Mobile app development is a vast growing field and to tap the best out of it, there are a few essential points that each developer engaged in this domain must take care of. Specific considerations are required apart from the usual ones to ensure that all mobile app development principals are followed.
Platform Selection is Crucial
Choosing the platform is the first and foremost step in this process and so should be dealt very seriously. This requires evaluating the set of users as well as the subject on which the app is to be developed. For this purpose, one can also go through the Human Interface Guidelines (HIG), a document that is available for every existing platform.
It suggests ways of creating user interface that is quite compatible with the device being targeted. So, taking a glance at the HIG enables the developer be aware of the concepts, but be informed that this document is neither a checklist nor a rule set, but a simple set of guidelines.
Avoiding Unnecessary Clutter
A mobile application developer must ensure to avoid presenting unneeded clutter to the users as it is never appreciated. For example, in iOS, a back button located at top left corner while a dedicated hardware back button in Android is quite normal and usually present and hence providing another in the app is never required. This is another vital consideration in mobile application development that keeps the spirit of change alive.
Challenging Convention Works
The best example of this is the “pull to refresh” concept that since its inception has spread like wildfire across all mobile OS. It is based on a simple idea of pulling a list to a specific point and then releasing it, thereby causing some action to happen such as reloading of data.
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