Why Android Apps Developers Give Up Easily?

Android’s growing popularity has clearly had a positive effect on the quantity and quality of goods in Google’s app market. Even though about 80 % of new smartphones is being run on Android for the sake of vastly larger theoretical customer base- this isn’t working anymore.

Here’s the thing: “Android’s Gain Has Not Been IOS‘s Loss”.

• iPhone users are pretty much assume that any major app that wouldn’t be nixed by Apple’s App Store policies will offer future updates at least as early as anyone else.

• Whereas, in case of Android phone, you’ll get most major apps but there are exceptions.
A few factors which help explain why iOS keeps its app edge or in other words why Android app developers give up so easily:

Attractive: There are plenty of stats saying that iOS users are more app-happy and free-spending than Android users. That makes iOS a more attractive market despite the fewer bodies.

Supporting Multiple Platforms Is Tough: Many interesting apps come from tiny start-ups that pretty much don’t have the option of releasing two ambitious pieces of software simultaneously. This makes it much tougher for Android to have a shot at pulling even with iOS.

Developing for Android is a hassle: One obstacle in Android app development is the challenge of supporting a bevy of devices from different manufacturers and running different variants of the operating system.

Android Versions Aren’t Quick: What if the second platform a developer supports is the iPad? As in like the e-mail app Mailbox which was originated on the iPhone but later arrived in a version nicely rethought for the iPad’s larger display. Later, after a year or so, even an Android version came as a to-do list item for Mailbox’s creators.

In the U.S., Android isn’t the runaway market-share champ. For instance, Android has 51.5 percent share and iOS has 41.8 percent. This inconvenient truth for anyone who argues that Apple’s operating system is on an inexorable march towards irrelevance.

The Next Iteration of Apple’s IOS 8- Split-Screen Apps

IOS 8, the next iteration of Apple's mobile operating system comes with a new feature- split screen apps support. This allows users to run multiple apps on the display in one-quarter size, one-half size, or three-quarter size, simultaneously.

Let’s talk more about this feature in this post....what if you kick-start your next project in a new space.

Controversies with Side-By-Side App Support

Already supported in Google's Android mobile operating system, Side-by-side app support is a highly coveted feature. It is also seen as critical toward turning iOS devices, the iPad in particular, into true productivity tools along the same lines as a laptop or desktop PC.

On a debut held in Aug, 2014 at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, the ability to support split-screen apps despite showing off several improvements- that includes support for sharing on-screen content in iOS with a Mac- the side-by-side app support was not announced.

Side-By-Side App Support for Apple's iPads

However, if the feature is built into iOS 8 it would likely be most useful on Apple's iPads. The advantages of this feature are as follow:

Ø  Allow users to have one app open on the left side of the display and another on the right side. This way increases multitasking abilities such as reading the news while videoconferencing or checking email while catching up on social networks.

Ø  Conceivably come to iPhones but smaller displays typically don't handle the side-by-side effect as well because of the limited real estate.

If Apple comes out with a larger display for the next iPhone than the current 4-inch screen of the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5, then this feature has a great future, says experts. And there are many rumours of what Apple plans to launch iOS 8, many changes, additions, and omissions can be made.

Why Enterprise Mobile App Fail and 5 Simple Steps to Fix It

The demand from business units in enterprises puts increasing pressure on IT organisations to deliver large numbers of mobile applications. Thanks to the consumer app wave that makes or scheduling, note taking, to do list,  file sharing, document viewing and editing, surveys, photos and more- simpler and faster.

Besides, 90% of businesses have already launched corporate apps by 2014 and the result is:

·         Increased Productive Employees

·         Enhanced Service Quality And Customer Engagement

·         Improved Content Distribution And Standardization

·         Eliminate Bundles Of Paper Works

·         Replace Of Legacy Hardware

·         Use Real-Time Data And Enhanced Business Intelligence

Unfortunately, this is not the norm as about 52% of enterprise apps fail to meet expectations. And let’s see why?

Why Do So Many Mobile Enterprise Apps Fail?

No defined Scope and Design: The requirements tend to be based on an existing business process

Starting-Off Huge: Surprisingly, some consider that developers normally complain the budgets are too small forgetting how long and complex is the project.

Lacking User Experience: Compared with other apps, most enterprise apps look terrible and therefore employees cannot and don’t want to use them.

Insufficient User Involvement: The internal customers don’t get involved until the final delivery when it’s too late for user testing or feedback.

5 Steps to Fixing a Failed App

1.       Evaluate how employees and the organisation as a whole use mobile technology today for work

2.       Benchmark competitors and companies to learn and be inspired from others success

3.       User Experience is the backbone. Successful enterprise apps are those that allow users to perform actions in the professional realm

4.       Choose the right development team which means the hired app developers must have a good track record of delivering beautiful and easy to use solution
Set targets and create a business case so as to measure the results, productivity increase and expected return of investment.