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Technology Trends In 2018

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Here are some of the most expected top trends in 2018 , which is expected to define a whole new features :

The New Age Fine-tech :

We have seen in 2017 that blockchain and bitcoin is on the top of the trending news in 2017 , and newly introduced payment specially the mobile is changing the financial market . 2018 might be the year of facial recognition and fingerprints while will make the shopping experience easier and will almost eliminate the need of credit card payment at the checkout . Verifying your identity with your face or finger scan would more be preferable by the user .
We can also expect some retailers  introducing their own currency .

Increment In Augmented Reality Uses

Shopping experience would never been more easier than checking it on a real time basis and that to from the convenience of their home . It will facilitate user to make trial of the dress from their convenience place , and even the car accessories can be purchased by getting the real time live demonstration through mobile devices .
Combining real with virtual objects you can virtually check and use almost everything , can change the color or can even see how its gone a look like at your home with the use of mobile application .
In short , 2018 will be the starting of  discovering a lot more in augmenting reality .

More Bots In 2018

We all have been experiencing bots while chatting with the service engineer , or while paying the bill or booking a movie ticket . Bots are expecting to do much more than just playing music or booking the cab .

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

AI is all about data and information , rather than robots and drones . AI can give your business a boost by making to deceptive while choosing the best Scrabble option for your business . AI can help you filter more informed decision as they will help you to extract more trending data that can obviously help you to extract data which is more relevant for your business .

Internet Of Things Will Become Smarter In 2018

Its has already been predicted than by 2020 more than 75 billion devices will be connected to gather data and other things , thereby connecting the world in more streamlines way . As AI will surely grow , you can expected more interaction in the environment around you .
Internet of things is all about installing installing smart devices in the device and using mobile to turn on or off its features using smart sensor .
In 2018 ,  we can expect blockchain connecting with IOT devices and lot more .
So all we can say right now is 2018 is the year of technological advancement , and lot more things is yet to be technological advanced .
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Why Do Companies Outsource Their Mobile App Development Activities?

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Market for the apps is growing by leaps and bounds with every passing year. Development of apps has taken an exponential rise. Companies are looking to outsource their mobile app development activities to other mobile app development companies. But the big question is- why would they do so? They simply do it because they don’t have enough time, technical expertise, money, resources and experience.

A business is obsessed to rope in external sources to develop the mobile apps because they are driven by desire to save money. They scout for the companies that provide cheap and the best mobile app development. It is vital to have a great healthy working relationship with a technically strong organization as they must provide a professional working environment along with the timely delivery of quality products.

When we choose something, with every advantage, there come some disadvantages as well. So lets us look at some of the positives and negatives of outsourcing the mobile app to a company.

Advantages of outsourcing mobile App Development:–

  1. Saves lot of pocket money

The prime advantage of outsourcing mobile app development to an  is that it is very budget-friendly option. When you outsource app development, you will be charged only for work done by them; this can be done on an hourly basis on can be fixed payment according to your negotiation to the company.

 

You can cut off overhead costs which can help you to bring down the development price of your app. You will have to pay only for those features that you want in your app. So outsourcing is an affordable option where you don’t have to worry about the constant improvements in your in-house technical team.

 

  1. Convenient Technical Expertise and Resources

When you outsource your app, the outsourced mobile app development companies have dedicated teams which take care of your project right from the beginning till your mobile app comes up in the market. By selecting an external mobile app development enterprise, you can benefit the services of industry designers, experts, project managers, testers and marketers; all those experts who are linked with the outsourced company.

 

  1. Exploiting the technology

When we export our app to an agency, they have a dedicated team that is focussed on using the technology that suits your mobile app development requirements to bring out the best. Due to the mutual agreement, they use the best technology available.

 

  1. Time Saver

You might have heard proverb “Time is money”. Outsourcing your work saves you a lot of time as the outsourced company have to finish your project before the deadline. Huge amount of revenue is generated if the work is completed before time.

 

  1. 24/7 Support

The right support at the right time is very essential. Outsourced company provide 24/7 support to resolve any problem that may pop up during the mobile app development.

 

  1. Complete Transparency

Outsourcing your app provides you complete transparency over the app development according to your need. They provide certain tracking tools that are the milestones of progress linked with your project. This paves the way to create a healthy win-win relationship between both parties.

