
Shorter shelf life

Proper quality accreditation

Anyway, start-ups that are looking to establish themselves in the food and beverage industry are very particular about brand reputation. Thus, the quality of food and averages that\ are delivered. Offering excellent customer experience and top quality product delivery, the new-age companies are standardizing their supply and management process with proper quality checks.

Competitive pricing

There is a throat-cutting competition among young start-ups offering the niche service. It leads to competitive pricing that is helping businesses regulate their pricing with data-driven mechanisms. It is a completely win-win situation for all customers. It has been a long said rule that asked business rivals and healthy competition among companies always benefits the customers in the long run.

Doorstep delivery convenience

The convenience because of doorstep delivery of food with the help of ordering process through the mobile app is one of the enormous driving forces behind paranormally increasing popularity of mobile apps. Food and beverage industry is consistently transforming itself into a better, regulated, and much more accountable business landscape. It is offering its customer’s smooth, top quality highly improved doorstep delivery additional to excellent customer experience.

Voluminous sales and retail pattern

Volume sales and consistently magnifying retail trend in the food and beverage industry is helping businesses counter significant problems. These problems include losses due to short shelf life. It is one of the motivations that is pushing the food and beverage industry to quickly turned towards completely digitalized business and offer the incentive of doorstep delivery convenience. Mobile apps are giving a multitude of reasons to customers for turning up towards their app and make the most out of the present in a business proposition.

The future of mobile apps in the food and beverage industry

Upcoming years of saturated competition and food & beverage industry will induce several markets of data from over mobile apps and offer competitive pricing offered by various anonymous but credible vendors. Furthermore, there will be a better, more natural, and highly standardized customer experience. It will include complete information about what is delivered in terms of nutritional, health, and quality-related value to the customer.

Final word

The unlimited scope of capturing the middle to high-class customer base available for a rapidly stabilizing food and beverage industry start-ups is a sure thing. The upcoming years will roll out various other functionalities and more innovative mobile apps when leading mobile app development companies, and better start-up ideas meet. The design should be to build business models and plans for cash-rich oppressions that sustains the trusting building duration of the brand. Mobile apps are offering a great deal of reliability and increased incentives for customers. It allows them to turn up towards completely digitalized food and beverage industry rather than wholesale stores, supermarkets.

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Tried & Tested Tips on Mobile App Security

Posted by: Maran kavin Posted on: August 28, 2019 App Security Tips , Mobile App Security

“Caution; this app can steal your data!” – This thought haunts the minds of your prospective customers before they even download your app. For that matter, everyone is careful of apps which are a security threat. So, an app that you thought was your best product can also stop selling, if you have not worked on securing it against the possible hazards.

What is mobile app security?

The most common security issues on mobile apps are data leakage, broken encryption, mal-handling of sessions, and faulty authorization management. These are some of the crucial areas in mobile app development, and every developer must have to know how to deal with them before the app reaches the users.

Fine, so you understand that mobile app security is essential. Now read on to find out what you should do, to ensure that you deliver a secured mobile app.

Obfuscation & Minification

Obfuscation and minification are familiar terms for any developer, but the importance of these is often underestimated.

As you are aware, obfuscation is done to confuse hackers. Code comments, extra formatting, and unnecessary coding can also make your app vulnerable. Anything that helps make the code readability better can make it easy for hackers too, to decode and manipulate.

Obfuscation makes your code difficult to read. So, despite code vulnerabilities, your obfuscated code won’t be any how easy for hackers to reach.

Minification involves removing useless code, comments, and formatting without affecting the functionality of the mobile app. So, minification is a popular obfuscation technique.

Another way of obfuscation is to prevent tampering with anti-tamper injections. In any event of tampering, the application shuts down automatically and prevents hacking operations.

There are tools which help you with code obfuscation such as ProGuard Java Optimizer, Javaguard, DashO Android, and Java Obfuscator.

Protect API

Securing APIs with the key is very important for the health of your apps. Although many have started using API keys, they must observe simple caution procedures too. You must avoid placing the server key in client code.

Moreover, if you are using the Google Developer Console to create a key, do apply the required restrictions to prevent data theft.

