In flutter, there is always a scope of improvement as we all know it is growing rapidly in App’s world and many of us also want to develop an app which could also show external thing like an advertisement, an advertisement can consist many intentions like to promote something, to give general instructions, and also to seek some reviews, By the way, we had a glance over the uses of ads but the important part for a developer is the implementation of it.
So let’s understand how to implement it:
To implement Ad Mob in your app you first need to create an account into Google Ad Mob and after creating it you will find this screen
now you need to click on ADD APP if you want to create a new ad for your app then a window will appear on your screen asking “Have you published your app on Google Play or App Store” choose your option Yes or No and move forward and you will find a screen mentioning Enter Your App Information
Here you need to enter your app name and platform according to you, and then you move forward and you get an option to create an ad unit
when you move forward by clicking on CREATE AD UNIT you get a window of all types ads unit you can implement on your screen
after selecting any unit like Banner, Interstitial, etc you move forward to Configure ad unit setting, here you select a name for your ad unit and also you can customize your ad with all the available options
and when your app ad unit is created you are done with it, its time to link the app with firebase.
For this go to App setting, here you will see Link to Firebase option
after clicking on Link to Firebase, and we need to do it separately by adding package name and bundle id respectively for android and ios, then you need to select the existing project in which you want to implement
now you are done with ad mob part now let’s move to the Flutter part
after that need to make some changes in android and ios part,
First, we will discuss the android part, here we need to make changes in manifest.xml file, we add these two lines of metadata in the manifest file and we would put our app id of add mob in the value field
now let’s understand to set up an ad banner on the screen, first, we are initializing ids in initState() and later using the AdmobBanner widget to show the banner in the list as you can see this in code below.
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In this post, we shall discuss the page routes transitions in flutter. We will use the PageRouteBuilder method to animate our tradition between two different pages. You will definitely get an illusion of all types of transitions that are possible and you will be able to customize them as well and make your own Custom Transition.
In general, a transition is nothing but moving an object from one place to another. In flutter, it is also the same but in terms of widgets like container, button, and also pages since everything in flutter is itself a widget.
We will be using a certain transition technique to animate our transition between two pages or widgets.
Implementation
To set up a transition we will require a PageRouteBuilder since in return it provides us the required constructor.
PageRouteBuilder
PageRouteBuilder is a class that extends PageRoute, it creates a route that delegates to builder callbacks.
Properties
barrierColor
barrierDismissible
maintainState
opaque
pageBuilder
transitionDuration
transitionBuilder
We will be using pageBuilder, transitionDuration, transitionsBuilder.
pageBuilder
This property is used to build the content of the routes.
The axis, sizeFactor, and axisAlignment arguments must not be null. The axis argument defaults to Axis.vertical. The axisAlignment defaults to 0.0, which centers the child along the main axis during the transition.
I have taken all the possible transitions in my project. I have made a different file for each transition. I have used pageNamed method to connect all the files. As you can see in the gist as well.
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In the article, I’ll be showing you how you can manage the state of the network just like kotlin sealed classes.
if you want to know about the kotlin sealed classes check out
Is sealed class also supported in dart?
NO , sealed classes are not supported in dart.
How can we use the same in dart?
Yes, there is an alternative in dart . You must have heard of provider package in flutter for state management, Remi has done great work, do you know he also has create another package which is freezed.
Create a freezed class and define the states, If you see we have created the Result class generic so it can we used for any data. We only want data to in Result.success() and reason for failure in Result.failure() .
Now freezed will generate file , for that you need to specify
Now you can we can manage the UI according to the network state. In the initialData parameter, I have provided the Result.Idle so in the starting whatever we pass in the idle :(){} will show into UI
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Mobile application development has grown enormously over the past couple of years. As more and more people across the world have digitalized their daily tasks, the need for mobile applications has skyrocketed.
In 2020 alone, mobile apps are projected to generate $190 billion in revenue via app stores and in-app purchases and advertisements. And that’s not all, the enterprise mobility is estimated to be worth $500 billion by 2022.
Success in this extremely competitive landscape can be a reality depending on the support of a meticulously cultivated mobile apps development process. While hundreds of companies trying to take advantage of this evolution of the mobile app development industry, many do not know how to build an app successfully.
In this blog, we’ll take a look at an effective mobile app development process flow which is spread across six key phases. This is the process that we at FlutterDevs follow exclusively.
The steps we take to develop a mobile application in Flutter have proven to be the best, based on the feedback we received.
You’ve got an app Idea
As cliché as it may sound, all great applications began as an idea. But what if you don’t have an app idea, what do you do then?
If you don’t have an app idea, the best way to train yourself is to always think of things around you in terms of problems and potential ways to solve them. You want to train your mind to instinctively ask you “Why do we have to do any certain thing this way”, “is there a better way to do it?” If you have identified the inefficiency of the market, your idea is already halfway through.
