When you have an idea for your mobile application project. Sometimes you have the impression that the implementation will be simple. But as you progress through the process, you realize that it is not that easy. By knowing what to expect in advance and knowing the tricky points for which you need to be vigilant. You will put all the chances on your side for your project to be successful.
This short guide explains everything you need to know about mobile development. All the steps that will take you from the initial idea to an application downloadable on the App Store and/or Google Play.
What is a mobile application?
A mobile App designer Dubai is specifically develop to run on a mobile device with a touch interface. This definition taken in the broad sense includes tablets and smart watches. But without any further clarification, everyone understands that you are talking about an application developed for smartphones.
In many cases, a mobile application develop for phones can also work on tablets. Since the latter generally use operating systems derived from those of phones. In the Apple universe, it is even possible to run an iOS application on a Macintosh computer (if it is equip with at least version 11 of macOS). But this remains “experimental” and the interfaces intended for the phone are often unsuitable for operation in a non-touch environment.
Which applications for mobile?
There are a mobile App Development Company Dubai, both for Android phones and for iPhones. The operating system that comes with the phone already includes an assortment of basic applications. Such as a web browser, email software, a calendar manager, a contact manager. A shooting application to use the camera(s), etc. You can then complete this collection of applications according to your needs with others. To download from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store (formerly the Android Market). Some applications are free, others must be purchase.
Applications are classify into 3 main categories depending on the technological choices made to produce them: native applications, cross-platform applications and web applications.
Mobile application native
Applications developed specifically for a particular mobile platform are known as native applications. They use all the technologies offer by the operating system (Android or iOS) and by the hardware platform. They therefore theoretically offer the best possible performance and the most possibilities in terms of functionality. Native iOS applications are generally written in Swift or Objective-C and native Android applications are written in Java or Kotlin. The downside of the purely native application is that a native application intend for an Apple device will not be able to work on an Android device, and vice versa.
Cross-platform applications
If you want to offer the same application on both iOS and Android. There are alternatives to developing two technically completely separate applications. Development teams have the more economical option of using a common code base to produce the two necessary versions. Which is possible thanks to certain tools such as Xamarin and Flutter. In the end, there will always be two applications produce (each is compile for its platform), but it will have taken less time to develop them. However, mobile app development company in dubai have certain limitations and are often more demanding in terms of storage, computing power and RAM than purely native applications.
Mobile application web
A web application is implement with web technologies, i.e. native APIs, i.e. the functionalities of the device. Their main advantage often put forward is a lower development cost compare to native and cross-platform apps, but this is not systematic.
There are different formats of web applications. Some of the most common are hybrid apps that are wrap in a native web viewer app. Such as UIWebView on iOS and WebView on Android and Progressive Web Apps. Which are an online app format push by Google.