6 Amazing tips for Android App Development

Android app development is up with the exciting opportunities for the software developers. A high portion of the smartphones in the globe run Android, there is a lot more scope for application and game development in this ecosystem. It is considered as one of the easiest development. The android source code is available online and there are many friendly communities to help you out. Check out for some of the amazing tips which can help you with the Android Development. 

Get your app name reserved

It is necessary to reserve your app name in advance before you release the app. The Google Android market enables to identify amongst thousands of apps based on the package name you have stated. So you need to make sure to get your name reserved if you are quite aware of the schedule that you will be releasing the application.

Users are the key to listening to them

Users generally have a positive response when it comes to the success of the app. You might be having an idea about the app and customized it accordingly. But the end users can be able to generate more ideas to make the app smoother. Check out the feedback from the end users and understand them and integrate those ideas into your app. Also, make sure to act upon the suggestions from the users.

Use a standard naming convention
Adhere to the standard naming convention when you are developing an app. It will guide you in a long run. It will enable you to find a while loading of attributes under the res/values/directory, instead of bringing your creativity into the naming, establish some sensible guidelines and then stick to them. This will nullify the errors and help in further updates in the long run.

Themes

The themes are one of the amazing things when it comes to development. You can style your app based on some theme. You can do it from the early stage of development, which will make it easier to develop the app with more than one screen size and screen resolutions. Providing themes to the app will guide you in providing the better look across the different devices.

Use existing patterns on Android

When you are in the initial development stage of your Android app development, instead of trying to create your own unique niche in the android market, stick to the existing patterns. It will enable you more curiosity and well-educated users to use your app. Develop your mind with the unique ideas and creativity once you create a good user base for yourself.

Offer translations

Multiple language support guides you in increasing the reach of your app. Provide the translated title and description for your app on the play store. By downloading patterns of a different region from the Play store, offer the localized text for the specific region.

Mobile Apps development - In-house or Outsource?

Today, in an internet connected era, mobile application development is just bounded with the developers or the players, novice people, startups, small-sized business has also begun with the development of applications. Since the mobile was developed, one can definitely say that mobile technology has propelled a long way. If you feel that customized application can help your business, next step you need to choose is that, by which means you will go for the development of the application.

If you work for the small sized business, the organization can appoint the external specialist source to develop the application from you. If you choose to work for the huge organization, in-house is quite better as it offers a number of benefits. You can keep a watch and make changes whenever you need. In almost every comparison, it makes more business sense to utilize a faithful, outside mobility expert to construct your application instead of keeping it in-house, even for huge enterprises.

Mobile Apps development: In-house

Advantages

• Manage the whole project very efficiently
• You can save extra pennies by using the present resources
• You can put up with extra resources, for the faster development
• No worries about who owns a source code
• You will always have the options for the developers that exactly knows your requirement
• You can select the best technology, which is best suited for you

Drawbacks

• It may cost more, to set up the infrastructure
• There is a sharp learning curve if you wish to switch from the web to mobile web development
• It may not turn out cost friendly if you wish to get all the needed licenses and certificates for tools, code, and software
• You need to find the project manager or manage the whole project on your own
• If your in-house developers get stuck somewhere, you would need to find the additional resources like developers, tester, seniors and more.
• If the developers are on hiring cycle, again and again, it is necessary to keep the app up-to-date with all the updates
• Generally in-house resources are shifted to other profitable projects

Mobile Apps development: Outsourcing

Advantages

• You can get the developer experts by selecting the best enterprise
• Static Budget is defined for every department
• The firm has different people with different departments so that one remains always focused on different task
• Experts can leverage the experience from the other projects
• Outsource mobile app development companies have tools and components on hand which will decrease the development time
• It reduces risk, as fixed monthly salary and related monthly expenses are involved
• Holiday benefits in case of some reasons

Drawbacks

• You lose your control on your services
• There is no IP ownership
• Small changes take much time to implement
• You get the less control over the prioritization of resources
• It becomes high risk if you select the incorrect development firm

Today, in the smart digital world, mobile applications are the most regularly accessed. Customers, CEO, employees are the most utilized by the customers. They provide enormous usefulness, communication capacities, better probability and much more.