The next thing is to understand the problem you have just identified. Think about why that problem exists and why hasn’t anyone build an app to solve it. Once you have an in-depth grasp of the problem, you can begin to think about the solution that you can provide to solve it.
If you are reading this because you want to build your app, let me tell you that you are going to invest a considerable amount of time and money into an app, this is the right time to check the viability and validity of your idea.
Conceptualization and Brainstorming
At this stage, your app idea starts taking its shape and turns into an actual project. The brainstorming begins with defining user cases, capturing detailed functional requirements. Once the identification of the requirements is done, the preparation of the product roadmap begins. The roadmap will include the grouping of project requirements into delivery milestones. If you have time or cost concerns, chose to go for a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and build your MVP in Flutter for your initial Launch.
The part of this phase also includes a detailed study of your competitor’s app, which will help to figure out which features are absent in their app so that you could include in your idea to stand out.
Wireframing & UI/UX
The next big step is to wireframe the app, to understand future functionalities. Wireframes are conceptual layouts, also referred to as low-fidelity mockups. We start creating scenes and assigning each function and data. This process takes place on whiteboards or papers initially. You want to make changes here, rather than later in the process, as it is easier to erase some marks than to rewrite code. With wireframing, the focus is solely on user experience and aesthetics, not the color scheme and style.
Tools we use- Whiteboard, Pencil & Paper, Balsamiq, Sketch.
Then we move onto the UI/UX of the app. That is the User Interface and User Experience on the app. The whole purpose is to create a seamless design with a polished look. This is generally a multistep process with many review stages. What the UI/UX design gives you is the blueprint and visual direction to inform the engineer of the envisioned final product and about how it should interact, feel, and flow. Depending on the project size, scope, and budget, this design phase can be completed in a couple of hours or can take a team a whole lot of hours.
Development & Iteration
Mobile application development is an iterative process. We at FlutterDevs, personally use the ‘Agile Methodology’ that basically means that you break up the entire project development work into smaller milestones and complete the app in a series of cycles. Each cycle generally consists of four steps — Planning, Development, Testing, and Review.
A typical mobile app development project is made up of three integral parts — Backend/Server technology, API(s), and mobile app front end.
Backend
The Backend includes databases and server-side objects important for supporting your mobile app functions. The backend of your app stores and sorts the information that the end-user doesn’t see.
API
An API (Application Programming Interface) is a communication method between the app and the backend.
Mobile App Front End
The front end of an application is what the user will use. Mostly, an app has an interactive user experience that uses API(s) and backend to data management.
As each development milestone completes, it passes on to the testing team for Quality analysis and validation.
Beta Release
We at FlutterDevs, follow Beta Release of the app, in addition to, or instead of focus groups. Beta release involves getting a group of testers to use the app in the real world. They use the app just as if it had launched but in smaller numbers.
Also, beta testing is a great time to see how the app performs on various devices, operating systems, locations, and network conditions.
Deployment
Your app is now ready to submit. There are two main components of deploying the app into the world. The first is deploying your web server (API) into a production environment that is scalable. The second is deploying the app on Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
The app’s release in the app stores require metadata, including:
App’s Title
Description
Category
Keywords
App Icon
App Store Screenshots
Once the app is submitted on both the play stores, it will be live on Google later that day and on Apple within a few days, as apple reviews the app before making it live on their app store. The process may take from a few days to several weeks, depending upon the quality of the app and how closely it follows Apple’s iOS development guidelines.
DevOps
In mobile app development, there are multiple team members working collaboratively, the app is moved to multiple servers along the way, which leads to additional development time, cost, customer dissatisfaction. DevOps bridges the gap between development and operations and overcomes the challenges that come with continuous software delivery. Through DevOps, it has become relatively easy to align business goals.
Tools we use: Jenkins, Codemagic
What’s Next?
One of the most important aspects which are mostly ignored by the development agencies/companies as well as app owners is the post-development Support. There are numerous vendors in the market like Samsung, HTC, Motorola, Vivo, Nokia, etc. who have customized their android OS as per their needs. Apart from different customized android OS, they have separate hardware and display resolutions. And not just Android, even iOS platform also has different devices and display resolutions. This entire web of different Operating Systems makes it impossible to test the app on every other OS in real-time.
The first two months after the app deployment are the most crucial in terms of app sustainability. For that, we use multiple tools for bug collecting, reporting, and eventually resolving. This entire bug life-cycle ensures the app is not Error-prone after published.
Conclusion
The entire mobile app development process might seem overwhelming. There are a bunch of difficult decisions and steps to follow during the process. But one thing that we can tell you is that this is an extremely rewarding process and can be quite lucrative. Once you have an idea for implementation, the most important factor is to check it’s technical and economical feasibility.
In technical feasibility analysis, your concepts will be analyzed by our technical experts to check if it technically possible or if it has some challenges.
In economical feasibility, the project is analyzed for its budget. A lot of times the complexity of the project can increase the budget which should be kept in consideration and the client should know about this.
At FlutterDevs, our expert team members Do Free Technical and Economical Feasibility Interactions, so that the client knows about the product before investing his money.
