Android App Development Platform

HokuApps understands that every business’s requirements are unique. And with HokuApps as your strategic custom android app development services technology partner, we can chalk out a well-defined enterprise mobility strategy to explore possibilities, and recognize how an mobile app can fit into your corporate model to deliver the desired purpose. Our ROI-driven business strategy will help your business uncover new opportunities for growth. Be it small, medium or large-scale organizations, it is important to read and understand constantly changing consumer behavior so that it can be reproduced and redirected through the app. HokuApps android mobile app development solutions deliver apt services based on your unique requirements. We take on a consultative approach with android apps development so that we can deliver mobile apps as promised which are tailored to your specific needs, from the smallest detail to the largest ones. In our business analysis phase, we conduct an audit of the business logic and customer outreach. The Android App Making stages cover:

• Business Logic Analysis
• Technical Feasibility Analysis (Legacy Systems Modernization)
• Competitor Analysis
• Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats (SWOT) Analysis
• Target Audience and Demography Analysis
• System Integration and Data Storage (Server) Analysis
• Wireframing, Prototype, Introduction to our Android APP Maker
• Creation of fully featured Mobile APP with our Android App Development Software

Selecting the right architecture is the first step that suits your business requirements. Our android mobile app development experts will guide you through the process of option suggestions to create native or cross-platform apps based on unique considerations like device connectivity, form factors, user experience (UX) and variable bandwidth. Our experts also prepare a comprehensive and comparative analysis of the client architecture from business and technical viewpoints like access to time-to-market, budget, device tools (like camera), multi-OS platform support, app search, look and feel of the app, app upgrades and distribution, testing efforts, total cost of ownership and customer perception.

Technical Criteria for Mobile Architecture Evaluation

• Mobile Hardware Access
• UI/UX
• Performance
• OS Platform Support
• Testing
• Offline Capabilities

Business Criteria for Mobile Architecture Evaluation

• Time-to-Market
• Budget
• Total Cost of Ownership
• Customer Perceptions

For all OS mobile apps, there are some key deliberations that we take into account in view of an app’s full lifecycle management:

• Implementation
• App Performance
• Usability
• Micro-interaction
• Data Connectivity
• Security
• Analytics
• User Engagement

One of the major advantages of choosing HokuApps is our focus on UI/UX to solve issues. Though the success of mobile app depends on multiple factors, the UI/UX factor plays a significant role. HokuApps thus concentrates on delivering easy to use and visually stunning UI to create the best user experience for your customers. By understanding your business’s philosophy and vision, we can design appropriate engagement design into the app.
Best design practices for UI/UX include

• Competitor Analysis
• Wireframe, APP protoyping, mock ups
• Data/Information Architecture
• Usability
• Micro-interactions Testing
• Design Specifications

Our highly-trained developers implement rapid native and cross-platform development lifecycle to develop mobile applications. The implementation of each approach depends on business requirements, solution, time-to-market, user experience, and business considerations. We give strong emphasis on creating sustainable mobile applications that are future-proof through app architecture, performance, security, queuing mechanism, caching, data access, usability, and connectivity.
Our android app development services apply industry-best coding practices like:

• Pair Programming
• Test Driven App Development
• Code Standards
• Code Review
• Refactoring

We utilize tools that allow the platform to perform a self-code review to improve the quality of apps before client review is done:

• In-House Code Quality Tools for Auto-Formatting Before
• Each Code Commit
• SonarQube Plugins for Respective Language
• Use of Android Studio for analysis f eatures
• White Box testing,Static Code Analaysis-OWASP

Technology Expertise of our Programmers:

• Mobile OS: iOS, Android, Windows
• Hybrid App: Cordova/PhoneGap, Mobile, Ionic,JQuery , JavaScript, AngularJS, HTML5,Python, Ruby on Rails
• Native App: Android Studio, Swift 3.0,Objective-C
• Tools- Android Studio, SQLite, Git, SVN, Jira, CocoaPods, Crashlytics, Postman, ScreenFlick, Instruments, Xamarin Studio, Samsung Knox,Xcode
• Cross-Platform: Xamarin, React Native
• Implementation Approach: Universal or Separate App, Devices: iPhone, iPad, Android Phone, Android Tablet, Apple Watch, Android Wear, Blackberry, Windows Phones & devices

User experience and quality of the Android app is complex in the enterprise mobility ecosystem. The ecosystem comprises of smart phones and tablets, user segments, content, network, form factors, the Internet of Things, bandwidth and such. We make sure that application quality adapts to high standards in terms of UI/UX design, app performance, functionalities, localization, security and A/B testing. It is our aim to create apps that perform optimally on different networks and support mobile back-end services in all types of network conditions and system requirements.

