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HOW TO CREATE A HYBRID APP WITH ANDROID STUDIO?

how to create hybrid app with android studio

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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The Odd Synergy Of Technology And New Age Wellness

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THE ODD SYNERGY OF TECH AND NEW AGE WELLNESS

The Menace of the new Technology
The Technologies are creating a menace on the health of the people’s life.
People are constantly addicted towards the technology just like the magnet
attracts the iron. We spend a very unhealthy time in using the technology by
constantly staring on the mobile or laptop screens, continuous scrolling the
social media apps on the mobile phones, emailing the clients, persistently
tweeting about daily life events on the social media, frequent chatting to
friends and relatives, sitting in a particular position for hours ,filtering and
screen grabbing. These all causes a very bad side consequence on the health of the people.
People are not socializing face to face and they don’t go out with the friends
and family. Due to this, people are constantly looking for options to increase
their health by doing meditation and yoga. You may come to a conclusion that
the technology is the enemy of health causing adverse side effects on the
health of people and our constant addiction is incompatible with the well-
being. But in the midst of this technology repercussion, an odd synergy has
emerged which proves that the technology can exist together with the new
technology which amplify and boosts our internal health.
One of the hot technology presents in today’s times is the NADI X yoga pants.
These pants are used in maintaining the right body posture while doing yoga. It contains five motion sensors that are woven into the hips, knees and ankles.
The sensors calculate the angles of the pose while doing yoga and gently
vibrate in the one of the sensors informing the person about the wrong
posture and to refocus. It buzzes in a particular direction stating that the body
should be moved in that particular direction for the correct posture.
Tech wearables are saviour…The degrading health issues have resulted in the emergence of the apps thataims in increasing the well-being of individuals by constantly checking the health parameters.

Wearable health devices have been a hot topic in health and wellness for a many years now, but what kind of effect have wearables really had on improving health outcomes? Wearable fitness devices can be used to track physical activity, sleep, heart rate, and even provide on-screen
trials. They are most often paired with a smartphone or website to track and
stock data.

There are some tech wearables that help the users in inspecting the weight
loss by simply following a low-calorie diet program on the app and engaging in
regular physical activity according to the time given in the apps. Self-
monitoring blood pressure and blood glucose meters have been around for a
while now and with the ability for the data to automatically upload to a
website or smartphone app, it certainly helps in driving the health outcomes.
These programs help in providing instant feedback, track patterns, show
progress, and can be easily shared with a health care provider.

Medical Purpose of tech wearables…

There are some institutes that have started a research program which uses
wearable activity devices to collect the real-time data of the patients. These
medical institutes keep track of the patient’s data on the smartphones. With
the addition and integration of wearable devices into wellness programs, these devices are constantly making their way into clinical settings and are being used to deliver more objective data.

This data can be used to repeatedly check and the monitor patient activities by collecting the patient’s medical data. The data collected will be used to research what practices are best for recovery and to improve decision-making and health outcomes.
There are certain devices built in the fabric which are placed under the infant
child’s mattress which indicates whether the child has rolled over or not. Some
devices vibrate to physiologically reduce the body pain relaxing the body
muscles. These tech wearables have truly changed the way we take care of our well-being and started a new beginning of era where these devices will be life saviour. There is a huge potential in these tech wearables as they relaxes our mind physiologically and psychologically in the times where people are
addicted to technology to such an extent that they have no time for taking care of their well-being.

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When It Come’s To Design , Process Is All It Matters

When It Come's To Design , Process Is All It Matters

So you have been assigned with a branding project – it is really a challenging task for any of the designer in which you have a blank canvas in the field of infinite possibilities . Well your very first goal as a designer is to take the task as a challenge , and be crazy to start a new project which will welcome appreciation of your work , and you can showcase your best work to the world .

In my 7 year of experience of working with various clients starting from startup to an enterprise client  , i have discovered series of designing techniques to deliver the best in designing . As a designer we should always think for the client , so that client can easily digest with the design and we can receive our appreciation part .