Use of tokens and two-factor authentication is another right way of authorizing apps to collect and post data, on your behalf. Needless to say, authorization and authentication are inevitable for a secure API.

Containerization

Network security is a significant concern of app developers. Using containerization ecosystems such as Docker and Kubernetes, you can completely secure the cloud servers and servers accessed by APIs.

Through containerization, an app is bundled with its libraries, configuration files, and dependencies, to safeguard it against any external threats.

Similarly, for securing your databases, it is wise to use encryption using SSL, TLS, or a virtual private network.

Encrypt Local data

Data stored locally on the device is automatically prone to attacks and security threats.

Many apps collect personal information and financial information of the user. The most sensitive of these are the credit card details and passwords.

Let’s admit, at times apps must store information which is necessary, and sensitive on the other. So, the final solution is to store such data with proper encryption.

App Security Testing

Mobile app security testing is not just a strategy for ensuring app security; it is however a collection of activities and processes.

Broadly, mobile application security testing includes checking for vulnerabilities in authentication, authorization, data security, and session management, etc. Protection against hacking is a crucial objective of mobile app testing. Comprehensive app testing exposes the potential security problems persisting with the app.

Various problems can be identified through effective app testing. It can reveal if there is any inappropriate use of the platform such as, giving app permissions to access unnecessary features like contacts, gallery, etc.

An app stores loads of data. But, app testing should be used to find out if it is even necessary for the app to store all of it! Eliminate the non-essentials, and keep your app clutter-free.

Apps exchange data over the internet. This data must be encrypted for security. So, mobile app testing helps you identify, if your app is using the right data encryption.

Similarly, identify and remove unnecessary third-party code.

Faults in user identification and failing to maintain the user session is a serious security glitch observed in apps. However, security testing can help you detect these.

It is never a good idea to launch your app without thorough testing. Developers who risk taking security testing lightly, lose the trust of their clients.

To Summarize

Recent research by GoodFirms suggests that users give importance to app security. And so they are hesitant to give app permissions to access their device storage, contact list, and location. So, to sell your app, you must build trust among your prospective customers.

I have listed some easy ways to increase your mobile app security. I am sure there are many more ideas for building that perfectly secured app. However, you must do thorough research and select and implement only those which are suitable for your app development project.

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Tips for health care mobile app development that nobody speaks about

Posted by: Maran kavin Posted on: August 19, 2019 Healthcare App Development , Healthcare Mobile Apps , mHealth Apps , Tips for Healthcare App Development

Healthcare & mHealth market in 2019

The pace of maturity and improving scenario of health care mobile app development can be judged accurately based on how quickly the term mHealth has risen to Internet in 2019. Mobile app market has outnumbered various mid-level performing industries and has reached a strong point in its ride towards maturity and establishment.

According to stats, the mHealth market is expected to evaluate around $59 billion till 2020. The numbers are humongous. They are sure to demand attention from various healthcare-related industries and especially the mobile app development fraternity. Investors are taking an immense interest, and entrepreneurs are rocking the cradle of the mHealth market. Underneath, there are a few tips about healthcare mobile app development that nobody really talks about.

Best actionable tips for building top-class health care mobile apps in 2019

Requirement analysis remains the key

It is important to get the fundamentals right. Whether you are making an mHealth app or any other mobile responsive app under the sun, the requirements needs to be crystal clear. Taking all stakeholders into consideration and analyzing their interest results in building a common roadmap, is a genuine way forward. It can lead the ideas towards the firm, and specific requirements that will obviously help you streamline the mHealth app development project.

There are various benefits of having clarity about the need. There is a possibility of a localized approach for building mobile apps. It is all about impacting the life of a millennial generation, their strategy, and hence the ultimate objective should be super clear. Penning down the ultimate motive of your mobile app is one way of getting your requirements crystal clear with absolute clarity on how it should perform while in the market.

Niche is the new trend

The mHealth app market is continuously valving and gaining more and more attention from technology enthusiasts. There is a multitude of projects that are going on with different combinations of niche requirements and versatile capabilities. You do not have to be bothered about anything but making your app search a niche purpose. It can be a mobile app for old age people, specifically women over the youngest people using it.

