Do you remember the pre historic or the the pre-smartphone era that used to exist? We expect you don’t need a time machine in order to remember what mobility used to look like in 2006. Back then, Windows, Symbian, and Blackberry had been slowly supplying the mobile market with so-called pocket personal computers .– These devices used to be clunky, unattractive, enabled with a physical QWERTY keyboard and sometimes even a stylus. You might have had one of those. Early smartphones focused strictly and mainly answered users queries to being productive. Consequently, there was one problem that plagued the minds of hardware and software providers: how to fit more into one this tiny device?

They were doing quite well. We had Twitter and email, Internet browser, Microsoft Word, as well as more or less some apps  and many more handy features. But the informative websites were not responsive, mobile Internet was slow and pathetic, and people still used to sit down at their full-size PCs for a task that took longer than five minutes. Basically, the usability and efficiency was not always being considered at all – together with developers’ freedom. This was a heavily restrictive and isolated world to operate in.

Let’s get straight to the point, talk about the pros of android development:

Pros and Cons of Android App Development

Pros of Android development

When talking about what Android does well, you can’t avoid the comparison with its partner in duopoly –  Apple. Let’s analyze how Android is beneficial to developers and where it beats or ties with iOS.

Simple app acceptance process

Apple App Store is known to be very picky and selective about its published apps. While sharing similar guidelines and mandates and uses, Google and Apple have always had a more or less different approach towards quality assurance. App Store’s approval process can be tedious and demanding, but the Google review system favors almost everyone.  This is true for as long as you don’t violate its main content policies. Apple, however, evaluates apps more stringently – there are bugs, crashes, UI inconsistencies, and broken links the system will not accept your app.

While meticulous reviews and critical reviews are not inherently bad, they mean that developers must first spend thousands of dollars with a risk of being denied by the platform. Google’s openness to new as well as emerging content allows you to release a minimum viable product or an early version of your app and this helps to gain and gather feedback. This provides you with a Kickstarter audience a sneak peek.

Hardware independence

Among the things required to develop,  Android apps, and the underlying hardware  should not be a concern to you. Or will be your least concern. Android development is has always been done or conducted on Java which makes the process cross-platform. Android Studio, Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, Fabric, and many more Android development tools and IDEs are used and can be used to be downloaded on Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. Building iOS apps require using a Mac or a virtual machine.

Java and Kotlin as programming languages

Android has two officially supported programming languages – Java as well as Kotlin. The first has always  been the beloved language for two decades already and named 5th most popular technology in 2018. Java has been developed to be an  object-oriented, cross-platform language that’s used everywhere from fintech startups to data analytics initiatives. Web, desktop, mobile, IoT products – all can be powered by Java, which pros and cons we’ve recently explored in a separate blog post. Java’s popularity will allow you to easily find skilled Android developers on the market or even within your tech team.

As for Kotlin, it’s another highly-praised technology. It’s not exactly a language per se, but moreto be like a new coding approach that is purely based on Java. It takes all the complexity as well as the verbosity from Java and makes the whole app writing process faster and more enjoyable. Any Java developer can master Kotlin in no time, but it’s not necessary unless you have a little extra time to invest in migrating to a new process. Another good thing is that Kotlin and Java (see what we did there?) are completely interoperable and can be freely used at the same time.

It makes sense for mentioning this point that Java and Kotlin are not the only – albeit official – options. Android Studio, for instance, also supports other languages such as C and C++. Both of these are more complicated than Java but can be handy in certain cases, such as gaming apps. Besides, if we consider the cross-platform tools, the language pool is even bigger – there’s C# in Xamarin, JavaScript in PhoneGap, and Dart in Flutter.

Recommended Read: 7 Key Importance of Android app development for any Business

Learning resources

If you ever had to deal with Google documentation that exists of any kind, you know what level we’re talking about. Apart from the massive amount of information that is found  on the web, Google offers its own Android dev training modules and tutorials  for beginners, experienced engineers, and even special cases that require deeper knowledge. Materials are well-structured, and detailed enabled with graphics, animations, and explainer videos, along with some interactive exercises.

As of now, the training includes three streams: Android dev fundamentals, Kotlin boot camp, and native apps with Flutter.

Besides, programmers can receive official Google Developers Certification. The one-time exam costs $149, takes 8 hours to finish, and tests a person’s practical knowledge based on self-study materials provided by Google.

Cons of Android development

You’ll soon see that the main challenges with Android development come down to a few of its characteristics that can also be considered advantages. Let’s see what they are.

Android users spending habits

Numerous research that has taken place will tell you that Apple users spend way more on their apps than Android enthusiasts. Statista claims that App Store takes more than 60 percent of all mobile spendings while Google Play lags behind with a little over 30 percent.

Not only does it concern app downloads, but also in-app purchases. The reasons for that may be one or several of the following:

• The overpowering number of Google Play apps that exists has always been leading to a long list of alternatives for paid or freemium programs. Users simply can find more free apps  comparatively to the other similar to the paid ones
• Android and iOS has always known to share different demographics. Most Apple fans are located in North America, Australia, and Northern Europe, while Android is increasingly popular in lower-income countries
• During its long acceptance process, Apple removes out the possibilities of a buggy apps with the poor user experience making on its store. Therefore, more quality apps reach App Store top charts inducing users to pay up
• Many Android apps can be prone to bugs due to the big number of devices and active users of older operating systems on the market. Developers have to spend more time to thoroughly test apps on all models, which is often impossible. We will talk about it further.

For a developer or a programmer , all this means that you have to look for additional app monetization methods that does not involve or is based on traditional app purchases.