We also have a team of expert analysts, who will analyze and compare your product/project with your direct competitors in the market and help you define a better value proposition of the project so that you stand out among the crowd.
At flutterDevs we have a huge experience in all the processes of application development like conceptualizing, developing, releasing, marketing, and maintenance of the app. We have a specialized team to handle each process.
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In this post, we shall discuss how to use flutter in codePen. This platform enables the developers or designers to showcase and test their code snippets created using flutter, HTML, CSS, JaveScript. CodePen is really an amazing platform to share or snippets and design with thousands of developer and we also take lots of comments, suggestions, and lots of advice form great designers and experts. There are lots of views available incodepenwhich help us to explore more.
Codepen provides various core features such as pen editor, project editor, collection, Assets Hosting, Embeds, APIs.
CodePen is an online community for testing and showcasing user-created flutter, HTML, CSS, and javascript code snippets.
Why codePen:-
The flavor of flutter, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Vim Key Bindings provides command-line keyboard shortcuts
Emmet toolkit provides flexibility to projects
Provides Collections and Tags
Different views for pens (Editor, Details, Full Page, Debug View)
Pro views (Professor Mode, Collab Mode, Live View, Presentation Mode)
Good Community Support
Why codepen is better then DartPad?
DartPad is also good to share or test code snippets with other developer but codepen provides us with a good community of designers and developers. It helps us a lot in getting feedbacks from other experts developer and designers. It as lots of active members which helps us in promoting our designs or snippets.
There are lots of templates available made by some pro designers. So let’s try one of them:-
You can modify the code and see the changes but you cant use them in your production application since they are MIT Licensed…
My Pen using flutter
I tried to build a search feature and add items to cart demo and this is how its look: Let me describe my pen…
There is two class in it SearchScreen, CartScreen. I have tried to keep the logic simple and easily understandable. There is an array ITEM_LIST that contains Item and each item gets updated every time we increase or decrease the quantity, in the CartScreen class the buyingItems list contains the Item whose quantity is greater than 0, and I have used the for loop to calculate the price of the total bag.
Item Class :
This is a simple model class that describes the properties of items such as name, price, quantity, etc…
class Item { final String name; final int price; final String id; int quantity; bool add; final String imageUrl;
SearchList is the list of Item whose name contains the text searched by the users. This list gets updated every time the user searches for the Item in the searchBar.
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This article mainly focuses light on the Sembast database, though there are many other databases that are readily used in Flutter like Hive, Moor, SQFlite but before going over the implementation of it we should have a Rough Idea of Database.
DataBase: Database is an Organized collection of structured or well-managed information basically electronically stored in the electronic device or machine. There are various types of databases present.
Some of the prominent ones are :
Relational databases: In the relational database data/items are organized as a set of tables with columns and rows. it is the most efficient and flexible way to access structured information
NoSQL/Nonrelation databases: It allows unstructured and semi-structured data to be stored and manipulated (in contrast to a relational database, which defines how all data inserted into the database must be composed). NoSQL databases grew popular as web applications became more common and more complex.
Before Letting Readers Dive Into the whereabouts of Sembast database , They will need to get some Insights about what constitute — NoSQL database as sembast database comes under the categaory of NoSQL database
NoSQL Database:
NoSQL database consists of some important aspects as it handles large no of data with ease, works faster even when you make queries to search something, and also has strong data encryption as compared to the SQL database. In SQLite, it is based on a structured approach where we require a schema with tables and columns but in NoSQL, we do not need such kinds of things and you only need to do is simply pass objects to the storage.
Some advantages of NoSQL Database :
The right data model: key-value, graph, wide column, or document models
Large volumes of structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data
Object-oriented programming that is easy to use and flexible
Efficient, scale-out architecture instead of expensive, monolithic architecture
This was a general overview of NoSQL database here after reading thing the first thing which will come in your mind is
Which one is better ? Relational(SQL) database or NoSQL
If we compare NoSQL database with Traditional(Relational) database the main thing which comes, as a result, both databases are having different qualities like if you see when we work on a relational database and if we have more raw data and when it starts growing its searching becomes slower while in NoSQL database we don’t face these problems as compared to Relational database.
Role of Database in APP
If I talk about apps, Apps are mainly designed to make suitable user interactions that make users do their work easily, and here storing data becomes a must. if your app is having a database that consists of more space your app becomes slower and to get riddance of this you need to choose your database carefully, However, storing data in the flutter is not the easiest task if you look beyond preferences and here the importance of such kinds of things(Database) for storing data comes into effect.
so here we observed each and everything which we require to know to implement Sembast and now without wasting a second let’s first take a look at what is all about Sembast.
SemBast Database:
As preferred by name Sembast db stands for Simple Embedded Application Store database.
Yet another NoSQL persistent store database solution for single process io applications. The whole document based database resides in a single file and is loaded in memory when opened. Changes are appended right away to the file and the file is automatically compacted when needed.
