7 Blunders to avoid while Developing Mobile Applications

As the demand for mobile applications rises exponentially, developers are mostly interested in creating eye-catching, engaging applications that would give them instant success. But most often than not, one important aspect goes unnoticed— training and the subsequent learning process in mobile application development is never complete if you fail to comprehend the common snags and snares in this area and ways to evade them. Here we bring to you some of the common blunders that need to be avoided while developing a mobile application. Here we bring to you some of the common blunders that need to be avoided while providing mobile app development services or developing your own mobile app.

  • Failing to Comprehend the Mobile Scenario: Many developers fail to understand that when it comes to mobile apps, users do not want to spend plenty of time. Your app should be easily comprehensible and usable; otherwise it will invite negative reviews. Obviously users would expect mobile applications to behave in a manner different from websites. You should consider aspects like quick navigation, more number of menus along with sub menus, enough space between links and buttons, and such other things.

  • Loading with Excessive Features: Many application developers are in the habit of utilizing every inherent feature of the device within the application, which often hampers the user-experience. This is all the more prevalent during app development for Smartphones, which come with novel features like gyroscope, accelerometer, GPS, camera and the like. To avoid making this blunder, developers need to comprehend the basic goal of the app; its distinct functionalities and how they would serve the purpose of the end-user. Remember that creating an app that leverages multiple functions of a device all at once does not prove beneficial in the long run.

The best thing for a pleasant user-experience is to address the immediate requirements of the target audience with the application’s first version. More features can be added at a later stage, thus giving the users the feeling that the app is being constantly updated.

  • Developing Complex User-Interfaces: In order to appeal to the audience, it is crucial for every mobile app to provide a spontaneous, seamless user-interface. It should be simple enough for the user to get accustomed to it within a very short span of time. Keep in mind that users enjoy apps where every function, button or screen is properly defined and easy to handle. It is true that there are popular apps that do have complicated UIs. If you wish to go for complex apps, incorporate a detailed user guideline in the app.

  • Targeting a number of Mobile Platforms: It is indeed not the right thing to simultaneously target a plethora of mobile platforms (the most popular being iOS and Android) while developing mobile applications. If the first version of the application involves a number of features and caters to too many mobile platforms, the initial cost would surely be very high. Actually, this method of targeting too many at a time, might in turn lead to the failure of your app once it is released in the market. The best thing is to indulge in careful research about the available platform and go for the most suitable one. In case, you are bent on developing an app that caters to several platforms at a time, indulge in some strategic planning and come up with something unique that would immediately draw the attention of the target audience.

  • Overlooking Competition: With the popularity of mobile apps, you can well realize the number of entities or players entering into this market aiming for success. So, for developing a success app, you need to conduct thorough research on the apps that will become the immediate competitors. You need to identify the main features of the competitor apps, their strengths and weaknesses, prominent functionalities, prior to releasing your app.

  • Looking for Immediate Success with Applications: Remember that every app which hits the marketplace does not get to climb the success ladder immediately. There are a lot of things you need to take care of to ensure that your app succeeds. Consider leveraging social platforms such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook or blogs and review platforms to spread information about your application.

  • Not Paying Attention to Customer Reviews: This is a primary blunder that many application developers commit. Developers must realize that the customers are the ultimate users and their opinion should not be ignored if you want your app to become successful.

Given the grueling competition in the mobile market, the success or failure of an application depends on a number of factors, some of which are beyond prediction. But avoiding the common blunders in mobile application development will indeed help you put a step forwards towards success.

 

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