And since we’re talking about competitors, Google Play is not the only store distributing Android apps. Amazon App Store allows you to share the same apps for Kindle Fire Tablet and Fire TV and the platform currently has about 400k available apps. Also, there’s the Samsung Galaxy Apps shop that offers special discounts for Galaxy smartphone owners. If you’re planning to cover the full mobile market, it makes sense to research distribution on these and other platforms.

Security issues

Although Android’s open-source nature is a blessing for developers, it can also be a curse. While malware and hacks target millions of Android users almost weekly, Google quickly releases security patches.

OS adoption fragmentation

Testing for Android is a big, fat con. The range of operating systems is large and one of the challenges related to app customization.

Copyright problems

Earlier we made a point that Google takes less time checking and accepting apps to Google Play, which means that you can release your MVP way to be much easier and suitable  compared to App Store. However, there’s another side to this advantage. First, Google doesn’t conduct a thorough patent or any kind of copyright infringement checks which means that you can unknowingly post a program that includes features or content already used in another product. Second, you can suffer from copyright infringement yourself when Google Play releases an app that repeats your unique solutions.

Also Read: 5 Steps involved in Android App Development Process

Conclusion:

So now you know that any app development has its own set of pros and cons(Pros and Cons of Android App Development). You need to ascertain what features do you want in your project and how the app should behave. We hope you liked this article. If you are looking to hire android developers for your project then do contact us at enquiry@nimapinfotech.com with your requirements. We have expert developers ready to onboard your project with a full satisfaction guarantee.

Read More: How to Build a Budget-Friendly Mobile App for your Business?

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Conclusion

We have listed down the top 8 Mistakes to Avoid While Developing Mobile Application. If you have any requirements to develop an app, contact us at enquiry@nimapinfotech.com. We have experienced a team of developers ready to onboard your project with full satisfaction guarantee.

Swift programming language developed by Apple Inc. for iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and Linux. Swift is designed to work with Apple’s Cocoa and Cocoa Touch frameworks and the large body of existing Objective-C (ObjC) code written for Apple products. It is built with the open-source LLVM compiler framework and has been included in Xcode since version 6. With more than 700 million iPhones currently in use, iOS is the second-most popular mobile platform world over. While Android may be at an advantage worldwide market-share wise, in regions, like the US, France and the UK, Apple devices continue to dominate the market. This is why, so many businesses focus solely on iOS platforms for their software products, as they see it is as their key investment opportunity.

If you are one of those businesses looking to follow the iOS app development, then you have a critical decision to make. That is of choosing the right tech stack for your product. What are you gonna go for? If it is the native development instead of cross-platform, then which language will you use? The good ole Objective-C or Swift programming language?

Apple had first introduced Swift as a second official language for macOS, watchOS, tvOS and iOS development  way back in 2014

Despite being very young, Swift made its way up from the ‘Apple’s experiment’ status to the 11’s place in TIOBE’s listing of the world’s most popular programming languages. Ranking 7 positions higher than its older brother or predecessor Objective-C, Swift proves to have completed its initial mission.

Here let’s take at the advantages that helped Swift become a major programming language for iOS app development. We will also analyze the disadvantages that may still hold it back.

Pros and Cons of Swift

Pros of using Swift for iOS development

Transparency

When compared to the syntax of Objective-C, it is closer to the notoriously intimidating syntax of C. Swift owes a lot to the syntaxes of much more elegant Ruby, Python and C#. The language is easily readable, since all of its expressions have transparent meanings, and is very simple to learn. In fact, Apple has been so confident in the simplicity of Swift, they encourage kids to create apps on it via games on Playgrounds.

But there’s more to Swift’s simplicity than being kid-friendly. The transparency that the code provides, enables scaling up any development project easily. New team members can shortly catch up on existing app code and start contributing to it faster than they would do with an Objective-C app.

Conciseness

One of the aims Swift developers pursued was to make the language less verbose or clunky. Thanks to its string interpolation alone, Swift has been capable of reducing the Objective-C mobile app code by almost 70%. A self-explanatory example is a Lyft app, which lost 2/3 of its initial 75,000 code lines after being rewritten on Swift. Less code always states that it causes faster development and testing, cheaper maintenance, as well as fewer resources required for any of these tasks.

Automatic memory management

To achieve the best app performance as well as avoid memory leaks. Swift employs Automatic Reference Counting across all APIs. In other words, it handles memory on its own, enabling the most efficient resource consumption. No manual memory settings are needed. All of this while making the necessary adjustments developers are guided and supported by Swift’s convenient tools.

Safety

Unlike Objective-C, Swift is a strongly and statically typed language, which allows developers to notice bugs prior to compilation and fix them on the fly. Moreover, Swift has smart null-pointer safety measures that prevent compiling errors due to null references.

Interoperability with Objective-C

Although this is not an outright advantage over Objective-C, it definitely merits on its own. Swift isn’t to completely replace Objective-C. It will stay a part of many mobile apps that will need maintenance in the future. The new iOS development language is fully interoperable with its predecessor and can coexist with it in one app, file or code line.

Swift is Brief

One of the aims of Swift developers was to make the language concise. Owing to string interpolation alone, Swift is capable enough to reduce the Objective-C mobile app code by almost 70 percent. Less code means faster development and testing- thus cheaper maintenance and less resource expended.

Easily scalable

The transparency in its code leads to a faster development time. In addition to that, you also get a product that is “future-proof” and can be added with new features. This leads to easier scalability. Plus, for your long-term investments, you need to consider that Apple is more likely to support Swift rather than Objective-C.

Recommended Read: Swift vs Objective C: Which one is better for iOS App Development?