Sembast also supports encryption using user-defined codec so its new thing to work on. but the thing which makes it different among all NoSQL databases is its working compatibility with de-normalized data as you know that it is just a JSON file and viewing and accessing the content from the database is easy as compared to others. we can understand with an example suppose you are going to work with a database where you need to provide an id for every table and it could become a problem if you need to specify it separately but in Sembast it is quite easy that it creates ids automatically, you also get riddance from boilerplate code which improves your productivity as a developer. This was a description in simple words to make you understand.
Now let’s understand its working and implementation :
Implementation:
You first need to add some dependencies in your project
path_provider: ^latest version sembast: ^latest version
Like database libraries, SEMBAST needs to be opened before so that we can store and retrieve data because the library can make a connection with a file on the persistent storage where all the data is stored.
How Does Sembast stores the database rows/records?
Semabast follows the store concept, we can imagine that a table which holds data and a key associated with it, and that key is automatically generated and unique for every record. So you don’t need to generate any autoincremented key for this.
and very set of data will look like this
{“key”:1, ”store”:”StoreName”, ”value”:{}}
key: The key is an autogenerated unique entity.
store: It identifies the data table or folder for which the belongs, It could be considered as an equivalent to a table in the relational database.
value: Value is actual data that reside in the database and as Sembast is a NoSQL database so the value should be stored in key-value pair.
here we are going to create a simple example where we will create a list of books that we will create by inserting the data.
Let’s create a model class and add its toJson() and fromJson() methods.
After creating the modelclass let’s make a Dao class to deal with the database and it performs the required CRUD operation. you can see in books_dao.dart below :
Firstly we stores the name of our table/folder in a String variable and then used a intMapStoreFactory.store(folderName) to initialise it as a table/folder. then we create the instance of Books Database in line no 9. and below this line there four methods are used
:: insertBooks() : In this method, we are using add() method and passing the database instance into map format.
:: updateBooks(): In this method, we are using update() method to update the record using a finder object. The finder object is a parameter that is used to update the function.
:: delete(): It performs the delete function and work like update() but also removes the data table from the database.
:: getAllBooks(): It is the function from which we get all records from the database.
In the given video you can see that list is updating on entering values :
Conclusion:
After doing a comparative study of the Sembast NoSQL database and its working with an example we have come to point where we have found that the Sembast NoSQL database is faster, easy to manage, fast readable, a strong encryption technique and able to handle de-normalized data efficiently.
So if you want to handle your project with these qualities you need to go with the Sembast NoSQL database.
In the article, I have explained the basic architecture of Sembast you can modify this code according to your choice, this was a small introduction of Sembast from my side.
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Thanks for reading this article if you find anything that could be improved please let me know, I would love to improve.💙
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As more and more people are embracing modernized technology, the need for a mobile app or apps has skyrocketed. Due to this growing popularity of mobile apps, companies need to build their apps to stay competitive in the market. As we all know, Android and iOS own 98% of the smartphone market. Which makes building the apps for these platforms more obvious.
Companies are looking to build apps for Android & iOS platforms with faster speeds and lesser resources. Obviously, Apple and Android have provided native tools and technologies to build apps for these platforms like iOS apps that can be built by using Xcode & Swift while for Android apps Android studio and Java/Kotlin. However, this requires the developer/engineer to learn two completely different technologies. As a result of this, companies have started using cross-platform technologies which can be used to build apps for both iOS and Android by using a single language.
Today, we’ll be comparing two of the most dominant frameworks in the cross-platform mobile development world — React Native and Flutter.
Facebook originated React Native and Google’s Flutter has created a lot of buzz in the mobility industry lately while being placed against each other to decide which is The BEST framework.
Let’s quickly look back at what these frameworks stand for to set a base for comparison of being the best solution to build android and iOS apps
What is React Native?
It is an open-source framework, developed by Facebook in 2015 as it’s own cross-platform mobile app development technology. React Native allows the developers to use React and JavaScript in addition to native platform abilities required to build mobile apps.
It comes with a bunch of benefits like:
Open-source
Ready-made components
Hot reload
Highly Reliable
Uses a widely popular language — JavaScript
Platform-specific code
The cross-platform mobile app development framework also comes with some disadvantages.
Complex UI
Uneven Navigation.
A few of the well-known apps made with the help of this Framework are Facebook, Artsy, Skype, Bloomberg, Vogue, etc.
What is Flutter?
Flutter is one of the leading open-source cross-platform mobile app development frameworks in the industry today. Rather than being just a framework, Flutter is a complete SDK (Software Development Kit). Everything you need to develop cross-platform apps. Google developed Flutter in 2017.
Out of numerous advantages, here are some of the major ones –
Open Source and free to use
Hot Reload
A complete development ecosystem.
Highly customizable.
Google’s Reliability.
It has some disadvantages, like…
Larger application size.
Native tools dependency for building apps.
Here’s a quick overview of technologies and companies behind Flutter & React Native.
