Friday, November 2, 2012

A Guide On How To Build An Android App For A Smartphone

By Aaron Dempsey


As you build an Android app, you will focus on a number of systematic issues, which will guide you from start for finish in the development process. First, you have to decide early on what the app you are thinking of developing will be primarily for. Keep your target user in mind as you figure out what the app is meant to do or the purpose it is meant to serve. At the same time, you can use this period to determine whether you will make a free app or it will have a price tag.

Next comes the identification of the platforms that are available to you and then choose which one would suit your needs the most. You would have to make sure you have registered yourself as a developer since these platforms only allow registered developers to work on them. Before you can download the Android platform, you have to register for it first. When you do, you will need to have a coder. In the beginning, it used to be that this was not easy for many new developers. Even seasoned developers who are working as freelancers also had a problem with this. However, things have changed and now developers can use app creator coders that will need little coding or none at all.

The next step will be the designing of the app, which will call for your creative mind to be in use.

This stage needs you to put in your best effort. If the design is catchy and attractive enough to draw the eye, you can be sure to have a certain level of success once it hits the market. Although good coding is entirely separate from good design, they are working towards the same goal. the interface should always have a banging look, and still remains simple for the user to understand what it does. The design should not overwhelm the other functions of the app, such as the scroll functions. Do not quit on it early on. Just go for it until you have satisfied yourself that you have something that can be useful.

Next, you'd have to test the apps and evaluate it closely. this ensures that what you have as the end product will not fail to work. Bear in mind that the Android market has a variety of Android base phone model and each working at a particular capacity. Test the app to see if they will work on models with lower capacity, and with other models too. Wireless signals are often used on apps that run on internet connections. You'd have to test not only the signal performance for this one, however. You may also test the transitions by going from portrait view to landscape then back to portrait.

After doing the necessary edits or changes to the app, if any, it is now time to upload. Go back to your online internet platform. Then settle in for the wait for the app to be approved. Building apps also requires some good marketing strategies. You will definitely benefit if, while waiting for the app to be approved, you talk to people about your product. After approval, take the critiques and apply what needs to be applied.




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