Smart App Development with MVP
In recent years, there has been a spurt in the number of businesses in the mobile space. As part of HireIndianProgrammers, our developers have been undertaking mobile app development projects both in Android and iOS. With every complex project, our developers have found that many clients are most often underfunded. This leads to a struggle for developing mobile apps in an effective manner. The projects are delivered ultimately but often we find that they could have been achieved in a simplistic manner.
In this blogpost, the developer team at HireIndianProgrammers discuss the what-how-when of MVP and its associated benefits. Clients who want to start off in a small way, owing to a fund crunch, can hire an android developer to develop a MVP for their android apps.
What is a MVP?
An MVP (Minimum Viable Product) is essentially a bare-bones, no-frills approach to developing a mobile app. Some clients may be low on funds or may want to target and build on their small business. For example, suppose a client wants to start his own online cake delivery shop on iOS. He can then hire an iOS developer to work on an MVP, a prototype of sorts and then release to a selected user market called early adopters or evangelists.
In this kind of mobile app development, the biggest onus lies on getting valuable feedback on the most essential functionality, which is what makes the entire MVP. The clients hiring an android developer need to work closely with the developer team in deciding the vital features, how to deploy them, round on a pilot group of adopters, arrange a medium for getting feedback from them and work on the subsequent development stages.
How to build it?
Our experience in providing mobile app development services enabled us to realise the importance of articulation and understanding of the client’s project. While building the MVP, the core purpose of the client’s business must be reflected in it. The next step is to locate the possible target segment – who is most likely to use the app and where are they largely residing. This must be found to start the pilot testing as they are a good representation of the larger target market.
The format for the MVP can be anything, again, it depends much on the client’s business that is hiring an android or iOS developer. It can be a basic application incorporating the essential features or it can be a landing page seeking feedback or it can even be an information page (text, audio, video) explaining the purpose of the application. In this type of mobile app development, developers have to tread cautiously to go full on with minimalistic development.
Clients hiring an android developer (or iOS) will do well to take seriously the feedback generated and deploy it in the final version. This is of course a continuous process. At the same time, in providing such mobile app development services, we have found that making sense of the different data – number of signups, number of users retained, specific feature data – will pay rich dividends in the course of developing the final version of the mobile app.
Benefits of MVP
Clients hiring an iOS developer to build a MVP are most likely to save time and costs – both critical for a mobile app development project. Why? Because the stakes here are high. Developers need to take account of time-to-market criteria. Many a time, android developers can go off the path building a bloated mobile app and end up in failure to attract user downloads.
What’s more? There may even arise the possibility that users are more than satisfied with the early product (MVP) itself. No need for further development. It is sort of a quicker enhanced development driven by the users themselves. MVP, as an integral part of mobile app development services can lead to better targeted applications quickly. For instance, clients hiring an android developer to deploy a niche app, by going for a MVP, can reduce the uncertainties and increase the probabilities of success.
Hope you found this article to be useful.
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Emergence of Chatbots – Good or Bad
More clients are hiring our dedicated mobile developers at HireIndianProgrammers – be it android development or iOS development to develop a parallel website customised for their mobile visitors. Let’s face it, mobile web development is here to grow. People are getting more comfortable browsing on their mobile for various purposes – from browsing and buying products to getting support and even conducting voice searches!
The emergence of new trends like Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and so on will provide new opportunities for businesses to serve customers better than before. There has also been a growth in the number of internet businesses that primarily conduct business through mobile applications. As a result, we have been providing more mobile app development services – along with our web development services – in recent years for our clients. Our mobile app developers – both in Android and iOS have noticed a growing trend amongst our clients, especially marketers, opting for Chatbots. In this blogpost, we at HireIndianProgrammers seek to explain about Chatbots, where and how to use them and the associated benefits and ills.
Chatbots are basically virtual assistants embedded into any online application – be it mobile app or websites. Like any other virtual assistant, they help in addressing customer queries in a smart way. The Google Assistant, which many of us, are familiar with, works in a much bigger way. On the other hand, Chatbots are being implemented in several websites to make a fruitful user experience. For instance, a client hiring an android developer to orient his e-commerce website to mobile may want to implement a Chatbot application to enhance the user engagement by addressing queries in a chat conversation manner.
But here’s the catch. In our experience at handling several mobile app development projects, we can assure you that Chatbots do not address queries all the way. Certainly not to the extent of Google Assistant. Chatbots are not equipped to answer extensively. Rather, they are tuned for specific queries and adept at just that. Android developers and iOS developers would therefore do well to understand the client’s requirements with respect to the mobile application and assess whether even such an application is required.