Now that we’ve dissected each framework enough to draw a comparative infographic to know the best cross-platform app development framework. Let’s dive deeper into these details.
The Bigger Difference Between React Native and Flutter : A Broader View
User Interface
When it comes to User Interface, there is a very large gap between React Native and Flutter. React native is based on Native components whereas Flutter works seamlessly with their highly customized widget sets, which are best for getting customized UI design that gives dynamic and native support.
These widgets are both in Material Design for Google and Cupertino for apple, making UI one of the possible factors of whether or not Flutter replaces React Native.
Native Appearance
Native look and feel of an app is something that both Flutter and React Native are promoting as their USP. While the performance is the sign of React Native Development is available for the world to peek in and explore, the reason why organizations hire Flutter developers is its feature to use the device’s native functionalities without using any 3rd party component.
Both these frameworks have what it takes to go far in the journey of native look and feel for any Android and iOS app.
Configuration & Setup
Flutter’s setup process is much more straight and aligned as compared to React Native. Flutter has the benefits of automated system problem check-ups, something which is missed in React Native to a great extent.
Developer Productivity
Developer productivity is the key to building apps faster. To achieve this, it’s very important to focus on app development without any kind of distractions.
Considering the development of the app faster, both the frameworks Flutter and React Native have Hot Reload features. The hot reload feature in both frameworks lets the developer see the changes without having to recompile the code. But being a little more mature framework, React Native has great developer support in terms of IDEs and language support. Flutter is fairly new in this context, but will surely catch up as the community around flutter grows.
Testing Support
The greatest way to get feedback on the code is by writing tests. There is always a testing work-frame associated with every mature technology to create unit, integration and UI testing.
React Native is a javascript framework and there are a few unit testing frameworks available in Javascript. However, when it comes to UI testing and integration there is no official support from React Native. There are third-party tools that can be used for testing React Native apps.
On the other hand, Flutter has great documentation and a rich set of testing features to test apps at the unit, widget, and integration level.
Popularity
Between Flutter and React Native, the number of developers and the number of apps built with React native is way more than Flutter. But the gap is quickly filling in, considering Flutter is still very young. According to the Stack overflow 2019 survey, Flutter is the most lovable framework, with over 75% of people interested in it.
Seeing both the frameworks getting traction, it’s fair to say that both the frameworks are equally popular among the developer’s community.
Conclusion
React Native and Flutter both have equal advantages and disadvantages and it’s hard to say which one’s better and which is not. However, Flutter has definitely taken a lead over React Native in a lot of fields. Some of the industry experts have also said that Flutter is the future of mobile app development. But I think we should not predict the future but just rather Wait and Watch!
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It’s a multilayer process of designing any product, especially for a website or an app. It’s highly desirable to follow all the stages to make sure you have a professional product
By now, I’m sure you know that we are going to talk about design processes, particularly web and app designs. I will briefly tell you about all the stages of the mobile app/web design process.
Wireframing
Creating Mockups
Prototyping
What is Wireframe?
Wireframes are low-fidelity blueprints of a mobile application or a website. They depict what goes where in the product design, but only as a basic draft, without focusing on details, color, shape, or size.
Simply put, a wireframe is a sketch by the designer. Its purpose is to show the structure of the app or a website with basic elements and content placement. Designers can bring order to scattered ideas and present them schematically in a wireframe.
What does a wireframe consist of?
Wireframes present the products at its inception stage. It shows the logic of the website or mobile app and consists of:
:: Boxes or circles
:: Lines
:: Text
Though there are no set solutions that are universally applicable, there are still a few things that should be considered. A good wireframe is the one that is created with reference to the specific features of the product, be it a mobile app or web.
Why is it needed?
Wireframes visually help to create the website or an app essentially easier by pairing the entire product and focus on the functionalities.
We as an experienced software house, believe that the client needs to be educated about how the proposed app or the website will function. A written or a verbal explanation of the product, the major functionalities stay down to their imaginations, which will lead to more error. It’s here where the wireframes can help in squaring these circles.
We just saw how a wireframe is a simple draft or a sketch. Well, then comes the next part, lending colors to the sketch. A mockup is a transformation of the schematic layout into a more colorful and static representation of the future product.
A mockup is not just the blueprint, it’s the end look of the app or the website. Mockups are often confused as Wireframes. The main difference between the both is that mockups don’t skip details: on the contrary, they are all about details, showing the feel of an actual app or website and showing how all the elements function together.
When to use a Mockup?
The mockups can be viewed of the highest value during certain stages of the app or web design. Anyone can use a mockup when you want to:
experiment with the look of the product.
decide the product’s color, font, visual styles.
present the design interface to potential users or stakeholders.
decide your brand identity.
Why is it important?
Mockups fill the visual details of a wireframe, like colors, font, graphics, and layout. The best part about mockup is that it gives you quite a good idea of how the app or website will finally look upon its completion. Comparing to wireframes, which is just a visual draft, a mockup is much closer to the final version.