The requirements, UI/UX and features, functionalities therefore drastically change. It might not look like affecting the market too much, but they have severe repercussions in case something goes wrong. If there had a different approach towards building user stories from the misguided stakeholders’ side.

Focus on third party features

It is always advisable to focus on building high-quality, robust, and scalable isolated functionalities in a mHealth apps, but the other side remains untouched. When people are blindly focusing on building their essential features, the others users can take a competitive edge by allowing third-party options. It includes various other elements that don’t let people log out of your app any sooner. The idea should be to provide all the functionalities within the same app.

For instance, there is a general mHealth app with relevant documents, patient records, and medical history. You can add third-party APIs and features from other Internet resources like insurance verification, planner. It increases the number of functionalities and allow users to access all the options of doctors segregated by their specialty with location-based sorting.

Don’t compromise performance for versatility

The whole mHealth app world is continuously lingering around building comprehensive one-stop solution. It is always great to aim the sky, but the risk increases exponentially. Complicated database, narrowing data capacity, and limited bandwidth generally hampers the overall performance levels. It also ends up degrading the UX of your mHealth app.

There is no end to the scope that lets you add new functionalities to the whole bunch. It is crucial to figure out the right combination of features that often make sure that mHealth app is sufficiently versatile. It should never compromise on performance under any scenario of load-bearing capacity, fall tolerance, or scalability.

Post-development content creation more critical than app development

It is a bitter truth. Inarguably, mobile app engagements can only be done with the help of quality, engaging content, and effective mobile app analytics. The intent should be to streamline your content marketing and mobile app marketing strategies, with the help of data-driven insights and core USP. It is the most essential part of your mHealth app. You might have slipped a bit on the design and development of the mHealth app. Building high-quality, engaging very humane content at the right time, targeting the right set of users can win you the battle.

Nothing substitutes user-based testing

Like any other IT beneficiary industry, the mHealth app market is also reducing the development cost by cutting corners on performing user base testing. It is a blunder committed by almost everyone. You should feed your mobile apps with ample budget and time for finding out the defects. Getting them rectified and again validating should be kept on alarming priority. All this should be done using the mobile app in a fully functional state with a dynamic user population on board. It is one of the most discussed, but least implemented tips. You can certainly gain a competitive edge over others by following the golden advice.

Bottom line

Mobile app marketing and leading mobile app development companies are experiencing a significant boom in their sales pattern with the upcoming trend of mHealth app. Indeed, the extravagance of mobile apps and fingertip convenience is slowly engulfing the healthcare industry. Building better solutions and providing genuine health care services is the need of the hour with ever increasing population for importantly the increasing expectations of customer experience at various levels of the customer base.

Different kinds of users expect different treatment and towards the overall customer experience from your app. It is essential to build a product that drives expectations to a common consensus. It should be capable of gaining traffic in the upcoming years as the mHealth market surpasses huge numbers till 2020.

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React Native vs. Xamarin- An Easy Comparison Guide

Posted by: Maran kavin Posted on: July 10, 2019 Cross Platform App Development , React Native App Development , React Native vs. Xamarin , Xamarin app development

It is well-known among those involved with mobile app development in every way that the most-widely used cross-platform frameworks today are React Native and Xamarin. The community of app developers favors both of these open source frameworks for building robust applications with saving in coding efforts and time.

Cross-Platform App Development Companies have been facilitated to come up with high-performing apps, having the intended features as required by clients, thanks to React Native and Xamarin. These modern frameworks enable developers to roll out mobile apps in a cost-effective way while considerably shortening the app development cycle.

As of 2018, and based on statistics from Stack Overflow Community, both React and Xamarin are in TOP-10 of the most used and loved frameworks.

When it comes to selecting one among these two, there’s no fixed routines. Each mobile development framework is enriched with its own benefits and glitches. Choice of a specific framework depends lot on the context.

What are the Factors that Make React Native Favorable for Cross-Platform App Development Companies?

React Native was launched in 2015 by Facebook When Xamarin was in existence already. Still, it managed to take the global mobile app development market by storm due to the advantage that it allowed coding in JavaScript, the very popular language. Moreover, it is a free tool and its easy learning ensured that most developers started liking it, since its introduction.

