Latest Mobile App Development News You Want To Know

Posted on April 12, 2019February 6, 2025 by Krunal Vyas

Everything that you want or look for are presented to you in the form of mobile apps. You want to count your total steps per day, there is an app for it. Do you want to calculate your calories consumed on a day, there is an app for you. Do you want to play your favourite game on the mobile, there is an app for you. When I say everything, I literally mean everything.

Mobile apps have made our lives so convenient and comfortable that we cannot stay far away from the gadget we own. With new mobile apps deployed on the app stores have something new to offer and we, as customers, are benefitted from it immensely. Now we can play out favourite music, play games, learn cooking, book tickets for movies and flights, order food and shop online through responsive, user-friendly apps that are here to make our lives more better and superior.

If you have an idea, you can convert into a money making machine by hiring a mobile app development firm that has earned some good reputation and has a proven track record. If you search on the internet, you will find a large number of mobile app development companies offering the best services at the best price in the market. All you need to do is to choose one that offers you the best deal.

In this article, we will discuss some of the latest mobile app development news and analysis that will impact the mobile app development community. We will discuss some of the latest events happened in the month of March 2019 and the beginning of April 2019. Stay tuned and stay updated.

Aceify to raise £200,000 through equity crowdfunding

As per the latest report, Aceify, a renowned mobile app for tennis coaching is planning to raise £200,000 through an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seeders. As per the team Aceify, 75% of the funds will be spent on developing sports lover community and marketing campaigns and also they will expand in London and the rest of the United Kingdom.

25% of funds will be allocated for the product development and they are planning to launch their Android app soon. Currently, the app is available only on the iOS platform.

Apple hires former Jaunt CTO Arthur Van Hoff for its augmented reality push

If you are a mobile app enthusiast and keep a sharp eye on mobile app development news, you must have heard rumours that Apple is planning to launch its augmented reality headset for quite some time now. Now, Apple has hired Arthur Van Hoff who was a co-founder of Disney baked VR startup Jaunt. Hoff posted on his LinkedIn profile about the news and now he is a senior architect at Apple.

The industry knows that Van Hoff is an expert at multi-camera systems and video creation of augmented reality and virtual reality. He would be working with his old colleagues hired by Apple from Jaunt.

YouTube will develop live specials and Interactive shows after Netflix

Recently, Netflix original interactive film Black Mirror: Bandersnatch has earned quite a reputation and is considered success among the online communities.

There are rumours that YouTube too is planning to launch its own interactive shows and live specials after the success of Netflix. Ben Relles, former YouTube’s unscripted programming head is supervising the project and we will come to know about it shortly.

Interactive content is in demand and the content developers develop multiple storylines for the same show and they intersect to end differently for a single show. Furthermore, once you have started watching it, you cannot pause, rewind or forward it.

Bandersnatch was a huge success among Netflix viewers across the globe and we will see more interactive shows and live specials from different content providers including YouTube.

Welcome Anthos by Google to run and manage apps from anywhere

Anthos is an open platform developed by Google for the companies and businesses to use and manage their apps from anywhere. It is a cloud-based technology and it enables users to run apps in the public cloud or on existing on-premise hardware investment.

Thomas Kurian, CEO, Google Cloud said that- Anthos not only allows customers to deploy Google Cloud in their own data centres but also gives them the flexibility to build, run and manage their workloads within their data centre, on Google Cloud, or other cloud providers (Multi-Cloud), without making any changes,”.

“Google Cloud’s software-based approach for managing hybrid environments provided us with an innovative, differentiated solution that was able to be deployed quickly for our customers,” said Darryl West, Group CIO, HSBC.

Snapchat is all set with a new Android app with additional features to fight Instagram

The Android version of the Snapchat is not as par with the iOS version and it is the core reason they came up with a new superior Snapchat Android app that focuses to give more remarkable experience to the users by improving user engagement.

The Vice President of Product, Jacob Andreou has said that- Our ideal goal was that people shouldn’t really notice that the app is actually entirely changed up from underneath them, except everything should be way faster.

The new version is more advanced and dynamic and it is not the same buggy version of earlier.

The Android team of Snapchat told in the interview that once they found issues with the old app, they decided to build a new app from scratch.

The new version of the app has a range of hardware for processors and Android cameras. Now Android phones will work according to their capabilities.

Some of the additional features introduced in the new Snapchat app is Snap Audience Network, app stories, Snap Games, Snap AR Scan and some others.

