In February of 2022, Statcounter estimated the share of the smart phone market to be 70.97% Android and 28.27% iOS. If your business is looking to build a mobile application, the decision to choose a native vs. hybrid mobile application approach, and for native apps, the decision to choose Android vs. Apple, is not as simple as choosing the manufacturer with the largest market share.
This Client is a start-up business engaged in building a B2B ecommerce platform to align the needs of buyers and suppliers in the Food and Beverage industry in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Its business vision was to create a closed network among buyers, many of whom are restaurant owners, and suppliers, to process orders, track payments, manage deliveries, manage inventory, manage invoices and perform other transaction processes through a B2B marketplace platform.
This Client owns a chain of fitness centers in Australia and provides fitness training services to its clients to help them achieve their goals through exercise, nutrition and lifestyle changes.
If you have an idea for a mobile application, your business must weigh the cost and time to create the mobile application against the possible revenue and visibility it will engender. To create a mobile application that will provide the most potential, and to use that mobile application to become more competitive, you will need to serve the greatest number of prospective customers.
No matter the industry or business function, many organizations are deciding to launch mobile applications to serve customers online and expand their market reach. Yours might be a government agency serving constituents with information and services and allowing residents and businesses to apply for permits, licenses, etc., or perhaps you are creating a gaming application, providing a streaming and subscription service, offering a mobile app for wealth management or creating a mobile application for retail services.
When a business launches a mobile application project, it must decide how available development platforms will help it achieve its goals. What is their target market? What kind of application have they conceived and what kinds of devices will it need to satisfy in order to be accessible, and perform the way the business needs it to perform so that the business will succeed. In this article, we provide three market considerations that may help the business decide whether the Android development environment is right for your business needs.
I have had many conversations with friends and colleagues who are struggling to justify the development of a mobile application. Some want to develop a business application to improve productivity, connectivity and collaboration and access for business users and some have a great idea for a mobile app for consumers but nearly every one of them is stalled by the idea that it will be too expensive, that they don’t have the skills inside their own organization or that they have no idea how to get started.
If your business is looking for a way to expand revenue, you may want to consider developing an Android mobile application. That prospect may seem daunting, because of the time and money required to complete that kind of project, but it doesn’t have to be.
When choosing a platform for mobile application development, a business must consider a lot of factors. The team must think about whether to develop in-house, whether to engage a mobile application development expert, whether to choose a native approach for Android or Apple or a cross-platform approach, and so many other things. Did you know that more than 40% of developers surveyed in 2020 preferred to work in the Apple iOS environment as compared to 30% preference for Android?
When a business is considering a hybrid mobile application project, it may be daunted by the what appears to be the complexity and expense of developing a cross-platform mobile application development. As with any other subject, if you want to consider your options, you first need to understand the possibilities and what support and strengths each of these options may provide. In this article, we will first summarize the various ways a business can approach cross-platform hybrid mobile apps. Then we will dive into the Flutter framework for mobile app development with three things to know about the Google offering and how it supports cross-platform mobile application development.