React Native allows developers to write a single code with JavaScript, including components for both iOS and Android and facilitates instant preview of the results too. Global organizations such as Facebook, UberEats, and Bloomberg mobile apps have been created with it.

Exclusive React Native Benefits That Drive Developers Toward Building React Native Apps

React Native is Cost-Effective and Allows Code Reuse

Building React Native Apps provide developers the luxury of making use of the same deployment code on Android and iOS programming. It is estimated that more than 90% of the code can be reused between Android and iOS. With only minor modifications, it becomes possible to save development time.

Created by Developer Community

The search by the developer community for an efficient combination of robust and agile React Native environment and remarkable mobile app development, resulted in the advent of React Native. By getting regular skill sharing and consistent knowledge, along with the freely available catalogs, this framework thrived with the support provided by the development community.

Powerful Performance

Adaptable to almost all the types of contemporary mobile devices, React Native leverages the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). On the other hand, other existing native platforms have the propensity toward Central Processing Unit (CPU). The robust performances of React Native is attributed to this fact.

Intuitive and Modular Design

With the modular and intuitive architecture running along the lines of this framework, developers are allowed by the interface to develop on existing projects easily. Creating upgrades and updating of web apps gets more and more easy for the development team. Testing process as well becomes easier. These translate into saving in time that is a huge advantage from the perspective of business.

The Feature of Live Reload

React Native’s ‘live reload’ capability allows viewing the recent changes that have been made to the code in real-time. It is possible to view the code while simultaneously the mobile screen is displayed too. Thus, you get to view changes applied in the code window on your mobile screen in real-time.

What Factors are in Support of Xamarin in Mobile App Development?

Xamarin was launched for resolving the issue of disconnected technology stacks, related to native mobile application development. This open source framework makes use of C# to generate user interface code. Acquired by Microsoft in 106, this framework receives very frequent updates as well as testing among all the modern cross-platform app development frameworks.

The World Bank, Storyo, and Olo are a few of the renowned apps built on the Xamarin framework.

Advantages of Xamarin Cross-Platform App Development

It offers Native-Like UX

It is possible to build great user experience with Xamarin, by using platform-specific UI elements. Xamarin.Forms tool helps creating cross-platform apps for all the modern platforms. UI components get converted at runtime presence into platform-specific interface elements.

One Technology Stack

About 96% of the source code may be reused in Xamarin, as it makes use of C# as well as the .Net framework for developing apps, for Android and iOS platforms. There’s no need for switching between development environments.

Full Hardware Support is Available

Native-like application features are available in Xamarin. Solutions to issues related to hardware compatibility can always be provided using plugins, with platform-specific APIs, and by connecting to native libraries.

Simple to Maintain

Xamarin Apps are easy to maintain and update. By just deploying the updates to the source file, it becomes possible to apply the updates to both Android and iOS apps.

Open Source

After becoming an open source technology, Xamarin has been made available to all businesses having the MIT license, as an element of Visual Studio.

Comparison of Key Features & Capabilities of React Native and Xamarin

Compilation

React Native: For developing iOS apps, React Native takes up the course of interpreting JavaScript code, as Just in Time (JIT) compilation is not possible. While JavaScript may also be used for compiling Android apps, JIT can also be used.
Xamarin: This language makes it possible to use JIT as well as Ahead of time (AOT) compilation. Since JIT compilation is not possible in iOS, Xamarin compiles the app with AOT. On Android, while default is JIT, it is possible to reconfigure for using AOT.

Market Share

React Native: Websites numbering several thousands are using this tool. From start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, numerous organizations are seen to use it to their advantage. Skype, Facebook, and Walmart are a few of the global giants using this tool.
Xamarin: With Microsoft’s backing, Xamarin has been adopted by over 15,000 global companies. In addition to developing cross-platform apps, this allows developers to reuse code. It supports testing and debugging products. A few of the popular apps created using this platform are Story, Foundbite, and CA Mobile.

Development Environment

React Native: Developers are allowed to select their preferred IDE. Expo is used to develop and debug React Native Apps. Hot loading in one exclusive feature that doesn’t require full app reload, after modifying code.
Xamarin: This is more robust as it allows writing code for one platform and compiling it on other. However, a different platform is needed for the build. Xamarin apps were found to be more powerful.

