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June 11, 2018

What Is Flutter And Its Pros And Risk For App Owners

Is Flutter good for mobile app development ? What essentials are need to be known by app owners , product owners and everyone who is involved in developing a mobile app through Flutter .

Google I/O 2018 fortunately dedicated very much of its attention to Flutter . Almost 25 % of all Google task will refer to this SDK. As technology is chaining on fast scale , apps on Google Play keep on increasing which are developed by using Flutter , and we may say its just the beginning of something great .

Flutter is trending technology and is getting hotter day by day due to its highly demandable usage . So in case you are an app development company involved in developing or improving mobile application , you should be aware about what Flutter is and its Pros and Cons .

What Is Flutter ?

Flutter is Google mobile app SDK , with inbuilt frameworks , widgets and tools facilitating developers to build and deploy visual attractive fast mobile apps on both Android and iOS platforms . Refer official Flutter Website

Flutter is a medium by which a cross platform mobile app can be developed , instead of developing with android and iOS versions of apps separately .

What Flutter uuis giving us :

The very first thing is it’s free and open source .
The complete Flutter is based on Dart – which is object oriented programming language which is really very easy to learn .
Flutter provide its own customised widgets which gives highly performable and customisable engine .
Flutter has a widget known as rick widget which aids in creating own custom designing .
Due to the above given features and high performance , it is becoming the serious competitors for React Native and Native App development .

Now lets have a quick look at pros and cons of Flutter !

Top advantages of using Flutter for Mobile App Owners :

When it comes to mobile app development , cost on the basis of time together with awesome UI is all this matters . Lets look at some of the advantages of using Flutter as development language :

1. Faster Code Writing : Developers use Flutter for faster code writing and more dynamically app development process . One of the best thing that a coder can do is they can check the changes done in the code straight away in app ! This is called the hot reload which usually takes a milli second and helps codes to fix bugs and see changes on the spot .and thus enabling them to experiment faster . Hot reload is a feature offering designers and developers to check the changes and animation on the spot . Whereas when talking about the native app development , the projects takes usually minutes to build , and developer has to usually wait for every single change .
2. One single code for both Android and iOS platform : Yes its possible . Developers has to write just one set of codes for both Android and iOS platform thus saving huge cost of investment and thereby decreasing app development cost. But in case you want to differentiate between 2 app , then you can do that also.
3. Testing time reduces : It is obvious that if you have same app for 2 platform , the testing time for developers reduces as they have to test only once thereby proving quality assurance faster .
4. Faster Apps :Flutter built apps are faster and does not hang while scrolling down or so and thus gives us faster performance .
5. Design loveable by everyone : Flutter is designed in such a way that it allows coders to customise the existing widgets together with designing the existing widgets . Want to see the list of Flutter widget availability , quickly check it out here .

Cons Of Using Flutter

1. Still in beta version : Flutter offered by Google is still in beta version , the most recent beta version is launched in April , 2018 which is called Flutter Beta 2 . This actually means Flutter team have not launched any stable version of Flutter and hence may require lot of changes in coding in near future if we launch the mobile app on Flutter as of now . Flutter team has recently said in press release ” We will continue to add improvements on the basis of users feedback and some of the key features are still not available for deployment .
2. Libraries and Support Impressive – But still not optimised completely for native app development : Although Flutter is impressive technology and Google has not left any mark in providing helpful libraries but the fact is flutter is still new and not every functionality which you need can be found on these libraries . This means it may be really time consuming in case you need to develop custom module for any specific need .

Winklix Recommendation And Wrap Up

In our opinion , Flutter has more advantages for business as well as development team than risk , but we must wait for the stable version for release for building an outstanding mobile app that fits your custom mobile app

needs and requirement for both android and iOS versions . We are not sure when we can get the stable release version , but may be we have to wait for just some another months to get the stable release version of Flutter.

If you have used flutter , suggestion and comments are always welcomed . We wish you a good luck with Flutter .

March 15, 2018

Secrets To UI/UX Design When Building An App

When we are talking about building an app , entrepreneur always keeps an eye on the huge market app and play store is having to extract huge amount of business from it . In today’s world , wherein more than 2 millions apps are available in play store , and another 2 million app available in apple app store , there is no point to not to chase your app development project on the top of the best selling charts . When we are talking about the app , we must be focusing on customer centric approach . App must be designed by always keeping user in mind in order to give them enjoyable experience .

But this article is all about the UI / UX design so lets start with the secrets to UI / UX design that you should always keep back in your mind when building an app .

Adaptive UI & UX

For every user who are not technical might not be aware about responsive design . But what if we go beyond the technical approach and rather focuses on end user centric approach . Start typing petrol pump on google search and you will be noticing different result on the basis of your location , thereby showing petrol pumps nearby . In order words we can say app changes user interface and give user experience in order to enhance search result and thereby reducing the click to expose relevant content.

