Your Ultimate Guide to Mobile App Development
The process of creating software for a mobile device (smartphones, tablets, and wearable) is known as mobile app development. However, app development is more than just inserting codes for a native, HTML5, or hybrid app. It’s all about the strategic process identifying, designing, developing, and releasing a successful mobile app.
Mobile app consumption is on the rise. In recent past years, every business develop its mobile app for better services delivery and customer acquisition. It’s always beneficial to design and develop a quality mobile app to boost tour business. This will lead to achieving expected results related to future growth and sales.
Global app downloads totaled 194 billion in 2018, according to App Annie’s State of Mobile 2019 report. The customer spends more than $101 billion on app stores. Firms having their mobile app achieve 300 percent increase in their IPO worth. So now it’s investable for the businesses to must have their own unique user’s oriented App.
By the end of 2021, the global mobile app industry is predicted to be worth $6.3 trillion, with app income expected to increase by 113% to $188 billion. These figures are enough to justify the importance of mobile app development. After all, your rivals are already doing it.
Agile Development Making Wonders
Agile software development refers to app development techniques based on continuous improvement in which requirements and solutions change via cooperation among self-organizing cross-functional teams. The agile development methodology is one of the best option for developing an app. We at Techreneur always give preference to this method of app development. Here are the top benefits of Agile Development.
- Accept changing needs, especially if occur later in the development process.
- Developers and business clients work together based on daily communication. (Continuous chat & support).
- Sustainable application development that is long-term.
- Constant focus on technical excellence.
- Self-organizing teams that produce the best app architectures, designs, and requirements.
Regardless of the size or scale of your project, the mobile app development process will based on the following key steps.
- Strategy Formation
- Analysis & Planning Phase
- UI/UX Design
- App Development
- App Testing/QA
- Deployment / Support
Strategy Formation
The initial step is to make a perfect plan for developing your app. It’s an essential step in the mobile app development process to define your plan for turning your idea into a successful app. Although the objectives of one app may differ from those of another, there is still an app-specific impact on the mobility strategy that must be addressed during the development process. Every member of the app development project must know the entire strategy and its role for efficient development. This phase includes the following essential steps.
- Identification of app users
- Research your Competitors
- Establishing the app goals and objectives
- Selecting the mobile platform for your app
- Analysis & Planning Phase
At this point, your app development concept begins to take shape and develops into a full-fledged development project. The process of analysis and planning begins with the definition of use cases and the capture of precise functional requirements.
Prepare a product plan when you’ve determined the needs for your app. This includes prioritizing the needs for the mobile app and categorizing them into delivery milestones. If time, resources, or money are an issue, identify your minimum feasible product (MVP) and prioritize it for the initial launch.
This phase also includes the identification of skilled talent for the preparation of a comprehensive plan that will deliver expected results. If you want to create a mobile app for both the iOS and Android platforms, your mobile project team should comprise iOS and Android developers. This step is based on the following key factors.
- Precise Product Roadmap formation
- Allocate teams for iOS & Android development
- Assigning tasks to each developer
UI/UX Design Formation
The objective of mobile app UI / UX design is to provide outstanding user experiences that make your app dynamic, intuitive, and easy to use. The goal of app design is to offer smooth and intuitive user experiences with a professional aesthetic look. Design is the face of any app. It’s the key to attract new users. The viability of a mobile app is defined by how successfully users embrace and utilize all of its features.
Make sure that UI/UX is simple and appeals to users when they log in or use the app. For app designers, making sketches on paper is a common starting point. Wireframes are a type of digital drawing. Wireframes, also known as low-fidelity prototypes, offer visual structure and conceptual layouts of your app. Following are the important key factors to keep in mind while designing the UI/UX of an App.
- Design Architecture formation
- Wireframes and prototypes creation (Design Mockups)
- Selection specific font family & Color scheme
- Style guide and design strategy
App Development
Any mobile app project is based on the three essential integral parts. This includes (a) defining out the app technical structure (b) Picking up the technology stack (c) Realization of small development milestones. An app development process is subject to the following details.
- Mobile App Backend
- Mobile App Frontend
The backend contains the database and server-side data required for any mobile app’s development operations. If you’re utilizing an existing back-end platform, you may need to make some changes to accommodate the necessary mobile capabilities.
The native mobile app is utilized by an end-user will work as the front end. Most mobile applications are interactive user experiences that employ an API and a back-end to manage data. When an app has to allow users to function without internet connectivity in some circumstances, the program may employ local data storage.
Swift programming languages are used to create iOS apps. Android apps are often written in Java or Kotlin.
QA & Testing
It’s always essential to perform QA/Testing of each app that you developed. Involving your QA team in the Modelling and Analysis stages is a recommended practice. Familiarity with your app’s functional requirements and objectives will help in creating realistic test cases. To provide a high-quality mobility solution, your app should go through the following testing procedures.
- User Experience Testing of App
- App Functional Testing
- Performance Testing
- App Security Protocols
- Platform compatibility Testing
Testing is critical for an app’s future success; it accounts for a significant portion of your entire mobile app development process. A complete mobile testing approach is required for producing a high-quality mobile app. There are several methods for sending your app development builds to testers throughout the testing phase.
Deployment & Support
To release a native mobile app, you must submit it to the app stores. Apple App Store for iOS applications and Google Play for Android apps. However, before you can launch your mobile app, do create a developer account in Apple App Store and also in Google Play Store. You need to put the following data while publishing an app on the App store.
- App Title
- App Description
- App Category
- Keywords/Important tags for the APP search
- App Icon
- App store screenshots
Do offer initial support to your clients. This will help you to build your brand’s positive image in the community. App development is an ongoing process. It involves the above-mentioned steps to achieve the expected results related to development.