Also on the development side, a mockup provides a detailed specification of the product. It also creates an understanding of the product because you see how the user is going to see it.
A prototype is a highly-detailed functional version of your application or the website. It may or may not coincide 100% with the final product, but the similarity must be really high.
Even though prototypes are not put into code yet, they look like actual applications. Users can interact with the app and can easily test the user flow.
What advantages do you get with prototyping?
There are tons of benefits of working with an interactive model before building an MVP. You get more one more chance to check the product inside out and finally confirm or reject the variants of the product.
Exploring new ideas and identifying product Improvements
The process of prototyping provides opportunities for new idea explorations early on in the development process. A prototype is the product foundation that is continually improved until the app meets the business goal.
Cost Saving
Starting the app-building phase with prototyping can save a lot of money in the long run. Solving the problems, in the beginning, is always less expensive than towards the end.
A quick example of creating a prototype using Adobe Xd
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How do Wireframes, Mockups, and Prototypes stage the design process
A good design will always find all three stages in the design process — creating a wireframe, mockup, and prototype. Though all three of these stages look similar, they hold an important role in the development of a well-designed user-centric product.
Wireframes provide a structure of the product to the developers and let them understand the product architecture and best coding solution. The product design should be well structured and should gradually translate to a mockup.
The stage when you get to finalize your design and see how structural elements turn into colors, buttons, content layout. Ultimately leading to prototyping. you get to feel what the user will experience on the app and interact with it. Such an approach reduces misunderstanding and unbudgeted expenses.
Why does flutterDevs recommend a prototype before development?
At FlutterDevs, We put attention to details in designing Mock-up, Wireframes, and prototypes. All the revisions and changes are done in mockup and prototype. Once the prototype is ready, the client has an exact idea of the application and he can see the animation and navigation of each and every screen to get the real feel of the app, only the data is a dummy. Once the prototype is approved, the process of development starts and it really goes smooth and saves a lot of time in development.
We recommend getting a working prototype before the application development starts. Also, we have a way to export all the graphics from adobe xd for different resolutions of mobile phones and tablets and it saves a lot of time for developers in the development.
If you are planning to have your own mobile application, website, custom web app designed by a professional design team, or have any type of query or concern regarding its concept, technical know-how, the best way to get it done then don’t hesitate.
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There are over 3 billion smartphone users across the world, it’s no surprise that the mobile app industry is thriving. App usage and smartphone penetration are still growing at a steady rate, without any signs of slowing down anywhere in the future. Now factor 1.3 billion tablet users as well.
We use our phones at home, offices, before sleeping, while traveling, on the road, while eating, basically throughout the day, all day. And 90% of our time on the phone, we use apps.
This alone is encouraging enough for anyone who owns an app or thinking of developing an app. This article is for the people who are developing their app or thinking of developing their app.
Earlier in the days, when smartphones started gaining tractions all over the world, apps were built in a very specific way. Not a lot of choices were available.
But now, you have a plethora of options to build an app. From frameworks, templates, components, to hybrid app options. How do you decide what’s for you?
Being the best mobile app development company, we have built our fair share of apps. We have hit a lot of stumbling blocks. But that doesn’t mean you should too. That’s why we’ve put together seven most important things to consider before you start your mobile app development. Let’s see each of these, on by one.
Let us list down the points in firstly before going in deep-dive in detail :
Just because you’ve got a brilliant idea of a mobile app, doesn’t guarantee success. But only a three-word sentence can turn everything around, “Know Your Audience.” Most of the ideas are focused on the specific functionalities of the app rather than a specific audience. It goes without saying, that knowing your targeted audience is one of the most important things to consider before starting to build the app. After all, its the users who are responsible for your app’s success.
Factors like the age group of your targeted users, the country which you are targeting, gender, occupation, the interest of the people must be considered for the app design. Your app might have technically sound features, the success of it completely depends on how it engages the end-user.
: Choose The Platform
After you know your audience, the next thing you have to decide is what platform your app will be available on? In the mobile device world, Android and iOS are the two most dominant platforms. So the choice boils down to these two.
To develop a mobile app for a specific platform, you have to use a language that is natively supported by the platform. For example, android apps are developed with Java or Kotlin and iOS apps are based on Swift or Objective-C. These types of apps are called Native Apps.
Now, you must be wondering whether it’s possible to build an app for both the platforms by using one language or not. Yes, it possible. Those types of apps are called Hybrid Apps. With the evolution of technology, the community realized that it would be easier and much convenient to build an app for multiple platforms using only one language. As a result, cross-platform frameworks were born: Flutter, ReactNative, Xamarin, etc.
Each of the options has its own advantages and disadvantages. As a business owner, it’s very important to understand the difference between them.
: Backend
Looking at the present mobile application trends, we see more and more applications today are driven by APIs. At the same time, not all the mobile apps you build need a custom backend. You can handle the entire application with the local database and these apps do not need any kind of backend support.
