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Guide to App Development Process in 2020

Mobile App Development Process in 2024 – 7 Stages of App Development

This article series describes the 7 crucial Stages of the Mobile App Development Process from a Business point of view. It is an essential guide for current and future App Owners.

Publishing an App on the Apple Store - Guide for App Owners

How to Submit an App to the App Store – Guide for App Owners

Follow this guide to submit your iOS app to the App Store successfully. 

How to Publish an App on Google Play

How to Submit an App on Google Play? Guide & Checklist for Non-Developers

An Android developer with 10 years of experience explains how to publish your app on Google Play.

How to develop a GPS Navigation app - guide for app owners

How to Develop a GPS Navigation App like Waze | Process and Tips

Use our expert tips to develop a successful GPS navigation app like Waze.

Pros and Cons of Using Third-Party Software in Your App Development

Pros and Cons of Using Third-Party Software in Your App Development

Learn when you should to use 3-rd party software in your app development and understand its key advantages & disadvantages.

React Native Pros and Cons

Pros and Cons of React Native Development in 2024 – Business Perspective

Learn the key advantages and disadvantages of React Native and consider when to use React Native.

App localization and internationalization in Flutter app development

Internationalizing and Localizing a Flutter App | How to Develop an App with Flutter – Part 7

Learn how to develop your first app with Flutter. This time, we will make our app multilingual.

How to Communicate Asynchronously with your Development Team

How to Communicate Asynchronously with your Development Team – 8 Tips

8 battle-tested tips on improving asynchronous communication with your offshore app Development Team. 

What is mobile app (and web) security?

Mobile App Security – Protect Your Data and Users – Know Threats and Vulnerabilities

Discover the most common threats related to application security, and learn how to analyze risks and their consequences for your app.

What is React Native in app development - introduction for app owners

What is React Native and When to Use it? Introduction for App Owners

What is React Native? When is it worth to use React Native in your app development? Read the comprehensive introduction for App Owners.

Mobile Application Security Testing - Guide

Mobile Security Testing. Make the First Step!

An introduction to mobile security testing in your app development process.

How to communicate with offshore development team – Guide for App Owners

Communication with your Offshore Development Team – Introduction for App Owners

Introduction to asynchronous communication between PO and an offshore development team. Learn the benefits of asynchronous communication.

Mobile Commerce Security

How to Secure Your Mobile Commerce App | Guide for App Owners

To make your mobile commerce app secure, you need to act on many different fronts. Find out why securing your mobile commerce app is so important, and how to do it.

GIF app development company

GIF App Development – How to Develop GIF Encoding

Learn how to develop GIF encoding in your app and discover helpful libraries.

pros and cons of rewriting an app from scratch

The Pros and Cons of Rewriting an App From Scratch | App Owners Guide

What are the advantages and disadvantages of rewriting a mobile app from scratch? When is rewriting a legacy app a mistake?

How to develop your first app with Flutter widgets layer

Refining the Widgets Layer with Provider | How to Develop an App with Flutter – Part 6

Learn how to develop your first Flutter app. This time, we will focus on refining widgets layer with the provider package.

Refactoring vs. rewriting an app from scratch - guide for app owners

Refactoring vs Rewriting a Mobile App from Scratch – Comparison for App Owners

Rewrite or Refactor? When is it worth to refactor your app and when it’s better to rewrite it from scratch? The comparison for App Owners.

Frequently Asked Questions

In short, a mobile app development process consists of the following steps:

Step 1. Choose a company to design and develop your app

Research, analysis, and selecting a company to cooperate on your product with. Signing an Independent Contractor Agreement.

Step 2. Product Discovery – define what you want to create, for who and why

Clarifying your app’s vision, defining your product’s goals & its final users. Deciding which features are the most crucial in creating your MVP.

Step 3. UX / UI app design – determine how your app will work and look

Creating a User Journey Map, clickable wireframes, visual User Interfaces, and motion design (animations & screen transitions).

Step 4. Project kick-off & setup – last preparations before the start of app development

A Product Owner gets to know the development team and vice versa. Defining every role in the team, agreement on rules, and next steps, as well as configuring tools.

Step 5. App development with Quality Assurance 

App production with Continuous Integration: plan, code, build, test (and repeat). Ensuring Quality Assurance at every stage of app development with manual and automated tests.

Step 6. Preparation and publishing of the app on Google Play Store and Apple Store

Releasing includes uploading assets required by laws & promotional materials, beta testing, optimizing the product page/store presence, and everything your app approval needs to go as smoothly as possible.

Step 7. Post-development phase – app maintenance & further development

Detecting crashes, monitoring app’s statistics, product enhancement, and further development. Your app stays attractive, adapts to changing market conditions and users’ feedback.

If you already have a partner – a company that will design and develop your product, and you went through Product Discovery phase, it is important to kick your project off before the development team gets to work.

The goal of the app development kick-off is to define your role as a Product Owner and to clarify every role in the team. Project kick-off means also setting the rules you want to follow, and planning the next steps. This stage may have different forms, at Droids On Roids we organize a face-to-face or remote Kick-off meeting with every client, and it takes around 2 hours.

An important part of the last preparations before the app development is project setup. How do the developers set up your project? It’s worth to follow these points:

  1. Creating a repository for a project at GitHub or another web-based hosting service
  2. Continuous Integration setup
  3. Setup of the beta distribution tool on the CI platform
  4. Choosing a code architecture, libraries & SDKs
  5. Setup project in IDE (Integrated Development Environment)
  6. Register the app in Google Play Console, Firebase API Console, and other services if needed