Push Notification Importance

According to recent studies it has been seen that push notification in app engages more user to return to app . I know it is fact that for some user it is very annoying , but when it comes to Facebook , Whatsapp , or News related app , people don’t even want to miss a single notification from that app.

The key is added value . So if you value your information on push notification , I bet you can manage to attract more user in your application , and will imply more increase in engagement of user .

Search Is King

Search is all about allowing the user to navigate in convenient way in app , and can easily find what they are searching for . Thus the best way to do that is giving user all the necessary tools that might be needed by the user including search filter , short things on the basis of criteria and so on .

First Impression Is Last Impression

User usually have the tendency to judge the app in the very first time they use the application . So always focus on first impression as it is the most critical one . Ensure will the app developers together with your own strategy that it gives an awesome experience to user in the very first run . User interactive guide to explain each and every thing about the app working will do a lot in successful of app .

Support Is Essential Part Of UX

Nothing is worse than the app crashes . But if a app crashes in such a way that user feel they have encountered glitch in matrix will help you overcome with a problem . Bugs are inevitable , then why not to make them a part of user experience ? Providing user with a possible reason for app failure together with a link to support page will help you gin trust

Conclusion

There is no point of getting scarred with user experience and interface design. All you need is innovative mind together with bit of common sense , and strict lines on the rules stated above .Feel free to contact Winklix here , who can help you turn your idea into amazing application .

September 28, 2017

How To Use Motion Design Correctly ?

Numerous of toolkits are available for UI designer . Toolkit involves colour , space , fonts , icons . But on the other hand motion design can replace all toolkits if used correctly . A swipe transition used now a days by user , thus leaving the beautiful UI away , means user is progressing to new interface .

User’s find it more interesting to play with the motion forward and backward , while colour schemes and titles are certainly help them to navigate .

It’s time to dive into motion designing , as it is becoming one of the essential part of designing for mobile experience . An animation that has clear and logical purpose brings the user interface to life . All movements are eye catchy , so is the case with motion design . Due to it , lots of cool button animation are being seen between screens . Motion design is somewhat much more than anything , and if used effectively can give us lots of benefits.

Everything is app runs sequence wise , so we can take the benefit of motion design to guide about the process and gets view of user experience .

How To Create A Welcoming Gesture For New User

When motion used together with gesture , it can result in giving enhance experience .It is important to connect visual connection with motion -to provide context for user . There should be clear view point for user that what is app all about and what all can they do in app after downloading. According to study , 77 % of the user stop using app after 3 days from the download , so always make sure and assure that first impression is the last impression . Making user journey obvious with clear understanding will make your app . Creating a smooth swipe -enable transitions will do . On the other hand inclusion of we’ll -considered animation to any illustration upon swipe can help guide , provide context and gives user an amazing experience .

Creating A Visual Feedback Loop

Similarly logging into an application can also be enhanced by use of a motion . Barrier to entry in app is necessary , in case your app is all about social life or messaging and you are willing user to adapt the app as part of their daily habit .For instance a simple shaky horizontal shake can be used to tell user about incorrect password . That gesture will be easily recognisable , as sometimes it is difficult for the user to find the error , or read the error message in short span of time , so a small gesture will do and make them understand that they are entering wrong password . So it not only create a better design , but gives a better user experience too .

We should make as clear as it is , to make user journey apparent .The user should also know why there were in app , what all they can explore from the application . Failure to do so , will result in poor UX , which can cause irritation to user, as they are looking for amazing experience and obviously not getting it , thus ultimately leading to user quitting the app, and most likely deleting the application .

Confirm Actions : You Are Doing Great

When your user searches for the new item in your app , using search button , a motion should appear for loading page and them the searches should appear on the top of the page , thus giving clear overview of the search item . You should only focus on better understanding of the architect , without giving explanation to the user . The best use of motion is to satisfy the UX , while as the same time not hampering the user’s progress .Subtlety is the key .

Similarly deleting item is iOS trash has done excellent job for confirmation of deletion of files . Also try to create an action is funny way that user loves to use . That motions must be created as an story that follows respond accordingly . Deleting an item is mostly irreversible actions , so you must use motion just to reassure from user that are you seriously want to delete it . This can be represented by making the item blur , and then showing the time frame , by when it will be permanently deleted.

In A Nutshell

It’s important to design with transitions in mind , through out the designing process .Right from the initial wire framing , motion should not be an after thought . Creating initial wireframe is always proven beneficial for everyone while making the application , and that is the time in which you can just make the motion design as well to its best possible way keeping in mind the needs of the user .It makes it easier to interpret and visualise. A solid prototype gives us a better estimation of how our apps with look like , plus will save our development time .Plus clients loves to see them !

A good use of motion can tell the story much faster than any piece of text can . We all are humans , So we are more emotional than being as a logical person . So we want to enjoy interaction with our app , and getting pleasured with the application we are using . As living in the world , which is getting more and more digital now a days , its our job to design something that, for someone who has never used an smartphones before , is easy to understand . Using motion is great way to do that , and we really have to go a long way to achieve it .