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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.

 

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Chatbots Trends To Look Forward To In 2018

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As per the present prediction , almost 50 % of enterprises will spend more on chatbots implementation as compared to traditional mobile app development by 2021 .

Mobile app development companies are helping the way out for small and medium size companies  by facilatiting them to cope up with new trending technologies like intelligence chatbots implementation powered by Artificial Intelligence .

Chatbots are just the medium to chat via messages . If you think of , we all do chat by various available medium like Facebook messenger , WhatsApp . These all medium are really fast and reliable . Similarly chatbots can be implemented on business website and app to server their customer  directly through messages .

Chatbots has the ability to change the way organisation do their business and server customers . So we are nearing the end of 2017 , we can do the recap of technological things we can do in 2018 .

It’s a good time to welcome 2018  , in the world of endless opportunities , where lot more is to be discovered .

Growth In Voice Assistant Bots In Retail And Automation Industry

We have seen many of the top companies like Amazon , Google and Apple who have implemented the voice bots in their system for facilitating customers . Many other companies has also joined hands with them . In 2018 ,  growth is this industry is expected to be seen .

Chatbots With Dynamic Nature Will Become Popular

Chatbots will become more popular among customer and organisation due to its ability to handle any situation . Any customer wants immediate solution for their queries . Chatbots are capable enough to handle any situation whether it is sales related or retention of customer . Customer now a days want quick response instead of delayed response .

Progress In Conversational Interface

2017 was the year of conversational interface . Among the most widely used , sales and marketing was on the top of the hills . In 2018 , its expected to early adopters of conversational interface , that might be the winner of the market .

Chatbots Will Help Gain Customer Satisfaction

Chatbots are now a days being used to gather information for improving the marketing and conversational skills , wile interacting with the customers . In the same time all the information will be saved automatically and can be accessed quickly wherever we want . Chatbots are developed according to the trending trends of the customer , although we are yet in process of developing a chatbots that may be capable enough to answer all the question of customer , but chatbots are continuously improving .
Taking this further , a competitive marketing team by collecting the customer analysis need to be acted on the cycle of constant improvement continues . Chatbots automat the process and hence leads to consumption of lesser man power .
As per the present trend people are still smarter than chatbots , and that is the reason we are still in the process of optimising the chatbots .

Chatbots For Website

Implementing the chatbots on website is somewhat like heavens comes true for customer and sales executive . It is proven as an excellent source of interaction for sales and customer satisfaction related issue .

Conclusion

We can’t expect the chatbots improvement all at once, but yes it will improve over time . This will improve as the result of continuous research and development . Chatbots are expected to see the new phase of maturity in 2018 .
In case you are searching for chatbots to be implemented on the website you can contact Winklix .
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Importance Of Mobile App For Construction Business

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What a new construction business needs is to have a strong foundation! But how construction business can have strong deep roots in the construction market? The Answer is through building mobile apps for the construction business.

Now-a- days many construction companies who are not using the technology like mobile apps are running into loss. The construction industry has a huge financial and time loss. Due to high cost of paper, construction industries are running into loss. So, what can they do to make profits? They have to build apps for the productivity of their construction business.

In the recent past, we have observed the revolutionized construction industry where the business entrepreneurs have started prioritising technology over everything else.  But there is still a set of people who are unaware of the new technology. The problems which are predominant are high competition, tight boundaries, skilled labour deficiency etc.

End of papers… Move to mobile apps

The problems mentioned above can only be solved by upsurge in yield. And how the productivity will increase? This can only be achieved by building mobile apps. We have seen that the traditional software has failed to solve the efficiency problem. One of the major issues along with the deficiency of mobile construction apps is less utilisation of these mobile apps. People are not using these construction apps which are leading to huge loss. So we have to bridge the gap between the mobile apps and their utilisation.

Construction Management Mobile Apps in Power 

These easy-to- use apps allow workers to access, share and document each and every project information while they are on job site. These construction mobile apps are considered to be the future of construction business. Just like building material producers are digitising their system, construction business are looking forward to digitise their construction, logistics and planning. Think of it… it is just amazing that you can keep update of day to day activities using a mobile app. Usually, a construction business uses more than one app for running their business. A mobile app can manage your developments, workforces, financials, resources, worker/client communications, and

timetables. You can also keep track of everything while on-the- go!  There are various construction firms which believe that with the integration of mobile apps into their businesses, their business productivity has increased to a huge margin. Every company believes that digitisation is going to impact every process in the construction company. As you have already read that using papers is increasing the cost of production but still a lot of construction companies still depend on paper. This has to change if they have to earn huge profits. Being able to use the mobile app allows all team members to access files download changes and view data on any device–even when they’re on a construction site.

Real Time Analytics

As all the data is available on the app, managers can use these apps for routine updates on the on-field problems, project costs and team problems. Big data and business intelligence has grown sharply and using the real time analysis to do their work.

Site safety and reporting

Use of papers makes it difficult for the firms to check whether a safety inspection happened or not!! With the use of papers, it takes a huge amount of time to process the details and sending the information to the managers but with the help of mobile apps, one can easily report to the managers about the progress of their work and can help in securing the site safety.

Looking for a Construction App Building Company?

If you own a construction business, facing some problems, and if you are looking for a company who can build solid constructions apps, then Winklix.com  is the company you are looking for. We develop Construction Apps who have lot of power, potential and have a very easy user interface. We have a very talented and enthusiastic team who is focussed on delivering the projects before the timeline. Simply contact us and we will help you out to sort all your problems and queries.