Developers prioritize real-time DevOps visibility

As per the study from SmartDraw software, it was concluded that DevOps teams are emphasizing more on to offer real-time DevOps visibility across the DevOps ecosystem to improve DevOps efficiency, quality of their software releases and to make better decisions.

“The growth of DevOps has generated a large DevOps ecosystem and most organizations face the challenge of how to provide visibility into their projects. To be successful, DevOps teams need a platform that provides visibility that is compatible with DevOps’ unique data structure”, says Joshua Platt, Vice President of Product Marketing at SmartDraw Software.

FileMaker Go app hits 4 million downloads

One of the most prolific and superior office app FileMaker Go, available on iPhone and iPad, has reached 4 million downloads from the app store. If you encourage your employees to work remotely, FileMaker Go is an app that should be on their iPhones and iPads. Most of the start-ups and establishes businesses are using FileMaker Go to create custom apps that can address unique challenges and accomplish business goals.

“For more than 20 years, FileMaker has been enabling problem solvers to use their imagination and creativity to drive innovation in their organizations. Today’s problems often center on adapting work processes for an increasingly mobile workforce. The FileMaker Platform continues to address market needs, enabling our customers to do the same.” Ann Monroe, vice president of worldwide marketing and customer success said.

New updates available for Adobe XD

The Adobe has announced on its blog that they are coming up with a new set of features and tools to make their Adobe XD platform more unique and scalable. With new features, users can create responsive content for a number of devices. Till now, it was difficult to create a mobile app design that can work on different mobile devices due to screen size differences. With this new feature, it is possible for developers to create responsive resizing groups of objects.

“We live in a world where designing for multiple devices is not only important, it’s essential. Adobe XD has now added a Responsive Resize feature that allows you to resize groups of objects while keeping their placement and scalability. All you have to do is resize the group right there on the design canvas, and XD will keep the relative spacing in place,” reads the Adobe blog post.

Advantages of Custom Mobile App Development

Posted on October 5, 2017February 6, 2025 by Krunal Vyas

Making a website is half the work on the internet, making apps is the other half. The apps make the site extensible and improve its functionality. It means the website can now do more things than it could before.

Adjust scalability to suit your business

This is important since you need to adjust your business to the growing customer base. By keeping your website hidden, you will not grow your business in its entirety but will only achieve partial growth. This means, there will remain some aspects of the business that has not come to light and so you will not achieve full profit though you are increasing your turnover.

Keep control of your apps

If the third party app developer of a sudden decides to stop the app, you feel left out on a limb. You need to find an alternate solution. By designing your own apps, you gain control over how the site behaves. This helps you to control the responses which are the main aspect of interaction with the customer base. The customer develops a perspective of your site by the responses you make and if you trust a third-party, then the responses will not be adequate and the customer will take his business elsewhere.

Always Suggest to Read : Importance of Test Cases while Testing your Mobile App

Maintain personalized contact

When you develop your own apps, you can keep up the personalized contact with your customers. This means you are able to make promotions and give discounts as per your discretion. If you want you can give discounts to people who buy from you for $200 and if you see this is working you may want to make further improvements.

Easy to maintain the project cycle

Since you develop the apps to suit the present condition, you are able to maintain strict control over the deadlines and project progress. Since all the apps are your own, you can set the limits and the parameters so they are always functioning in the best way.

Your own app will help you harness the mobile market

The growing mobile base users’ numbers is reflective of the expanding customer base. now days many of Top Canadian App Development Companies increase customer view ratio By designing the app to be compliant to the mobile segment, you can tap into the market with ease. If you use a third-party app, you cannot tweak it to respond in the way you like. You may need specific controls to keep the interest of the customer focused on your product.

Keep your product competitive

By getting a feel of the market, you get to know what is lacking and where you have to concentrate to beat the competition. You can add these features so that your product is always much sought after.

Make the apps that help you in your business by studying the market. The best way forward is to make apps as versatile as possible and then tweak them as you go along.

Hidden Secret About Cross Platform Development And The Useful Tools

Posted on March 6, 2017February 6, 2025 by Krunal Vyas

Over the last few years, the cell phone industry has seen an exponential growth. In the race to reach the top, mobile phone companies are year after year releasing their respective flagship phones with jaw dropping specifications. Phones are getting bigger, better and faster. We are currently living in a world where you do not need a computer to order food from your favorite restaurant or book a movie ticket for that one show you have been waiting for all summer.