Cons of using Swift for iOS development

Speed

The actual swiftness of iOS Swift development has been a controversial issue since version 1.0, mainly because the initial results weren’t that impressive. But the language has evolved a lot since then, and performance tests results aren’t frustrating anymore. Still, while Apple continues to claim that Swift is 2 times faster than Objective-C.  Actual tests don’t back up this statement.

When compared to Java in benchmark task performance.  Swift does get the upper hand in six tests, shares almost the same result with Java in two tests, and loses to it only in two tests as well. Yet when Objective-C is Swift’s rival, the speed difference between the two is hard to notice.

No backward compatibility… yet

The language is radically evolving and is somewhat unstable since currently, each new version of Swift does not support the previous one. This means that apps written in Swift 1.0 and 1.2 can’t be maintained in Swift 3.0 and can already be considered history. However, Swift 4.0 seems to be finally turning the situation around and providing support for Swift 3.0. So, soon there’ll be no need to worry about backward compatibility.

Also Read: Importance Of Developing iOS Application For Your Business

Conclusion

Swift has introduced many advantages to iOS development:

    its conciseness makes mobile apps more lightweight,

    the simplicity enables fast project upscale,

    full interoperability with Objective-C enables convenient maintenance or further development of previous projects.

Just like Kotlin for Android development, Swift simply needs time to mature. Hopefully, with a couple of further releases, Swift will achieve its declared performance speed and become a completely stable development tool.

So this was a blog on Pros and Cons of Swift.

Many entrepreneurs as well as business owners think that it takes a fortune to develop an intuitive mobile app, but that’s not true. The cost of developing a mobile app depends upon many factors. Let’s see each of them in detail.

1. You need to Set Clear Goals

First things first, you got to set clear goals for yourself to ensure the mobile app development cost remains within your budget. You need to make sure that you have defined your business goals and what you want to achieve using the mobile app.

Here’s a quick checklist of the questions you should ask yourself before getting started:

• Who is going to use my app? What is my target audience?
• Why should my clients (or potential customers) download and use my app?
• How is it going to help my customers?
• What specific problem the app is going to solve for my customers?
• What are the short-term and long-term returns?
• Who are my competitors? Do they have an app for their business? If yes, what unique features it has?

It will help you a lot if you do a little market research to get the answer to the above questions. From the answers, you’ll get the following high-level information:

• Your target audience and the competition
• A list of essential features and unique functionalities of the app
• A solid monetization plan based

You will need to save this information as the developers would need it in the future for better planning of the development process.

As Kim Perell, the CEO of Amobee, says: It’s about what you want to achieve. Without a clear vision, you don’t know what goals to set or what actions to take. You need to be exactingly clear about what you want.

2. Determine the Right Pricing Model

The next step for you will be that you will need to decide the right pricing model for your mobile app development project. Should you go for a fixed pricing model or design on for paying on hourly rates? Well, this entirely depends on the scope and requirements of the project.

Since you have got a limited budget, a fixed pricing model may sound a pretty reasonable option. However, one of the major and significant downsides of this model is the constraints it puts on the project.

In the fixed pricing model, you are not able to modify or add new requirements once the contract is signed. If you want to make any modifications, you will have to pay extra charges to the developers.

On top of that, many mobile app development companies would add extra cost in the bid amount to avoid getting undercharged. This means you can easily pay extra in the fixed pricing model.

Another option is to go for a Fixed-Budget Model that is always preferable. In this pricing model, you do the market study mentioned in the first step, be upfront for the budget and app priorities. Your development partner will think over your requirements as well as your budget constraints and provide you with the best possible options.

One of the main benefits that this model can provide you is that you get a custom business app to get going and make modifications further as you receive customer feedback.

3. Choose the Right Mobile Platform

You will need to decide whether to build your mobile app for Android phones or iPhones. Well, if you want to serve the broader market, then you will need to develop an app for both platforms. However, budget-wise, it will be in your best interest to choose either Android or iOS.

The data you’ve collected resulting from your target audience research would help you. You need to perform a competitive analysis to identify which platform is most prevalent. If there are more Android users than iPhone, you might want to develop an android app first.

4. Prioritize the Features Based on Cost and Users Needs

Some features and app functionalities may require you to invest more time and budget.

For example, if you want to sell products through your mobile app, incorporating a payment system is a must. It can be expensive and time-consuming to code the payment gateway system. You can’t ditch this feature just because it’s costly.

This is why you need to prioritize the app features and functionalities based on development cost and user needs. You need to and always strive for building a low-cost, high-functioning app that has all the essential elements for product success.

Here’s an example of how to prioritize an e-commerce app:

Critical Features:

• Registration using social media or email
• Product catalog & product sharing
• Secure payment gateway

Important Features:

• Custom search function, filters
• Gift options
• Digital wallets integration

Additional Features:

• Send notifications on mobile
• Multiple payment options
• Advanced profile settings

If you want to build an e-commerce app, you can and are able to cut costs on additional features. You must have essential features like customer sign-up and payment options.
 

Recommended Read: Strategies to Reduce Mobile App Development Cost for Startups in 2020

5. Get an MVP

MVP also is known as Minimum Viable Product can prove to be a great option if incorporating essential features in your mobile app is going to cost you significantly more than your ideal budget. An MVP is nothing but a launch-product with limited important functionalities, which is available for users to download.

MVP allows you to collect valuable data and feedback from early adopters and embracers, validate your idea and initial assumptions and analyze the market needs.

This data will help you save time and money while reducing the risk of high investment into the actual product.

6. Don’t Go for Hybrid Apps

Hybrid apps are designed to be much cheaper and faster to develop and provide a better alternative to MVP. However, don’t rush for it just yet. Hybrid apps provide you with limited features, and they won’t be able to take your business too far.