Here is the R&D done during the day at Winklix

ASSEMBLE THE TROOPS

As a team leader in Designing Team in Winklix , I am a big believer in having a creative process , a process that can help the designer to perform best at their expertise level , and thereby giving the best output possible . We try to set up the system our designers will get to know exactly what they need to focus on , what are the client expectation and how to present to the client in such a way that client get influenced with our work .

The key to success in field of designing is deep evaluation of the previous projects . Once done with the designing , our team held a short meeting with the designing team to discuss the project in deep and welcoming any suggestions , thus helping us in reviewing our work and making the improvement thereon .

The very first thing that we do is calculation of resources required to do any particular project , and how long does it will take to complete the project . To evaluate we love to keep an eye on how much project in hand we have right now in our hand together with the capability of our team member . It is always proven to be beneficial to set goals based on the number of resources available , as by this we will always to able to accomplished client goals and received thumbs up from them . If we are able to achieve those goals , then we are able to manage client expectation . At the same time , we should also focus on the ability of our team member to do the work accordingly to their skills . The ultimate goal of any designer is to  ” Maximising efficiency while producing quality end product ” .

GETTING TO KNOW THE PROJECT

Before cooking the food into spicy one , you must have in-depth knowledge about the project , for which you must speak with the client to hear about their ideas , future goals and their targeted market , along with the app design prototype they are having in their mind . In order to get the right information a small question like what are your core values ? What are your targeted audience ? will definitely add cheesiness before the actual process starts . This helps both the parties to discuss and execute the ideas of the client into reality upto their expectation .
The answer to above questioner blows light bulb of the designer . At this point designing team gather all the approaches that could be taken to begin with the idea . This is one of my favourite stage job – The Unknown .

PUTTING PENCIL TO PAPER

Putting all the ideas after collection on a piece of paper is one of the toughest phase to move on . Initially designers have freedom to think creatively , and to move to in any direction they want as per the project end goal in their mind . The client has more likely tasked you with ” I want something unique , that haven’t been seen before ” .
So now the question arises is where do you want to start with ? Will you jump straight onto your mac , open illustrator and start crafting . You can , but my experience does not say it all . Designer who straight away start with the design , will be limited by the tools available , and you will definitely have no idea of the colour theme to choose from together with the fonts which will look awesome in the design . It is preferable to but down a rough sketch on the piece of paper with the pencil and then start with your illustrator part to get the output as desired , which is solid and real to interact with  . Pencil articulate ideas without any restriction .
Don’t put me wrong , but it is next to impossible to bring your idea into reality without a Mac and a creative programming we know and love . The next step is to play with some combination of colours using correct tool in illustrator to develop your idea . You can also browse with the fonts that suits your identity rather than using only predefined assets .
So in my opinion the only way to start the branding project is to start with a pencil and paper . We can go to any direction without any resection , and it is the main benefit of it , without thinking of which direction is right or wrong .
Our main focus is to give our client the cheesy pizza they desire , and we can start our party night after the work .

DEVELOP AND REFINE

The initial exploration help us to explore endless ideas . This is the point our team deeply reviews the things we have made and tries to search whether we have missed some great opportunity ? Then we try to search with every angle and tries to find an angle which might have not been explored yet .

We held the weekly meeting with our designing team to come up with new ideas and challenges that they might be currently facing , as compromising with our client ideas are not in our veins . We always be on our client expectation , as we know client has chosen us from among the numerous option available in the market , and thus has bought us for a reason . Client has trusted in our team ability to perform the work , and so we accept it as a challenge to give them a app that they can’t live without .

It is always proven beneficial to save on your previous steps of designing progress in old folders rather than deleting the same for any future reference . Our team are curious to get our ideas and realistic view to be checked by our client , so that they can start exploring the world of endless opportunity in tech field . Once we are satisfied with our design , we explore the magic to our clients .

So next time when you are starting your project , think twice , Am I ready ? Do I have clear understanding of all the things ? Have i worked on client requirement ? And most importantly ” Do you have pencil in your hand instead of a mouse ” !!

When It Comes To App Design, It’s A Matter of Process