Development of Mobile Applications- Tutors India

DEVELOPMEN T OF MOBILE APPLICATIONS An Academic presentation by Dr. Nancy Agens, Head, Technical Operations, Tutors India Group www.tutorsindia.com Email: info@tutorsindia.com

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Mobile Application Development Challenges in Mobile Application Development Characterizations of Mobile Applications and Application Development Issues Process of Mobile Application Development Mobile App Development to Increase Student Skills Evaluation of Mobile Application Mobile App Testing Conclusion

Introduction The development of mobile applications and issues in developing mobile applications get increasing attention for business persons and students.

Mobile application development is a quite innovative phenomenon that is growing due to the ubiquity and reputation of smartphones among users.

Mobile applications are emerging in both the private and the professional field, resulting in the growth of the development of mobile apps.

Mobile Application Development

Software development process are iterative, parallel or sequential process models which can be used to some extent, but new methods are required because of the unique nature and the distinctiveness of mobile applications, e.g., 1. Hardware characteristics like compatibility, limitations in performance, battery life.

2. Software characteristics like integration, communication, notifying errors, handiness.

3. Communication characteristics like network connectivity.

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Mobile applications are broadly classified into three groups: native app, a webbased app, and hybrid app.

Native applications are designed to run on the operating system of the device.

Web-based applications need a web browser on a mobile device.

Hybrid applications are native-wrapped web applications.

Challenges in Mobile Application Development

1. Not all devices and operating systems have the same abilities.

2. Time, effort, and funds used for developing applications are increasing.

As there is a lack of support for automated migration across platforms, application developers are forced to redesign and re-implement most of the applications.

Charact erizat ion s of Mobile Applications and Application Development Issues

Mobile application developers should be conscious about the interaction of the application with other applications because of the security issues.

Other problems are the insertion and utilization of sensors of mobile devices.

The complexity in testing the application and the power consumption of the application needs to be considered.

Process of Mobile Application Development

The application development processes can be classified based on five main activities: 1. Communication - involves discussion with the stakeholders about the constraints of the software.

2. Planning – It uses a set of executive and procedural methods to identify a structured plan to accomplish the software.

3. Modeling - helps the developer to develop the software to meet customer’s needs.

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4. C onstruction - includes all coding and testing methods to develop software which can be delivered to the stakeholder.

5. D eployment - this involves the delivery of software to the user, offers support for the user, and contains feedback from the user for the development team for further enhancement.

6. Mobile application development is connected with several tasks and methods.

Mobile App Development to Increase Student Skills

With the progress of technology, computer hardware and software have become indispensable tools for business purpose.

For instance, GameSalad is a game development tool that is designed for everyone to develop games for various platforms.

It does not require any skill in a specific programming language to develop a game in this tool.

This game development tool can make students improve their problem solving and logical thinking skills.

Evaluation of Mobile Application

The first rule in evaluating the mobile applications system is ISO 9241 – 11 standards.

Usability metrics is one of the techniques that have been used to evaluate the quality of the software in many mobile apps.

The evaluation method keeps on changing due to the innovation of mobile phones.

It is essential to develop a dynamic model for evaluating the application that can grow together with innovations and technology.

Mobile App Testing

Software testing is an integral part of the mobile application development process as it helps in identifying errors in the application before it is delivered to the users.

There are different studies on how developers test software applications.

F-droid, a catalogue that lists 2, 800 free and opensource Android apps, is used to get metadata, package name, and source code repository.

GitHub is used to gather activity and popularity info about the development of the app.

Test coverage details is gathered from cloud services.

Conclusion Therefore, a pplications for mobile devices are receiving greater attention from individual users and business enterprises globally.

Along with the features provided by these mobile devices, mobile apps face the big challenge of performing satisfactorily in mixed and resource-limited settings that demands high availability, excellent performance and little response time while delivering value to the users.

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