It’s hard to incorporate advanced functionalities into hybrid apps. Even if you get a full-fledged hybrid app, it won’t be stable and will require maintenance now and then. This is a drawback for you. Plus, there is not much room for improvements as well as any kind of modifications in the hybrid apps.

You may initially invest low into the hybrid apps, but it proves to not be a  viable or feasible option in the longer run. That’s why you need to invest in native apps instead of hybrid apps.

7. Find an Agile Partner

Should you hire a freelancer/s or outsource your project to a mobile app development company? If you want your mobile app to be successful, it would be best in your favor to partner with an app development company.

For most of us, it would look like a budget-friendly option to hire a freelancer. However, the chances are high that you can shell out more and you might end up paying more to the freelancer.

When you hire a freelancer or a team of freelancers, you need to continually collaborate and coordinate with them to ensure your project is on track. Sometimes, the project timeline can also extend and this is beyoud control, and even though you’re paying less per hour, you may end up spending more with the extended deadline.

Also Read: What are the new trends in mobile development application

Conclusion

Developing a custom mobile app takes a lot of time, effort, money, and energy. Mobile development companies know the business processes, and they are able to easily understand your needs.

It will speed up the development process and help you bring your product to the market much faster. And, you don’t even have to worry about exceeding the budget. If you are looking to Build a Budget-Friendly Mobile App then contact us at enquiry@nimapinfotech.com with your requirements. We have the most talented pool of developers ready to onboard your project within your budget and time constraints.

Firstly, the digitally connected world has brought us an unprecedented growth opportunity for the mobile app development ecosystem. When everyone is hooked up to their mobile screens. It is natural for companies to invest in mobile app development for targeting their prospects.

Secondly,  how to improve ROI from app development efforts? The answer is in using big data and analytics for taking smart and informed decisions. This is done for the design and development of mobile application solutions.

Big Data can be used for improving the mobile app development process

Data is in abundance nowadays. Millions of bytes get transmitted to and fro between customers and businesses every day. Developers can make use of this data to create more engaging and intuitive applications.

Particularly, with a large number of connected devices, the amount of data every individual produce has crossed many bounds. Developers, to make apps more useful, require this data to be available in a structured form.

As the total data produced will cross the zettabyte level in a few years. Big data analytics is always required to be in the limelight for high-level analytics. You can derive valuable insights from the vast pool of data.

In addition, Big data can augment the process of creating innovative mobile apps for the future by helping mobile app developers in:
 

Developing customer-centric mobile applications

In other words, it is a known fact that apps that are user-friendly, fast and relevant to user requirements are more successful. With the help of big data, mobile app development companies will be able to analyze a customer’s experience. This is done to align the apps to their needs.

Big data analysis helps developers as well as programmers in order to understand what a customer really wants and his/her app usage behavior. This will help them create interactive experiences for the end-users, which will keep them hooked to the apps for long.
 

Fine-tuning user experience analytics

For an app to succeed, it should be a delight or please its users. For the same, an analysis of customer experiences is essential. In my opinion, with big data in pictures, mobile app developers can evaluate user behavior in detail. This helps in understanding the things to focus on while designing UI/UX during app development.

In conclusion, even for the development of a new mobile app, developers can analyze user behavior on similar apps. Spearhead the process of creating a great user experience (UX).

Recommended Read: How AI and ML have Revamped Mobile App Development Industry

Smart marketing

Big data analytics is paving or creating a new way for app marketing via business intelligence. Marketers are currently using big data analytics in order to target users more professionally. This can achieve efficiencies like never before. Using smart insights gathered using big data, mobile app developers as wells many different companies can extract meaningful conclusions. This is done for the data they gather from mobile app users.

To make app marketing campaigns more meaningful, mobile app development companies can leverage big data which can help in:

• Enjoying greater control as well as isolation over external factors by understanding, correlating and assembling app usage data.
• Extracting deep insights and information about user experience for being more relevant to the user’s demands & requirements.
• Predicting future app usage and measuring the success using predictive analytics.
• Creating detailed user experience maps in order to enable designing intuitive mobile app user interface

Big data powered future of mobile app development

The potential impact of big data analytics that it has on the mobile app development domain is going to be massive in the coming years.  There will be incremental growth in excess of $164 billion by the end of 2023.

In light of, the growth trajectory already speeding up, big data analytics have the power to make the mobile app development ecosystem a truly useful resource for greater business impact. Not only will big data help in making informed and correct decisions regarding mobile app development. Particularly, it can even help organizations in hiring mobile app developers more efficiently. Organizations can gauge development experience by a developer’s ability to leverage big data for delivering better customer experience.
 

Wrapping up

In conclusion, mobile app users becoming more considerate and aware of which app to use and which one to ditch. Big data can really be helpful and serve as a potent weapon in the arsenal of mobile app developers. If you are truly looking to modernize your app development process, harnessing the power of big data can prove out to be a useful tactic.

Also Read: Strategies to Reduce Mobile App Development Cost for Startups in 2020

One of the most commonly asked questions in the world of mobile app development is How to reduce mobile app development costs?

There’s no doubt that the world is rapidly going mobile. There’s a mad race going on among businesses to outsmart one another in the market. That said, building a brand new mobile app can be an expensive affair. Especially for startups due to limited capital and resources. But that should not stop startups to join the bandwagon and reap their benefits.

We have some great strategies to help you reduce app development cost. These strategies will help you to develop your mobile development strategy.

