Life Cycle of Mobile App Development (2021 Update)
You must know exactly what it takes for mobile app development for your small or medium-sized business. A recent survey found that about one of every 5 SMBs has now developed a mobile app, with many plans to launch it in 2016.
Here are some of the statistics for you to know before starting to make your own Mobile Application.
- More than half of the time digital media consume mobile applications.
- Increasingly, 90% of smartphone users spend on applications.
- Over mobile websites, 85% of customers prefer indigenous mobile apps.
- For Fortune 500 businesses, Mobile Apps make for 42% of all mobile sales.
- Mobile app revenues are projected to reach about $60 billion in 2016 in the U.S.
- The user spends around 35 hours a month utilizing the 30 applications installed on his smartphone.
Let’s have a look at the lifecycle of mobile app development:
- Our first step should be to conduct extensive research—both on your own company and target audience, as well as on your rivals'.
- After you've decided on your goals and objectives, you'll need to plan out how your app will bring you there.
- You should also develop a panel or roadmap to show how each page is linked with how users traverse the app.
- You will be able to lead the backend structures required to support your applications, such as APIs, data schemes, servers, data integration and push notice systems.
- After your team has agreed on the wireframe and storyboard, it's time to create an interactive prototype. Prototyping is an important phase in the app development process since it allows you to assess design concepts, get feedback, and detect dead links and problems in the flow and usability of your mobile app.
- You are prepared to go into the coding and programming phase now. At that moment, the app 'skins' or real displays utilized in your handset are created by your designer. After all, you create an app that will really be used by your clients and target audiences therefore UI/UX elements are important.
- Test your application, it's time for you to make the last preparations to run your mobile app if you are certain that your app works in all circumstances, satisfied with the design and usefulness of the interface.
