Given the trend of growth and availability of mobile Internet, interest in mobile applications is growing every year. Over the past year alone, there have been global changes in the mobile application development market, both in the approach to creation and in functionality. With the expansion of the Internet business, large companies are quite serious about developing mobile applications in order to expand their business and require constantly new ideas from developers.
The Creation of a mobile application for business is an opportunity to get closer to customers, improve the quality of service, work effectively with feedback, and, of course, increase profits through an additional sales channel for your goods or services. But the possibilities of mobile development do not end there.
Imagine that you are the owner of a real estate company. An application developed taking into account the characteristics and needs of this business niche will allow:
From the start of the idea to the final implementation of the creation, the mobile application goes through several stages:
An important stage in the development of a mobile application is the decision on what functionality will be used in the application, what technologies to use, how to create the architecture correctly, and also to fit all this into the agreed development time frame.
I would like to talk about one stage in this article, namely, the design of mobile applications.
It is worth considering that design is not necessary for everyone. It all depends on what tasks are set at the initial stage during its development. A simple application may not need to be designed due to its architecture as a whole. Design is necessary for those applications where it is required to create a unique design, new modules that have no analogues, as well as the integration of a large number of functions and systems that imply complexity.
At the initial stage of designing a mobile application, it is necessary to understand and record the following points:
How to build the interaction of specialists from all departments who work on the project, as well as their number (company resources).
In what time frame is it realistic to launch a mobile application, taking into account the complexity of its functionality.
How the project will develop after its release (long-term development plan).
The stage of designing a mobile application should be divided into several sub-stages, as this requires the knowledge of specialists in several fields. SSo, the development of an application for a mobile phone includes the following stages:
This stage includes drawing up goals for creating an application, defining user scenarios, as well as its SEO promotion after release.
The goals of creating a mobile application. Before starting the development of a mobile application, it is worthwhile to devote time to drawing up the very purpose of creating an application. Here you can ask yourself the most common questions, such as “for whom is the application created?”, “Who will use it?”. A detailed study of such issues helps to understand how further development will take place.
Defining custom scripts. The mobile application will be used by people who want to find a specific solution to their problems and often the most important thing is to do it as quickly as possible. Therefore, at this stage, it is necessary to find out from the customer as much information as possible about their target audience in order to most effectively build a user scenario when designing a mobile application.
SEO promotion of the project. A mobile application makes sense to exist only if it will be downloaded and used. Drawing up a further seo plan for promoting the project will give a clearer idea of the amount of future profits.
Designing the architecture of a mobile application includes the choice of three types, namely:
A native application, is an application developed for a specific platform (ios, android). Native apps are valued for their fast and stable performance, but are difficult to port to other platforms.
Web application. In essence, a web application is a mobile-friendly website. The development of such an application is platform independent, but requires constant access to the Internet.
Hybrid application. As you probably already guessed, the development of a hybrid mobile application includes both the adaptability of the web application and has a shell of the native structure, which gives it advantages in portability to different platforms.
The structure and interface of the mobile application are designed based on the user scenario.
The correct choice of technology determines the entire future application. Depending on the technology, the type of application (native, hybrid or web) is determined, what loads it will withstand, and the possibilities of integration. All this and many other nuances are taken into account at this stage.
A necessary stage in the design as it helps to launch a mobile application in a short time. This saves a lot of the budget, gives an understanding of the correctness of the developed user script and helps to make changes to the created mobile application without additional costs.
The stage at which the exact terms and labor costs allocated for the development of the project are described. Drawing up a long-term development plan helps you plan the total investment required.
This is one of the most frequent questions that customers ask us. And we answer honestly: a simple application can be created in 1-2 months.
But if you need to make the most of the capabilities of a specific operating system (Android / iOS), introduce the company's corporate identity into the user part, implement a dozen or two complex modules, then the development will definitely take more than two or three months. It is possible to say a more accurate deadline for the project only after a detailed study of the technical specifications for the design and programming of the product.
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