Community & Assistance

React Native: This being a young tool, developer support is smaller. So is depth of knowledge.
Xamarin: There is a great deal of assistance available here.

App Performance

React Native: It provides near-native performance. Building apps is faster.
Xamarin: High-performance apps can be built. App speed is achieved using platform-specific hardware acceleration.

Conclusion

It is well-known that both Xamarin and React Native are proven to be powerful for building high-quality apps. With their own perks as well as limitations, they offer ease of development and support to Cross-Platform App Development Companies. Choice of the framework depends entirely on skill set of developers and their availability.

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Why 2019 is the Best Time to Launch a Secure Healthcare Chat App?

Posted by: Maran kavin Posted on: June 25, 2019 Benefits of Healthcare Apps , Healthcare Chat App Development , Healthcare Mobile Apps

Use of mobile devices, especially Smartphones, has been growing in an exponential manner. Surpassing all other earlier communication forms, mobile technology has attained the niche of being ubiquitous. The Internet and related technologies are progressing in epidemic proportions. Information is being sought after and used in unprecedented ways, thanks to mobile applications.

Taking the cue from several modern industries today, healthcare industry has started leveraging mobility solutions for delivering care. Healthcare Chat Apps are reshaping the healthcare environment, taking care of quality, access to care, and efficiency to the next level.

Chat Apps Development Companies, by utilizing the rapid advancement in Artificial Intelligence, mobile technology, and Big Data, are literally transforming the healthcare delivery paradigm. From appointment booking with physicians to purchasing medicines, separate, dedicated applications have been created that might help users in great many ways. Mobile medical apps, also known as mHealth apps, enable individuals and providers to get connected efficiently.

Why Mobile Healthcare Apps are Considered the Future of Healthcare Industry?

With several benefits and so many unprecedented features expected to be innovated within healthcare apps, the realm of mobile healthcare is being extensively tapped by global healthcare organizations. The trend clearly indicates that all types of healthcare facilities seeks to adopt and develop their own medical apps for many a reasons. The following are a few of the ways in which mobile medical apps help patients and providers:

Immediate access to care is enabled

Digital visits enabled by mHealth applications have replaced the in-home visits. Healthcare-related apps have enabled patients to quickly find a physician in the proximity and audio/video chat instantly. This saves time and efforts, while relieving patients from the risk of potentially harmful physical visits to hospitals in emergencies.

Healthcare mobile apps help providers to constantly keep in touch with patients reliably. Elderly people and individuals facing unexpected medical eventualities are greatly benefited by such interaction capability.

Emergency response is made possible

Specially created apps for emergency management allows individuals, who are in medical distress to avail emergency services and to request urgent medical assistance. In addition to this, medically qualified responders in the near vicinity can be alerted simultaneously.

This facilitates those suffering from unexpected health eventualities to receive critical help from off-duty physicians, paramedics, medical students, and other trained healthcare professionals, even while an ambulance is on its way. Timely first aid or procedures such as CPR can prove to be life saving at times.

Healthcare apps are useful for keeping patients connected

Specifically designed mobile health apps serves the purpose of connecting patients in different locations, who have a common disease or ailment. They are enabled access to the peer-reviewed and personalized information about their medical conditions, symptoms, diagnoses, and treatment. This allows them to arrive at well-informed choices when they talk with their care providers.

Seamless data flow is facilitated

The need for quick and accurate transmission of critical health information in a timely manner is fast increasing. In this condition, the modern healthcare system proves to be a complex network. The constant flow of large volume of critical data between providers and individuals is required to be handled efficiently.

Moreover, administrative personnel too need access to data for accounting and other purposes. HIPAA demands secure data transfer and maintenance of patient information privacy and security. Mobile apps for healthcare facilitate this complex system to move crucial information efficiently, and in secure manner.

What are the Key Benefits of Healthcare mobile apps?

Healthcare applications prove to be life savers in remote areas

Mobile healthcare applications enable those living in far-flung and rural locations to get the best of healthcare services. The wide-spread use of Internet and mobile devices has made people living in any region to have access to on-demand healthcare applications. It has become possible for them to book their physician’s appointments and purchase medications, without taking the trouble of travelling to medical facilities situated in distant places.

