This is our in-depth mobile app development guide. Now you know the process of developing the mobile applications that you use in your daily life. You know the exact step-by-step guide, so if you ever decide to develop an application for your own business then you know how to proceed.
Do you know that in 2020, the mobile application will generate more than $185 billion through app-stores and in-app purchases and also the enterprise mobility estimated value would be $510 billion by the end of 2022? Now, imagine what these mobile applications will do to your business? But before generating any revenue, you will have to develop an app for your business. In this blog, we will be going through the step-by-step guide on the mobile app development process. We will be sharing a detailed mobile app development guide with you all. So let’s get started-
The Process-
1. Strategy-
Before hiring the developers for your application, you will have to make a solid strategy for your mobile app development. In this, you will focus on key factors of your business and why you are making an application in the first place those key factors are- identification of application users, researching the competition, establishing the application’s goal and objectives, and last but not the least selecting a mobile platform for your app. After strategizing, we will move towards the second stage of the process.
2. Planning & Analysis-
In this stage of the development process, we start planning out the application. It will define the use and functional requirements of the application. Planning also includes what would be the technology stack for the development, for which platform your application would be suitable for, i.e. iOS or Android. If you are planning to launch your application on both platforms then you must hire both iOS and Android developers. Also naming of the application is also part of the planning process. Every Best mobile app development agency follows this step for desired results.
3. Design-
This is the third step of the process of developing the mobile application. In this process, we start by sketching out the designs and user-interface of the application. The purpose of this step is to make sure that the application would not be cluttered and is breathable in design. We also make sure that the user-interface of the application would be easier to understand and not confusing or complicated at all.
3.1 Workflows-
This is the sub-step of the design process. The reason behind following this step to determine the data the application will display to the users. Also to determine what data the application would collect and how the end-user will interact with the finished product.
3.2 Wireframes-
Wireframes are the conceptual layouts of the application; in this process, the designers give the visual structure of your application. It focuses on the aesthetic and user experience of the application and not on the color schemes.
3.3 Mockups-
Mockups also known as high-fidelity designs are known as the final rendering of the application’s visual design. Adobe Photoshop is the most popular tool for creating these mockups for your application.
3.4 Prototype-
A prototype is the click-thru design that will tell you how exactly the final application would look and work. You can check the workflows, user-experience, and user-interface in prototypes. It may be a time-consuming process, but it is worth it. It also helps in identifying the modification it needs.
4. Application Development-
After the prototype is ready, we can start designing the application. We work in and out on the development part. We work on back-end/server technology, API, Mobile app front-end, etc. everything. In this process, we first define the technical architecture then we pick a technology stack and lastly we define the development milestones. When we achieve every milestone that we have set we then move towards the next step.
5. Testing-
Now, this is one of the final stages of the mobile app development guide. In this step, the developers test the application for any kind of issue. The testing process includes user-experience testing in which the developer test the user-experience of the application, functional testing in this the developer test and try to find any kind of issues with the functionality of the application, performance testing in this the developers test the overall performance of the application and fix whatever is lacking, security testing in this the developer check for the vulnerabilities within the app, and last but not the least device and platform testing in this the developer check the compatibility of the application for the platform it was made for.
After clearing out all these tests the application is all set for the final step.
6. Deployment & Support-
This is the final step in the mobile app development guide. In this step, we submit our application to different app-stores, for example, the Apple store for iOS and play store for Android. To release the app in the app store, you need to prepare metadata of the application which includes the name of the app, description, category, keywords, launch icon, app store screenshots, etc. After completing the metadata, your app is ready to launch.
Conclusion-
This is our in-depth mobile app development guide. Now you know the process of developing the mobile applications that you use in your daily life. You know the exact step-by-step guide, so if you ever decide to develop an application for your own business then you know how to proceed.
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