The message is simple. Whatever your company does on-field can be aided, and business can be immensely profitable if these services are made mobile.

1. Mobile App
Development
Glance in 7 Steps

2. In the very Beginning
In the very beginning, there lies an idea beneath all the commerce, and all the
potential profit. Now in today’s world, there also comes a mobile app
supplementing the idea (more often than not). Thinking of your own business is also
thinking of how it can be translated onto a mobile platform, and most people simply
grasp at straws when it comes to mobile app development.

3. The global consumer is no longer static. Even if they are, most of them are now
carrying their worlds in their pockets – the ubiquitous smartphone, in addition to
other mobile devices like laptops, tablets and what have you – now carry a very
high volume of user information. These mobile platforms are used by the consumer
to buy, sell, lease, rent, display, interact, inform, be informed and a thousand other
things. The little screen is their gateway to the world, and it is also your gateway
into their lives as a brand.

4. The message
is simple
Whatever your company does on-field
can be aided, and business can be
immensely profitable if these services
are made mobile.

5. There is also a fad for going mobile, yes, but how can YOUR mobile app cut
through the nonsense and surface as a leading competitor, and get a place in their
memory cards? This article aims to underline the salient points of mobile app
development for your business.
Mobile app landscape is thriving and continuing to evolve year after year

6. Step 1: Get a clue

7. We start with something that seems simple, but is nowhere close. The reason why
there are so many startups in the market that simply tank overnight, or invest
wrongly in mobile app development is that of no clear goal, no clear vision.
Ask these questions to yourself: What does your mobile app aim to do? What
structural or other problems does it aim to resolve with its presence on the mobile?
What aspects of your service can it provide, and is that enough?

8. Studying the consumer is equally important. What kind of mobile app are they
expecting from you? Does your mobile app make their life so much easier?
Of course, there will also be competing mobile apps in the market. Get a clue.
Inquire about their operational models, see which mobile apps are doing better on
the user spectrum, and what elements are absolutely essential for your mobile app
to flourish – all of these are crucial for beginning the mobile app development
process.

9. Step 2: The
grand design

10. Planning and other design go hand in hand. If you don’t have ANY idea of what
your mobile app is going to look like, then approaching a developer, or a platform is
going to be a waste of resources – resources not all of us can afford to waste.
So, plan it out. Draw your ideas on a paper if you must. How do you want your
mobile app to look, and behave? What comes first? How is the User Interface (UI)
going to look?

11. When you have these rough ideas on display, they will serve as invaluable
references for the road ahead – you can also compare these on mobile app-
design and other such forums (there are several) for much-needed inspiration, or
simply seeing what you DON’T want.

12. Step 3:
Particulars

13. Now comes the time to dig into things a little technically, and commercially for
getting to the next stage of mobile app development. Apart from finding what niche
of the market your mobile app can satisfy, you also need to see what measures you
can take to monetize your mobile app. Monetization has several modes – from
charging consumers when they download the mobile app to running
advertisements on the mobile app, all options need to be considered.

14. Moreover, finding out the technical specs of your mobile app along with tabulating
the costs of making the mobile app in your head real are essential. Here, expert
opinion counts for a lot.

15. Step 4: Surface-
level Prototyping

16. Here, details are important. From understanding the flow of your mobile app, to
seeing how it works on mobile platforms – the prototyping process is crucial for the
successful launch of your mobile app. There are a few web-based prototyping tools
you can use.
Some of the good ones are InVision, JustinMind, Marvel and so on – for those who
wish to engage in hands-on mobile app development, this is a good place to begin.
Quite a lot of these don’t involve lines of code, are interactive and can be very easy
to use for the upcoming entrepreneur.

17. Step 5: Testing
and Markup

18. Create a markup plan for the developer, now that you have the particulars and the
prototyping frames at hand, so that there is no loss of translation between what you
want and what you get.
Reaching out to your community and getting them to give you feedback on your
mobile app can be a great way to see whether your mobile app development has
been hitting the right notes – if you can get a working model. At least, reviews and
recommendations can help you gain further insight into your market, keeping in
mind your technical capabilities to deliver.

19. Step 6: Enter the Developer

20. All the things discussed in the mobile app development process above have
involved surface-level skinny dipping, or the front-end of your mobile app. We need
to go beyond that now, and come to the skeleton that will prop your app up – the
Back end, and this is where the developer comes in.
Finding an app developer that is reasonable (in terms of pricing, behavior or
otherwise), and can understand your vision is a little difficult. Approaching design
and tech firms can be heavy on the pocket for most independent operators, but it is
always the better option since their services will be targeted, and efficient.

21. If you’re technically sound, and are interested in the mobile app development
process holistically, then you may even consider one of these options – some of
them don’t even require you to sound like a coder’s textbook.
Finding firms that keep you in the loop while your back-end is developed is key, as
it is ultimately your idea that they now have a stake in.
A few names for you to look up: AppMakr, GENWI, Mippin, Mopbase and
MyAppBuilder are all platforms that you can trust and use.

22. Developer or you for that matter, will also have the task of designing all the frames
of your mobile app at this stage – they’re called ‘skins’ – and the flow from one
frame to another has to be streamlined. The developer also adds servers, API’s and
storage based processes to the back-end.

23. Step 7:
Finishing Touches

24. Seeing what your mobile app can handle, how the experience is, and its
effectiveness can be an endless process – something you don’t want the user to
see once the ‘perfected’ version is on the market.
Live testing in iOS and Android environments is very necessary to monitor
performance.
Well, this stage of the mobile app development process mainly involves
troubleshooting and testing – YET AGAIN. Why? Well, we aren’t perfect at any
rate, and quite a few issues only arise when the mobile app is subjected to
rigorous testing.

25. All in all, we hope that this comprehensive overview helped you with getting over
the tentativeness and the fear that can arise when stepping into this dense,
crowded world of mobile app development. However, rest assured that it doesn’t
take much to separate the chaff from the real thing, provided to take these steps to
heart, and combine these with enthusiasm, vigor and a clearly defined vision.
Original source: https://www.code-brew.com/mobile-app-development/
While Google Play is very flexible, keep in mind that Apple reserves the right to
review and approve your app before it hits the marketplace. To understand user
feedback in the infantile stages of your app launch, you can also test them in
‘safer’ groups, like lead users etc.

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