We are living in a highly competitive world where staying advanced and conscious all the time is utmost mandatory. Moreover, sometimes we have to make quick decisions and choose what we want. But all these qualities get abolished in an instance when it comes to developing enterprise mobile apps. This is because business owners want everything to come to them. Few enterprises love iOS while others prefer Android only but most business owners want that this situation of choosing one does not come in their way of progress or stop the revenue stream flowing in their direction. Having said this, I believe it's a good idea to sit for a minute and think whether getting an app that runs evenly across all mobile platforms is a good idea or not. For example, we know that majority of smart phone users have touch screen phones and thus you would want a user interface accordingly. But what about that segment of potential customers who still use old-fashioned QWERTY phones. How will you approach them? Picture the difference between playing "temple run" on a blackberry device and a Samsung Galaxy device. The big question here is how you would confront cross platform challenges.
We know that all platforms offer an SDK for the developers I am sure that the app development team would not get surprised to see the specificity that goes on with each. Remember, while you are developing enterprise apps for their business, they are facing hard time in obtaining a larger share of the market. This means your app would not only require a framework design for each OS but also thorough planning before updating it. Moreover, don't assume SDK to be a universal remedy to every cross platform app development related problem. My advice is that you should become more app-centric rather than device-centric during this phase. You should concentrate on how you want your app to look and perform regardless of which device it is running on.
The first step is goal setting - It is utterly important to move away from developing for a few minutes and plan your goals. Any app development company could develop enterprise apps. But to come in the league of Copper Mobile or a company specializing in developing apps that can run on multiple platforms, it needs thorough planning. It starts from building an infrastructure that is not limited to one-dimensional thinking. Before a company starts to dream big, it has to make sure that developing team has all resources available readily.
Next step is to make sure that the user interface or UI experience translates cleanly across every platform that an app would run on. In short, device or platform does not matter at all; the user experience has to be same all the time.
I have mentioned earlier that testing and investing in it are the two vital requirements for making a successful cross platform mobile app. In this context, here are a few statistics. Gartner has revealed that worldwide revenue from app stores would increase by 62 percent and reach USD 25 billion by year-end.
CONCLUSION
Think about this - a successfully developed cross platform app would give you the much-needed pat on the back to develop more apps like this. But for this to happen, it is important that your app venture is well considered, well funded with time, money, manpower and well tested. This might look expensive in the short term or for just one mobile app but what about the fact that the same code or source could be used repeatedly. So, if you have adapted yourself to use your resources repeatedly, you are already on your way of glorifying your future.
We know that all platforms offer an SDK for the developers I am sure that the app development team would not get surprised to see the specificity that goes on with each. Remember, while you are developing enterprise apps for their business, they are facing hard time in obtaining a larger share of the market. This means your app would not only require a framework design for each OS but also thorough planning before updating it. Moreover, don't assume SDK to be a universal remedy to every cross platform app development related problem. My advice is that you should become more app-centric rather than device-centric during this phase. You should concentrate on how you want your app to look and perform regardless of which device it is running on.
The first step is goal setting - It is utterly important to move away from developing for a few minutes and plan your goals. Any app development company could develop enterprise apps. But to come in the league of Copper Mobile or a company specializing in developing apps that can run on multiple platforms, it needs thorough planning. It starts from building an infrastructure that is not limited to one-dimensional thinking. Before a company starts to dream big, it has to make sure that developing team has all resources available readily.
Next step is to make sure that the user interface or UI experience translates cleanly across every platform that an app would run on. In short, device or platform does not matter at all; the user experience has to be same all the time.
I have mentioned earlier that testing and investing in it are the two vital requirements for making a successful cross platform mobile app. In this context, here are a few statistics. Gartner has revealed that worldwide revenue from app stores would increase by 62 percent and reach USD 25 billion by year-end.
CONCLUSION
Think about this - a successfully developed cross platform app would give you the much-needed pat on the back to develop more apps like this. But for this to happen, it is important that your app venture is well considered, well funded with time, money, manpower and well tested. This might look expensive in the short term or for just one mobile app but what about the fact that the same code or source could be used repeatedly. So, if you have adapted yourself to use your resources repeatedly, you are already on your way of glorifying your future.