Push notifications are helpful in educating people with essential information from time to time.

Patients are showered with several benefits by using healthcare-related apps

Chat Apps Development Companies, by developing different mobile apps for healthcare, enable individuals to find their specialists, schedule appointments, buy medicines and health-related products, and view reports of medical tests. All these activities being facilitated online, patients are relieved from having to spend time and resources, on travel and physical meeting with providers.

Having video chats with providers and discussing health issues are also possible, thanks to mobile apps. Patient engagement is greatly improved and they are more aware of their present medical conditions and about their medications.

Benefits to Healthcare providers and their team

Mobile health apps allow physicians to update the conditions and health information of their patients online on a regular basis. Most of the modern healthcare providers are found to be using mobile technology for delivering care these days. Easy and convenient access to crucial health information increases care quality.

Prescribing process has become digitalized, empowering patients and providers to access prescription information using their mobile devices. Not just physicians, nurses and other medical staff in a hospital setting, can use these apps too. The quick and secure the exchange of medical information through digital means, improves care quality and patient outcomes considerably.

Efficiency and productivity of physicians is increased

Providers are the backbone of healthcare delivery. With the need for maintaining proper records of all the care-related processes and statistics, physicians are require to spend a lot of time on administrative tasks.

With the advent of digital healthcare systems, the time taken for data entry and other routine administrative processes has drastically reduced substantially. This enables providers to spend more time with their patients, thus achieving increased productivity and focus on care delivery.

Key Takeaway

Mobile healthcare applications can be designed to cater to the specific needs of patients, providers, and medical organizations. When developed in a practice-specific manner, these apps can be used for various purposes such as health record documentation, communication between patients and providers, appointment booking, and managing emergency scenarios.

93% of doctors say mobile apps can enhance the quality of patient health.

Wide-spread use of the Internet and easy availability of smartphones, make 2019 the right time for launching healthcare-related applications.

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Why Is React Native The Best Platform To Launch Your MVP?

Posted by: Maran kavin Posted on: June 18, 2019 React Native , React Native App Development , React Native for MVP

With competition all around and surrounded by unforeseen risks and changes, enterprises in the contemporary business ecosystem are faced with challenges. Despite having conceptualized an amazing mobile application idea, entrepreneurs are required to meet up the unexpected eventualities in launching new technologies.

New projects using innovative technologies poses the threat of being rejected or disapproved by users. Global businesses, in the dynamic and fast evolving setting, are forced to show something about their breakthrough product and keep potential investors and customers always engaged. Here’s where a minimum viable product comes to the aid of business organizations.

React Native offers the potential to build applications for Android as well as iOS simultaneously, using a single code base. It proves to be the great starting point for most types of mobile apps.

What is the Role of Minimum Viable Product (MVP) in the Present Mobility Solution Setting?

The concept of minimum viable product has been proven to be very successful in the recent changing times of technology. This problem-centric strategy presents a product’s simplest version with just sufficient features, targeting and attracting early adopters to give the product a try. MVP as an approach is excellent for testing a business mobile app idea and getting it validated from the perspective of actual users.

How Does React Native Fit in Perfectly For Developing MVP apps?

React Native is considered just the perfect platform for building minimum viable products. It is quite common that the initial concept of how a new product must shape up, is frequently strewn with flaws. The very objective of crafting a minimum viable product is finding such flaws quickly and demonstrating that it is worthwhile to build on its back.

In such cases, most of the code gets discarded after the app has been validated. The key focus is on using a tool that helps reducing the complexity, cost, and time to move ahead fast, while being able to make breaking changes for accomplishing validation. React Native helps expedite developing stages into simple mobile experiences with the basic features.

React Native platform uses the same database with regard to different platforms, in building cost-effective MVPs. User interface coming through native views offers a great user experience that’s unmatched. Quick development is enabled when React Native is adopted; a user-centric product could be created.

What are the Factors That Make React Native the Right Choice for MVP applications?

The following are a few of the exclusive advantages offered by React Native for MVP app development:

Availability of pre-built components Expedites the Process

React Native includes an open-source library of pre-built components. This speeds up the mobile app development process, considerably. For certain functions, it allows using the code written by somebody earlier, resulting in saving time and costs.