: Payment Integration
In today’s world, online shopping and e-commerce have become an integral part of our lives. It’s unfortunate that while eCommerce and apps have become more and more futuristic and sophisticated, the delivery operatives have become more and more imperceptive. However, we still trust them and we still shop. This is the one main reason what gave birth to integrating payment gateways into mobile applications, allowing customers to pay for services, pay their bills, and so on, right at the moment.
Someone who’s building their app can’t underestimate the true importance of a payment gateway built into their application. This is a helping hand in skyrocketing sales to the moon.
: UI/UX Design
User experience is one of the most important features when it comes to the digital world. Your mobile app defines how a user feels and thinks about your business & services. It is about making something valuable, easy to use, and compelling for your target users.
Hence, UI/UX holds a vital role in today’s mobile app world. This element of a business mobile app development is really important because 99% of the time users do not come back to the app if it is not user-friendly. Having created a good design, the app will bring interface clarity to the user.
If you are inadequate to provide a quality mobile app, it may end up hurting your brand image. This is the reason why top mobile app development companies spend more time on this part of the application.
: Find Your Development Partner
The final & crucial decision is to think about whether you want a professional or you would like to create your own mobile app. The question summarize the infrastructure and financial spending in both the case.
The biggest barrier to building a mobile app is that not everyone knows how to code. In fact, the majority of the people who want to build their apps are not coders. In all this probability, you may be included in this as well. There are two ways you can go about it: Learn how to code, take mobile app development courses, basically doing what every beginner does.
But, that’s not even the main issue here. Think about building an app like building your home. When you want to build your home, of course, you want to build it according to your specifications, just exactly how you like it. But do you need to learn the skills and techniques needed to construct a house? of course not. You will find people that you trust, you will tell them your vision, designs, and plans. They will build your house just exactly how you like it but with more experience and faster than you ever could.
Exactly like that, an app development firm will improve your business engagement by targeting the requisite market & audiences. Besides, it will help in a comfortable and hassle-free user experience, which in turn gives us a profitable income generation accompanied by the free online promotion for our business. Whatever you choose, you must be sure of what you intend to achieve with the mobile app and how it will drive your business for.
: Perfectly Market your App
It is just as important to market an app amongst your target users. Partly to set your foot right in the app store and slightly to sway audiences by letting them know that there’s something critical in store for them. Make sure you perform A/B testing for efficient conversions.
Marketers often fall trap to commonly used techniques like undertaking SEO activities for app market and social media marketing. Instead, it is wise to master the art of mobile marketing hack and get things right for your business.
Conclusion
Anyone who wants to build their app has already spent hundreds of hours thinking about the concept of their app and even more on the implementation of all of your ideas and concepts. Finally, your app is now ready. You have your masterpiece ready to launch. However, your work is not finished yet. There is a very popular misunderstanding that as soon as the app is deployed on the stores, it is done forever. But practically, it’s not how it works. If your app is running smoothly and stably right now, that doesn’t mean it will always be so. App’s requirement changes with change in time.
Building an app is one thing, and maintaining an app is another. Post-deployment maintenance is the most crucial part of any app’s success. From handling bugs, making regular updates to taking user feedback and implementing them, it takes a serious vigilance and an organized system in place.
If you are planning to have your own mobile application, website, custom web app designed by a professional design team, or have any type of query or concern regarding its concept, technical know-how, the best way to get it done then don’t hesitate.
Trusted across industries like manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, BFSI, and smart cities, Aeologic combines innovation with deep industry expertise to deliver future-ready solutions.
Feel free to connect with us: And read more articles from FlutterDevs.com
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Today, people rely on their mobile apps for almost everything that they do every day. From communicating and networking to managing their finances, handling businesses, and making purchases. This is basically one of the biggest reasons why businesses find it crucial to build their brand value and a loyal audience.
And if you think, that mobile apps are for big-name brands like Amazon and Walmart, you are wrong. more and more small and medium-sized businesses are adopting new mobile trends. In fact, you will notice a lot of small businesses you daily interact with, have their own specialized mobile app. Businesses with this mindset are always ahead of their game when it comes to marketing.
How does a mobile app help your business?
Purchasing goods and services online have become a normal daily practice for millions of people all around the world. According to a recent study, it has been projected that around 65% of internet users will are expected to make at least one purchase online during the calendar year 2021.
When you have such a huge part of the market making purchases online, you can’t afford to miss out on a mobile application, or even a mobile website. Nowadays, everybody has their personal computers in their pockets. So allowing the users to access the essential services from their phones should be a high priority.
Mobile apps give your business a constant presence on the customer’s phone. Apps also increase sales by offering your customers a more convenient way to browse and shop, allowing them to make purchases from wherever they are. Businesses can even use their apps to alert their customers to new deals, products, and events.
