{"id":7166,"date":"2022-03-31T17:14:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T17:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmedia.la\/?p=7166"},"modified":"2022-03-31T17:14:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T17:14:06","slug":"mobile-app-how-to-create-the-first-one-successfully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmedia.la\/en\/mobile-app-how-to-create-the-first-one-successfully\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile App: How to create the first one successfully"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">App development is made of a group of processes and different stages. And it is important to have the flow clear, especially when working on your first mobile app. So here we have put the steps to take a look at:<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>1. Develop a strategy<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The very first step in the app development process is to determine a plan to ground the idea. To do this, you should think of the unique needs of your app. In this stage, you will:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recognize who the users are.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Study the competition.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set the objectives and aims.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Decide on a mobile platform in which your app will operate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Define the abilities you will need for app development.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>2. Design the User Interface and User Experience<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is crucial to polish the application to provide an easy and smooth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmedia.la\/why-ui-ux-design-matters-in-mobile-development\/\">user experience<\/a>. In fact, the success will be measured by how the users understand, accept and profit from the capabilities the app has. What are the qualities an application needs? It should be engaging, user-friendly, and intuitive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>3. Set the Information Architecture for the mobile app<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You should determine what information the users will access, what information will the app collect, and what the interaction with the result. Once you have established all these aspects, take them as the information architecture guidelines to develop enterprise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmedia.la\/essential-aspects-for-mobile-development\/\">mobile solutions<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is the best way to display the information? Through workflow diagrams, you will be able to identify every possible interaction a user may have with your app, as well as the navigation structure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>4. Get working on the wireframes<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, the online world has replaced traditional sketches with wireframes. They are ideal because they provide a visual structure to the app\u2019s functional needs. Wireframes are used to build app layouts and iterate through them during the design review process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When working on the wireframes, you should make sure to establish:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A style manual: font family, colors in the design, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mockups of the design.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The IA and UI design.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>5. Get your mobile app working prototype<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are numerous ways to get a prototype. Technologies like Figma, or Invision provide interactive prototypes that display the app\u2019s capabilities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prototyping is a process that allows you to model the end-user experience and all the workflows the app will have.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>6. Develop the application<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before proceeding with the app development, you need to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Specify the milestones for the project\u2019s development.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select the technology stack.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Define the technical framework.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Work on the front-end and back-end development.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>7. Testing and Deployment<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doing tests is crucial to ensure applications are usable, safe, and more stable. Once everything is tested and proved to work fine, you can proceed with the deployment. For doing so, you must submit it to the app stores: App Store for iOS and Google Play for Android. What are the elements you need to launch an application?<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The name of the app and the icon.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Description.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Category of the app.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tags.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenshots of the app.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you looking to develop your first mobile app? We are the team to help you succeed. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmedia.la\/contact\/\">Contact us<\/a> and let us know what you need.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is important to have the flow of app development clear, especially when working on your first mobile app. Here is our guide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[118,226,225,224,80],"class_list":["post-7166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile-aplication","tag-app-development","tag-app-development-peru","tag-first-mobile-app","tag-mobile-app","tag-mobile-app-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmedia.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmedia.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmedia.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmedia.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmedia.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmedia.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmedia.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmedia.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmedia.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmedia.la\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}