Challenges With Applications!!
What are the challenges the app
builders face during developing their apps and how they confront it, answer to
these questions will also help us for developing our application. So, let’s
began to know the problems and their solutions.
During the
development of the mobile app, the business targets Android due to its largely
worldwide mobile operating system market share. The alphabet has made Android
available as an open source mobile platform. In addition, it updates the mobile
operating system at regular intervals with new features and enhancements. But
the entry rate for different versions of the mobile operating system is
different.
The alphabet does
not control Android smartphones, tablets and phablets manufactured by different
companies. Therefore, despite of being powered by the same version of Android, the
devices manufactured by various companies come with different hardware
features. That's why, it becomes necessary for developers to create a mobile
app by targeting a wide range of devices powered by different versions of
Android.
While planning,
developing and testing mobile apps, they need to focus on mobile app access,
functionality, performance, utility and security. Also, they should be able to
find ways to give the app a personalized user experience across different
devices and operating system versions. To develop a strong Android app, they
need many common challenges.
Now, let’s begin
to know about the some basic and common challenges faced by the Android App
Developers:-
v Fragmentation of the software:-
As mentioned
earlier, the different market share of different versions of Android is
different. According to the latest data released by Google, the most recent
version of your mobile operating system - Nougat - market share is less than
its predecessors - Marshmallo, Lollipop and KitKat. Each and every new version
of Android comes with differnet new features and enhancements. Developers must
incorporate specific features into the app to provide the optimum user
experience by availing these new features. In addition, they also need to
ensure that the app provides rich and personalized user experiences on devices
powered by older versions of Android. Developers must target several versions
of Android to make the app popular and profitable in short run.
v Changes in Hardware Features:-
As, Android is an open
source platform. The alphabet allows device manufacturers to customize their
operating system according to their specific requirements. Also, it does not
control the Android device launched by different manufacturers. Therefore, even
though Android is powered by the same version, the device comes with different
hardware features. For example, two device displays powered by Android Nougat
may differ from each other in the size, resolution, camera, and other hardware
features category. During the development of the Android app, developers need
to ensure that it gives each device a personalized experience with access to
all the hardware features of your device.
v There is no uniform process or rules
for designing User Interface:-
There is no common
user interface (UI) designing process or rules is released by the Google for
mobile app developers. Therefore, most developers make Android applications
without following any standard UI development process or rules. When developers
make their UI interfaces in their own way, the apps do not appear or work
consistently in different devices. The UI's incompatibility and diversity
directly impacts the user experience distributed by the Android app.
Smart developers
opt for responsive layouts to keep the UI consistent in many devices.
Additionally, developers will have to test their mobile app's UI widely by
adding real devices and imitators. But developers often find it difficult to
design a UI that makes the app consistent in various Android devices.
v Incompatibility in API:-
Most apps use
third-party APIs to increase the mobile app's functionality and interactivity.
But the APIs availability is different for Android app developers from the
third party. Some APIs are designed for a special edition of Android.
Therefore, these APIs do not work on devices operated by different versions of
the mobile operating system. Developers have to find ways to work on single APIs on various versions of
Android. But often with the same set of APIs the app seems challenging to work
smoothly on various Android devices.
v
Flaws in Security:-
Its open source nature makes it easy
for device manufacturers to customize Android according to their specific
requirements. But openness and its large market share weakened Android for
consistent security attacks. There are many instances where security bugs or
bugs like Stagefrite, 'Certifi-gate' mRST, FakeID, Installer Hijacking and
TowelRoot have affected the security of millions of Android devices. Developers
must include strong security features in the app, and despite the targeted
security attacks and security errors in Android, the user needs to use the
latest encryption mechanism to protect the information.
v Visibility of Android Search Engine:-
The latest data
posted on different websites shows that there are a lot of mobile apps in the
Google Play Store compared to the Apple App Store. Plus, a great percentage of
Android device users prefer free apps on paid apps. Therefore, developers have
to aggressively promote their
mobile app to complete high download numbers and apply app monetization
options. By targeting the most relevant users they also need to implement a
comprehensive digital marketing strategy to promote their applications. Many
developers have to take advantage of the services of digital marketing
professionals to aggressively promote their apps.
v Copyright Issues:-
Users have the
option to choose from many Android apps offering similar features and
functionality. But developers often find the challenges to create apps with
unique features and functionality. They often include features and
functionality in the app, which make it similar to many apps available in the
same category in the Play Store. Unlike Apple, Google does not apply strict
guidelines to evaluate the quality of new apps being submitted to our app
store. The lack of standardized quality assessment guidelines often solves
issues related to the developers' patent. To avoid copyright issues, some
developers have to design and modify their applications in the future.
Conclusion:-
As a result most Android app developers nowadays
work in the energetic development environment to create fast Android apps. They
have to co-ordinate with QA professionals, and actively participate in the
mobile app testing process. Therefore, developers also need to address several
common issues in Android App testing.
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