Our quality assurance process includes: *Pre-Launch Quality Asurance Process

• App Test plan based on app screens and functionalities and test cases preparation
• Planning test cases for automated testing/manual testing
• Perform comprehensive manual testing on actual devices
• Usability testing
• Performance testing based on load
• Security & compliance testing as per the industry standards
• User acceptance testing ( UAT Phase)
• Generate test summary report

*Post-Launch QA Process

• Monitor APP crash reports
• Test and troubleshoot crashes with resolutions, if any
• Regression testing for a new version or app updates
• Migration and impact testing for a new version or app update

*Mobile App Automation Testing Tools & Platforms

• iOS Automation Testing: Appium,Automation Instrument, XCode 7 UI Testing,
• Android Automation Testing: Android Studio, Espresso, Appium
• Load Testing: Apache JMeter
• Other: Xamarin Test Cloud, AWS Device Farm

The server architecture is decided depending on the user numbers and requirements of the business. For a startup, we propose a strategy called single database for vertical scaling. For a medium-size business, we propose an MVC architecture for flawless horizontal scaling across multiple servers. For large scale businesses, we propose a shared database architecture, so as to scale to millions of users for responsive, scalable and secure operations.
Technologies and platforms we often use for mobile backends are:

• Server Technologies: NodeJS, J2EE, .Net, PHP Laravel, ROR
• MBAAS: Firebase, Parse
• Open Source Platforms: OpenCart, Wordpress, Magento,
• SocialEngine
• Proprietary Platforms: SAP, Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle Sales Cloud, SugarCRM, and Others
• Database: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server, Oracle, SQLite,
• MongoDB, Apache Cassandra, Neo4j
• Web Services: JSON, REST, XML, SOAP
• Server Environments: Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Heroku, Linode VPS

Every enterprise app needs system integration solutions to connect various backend systems like ERP, CRM, SCM, CMS, messaging service, email service, analytics, reporting service, Payment Gateways and such. Our platform features custom SDKs for instant and smooth integration.

• Designing, Building and Integrating with Backend Systems
• Enabling System Integration Through Middleware and Web Services Development
• Android Mobile App Integration with ERP Systems (SAP, Sage, Oracle, Infor, Microsoft, and such)
• Android Mobile App Integration with CRM Systems (Salesforce, Oracle Sales Cloud, Microsoft Dynamics, SugarCRM, and such)
• Android Mobile App Integration with CMS (Joomla, WordPress, Drupal, Umbraco, and such)
• Payment Gateway (Authorize.net, SecurePay, 2CheckOut, Braintree, PayPal and such)
• Social Network Integration (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, WhatsApp, Instagram, Google Plus Flickr and such)

HokuApps, an android application development company, offers industry-best security standards at every level of app creation. We offer 256-bit SSL encryption to secure your android mobile devices and keep sensitive data safe from malware. However, depending on the security requirements, modules can be added or modified to suit the business.

Deployment is a complex process and is highly dependent on the technology used, type of application and target audience. We assist clients in getting approvals for their apps from Google Play Store, Apple App Store, and others. Business Intelligence and Analytics Deployment is a complex process and is highly dependent on the technology used, type of application and target audience. We assist clients in getting approvals for their apps from Google Play Store, Apple App Store, and others.
*Here are some of the critical android app metrics

• Retention Rates
• User Lifetime Value
• In App Referrals
• App Ratings and Review Analytics
• App Performance Analytics
• Engagement Analytics
• In-App Feedback
• Average Session Length - Foreground & Background
• MAU - Monthly Active User
• DAU - Daily Active User

*Tools We Use Google Analytics, Amplitude, Hotjar,crashalytics, Flurry, Mixpanel, Kissmetrics, Keen.io and Countly Android App Data Monitoring and Performance When it comes to gauging the mobile experience of users, app performance is key in this endeavor. It is imperative that we understand the performance of the app from a user perspective. This is important because often users don’t give apps a second chance. Hence, the practical thing to do is for the organization is to concentrate on giving their customers incomparable user experience right from the get-go. To deliver such experiences, the business will need to monitor a score of metrics through the app. *Monitoring and maintaining a persistent android app experience helps to:

• Diagnose performance by devices, operating systems, and variants
• See how benefits are influencing the Android application
• Discover areas influenced by poor application execution
• Know how application keeps running on every network carrier’s system
• Identify how apps consume assets
• Get knowledge of how and why applications crash
• Analyze examples and move up the imperative points relevant to app crash

Continuing app design service is the best way to attract and retain customers. Make sure that your business’s bottom line doesn’t get affected negatively by a robust app that is impervious to crashes and unexpected downtime. Hence, HokuApps suggests that you invest in a maintenance contract with your android app development company to keep your app active, always. Whether the app is created by us or by a competitor, rest assured that our standards of maintenance remain top-notch.