Why, you ask? This is because users are preferring/ visiting your mobile app over others. Therefore, mobile app developers have to tread carefully while developing a Chatbot. Most often, Chatbots are not able to answer the human queries (which are wide ranging) and invariably provide a list of articles to the user. Not only does it add to the confusion, but it also forces to fend for themselves. To put it in another way, it makes for a bad user experience. The user is likely to switch to another application. The odds are greater if clients hiring mobile app developers end up implementing a Chatbot for processes where human intervention is crucial.
So, where can Chatbots be utilised productively? Mobile app developers working on Chatbots for their clients who hired them, can utilise them for simple and much importantly predictive queries. In this way, mobile app developers remove uncertainties from the system. For example, if the developer is working on an e-commerce app, he can devise a simple Chatbot at the checkout page with regard to any queries related to payment. The process can be further simplified with the provisioning of presets for customers to choose from, thereby rendering it hassle free.
Long story short, mobile app developers can look for simple and specific query tasks that can be easily achieved by a Chatbot, wherein the sample space for answers are limited. By implementing this, it also makes the conversation shorter.
HireIndianProgrammers has a mix of both android and iOSdevelopers. We have provided mobile app development services to many U.S clients, across both android and iOS. Our mobile app development services also cover support and maintenance with no messy contracts. If you are looking for an experienced mobile app developer to develop an app from scratch or revamp an app, then you have come to the right place. You can now hire an iOS developer or an android developer, depending on your needs. Contact us here.
Top Navigation Ideas for Mobile Apps
Developers across the world will readily acknowledge the importance of navigation in web or even mobile app development. In fact, in our experience as dedicated developers for several projects at HireIndianProgrammers, we can certainly say that carelessly designed navigation will lead to a nightmare of a user experience. Ease of use, simplicity and speed are some of the things to look out for while designing navigation in mobile app development projects. With the proliferation of the smartphone, more people are browsing the internet from their handheld devices. This means there will be a need to develop websites customised for mobile.
To make matters more challenging, mobile app developers will have to cater to both Android and iOS. Clients hire android and iOS developers to design mobile applications correspondingly. In this blogpost, our mobile app developers in their journey to provide broader mobile app development services, seek to list out some of the top navigation ideas to the developer community. This may give different perspectives to both emerging and experienced mobile app developers while designing mobile applications, be it android or iOS.
Side Menu Navigation
This navigation design allows for more real estate in a user’s mobile screen and keeps things simple. The hamburger icon along with the transition effects is sure to amplify the visual appeal and smoothness of the navigation. Android developers can use the side menu for incorporating more responsiveness and minimum clicks.
Bottom Tab Navigation
Mobile app developers can use the bottom tab navigation for media applications like photos, videos and audio. For example, android developers can use it to for designing a gallery application that allows for neat categorisation of photos and videos and also enabling users to easily retrieve the same.
Colourful Navigation
The focus of this navigation design is on vibrant colours. Android developers can use this navigation element in those apps whose sole aim is fun and functionality – say a photo editing mobile application. Editing photos is fun and what better way to express this in an app.
Reach Navigation Search
Both iOS Developers and Android Developers can opt for this in app that is rooted in maximum utility. In this navigation, the search is included as part of the bottom tab and even simple filters are included within the tab. Developers can use this for simple searches within an application – for example photos app and also for advanced searches in e-commerce apps.
Interactive Navigation
As the name indicates, this navigation is used in highly interactive applications such as job portals. For instance, suppose a client hires an android developer to develop a new app for matchmaking consisting of a large database. The developer would do well to make use of interactive navigation at this juncture.
Google Newsstand Navigation
Developers and users alike might be familiar with Google newsstand. There are three different kinds of navigation built into it. The top focuses on topics and the bottom part focuses on the content. Developers of any OS can use this navigation design mainly for reading content applications such as blogs, news, current updates or affairs, random articles etc;
Side Navigation
Given that iOS emphasises on butter speed, developers, especially iOS developers can make use of this navigation to design mobile applications that calls for rapid browsing actions – like a file manager. Developers can insert the directory and other useful tools like copy, paste in the side bar which can expand and shrink by the click of the bottom arrow button. Clicking on an item will automatically shrink the side bar and opens up the item in full screen.
Hope you found this post useful. Check out our website where you will also find our list of completed mobile app development projects. Our developers at HireIndianProgrammers have provided mobile app development services for both android and iOS, separately and also simultaneously. If you wish to hire our mobile developers, contact us here now.
Designing the Search for Your Mobile App
The search bar has become an integral part of our lives. With a few clicks, people are able to look up on something they want to know. The advent of smartphones has transformed the search process even more. Most mobile applications too have Search integrated into it. As the scope for mobile-online business models widens, web developers will have to look for ways to design the Search functionality innovatively. Doing so will directly and indirectly result in more end sales. After all, when it comes to mobile applications, it is all about convenience. Hiring dedicated android developers or iOS developers will enable clients to develop rich applications aimed at bringing positive in-app experiences.
Our developer team, providing a variety of mobile app development services, delve into the process of designing Search. It is influenced by factors such as context, app functionality and depth of information.