Let’s take a look at them:

Have a Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

Startup MVP development is the most effective and widely used method to develop apps at considerably cheaper costs. A Minimum Viable App is a prototype containing the designs and essential features of the app. Instead of spending dollars and time in making the app at first attempt, businesses get an MVP built and release it publicly and use it use to raise money for their app. Due to this, more and more startups are accepting MVP as the preferred method to cut mobile app development costs.

Focus on essential features

The intent behind building a business app is to make users’ lives easier than ever, so they can make transactions and perform daily operations at their fingertips. But, if you’re of the opinion that bombarding the app with too many features is a good idea, think again! There is no point in increasing the overall expense by adding extra features, just stay on the necessary features and functionalities for starters.

Regular troubleshooting

You are going to handle bug fixes and constant improvements even after the app is launched, so regular troubleshooting plays a vital role in mobile app development. It makes sense to hire an expert who can take care of the constant improvements and fixes. Trust me, hiring an expert team of testers will be the best investment you will ever make for your startup.

Cross-platform development

Ask any startup guru, developing a mobile app for a single platform isn’t going to be the best bet for your business. Cross-platform mobile app development allows you to use a single code base across multiple platforms, thus saving you extra costs and time.

Simple UI/UX

Going for simple and elegant designs is a sure-shot way to reduce mobile app development costs. Startups don’t want to confuse users with complex designs but are rather aiming for simple and minimal UI designs for clarity purposes and cutting design costs.

Use templates and open-source frameworks

Building an app from scratch isn’t always the most feasible option for startups due to monetary constraints. So templates are the most convenient and the best way to reduce the cost of app development. Plus, there are free open source frameworks that enable developers to use standardized APIs, Slash the overall mobile app development costs.

Also Read: How AI and ML have Revamped Mobile App Development Industry

Agile methodology

Agile methodology is an iterative approach allowing developers to make changes ‘as and when required’ as opposed to the traditional way where the product is built completely first, then tested by a team of Quality Analysts. Thus, agile methodology is both cost-effective and time-saving.

Outsourcing

Putting together a team of professionals with sound knowledge and expertise will incur high costs. Hiring resources for a single or limited project/s isn’t a great idea from the money point of view. Consider outsourcing mobile app development services from a well-known service provider. It wouldn’t just allow you to leverage the skills and experience of experts in a well-established team. But will also be truly cost-effective.

Read More: Ways to Select the Best Technology Stack for Mobile Development

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I am hopeful that these strategies will definitely help startups to slash down the mobile app development costs by a big margin.

That’s all for now.

Flutter has emerged as the main platform to develop cross platform apps. The environment supports a single code base for designing apps that are both Android and iOS compatible. Flutter has already won a mighty grail of software development programs and projects and is one of the fastest growing mobile app development tools. In this article, we are going to discuss the main advantages that make Flutter a popular development tool, and also we will check if it is viable and justifiable to switch from another platform to this tool.

Here are 7 reasons why Flutter is the main emerging development trend of 2020:

1. Same Business Logic and UI in All Platforms:

The main advantage that Flutter possesses is its common UI patterns have been extracted out to reusable widgets. By doing this it eliminates the need to individually set UI properties such as color, styling, and so on. We can easily adjust the UI as well as the business logic globally by editing the code for both iOS and Android Flutter apps.

2. Time is saved:

Thanks to Flutters Hot Reload feature, there is no need to spend time on development as one does in regular programming. You are able to apply all the changes instantly without losing the current application state. Building UI, Fixing Bugs, adding newer features without any need to compromise on speed as well as development which reduces the efforts put in for Quality Assessment is one of the main reasons why you need to choose Flutter.

3. Similar to Native App Performance:

Flutter apps are coded and written in a language called Dart, and this eliminates the need for using a JavaScript bridge and allows for compilation to native machine code. This enables compiling and releasing an application at a much faster rate than you would do it with React Native, as an example.

4. Custom and Animated UI is available for any complexity:

Using various widgets to your advantage you can create a complex User Interface that looks the same on different versions of operating systems. With the large library of handy animations that can be easily implemented using the Flutter’s animation support, your application will look polished as well as smooth. And everything that you see on the screen can be customized as per your liking.

Recommended Read: React Native vs Flutter

5. Perfect for An MVP (Minimal Viable Product):

A minimal viable product is being one of the most efficient approaches to validate a business idea. It provides you with a handy help in preventing any business failures, as you are able to easily get feedback and attend to the needs of the customers. Provided with a high speed, ease of integration as well as a flexible UI, Flutter has been the perfect choice to create a mobile MVP. You are able to design quickly as well as launch the application at a much faster rate into the market. This allows you to beat your competition at record speed thereby allowing you to be the first one to enter the markets.

6. Hot Reload Feature that enables and facilitates designer-developer cooperation:

Apart from being a joyous experience for developers and programmers, hot reload is extremely beneficial for designer-developer cooperation. Just imagine a developer who is able to suggest some amount of changes on UI, and as soon as the designer does them, they both can immediately see if those particular changes fit into the application or not.

7. High App Responsiveness:

Flutter Apps are able to run smoothly on any platform functioning properly with no changes to the Dart code and this enables the preservation of outstanding design on the different platforms. Flutter app development has already been able to move forward from mobile and enabled to open newer opportunities for both web and desktop that are active in use today.

Also Read: How Google Flutter Became The Frontrunner In Mobile App Development Race?

Conclusion:

With all these above-listed advantages, we can undoubtedly name Flutter an indeed game changer in the world of cross-platform app development or development world. These 7 distinctive features make it competitive enough for the place of best in class among other mobile app development tools. In case you feel that you need to develop and build a product and you need a team– feel free to contact us at enquiry@nimapinfotech.com. We have the most talented pool of developers ready to onboard your project and help you launch your app.