Planning is the key
We can go on and on about how mobile apps are important and how can they boost our businesses and skyrocketing sales and whatnot. But unfortunately, it’s not that easy because, despite the considerable market potential, your app will not automatically be a success. Since an app is basically nothing more than a marketing measure, you should also plan in a similar way. You need to think and plan in advance what are you going to achieve from this app. Set goals to be targeted in a channelized manner. Very different objectives are conceivable, including:
– Improvement of customer loyalty
– Building a new distribution channel
– Increase brand awareness
– Capturing customer data
– Providing new services to customers
So an app can be a very versatile marketing tool, but it also needs to be targeted to make it work. So, define how you want to measure your goals in order to put your app on the front foot.
Aspects to consider in app development for your business
When it all boils down to the actual development of the app, most of the startups/companies rely on external service providers or app development agencies such as app development companies, either because they lack the necessary know-how or the internal IT department would be overloaded with such a project. You are not just hiring a development company, you are choosing a technological partner for the success of your business. So, be sure to partner with companies that understand your vision of the app and what value it has to add in your customers’ daily life. Of course, they should meet all the necessary technical and analytical requirements for developing the app. Ideally, they should have experience in developing apps for your industry, and be able to develop apps for the popular iOS and Android operating systems. In addition, the app development companies should bring design and graphics expertise and experience in marketing.
It’s never only about having an app. The app should have a contemporary design that fits the CI / CD of the company and therefore come in a user-friendly layout. Thus, the user recognizes the brand in the app again and sees the app as a modern development step. The app should bring an advantage to the user and be intuitive. Otherwise, if the benefits and functionality are not immediately obvious, the users will be disappointed.
Also, keep in mind that developing an app can be a complex and sometimes lengthy affair, depending on how complex the features or specification are a part of your app. As a result, the costs cannot always be determined exactly in advance — because of unexpected development problems, these could also be higher than planned.
Also, be careful to never get stuck on something. App development is a continuous learning process for an entrepreneur. You may come up with new ideas.
Understand your cost of development
Alright, we’ve established that companies do succeed from launching and app. But we can’t throw away the basic business principles. If the cost of developing the app is too much to generate a return on the investment, then it’s probably not worth it for you. And you don’t also want to cut too much budget and develop an app which doesn’t serve the purpose
There are many ways you can develop the app, two of those are by hiring freelancers or by hiring a software development agency/company. A freelancer usually will work on one particular part of your app, so hiring multiple freelancers will end up costing too much.
On the other hand, a software development agency is one common ground for all your needs in the app and are easier to hold accountable and is more reliable. Therefore, paying more will generally yield better results.
No matter what you choose, here is a breakdown of the mobile app development cost, so you could understand what you are paying for.
:: UX Design
User experience is the most important aspect of your app and there are no doubts about it. It defines everything that the user sees, how they interact with the app. Given that there are millions of apps, the design has to be the greatest way for your app to stand out, especially if your competitors also have their own apps.
Since UX design is such an important part of your app, it’s understandable why it’s also the main part of the mobile app development cost. All of this to ensure that users actually like what they see and will come back. 90% of the businesses who have got success using the mobile app, happened because of the successful design.
:: Back-End
UX design and everything else a user interacts with is called the front-end. The back-end is the exact opposite, i.e. everything that happens behind when a customer interacts with the app. This is something that the customer doesn’t see.
The back-end includes the application itself, the database, and the server which hosts the database. Once you interact with the app, it sends data to the database and it can be retrieved later if necessary.
:: Security
Security is also part of the back-end, but it’s an important one, therefore it might have a big impact on the mobile app development cost. Your app may require users to register and log in to access different services. Therefore it’s important to keep this information secure. Customer’s data is the backbone of any company and getting it stolen can put a big strain on a company’s finances. That’s why it’s very important to consider investing in some additional security layers.
:: Maintenance
Developing and deploying the app is not everything. Times keep changing and so does the customer’s needs and requirements. Post-deployment maintenance is very important for the continuous growth of the app. From fixing the bugs and updating new features and functionalities, everything comes under the cost of maintenance.
Lastly…
Is the app worth it for your business? to be honest there’s no right or wrong answer to this question. Just like every company’s executive decisions, this too depends on company to company.
With that being said, I personally think that most of you would benefit a lot from developing the app from your business. Just make sure you have a relevant and well thought reason and goals behind getting your app developed.
If you are also planning to have your own mobile application, website, custom web app designed by a professional design team, or have any type of query or concern regarding its concept, technical know-how, the best way to get it done then don’t hesitate.
Trusted across industries like manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, BFSI, and smart cities, Aeologic combines innovation with deep industry expertise to deliver future-ready solutions.
Feel free to connect with us: And read more articles from FlutterDevs.com
FlutterDevs team of Flutter developers to build high-quality and functionally-rich apps. Hire flutter developer for your cross-platform Flutter mobile app project on an hourly or full-time basis as per your requirement! You can connect with us on Facebook, GitHub, Twitter, and LinkedIn for any flutter related queries.
Wewelcome feedback and hope that you share what you’re working on using #FlutterDevs. We truly enjoy seeing how you use Flutter to build beautiful, interactive web experiences!.
