Mobile Internet usage is increasing steeply accounting for more than 50 percent of the mobile traffic all around the world. Billions of people are searching for the products and services through the browsers on their smartphones, also now they are able to access the mobile apps on the routine basis.
As the browsing is increasing rapidly, for each IT directors and VP of Engineering it is very important for creating the strategy for the mobile app development. Before beginning the project, there are several considerations to be taken care off.
Having a great idea for developing an app is called to be an big part of the battle, as it is the starting of the process. Here are some important considerations which are important when building a mobile applications :
Know Your Audience
The first consideration that is to be kept in mind while creating an mobile app is reach and understand your targeted users, not only in the terms of statistical data but also in terms of behavior. Topic according to the users and the app intent should be taken into consideration. If you are unsure some great tools like Google Trends and Google Ad words will help.
Involvement of App Development team
To develop a mobile application different techniques and approaches are available which depends on its operating system and intended device. For launching your there are different requirements available on various app stores. This is reason for which your development team must be involved in process early in-order to make sure that the concept being used reach your targeted audience effectively and efficiently and also leads to cost reduction.
The Mobile app development team lets you to determine and decide which approach is best suitable:
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Device performance and optimization
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Security of Apps
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Optimization and performance of the operating system
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API security.
Also they should have complete skill and knowledge of how to build app using agile methodologies. With the process of an agile development, each element of the app development should be performed, ensuring rapid and accurate design, build and events release. Greater communication and cohesion between the project teams and your company is provided by this approach.
Importance of Testing
While developing a website is not an easy task, but creating more secure and user friendly application more than difficult. Testing is the important part of the QA process, means that the time required for designing and building your application could take more than expected.
This is also the another additional reason for the development team involvement in the process as early as possible. Publishing a faulty app and then later fixing the errors and bugs will cost more and also the time duration of the project increases than getting the app publishing at the right app. Launching a faulty app which is not ready to get published can lead to breakdown of user’s trust and issues in adoption.
It doesn’t matter what kind of app you are building, there should be strict and tested QA methodologies. Following functional and non functional issues includes testing which are:
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