A collection of practical tips to follow when building your first mobile app.

1. MAKING
YOUR FIRST
MOBILE APP
8 TIPS FOR

2. These tips are distilled from Kinvey’s eBooks,
“How to Make an App: Android Edition”,
“How to Make an App: iOS Edition”
&
“How to Make an App: HTML5 Edition”

3. #1
Identify a function that improves
people’s lives
DECIDE WHAT
NEW “THING” YOU
WANT TO DO

4. It’s difficult to gain traction on
a stale idea
MAKE SURE YOUR
IDEA DOESN’T
ALREADY EXIST
#2

5. Your app’s feature set should be
as small as possible
KEEP IT SIMPLE
#3

6. Your app’s core functionality informs the
architecture
BUILD A STATIC
PROTOTYPE FIRST
#4

7. Allocate time and budget to design–it
permeates all levels of the app
INVEST IN
QUALITY DESIGN
#5

8. Decide whether you want to deploy on
Android, iOS or HTML5
CONSIDER EACH
PLATFORM’S
PARTICULAR ADVANTAGES
#6

9. If you want Apple or Android to feature
your app, it’s best to use their
newest features
#7
INTEGRATE THE
LATEST OS AND
HARDWARE RELEASES

10. Use the Android,Apple or HTML5 de-
veloper tools to get started
#8
SET UP YOUR
DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENT

11. Check out
“How to Make an App: Android Edition”,
“How to Make an App: iOS Edition”
&
“How to Make an App: HTML5 Edition”
for more tips