The first thing that mobile app developers must know before attempting to designing Search is the difference between desktop visitors and mobile app visitors. The latter category of people wants a faster and convenient experience. But owing to the limited real estate in the case of mobiles, the significance of the Search bar becomes more realised.
We will look at two aspects in designing Search – the layout and physical design of the Search bar itself and the displaying of results as per the app.
With regard to physical designs and layouts, there are many kinds such as a top/ bottom layout, bar/ tab/ magnifying glass designs etc; Clients who want to hire mobile app developers would do well to provide information of their business and what they want to achieve with their mobile app. This information will be useful in formulating the design elements and layout of the Search.
A top layout is relevant for mobile apps driven by search, or in other words, visitors open your app primarily to search for information on products – eg: cab aggregator apps focussed on pickup and drop destinations. On the other hand, a bottom layout Search enhances the primary purpose of the app.
Depending on the screen space for your mobile app, you can appropriately design the Search – be it bar/ tab/ magnifying glass. For instance, if you have used the YouTube app, you might have noticed the magnifying glass for a Search. This is due to lack of space in the top navigation bar that is occupied by the logo and the upload video functionality. Therefore, adhere to intended purpose of app and implement it effectively.
The second aspect – presenting the results – is more related to the target segment of your business. There are different kinds of searches namely simple, filtered and predictive search. In Simple search, it is left to the visitor to type the relevant query. Mobile developers can display results according to the search keyword.
Filtered searches are appropriate for online businesses selling products, especially those that sell a vast inventory of products. Visitors will be able to customise and narrow their searches.Clients can communicate to their hired mobile app developers on how they want to display their results (products) in an appealing manner. Predictive search is useful for apps containing large amounts of content. It helps the visitors to come to know related search queries as they type. This search also greatly aids in smooth repeat purchases – case in point – cab aggregator apps that display recent ride destinations even before they type.
The team at HireIndianProgrammers has a mix of both android and iOSdevelopers. We have developed several mobile app development projects for our clients, both android and iOS. Our mobile app development services also cover support and maintenance with no messy contracts. If you are in the stage of developing an online business venture or expansion of the same or improve upon your mobile app, you can hire an iOS developer or an android developer, depending on your needs.
What You Must Know About Progressive Web Apps
With the emergence of smartphones in the past decade, internet traffic has seen a major shift. Smartphones command more than half the internet usage – meaning more people access the internet from their mobiles than other devices. However, statistics also show us that this doesn’t necessarily translate to more engagements and conversions.
As any person conducting business online including those who making a foray into mobile apps would know, engagement and conversion rates are very important and without it, the purpose of developing mobile apps, be it android or iOS, becomes irrelevant.
In this blogpost, our developers at HireIndianProgrammers make a case for Progressive Web Apps and why both android and iOS developers must readily make a transition and incorporate it into their future mobile app development services.
What are Progressive Web Apps (PWA)?
Progressive Web Apps are fairly new to the internet scene and they can be best thought of as a bridge/ link between mobile web and mobile apps. You need to be aware of just 3 criteria with respect to PWA. First, you need to be running under HTTPS and secondly you would need a web app manifest, app shell and thirdly a service worker. All these in conjunction would enable you to develop what is called a Progressive Web App.
The best thing is you can virtually convert any website into a PWA using the above three criteria.
Here’s why companies providing mobile app development services must make a beeline for PWA:
Doesn’t depend on Connectivity – This means that you grant users the boon of accessing your business products offline too – a possible game-changer for businesses due to the addition of new customers located in remote areas.
Very Secure – Because they run under HTTPS, mobile developers and business people alike can be rest assured that PWA are generally more secure than mobile websites. What’s more? PWA are also much faster and battery efficient than conventional mobile apps.
Ease of Use – PWAs remove the need for app stores giving users the option to install and add them right to the home-screen, ultimately giving more control to the user. The high responsiveness of the PWA means that users will prefer them over mobile apps or sites any day, thereby leading to more conversion rates. No irritation, whatsoever.
One step ahead of Mobile Websites – Developing websites, both for the desktop and mobile to provide a seamless experience can prove to be a challenge. PWAs on the other hand have the capability to integrate with the user’s smartphone through push notifications. The existence of the app shell boosts the look significantly. They also provide app like interactions primarily navigations making it easy for the user.
Higher Engagements – Because they are far easier to share with the outside world – a one click process, Progressive Web Apps are sure to crank up the engagement for businesses.
Conclusion
All of the special features of Progressive Web Apps enable them to become much more desirable for mobile app development service companies to create ground breaking applications, thanks to its checking of several boxes – speed, security, convenience and so on.
Are you looking for any mobile app developers to develop exciting mobile applications? Look no further, you can now hire mobile app developers at HireIndianProgrammers and acquire our expert services without any messy contracts.