Code Reusability Offers Enormous Convenience

One of the significant advantages of the React Native framework is the code reusability. With React Native as the platform for MVP App Development, developers do not have to build codes separately for different platforms. Over 90% of the code in React Native may be reused for both Android and iOS. Furthermore, codes written for web app in React can be reused for building mobile applications.

React Native in Enriched with Third-Party Plugin Support

React Native offers two types of effective third-party plugins, namely, JavaScript modules and native modules. React Native allows linking any plugins with third-party modules. This facilitates adding web-based services such as Google Maps to your basic mobile app functionality.

Simplified UI Makes it Easy

React Native enables designing more responsive user interfaces. Best mobile UI is possible when React Native is used for building apps. Moreover, user interfaces designed using React Native provide a smooth feel, while decreasing overall load time. Apps, especially MVPs, are required to provide easy and memorable user interface. This is achieved easily when React Native is adopted for creating the product.

A lot of Libraries and Ready-to-use Solutions are Available

A vast collection of libraries and readymade solutions are available in React Native. These facilitates in quick and efficient mobile app developments. Testing libraries, type checking tools, and state management libraries are a few such supports that expedite the app development process.

Creating a Simple Mobile Experience is Possible

React Native is especially popular and efficient for building your app’s at elementary stages of MVP version, as writing codes in plain JavaScript is allowed here. With state models and components for creating the logic and interface, app development in React Native results in achieving an application with a native feeling. A truly native experience is accomplished.

React Native is a Comprehensive High-Performance Framework

A number of global bigwigs and most digitally exposed organizations have relied on React Native for building their MVP and getting their application scaled, with additional design attributes and features. Not without good reasons. It is a complete and performance-focused framework that facilitates creating the basic functionalities that’s expected in your MVP version quite easily and effectively.

What Factors make React Native a Complete Framework Preferred for MVP App Launch?

When it comes to building MVP apps on multiple mobile platforms, React Native is the natural choice of enterprises and mobile app development companies. It is one of the important flexible, rich, and scalable frameworks that enable creating the basic app version first, get it validated, and then added the other functionalities according to the requirements.

The following are a few of the factors that render React Native an appropriate and complete framework for MVP Launch:

React Native Enables Providing Great UX and Animation

A smooth animation experience and platform-optimized UI are possible with React Native.

React Native Helps Increase Productivity

With a near complete codebase sharing facility across different platforms, React Native ensures quick and great outputs. Coding time is reduced and developers’ productivity is greatly increased.

Faster Development and Adaptable to Changes

Making changes is easy in React native. Code modification during development phase leads to instant recompilation of the app. This helps reduce the time for managing a simulator while making changes.

Conclusion

React Native, when chosen for developing minimum viable products, saves the project a lot of time and resources. It facilitates starting new app ideas and getting the concept of the app successfully validated, so that you may get full-fledged app with custom user experience later.

General benefits such as time and money saving apart, this platform offers flexibility, scalability, and ease of development that are essential in creating MVPs.

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How is BlockChain Useful for the Mobile App Developers?

Posted by: Arul karuppannan Posted on: June 15, 2019 Blockchain , Blockchain Application Development , Blockchain for Mobile App Developers

Mobile app development has been evolving in a regular manner. Several unprecedented advances have been made in mobility solutions, thanks to the progressive and innovative technologies that keep’s coming up. With the advent of blockchain technology—the latest trend in the technological world—especially business transactions via mobile apps have reached unforeseen levels.

With several varied industries attempting to harness the power of blockchain technology for enhancing their processes, mobile application developers are certainly not left behind. Blockchain development is seen to be the next big leap in tech-driven mobility solutions.

This distributed technology has touched the various modern industries ranging from healthcare to banking to mobile app developments, and many others. Offering complete transparency to all processes, this technology, as it does with several other industries and their stakeholders, is about to impact mobile application developers in a big way.

What are the Key Benefits that Make Blockchain Technology so Special for the Mobile App Development Industry?

Blockchain Enables Digital Wallets

Digital wallet applications have gained enormous popularity with the advancement of cryptocurrency. Demand for digital wallet has been found to increase regularly. Not just the tremendous rise in cryptocurrency-based digital wallets, the need for a safer and reliable technology to ensure wallet security also makes blockchain to play a vital role.

