Mobile App Development

There are many considerations when choosing the right development platform. Target devices, audience and region may influence the platform of choice. Cost of development is another major consideration. Certain cross-platform frameworks enable faster development and increase speed to market. Mobile applications developed in programming language native to device platform (iOS vs Android) may be a choice to build graphic rich and high performance applications. However cost is higher to maintain two separate application development team.

Intuitive and engaging user interface design is an essential component of any Mobile App. Mobile phones and tablets come in various sizes. User may access the services via an app or via mobile browser. The user experience across these devices and mediums must be consistent. Some of the UI/UX experience elements such as gestures have been standardized, leverage them where possible.

Most Apps require users to login, this could be a major hurdle for users if the onboarding is not simple. Integrate with popular social media identity providers or with enterprise IdPs to simplify user onboarding. Notifications are a great way to keep the users coming back to the App, however care must be taken to avoid spamming the user and losing user interest. Data entry must be kept to minimum.

Securing data stored on mobile devices is a major consideration. It is imperative to encrypt the data stored locally on the mobile devices and data in transit. Strong server side controls must be established to further secure the data. This includes serve-side data validation to prevent well known attack vectors. Industry and region specific compliance standards (HIPAA, GDPR etc.) must be implemented. Secure coding practices are essential to incorporate security from the ground up. Security must be a consideration in all aspect of software development process, from design to development to testing to deployment and support. Regularly training employees on security best practices must be a standard practice.

Performance plays a major role in keeping the users engaged in the Mobile App. Users may lose interest if the navigation is sluggish, page loading is slow and transactions take longer to complete. Users may not be using latest devices and keeping their OS updates up-to-date. Such limitations must be kept in mind when designing and developing Mobile Apps to optimize resource allocation and utilization on the local device. Performance testing must be designed to simulate real-life usage scenarios and loads. Performance test environments needs be setup to simulate production like scenarios. We have deep technical knowledge and years of experience that we apply to develop Mobile solutions that meet our customer needs.