What do modern smartphone users and mobile users require in an app? Is it a beautiful design, better performance, or smoother animation. The answer to this question is all three. App developers are always expected to create newer features for apps +that do not compromise on its performance and its speed.

This is the very reason why Google created Flutter- in order to make it easier for app developers to create and develop the best app that is possible.

Google’s UI toolkit Flutter was released back in 2017. Flutter makes use of the Dart object oriented language, which is the fastest growing language by upto 532% between 2018 and 2019. All thanks to Flutter itself.

Flutter is an open-source and Free SDK along with many widgets and tools. It is used to develop apps for both iOS as well as Android. Now if you are going to ask an app developer about what he/ she likes about it, the primary thing that they might talk about is how easy it is to grasp and how one can use a single type of codebase for two platforms. Let’s talk about things that you will learn when using Flutter.

The Dart Programming Language

Dart is easy to learn and very beginner-friendly. Users will have a joyous experience while using it. Compared to Flow and TypeScript which you use in React Native, it is much easier and has a simple syntax. Using a good compiler, there are fewer hidden runtime error messages. A developer should also appreciate a strongly typed language even if you are using it for a medium-sized application.

Architecture and State Management

When Flutter was a newly introduced technology, it was harder to trust the architecture and the state management tools, but as time passed, in 2019 more and more complex Flutter apps have been developed and written. Some developers follow BLoC, which is complex, and there are RxDart and Redux which is not simple as well. People coming from Android or React might find it much more comfortable since they may be used to this.

Hot Reload

Flutter’s Hot Reload helps developers to experiment, build UI  as well as add features and fix bugs quickly and this makes it as easy as possible. With the addition to speed, it is reliable. This Hot Reload feature has been the best in its class.

Complex Layout is Easy

Developers that are already using layout libraries like React, CSS Grid, Flexbox, etc will not have any problems learning Flutter’s layout. Flutter is a lot similar to this well known web-based layout concept. Also, the User Interface Logic in Dart and Flutter is proved to be excellent for writing reliable code.

Less Focus on Widgets is Required

A lot of attention has been given to Flutter’s widget tutorials on their website. Eventually, developers have already started to write more full-fledged Apps and have gone beyond implementing pure UI as well as the animation for it. This is the reason why more end to end tutorials must be mentioned on Flutter’s website. There are more advanced Dart features and architectural patterns that could be learned. Flutter goes beyond just widgets.

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App for Both iOS and Android Platforms

App developed for these platforms takes time, it can take time to submit apps for each platform, especially Google Play and iTunes Connect.

Too Many Widgets

There is a hell lot of widgets present on Flutter. There are widgets for simple processing, and this makes Dart code nested when it is time to implement more complex layouts. That is the reason why it is recommended to learn simple widgets first and then do the rest as and when it is needed.

Firebase

For simple projects or the kind of projects that you want some time for developing where there is a shortage of enough backend developers, firebase can be a good choice. But if you are a small team, it can become a problem if there is a surge in traffic and the Firebase bill shows up that is calculated on usage-based.

Also Read: Ways to Select the Best Technology Stack for Mobile Development

Conclusion:

It is without a doubt that Flutter is here to stay. Flutter might have the edge when we look at the overall aspects that include installation, ease of usage, setup and configuration, community support, testing support, DevOps, and so on. Considering what Flutter has to offer for budding and aspiring developers, and with no signs of slowing down, it has proved that it is here to stay for a long time If you are looking to hire Flutter developers or want to develop a cross-platform app for both Android and iOS, then do contact us at enquiry@nimapinfotech.com. We have the most talented and experienced developers ready to onboard your project in record time.

The success of any startup firm not only depends on the right product but also depends on the mechanism of its advertising be it digital or traditional as well as its reachability to its people. Many of these startups depend on the power of smartphones as well as its apps in order to boost its internal and external operations. You should hire a mobile app developer for the job. However, there are some mistakes that startups do when they hire an app development firm for developing the app. Avoid some mistakes in choosing the right app development firm for your work.

Here are some valuable tips for you:

1. Interviewing a single company or organization:

When you are planning for an app development company, you need to gather contact information for a couple of them.  Contacting a single company and assigning the job to them could easily land you in making a loss, in terms of making money and time that is lost, if your made-up choice was wrong. Talking to a group of people who understand what you want and have relevant experience in doing a similar job could land you your preferred company when you aim to develop an application.

2. Your developer knows nothing about your present business:

An over-enthusiastic startup firm can easily make the mistake of hiring someone who knows nothing about your current business. If such an organization makes your app, it might easily end up being the wrong product. Do not hire a firm or a company that makes marketing websites or digital brochures. You need to look for a company that makes customized products.

3. No proper understanding of requirements:

Some firms or companies want to take your project even without the proper understanding you need from the app. If the firm is in a hurry to sign the contract, then you need to stay away from it. No professional developer will take your project without understanding the project in detail with all its ins and outs from you. Have an elaborate discussion with your designer about how you want your app to look like and what are the results do you expect from it which helps in the creation of the right tool for your business.

4. A gap in communication resulting in no proper communication:

It has always been better to talk to a technical person that has reasonable communication skills while discussing your requirements. Interacting with a non-technical staff that represents the firm would never work. The miscommunication might easily result in a loss of time and money. This is especially if you hire an overseas company to do the job for you. You need to look for a local mobile application development firm that offers app development services.

5. Keep your communication lines open:

As the head of a startup, you need to be able to keep a track of ongoing, and that too even at an application developer’s office. Not caring to communicate after assigning the work is done is a really big mistake that most people make. Ensure that the development firm informs you at every stage of app development so that you are able to make any necessary changes that you need. Modifying the app after its completion can easily lead to a loss of valuable time and effort.