Individuals or companies who seek for the whether they should outsource mobile app development or appoint a professional mobile app developer, the perfect answer actually relies on the circumstances. If you know the individual who is an expert and can spread technical knowledge without much of efforts and also have a good hand in coding associated with hiring outsourced workers, it may be the best solution.

Microsoft SharePoint App is coming to hit competitors in this mobile era

Today’s competitive world demands seamless user experience across all devices. By getting a tough competition from its competitors like Dropbox, Box, and Slack, Microsoft overhauls its SharePoint app for Windows 10, Android and iOS and finally ends the long wait by announcing its major SharePoint Mobile App.

SharePoint has been extensively used by 190 million users worldwide from last 15 years, SharePoint users around the world can now join Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella vision, “cloud first, mobile first” with this app. The SharePoint App for iOS will launch by the end of June whereas Android and Windows 10 users can expect it later in this year.

This App is a result of Microsoft’s team collaboration and is designed to allow the users to use it on the go. User can share the information, search company documents, use corporate intranet and much more. Additionally, Microsoft plans to synchronize SharePoint Online document libraries with the OneDrive mobile apps, along with the facility to copy from OneDrive to SharePoint.

With the launch of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016 earlier in this year, customers can now access their sites easily from anywhere by using the new smartphone app. A new SharePoint homepage allows viewing the integration information with other Office products.

Microsoft also shares its plan to release its OneDrive Universal Windows App by the end of June. Microsoft is planning to use the placeholders to allow users to easily sync cloud content with the service, thereby save their drive space. Microsoft has announced new updates for SharePoint to make it more compatible with Office 365. Microsoft SharePoint deployment has strengthened the organizations to meet their business requirement.

At TatvaSoft, SharePoint deployments and customizations are done by Microsoft experts. Being a CMMi ML3 and Microsoft Gold Certified Software Development Company, TatvaSoft possesses deep experience in all aspects of using the Microsoft tools for SharePoint development and deployment. Having experience in developing mobile apps on major platforms like Windows, iOS and Android, clients are benefited in accomplishing their business objectives.

Google launched Android Studio 2.1 to support Android N development

Google has recently launched the latest version, Android Studio 2.1 integrated development environment (IDE). It offers support to build applications for its Android N Developer Preview versions for faster Instant Run and Preview. Earlier, in this year, Google has launched its first Android N Developer Preview followed by another Preview.

The Android Studio 2.1 version is supported by Linux, Mac and Windows. It can be downloaded from Android.com/SDK. The existing users of Android Studio can find this new version in their navigation menu:

Visit Check for Update [Windows/Linux] under Help Menu and Check for Check for Updates on [OS X] under Android Studio.

The developers can now use the Preview SDK latest versions to work on Java, try new Jack Complier and use their hands on the official Android Emulator which also runs N Developer Preview Emulator System Images. Due to the availability of the new Jack compiler, developers can perform operations like compile-time type annotations, lambdas, intersection types, method references on all new versions of Android platform. The Android N version features only repeatable annotations and static methods.

Any change running on an emulator or your device can be easily notified by the Instant Run which streamlines the workflow. Using this, the user can easily identify the changes running “in a near instant”. This will enable the developer to code continuously and run the app. When the Instant Run is used, then it will analyze the changes and identify how a new code can be deployed in the quickest way. Instant Run is compatible with any Android device or an emulator running API 14 or higher version.

With the incremental Java compilation, Instant Run can quickly update incremental changes. Meaning that, a change in a single line of code does not require all Java sources of that module to be recompiled. Also, class files will not be converted to dex files to create dex processes separately. For this feature, user requires increasing Gradle daemon from 1GB to minimum 2GB.

After the launch of Android Studio 2, most of you must be looking for developing android apps using the latest version. For that, TatvaSoft, a CMMi ML 3 Software Development Company, offers Android Apps Development services following its state-of-the-art culture in one of the fastest growing platforms. The team of expert android developers has access to all latest tools to develop, test and deploy the apps to serve with the best results.