The phrase, “just a click away” hinting that the click is of the computer mouse, has been replaced by “just a tap away” referring to the tap on the phone. Open the app store on your phone and the screen will explode with numerous apps which theoretically can run any errand for you. Apps have become a crucial part of our life. Not just because they are easy to use, but also because they are readily available. And with each company wanting to have their own app to promote themselves to the crowd, the possibilities are endless.

Cross Platform Development:

What is it and why is it required?

Every app on your cell phone is schematically separated into two parts, a front end, and back end. Front end being the GUI (graphical user interface) and the back end is the logical explanation on which the app functions. To put it across in a simple way, the front end tells the user what the app can do if you tap a particular button on your screen, while the back end executes the appropriate procedure.

Any app developers would be well versed and comfortable with one programming language. There would be few who know to code in more than one language, but the knowledge level would surely differ. The reason being a programming language is a vast subject. Each language has its own syntax and architecture. Knowing how the logic works is one thing, but implementing it on a subject to achieve your target is another. A developer writing an app for android might be able to write the code for iOS. However, it might not give the same desired result since the way the code interacts with the operating system is different.

Read also: Step-By-Step Guide To Building Your First Mobile App

This is where Cross Platform Development comes into the picture. Writing code with this method allows the developer to duplicate or manipulate the desired result across all platforms. This means an app can be written in the native language for any particular operating system for example, iOS and later can be developed to work across other platforms such as android, windows and blackberry OS.

With the help of cross-platform development, developers are able to reach out a greater number of consumers. There could be a user who uses an android phone and also an iPad. The user should have the same experience when using the app on the android device he or she has when using it on the iPad. This goal can be achieved by cross platform developed.

How does cross-platform development work?

As mentioned before, each operating system has its own native programming language. For instance, android apps are written in Java, iOS apps are developed in objective C and shift, while Windows uses C# and XAML. Each coding language is different and has their distinctive characteristics. Expecting a developer to produce the same result on each platform across all operating system is not realistic.

To overcome this situation, the core of the application is first written in the commonly used languages for all the web application like HTML, CSS, and Javascript. A web developer has no control over who will use the application. A user could use it on a 7-inch tablet or could also use it on a computer with a 50-inch monitor. Web applications are written in such a way that they could handle anything that is thrown at them. Using the same idea, the app developer would first write the code in HTML, CSS, and javascript.

The code and functions are bundled together to create a software package. This package is then used to write the remainder of the app using the programming language depending on the platform. The piece of code which is written in the native language, using the package as the core is usually referred to as the wrapper. A wrapper is a subroutine which helps to call the main function of the program which is embedded in the package. So now, a developer can write the package for their app before hand and only needs to change to the wrapper for the app to work across all platforms.

Cross-platform development tools :

There is some kind of software that helps a developer write an app which is functional across various operating systems. Below is a list of few of these tools.

Xamrin: Xamrin is a C# code and .Net frameworks based programming software which allows users to develop apps across multiple platforms. The software was developed by Miguel de Icaza who also worked on the Mono open source project. Gaining immense popularity rapidly, Xamrin was then bought by Microsoft in February 2016. This software now comes bundled with the Microsoft Visual Studio pack. Although the free version offers capabilities, this software is highly used by app developers across platforms.

Appcelerator: This is open sourced Javascript based software which allows users to develop applications for iOS, android, and other platforms. The general notion is that developers are more comfortable with javascript than iOS’s native Objective C or Shift; Appcelerator has a great number of users across different platforms.

Phone Gap (Cordova): A Software that is widely used by developers is Phone Gap. The word gap implements that the software is supposed to gap the bridge between the native app and the mobile web based app. This also is a javascript based program which helps you to build a complete new native app for any platform or convert a web application into a native app. PhoneGap runs on an engine called Cordova which is acquired by Adobe. Apps written through Cordova would work on Phonegap and vice versa.

iFactr: iFactr is a C# based coding software which helps users create a multi-platform framework integrated with backend data. Integrated development Environment (IDE) is available for all platforms to ensure developers are able to achieve the desired result they are looking for on all the operating systems. This is also integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio.

Kony Visualizer: Kony is commonly used java based software to create mobile and web application across platforms. Since javascript is an existing web language, using Kony users’ area is able to convert the web application into the multi-channel mobile application. Kony provides developer friendly API (application programming interface) that is easy to use and work across all platforms.

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