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6. Shortlisting a firm that offers a low price:

Quite often businesses make the mistake of choosing or selecting a firm on the basis of the proposed cost. Hiring cheap and affordable developers is not the same as hiring the most professional ones. It is a well known and accepted fact that you have to pay for getting quality.

7. Hiring a costly firm:

Hiring a business that has proposed the highest price is also not the right decision. There are many other expenses that you should be able to take care of, in a startup. Why do you need to spend a huge amount on hiring an app developer? You need to stick to your budget when retaining a development firm.

8. Get a quote:

After an initial discussion with a few companies, ask them in order to provide you with a quote for doing the job. A company that offers a fixed cost is a sign that it does not has the relevant experience working on complex projects. A custom professional applications company provides you with an approximate cost, as customization of the app during the process of its creation, can increase its total value in the future, as the development progresses.

9. Find a technical advisor that can help you:

If you do not have a person with the app development knowledge in your team, you need to seek advice from a technical person with the know-how. A technical advisor helps you find the right app developers and will be able to advise you regarding the right cost and time that such work will require. If you are a first timer, then you will not know what is normal in the development process. Not taking expert advice can lead to choosing a firm that offers to do the job at a lower price and lesser time, but can suffer in quality in the long run.

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Conclusion:

Every company that wants to develop an app for its business operations should keep a note of the above points. There can be some blunders that might happen if the firm does not take note of these points. If you’re looking to hire mobile app developers then do contact us with your requirements at enquiry@nimapinfotech.com. We have the most talented and experienced seasoned developers ready to onboard your app development project and help you out.

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Mobile app development has been revolutionary and been inspiring the way we do business. Business owners cannot neglect the power of using mobile apps as approximately 6 billion of these mobile gadgets are predicted to be in use by the public by the end of 2020.

In fact, the whole business has been neatly encapsulated in the use of mobile devices. You will be easily able to catch your favourite events globally, can do a video chat wherever you are and have already transformed the communication ways.

So it has become absolutely necessary for mobile app development companies in order to select the best technology stack for the business. However, the concept for the best tech stack is very minimal.

What is the technology stack?

A good technology stack that is robust can bring you fruitful results no matter what mobile app development process you are following. The best technology stack determines the future of the software product. The best technology stack depends on the needs of your customers as well as the problem areas that it is going to solve.

Moreover, the technology stack for mobile app development is divided into 4 different areas as mentioned below.

1.  Development Platform: It is the place where the libraries and the interfaces play their dedicated roles in order to design and develop the mobile app.

2.  FrontEnd Platform: It is the interface that the users will use in order to interact with the mobile app.

3.  Backend Platform: This is the backend section that takes user input, processes it and converts it into its respective output.

4.   Additional Requirements: It includes other technology elements that affect mobile app security, performance, as well as its robustness.

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Types of technology stack:

1. Native App technology stack that can include things such as :

• iOS tech Stack
• Android Tech stack

2. Hybrid App tech Stack

3.Cross-Platform Tech Stack

Choosing the best technology stack that can make your business go as long as it is capable to make a product big in the market. It can power the product to make it a great success after considering various factors.

In this article we are going to show you some ways by which you can select the best technology stack for mobile app development, that will suit your needs.

1.The goal of the App:

The choice of the best technology stack for the development of mobile applications depends to a large extent on the objective that you want to achieve using your mobile application. The mobile application that is dependent on load processing is heavily dependent on a much stronger technology stack that operate around optimized interactions. There will be a bigger difference when making the choice of the mobile application technology stack and if you are looking to develop a high latency application versus a mobile application with fast response and low latency.

2.Parent Company:

The parent company of the technology stack can create a lot of difference in the choice of selecting the best technology stack. There are many brands that offer superior customer support and overall better documentation compared to other brands. Google, Microsoft, and Adobe are some of the big brands that offer advanced development options and better community support than Facebook.

3. Team Skill Set:

The main idea is to rely on the developer skillset when deciding between two stacks of similar technologies. There are many languages and frames that are used to give the same result but there exist some differentiating factors that separate them apart.

If you have a technology stack that your team is not familiar with then it could not only increase the development time together but also increase the cost of the development as well. On the other hand, the use of a mobile development stack that your team feels comfortable to use will help streamline the process and save the commitment of quality.

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4. Mobile App Considerations:

There are numerous other factors that differ from one application framework to the other. Some of these factors are:

• A device in which the application will work
• The condition of the network in which it will be loaded and executed
• The user experience that you are looking to achieve, the estimated time of launch in the market
• The platform on which it will be executed

All these elements of the grouped application will decide the libraries, set of frameworks and the software would be combined to develop the respective mobile application

5. Security:

Nowadays all the mobile application development technologies are equipped well enough to combat the security-related issues that an application can encounter after its launch in the market. The problem starts when you want to choose between the best technology stack that has not been sufficiently documented, or requires writing long lines of code which can increase the development process risk-prone.

The skills of the developer also matter when laying the foundation of development for the mobile app. No matter what technology stack you select, hackers and security breaches can easily occur if the application does not provide enough security. So along with expertise, the team of developers also needs to have strong security skills in their respective domains.

6. Compatibility with the technology:

The stack of mobile application technology that is in line with the technology will work perfectly in the project. So this is important and especially if you are going to present a newer technology stack before you start the development process of your mobile application. In addition to this, you need to check the compatibility of the technology stack with your current project using the tools you might be planning to add to the application at a later stage.