2. Digital Identity Applications Will Reach Several Industries

All participants of blockchain have specific identities. This can be achieved by getting the personal information registered on private blockchain, or public network. Blockchain-based identity is strong and reliable. It can be used for personal identification in several organizations such as banks, hospitals, government offices, and others.

Building digital identification management apps has become always possible for industries such as education, insurance, banks, and several others.

Blockchain Helps in Improving the Advertisement Model

Another area that is about to be revamped completely under the blockchain regime is advertising model by developers. Contemporary advertising campaigns involve cost-per-installment model that all developers are obliged to invest in. This is required for reaching the broadest audience possible. Being strewn with factors such as middlemen and policies, the amount realized by developers is comparatively very low.

In future, thanks to blockchain technology, this approach will be replaced by the strategy of cost-per-attention. In this model, users are rewarded by app coins for the specific time that they spend on using the app. This helps eliminate middlemen and thus rewarding users with coins that proves useful for making in-app purchases smoothly and efficiently.

In-app Purchase issues can be Resolved Using Blockchain

Despite the fact that most of the world’s population today owns smartphones, a major portion of them are unable to make in-app purchases due to the lack of necessary payment methods such as credit cards. There is the potential threat of fraud even if users do have credit cards. Moreover, there are deterring factors such as app store fee, bank transfer fee, card processing fee, and gateway fee. These factors continue to eat up a portion of the proceedings involved with the purchases.

The decentralized model of blockchain, when used in purchase transactions, facilitates using app coins for paying the app store. This way, developers stand to get a bigger share. Users will also find making in-app purchases pretty much easier, as they can use app coins as a payment method. This also eliminates the need for including all processes related to credit card payment.

App Approval Will be Streamlined and Made Transparent by Blockchain

Currently, it is the app stores—mainly the two players, namely, Google’s Play Store and Apple’s App Store—that make their own decision about approving apps for sale in their respective stores, or otherwise. Presently, this app approval process is not found to be fair; it proves to be cumbersome and frequently arbitrary.

By using the blockchain model, the app approval process would become better, as it would be performed through a transparent developer reputation system. A separate user ranking method and decentralized public ledger will be used for specific developers individually. This makes the process all the more transparent and fair.

The Environment Gets More Secure

A great magnitude of transparency is achieved while using blockchain technology in mobile app development. With everything recorded, it becomes possible to easily track information for every users. They may view all factors related to the process. Mobile app developers will be better positioned for resolving unique challenges associated with data security and privacy such as HIPAA.

Blockchain Enables Smart Contract System

Blocks in the blockchain have the capability of recording ownership, values, and timestamp. It is also possible to use these blocks on the basis of smart contract systems. The peer-to-peer architecture in the blockchain network ensures that there’s eventually no possibility of data manipulation.

By way of implementing smart contracts in all business deals, customers and businesses will tend to develop better trust and understanding. Smart contracts will be playing a key role in mobile app development related to facilitating transaction authentication among parties. The twin advantages of providing secure and cost-effective way in app development may be achieved by using this system.

Remote Area Penetration Will be High With Blockchain

People living in certain under-developed regions of the world, may be having digital devices such as smartphones, but may be unable to access financial systems such as bank accounts, or other personal credit system. Blockchain will ensure that users having Internet access would be able to establish online mobile wallet in which tokens or coins may be stored and used.

This will enable people living in even remote locations to actively participate in online transactions such as E-Commerce activities, money transfer, and securing loans, without having to bear hefty charges toward services by banks or financial institutions.

What Will be the Positive Impacts of Blockchain on Mobile App Development?

Integration of blockchain into mobility solutions will be the driving factor for boosting productivity and improving efficiency, in several sectors in future. Establishing and authenticating interactions on a peer-to-peer level by app developers using blockchain will become common.

Creation of high-performing, efficient M-Commerce applications that enable smooth online trading between buyers and sellers, across the globe will be achieved. This will eliminate the need for individuals and institutions posing as middlemen, thus savings hefty charges and fees.

The transparency of data and openness of transactions made possible in the mobile applications of the future will help greatly to improve the processes of purchases and sales.

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