 

Disadvantages of outsourcing mobile App Development:-

  1. Data Privacy Insecurity

When you are hiring an external agency to develop you app, you are jeopardizing the confidentiality of data. So you must sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) before handing over you project to the company. There are many freelancers who do not even care about the data privacy.

 

  1. Not much control over the App development process

When you hand over your project to the external party, you may loose track of what is happening on the other side- how your project is building up? Constant assessment of your project may not be possible due to remote access.

 

  1. Time Zone Gap Lapse

If the project is outsourced to a company of different time zone, then it may result in poor communication due to different time zones. To address this issue, project managers are hired to bridge the gap and constantly keeping you up to date about the current developments of you project.

Conclusion

You must outsource your project after keeping in mind all the pros and cons. The flaws can be corrected by in-depth analysis of the company, its reputation and the customer feedback in the reviews and blogs. The NDA must be signed by reading it completely to prevent any future glitches

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HOW TO CREATE A HYBRID APP WITH ANDROID STUDIO?

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There has been an exponential rise in the purchase of android devices. With this growth of android devices, the demand for the apps is constantly increasing.

What are hybrid apps?

Just like websites on the Internet, Hybrid apps are designed and developed using the web technologies like HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Hybrid apps are similar to any other app on the phone. You can install and download them from the app store. The key difference is that hybrid apps are hosted inside a native application that uses mobile platform’s web view. This helps it to access all the capabilities like camera, accelerometer, sensors, contacts etc.

Android Studio is an easy to use Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that is used to develop android and hybrid apps. One can develop hybrid apps by following these simple steps:-

Design your Application

The first baby step towards building hybrid apps is designing your project. Before you start the development process, it is advisable to make sure that you have all the pre-requisites of the development process.

It is essential to have access to the features available in the browser if you are creating a pure HTML5 application. Make sure that you have all the pre-requisites in place. For example make Cordova CLI and the android SDK tools ready before going into the development phase. You will have to install Node.js before installing Cordova CLI.

Now, to install Cordova CLI, run the following commands

sudo npm install -g cordova

The next step is to download the Android SDK tools which you can download by clicking the following link…

http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/index.html

 

HTML5 Mobile Framework Application

HTML5 Framework is the building block for creating an HTML 5 application. Another major tool JavaScript enables you to add animations, show/hide things on a website. Now in the next step, you can edit the index page of your website

Testing Application through Browser

HTML5 comes with an advantage that you can test the application through your local server browser. You can easily access your application by going through the following URL replacing MyHybridApp with the name of your app

http://localhost/MyHybridApp

If you are a chrome user, then you have added advantages. For example you can use Chrome DevTools to debug your application. You can even check the responsiveness of the app by clicking of the mobile icon on the top left side of the debugging page.

You can debug your application by inspecting the elements and using features like console, Network, source, application etc.

Packaging the application

To package the application, you will have to use third party applications like Xamarin and PhoneGap. Now, what these third party applications do is – they package the application in a native wrapper which acts as a bridge between the native API and your app. The application is loaded into the web view by the third party applications like PhoneGap. And this web view displays the application to the users.

Now, after the packaging of the application is done, we can generate a release version of the APK

Cordova build –release

When we have generated a release version, you can find your apk in the following location platforms/android/ant-build/MyHybridApp-release-unsigned.apk

To submit the apk in the app store, simply sign in and submit it.

The Testing Process

We know that we can test and debug our application using the chrome DevTools like console, Network, sources, application etc. But do you know that you can debug the application without using chrome development tools? We will have to run the application on actual device to test the hybrid app using native API.

One of the options on phone to debug app is GapDebug. By using this Gap Debug you can install .ipa files for IOS or .apk for android. It provides a debugging interface in which any kind of change in the interface will reflect the change in the application.

Distribution Process

Before you can launch the application on the play store, you will need to sign your application on app store. The pre-requisite for signing your application on the play store is to generate a keystore.

To create a keystore, one can use Java Keytool utility. This utility already comes with the standard JDK distribution and can be located at %JAVA_HOME%\bin. In windows, this can be found at C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin.

Final Process

After creating a keystore, you can easily sign in and users can install the uploaded app on the play store.