7. Multiple Operations:

The technology stack of the application being developed for a single platform will be very different from the one that runs on multiple platforms. It is the level of scalability that the developers need to introduce in your mobile application in order to be portable to other platforms. As in the case of a hybrid application, it would require a different set of tools other than that which is used to develop native applications.

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Conclusion

When it comes to choosing a particular technology stack for developing mobile applications, it all boils down to what you want to achieve and what the end result will look like.

If you want to outsource the mobile app development or are looking for any kind of android app development then do contact us at enquiry@nimapinfotech.com. We have the most talented developers ready to onboard your android development project

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The mobile app development industry has been changing at a faster pace. At a swift pace, the mobile app development industry is witnessing useful as well as innovative changes with the emergence of various modern technologies. IoT is one of the pivotal technologies that has again come to light in recent years. In fact, IoT solutions have been enjoying its existence in many fields such as agriculture, healthcare, retail and much more.

IoT is able to facilitate interaction as well as communication at all levels. Easy to use and the growing demand are two of the major factors that are responsible for the increase in IoT application development services.

According to the statistics, this particular technology has got huge importance and popularity in 2018. It is estimated that by 2022 there will be approximately 1.5 billion IoT devices along with cellular connections and this is actually a big number.

In 2020, the major chunk of installed bases for the IoT devices is forecasted to grow to almost 31 billion worldwide.

What makes IoT different from other emerging technologies?

Software and hardware capabilities:

The IoT network of devices and the related software is able to handle complex business operations and is fully compatible with mobile application solutions

Selection of Programming framework:

The developers need to make sure that the app being produced is compatible with the existing IoT network or not, while being able to select the programming framework.

Compatible with license agreements:

The IoT application being developed must be compatible with the current licensing agreements and standards.

Aspects of Connectivity:

Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, mobile applications developed using IoT need to have continuous connectivity.

In this blog, we are going to discuss how mobile application development is being leveraged by the use of IoT technology. Check out the various reasons are given below.

Cost-Effective:

IoT can provide a much-needed boost to the brand and significantly reduce the cost of developing mobile applications. IoT can allow and enable mobile application developers to integrate various components in a cost-effective way. It is also able to make the application much more interactive and provide space for innovation and inspiration. IoT also enables developers to save a lot of money.

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High Security:

When the question comes about security, mobile application development services focus on improving the security being offered for users because the IoT concepts deal with an enormous amount of data that is personalized. Such personalized and confidential data should be avoided to be given access to the wrong hands. IoT based mobile application development solutions should, therefore, pay attention to more security for data.

Valuable Insights:

IoT is a networked system of connected devices, servers, and other equipment. All of these devices are able to collect and access critical work data to work seamlessly and provide synchronization between different devices and equipment. Using this process IoT can provide users with valuable information. Users can use this information in order to make real-time decisions and simplify their complex business processes.

Highly Convenient apps:

The development of IoT mobile applications is able to offer much more convenience to users. It has been obvious that we use smartphones more than laptops. In addition to this, we take our smartphones everywhere with us. In short, we can manage the entire IoT network to work in a simple way for us. Features such as the integration of social media and notifications can also be offered in the IoT mobile applications.

Easily Customizable and Interactive:

There is no exaggeration in order to mention that IoT can make mobile applications much more interactive. In addition to this, this technology can open doors to newer personalization options. This means that your organization’s mobile application is able to remain relevant and up-to-date with the functionality that is related to IoT and other necessary features.

Hence, it will create feature-rich and futuristic mobile applications that helps you to stay ahead of your competition. IoT can provide you with simple customization options that is built for mobile applications. This is because programmers and developers can easily meet the needs of connected devices when they create an application for the business.

Niche Segment:

IoT is a popular technology that is considered for mobile app development, it is still found that many companies do not have yet adopted IoT. So if you consider integrating IoT at your workplace, there are probably higher chances for getting a competitive edge and thus you will be able to address a niche market that has IoT mobile application solution.

By hiring proficient IoT Developers you will be able to easily integrate most of the important features that are required for your business mobile applications. In fact, this technology makes the tasks for the developers and the entrepreneur’s tasks easy.

Efficient:

The participation of customers can be significantly increased due to IoT mobile applications. The IoT mobile applications can provide an excellent user experience and increase and help your employees to work more efficiently and thus increase their productivity.

The IoT network is designed to simplify as well as automate business processes. When the question is about developing mobile applications IoT can simplify the development process thus making it easier and users can work more efficiently with greater convenience.

Location Independence:

The IoT mobile applications can be used irrespective of space and time. Even if you are located far from your workplace, you are easily equipped to control the IoT system. In short words, IoT offers location independence. Only smart devices are needed to control the IoT system by running a mobile application based on IoT.

What makes IoT much more valuable to custom mobile application development is the fact that this technology is able to affect all the domains in the various sectors of different industries. Whether you are in the health sector or agriculture, IoT is able to easily meet your business needs and personalized mobile applications can take full advantage of this technology.

Easy Integration:

IoT is able to be easily integrated with various other emerging technologies such as AR, VR, and Machine Learning. Therefore, it is well-equipped to integrate the features of these futuristic technologies of mobile applications. However, IoT needs to have specialization for proper integration with other technologies. Mobile application developers that have some IoT experience can easily integrate technological advances.

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Conclusion:

There is no doubt that mobile application development is benefited immensely with the introduction of IoT into the workspace. Statistics prove that IoT will be dominated and continued to be used immensely in the coming years.

If you’re looking to develop IoT applications or looking to use android app development using mobile technologies for smartphones then do contact us at enquiry@nimapinfotech.com. We have the most experienced and professional developers ready to onboard for your app development project.