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In today’s scenario application users are increasing faster than the population. One person is owning more than one phone with a lot of applications installed in it. Mobile phones are the medium of choice for surfing, shopping, researching, dining, browsing etc.
People are utilizing most of the applications most of their time. In every field, applications are used for servicing their customers. For business point of view, many companies are developing mobile apps for searching their customers and to provide services to them.
Did you ever notice how many apps you have installed on your phone? How many of them you are using and rest is just taking space?
Application development has become a necessity for each one of us.
More than 1,252,777 apps available in the App Store, 60 thousand apps are added per month and it keeps on increasing day by day.
Still, there are certain misconceptions about application development that need to be discovered. Due to these myths, some users not aware of few aspects related to apps and bears loss. The opportunities offered by application development are not known to the customers.
Now, let’s talk about these myths:
- More features ,More users:
The most common myth related to application development featuring more and more features in a single app. Despite focusing on a single function to a targeted set of users,
Despite delivering specific and focused functionality to a targeted set of users, it includes many additional features to the application. They develop apps that make more shots with one arrow. Sometimes, it leads to memory hogs and slow processing.
- Released on play store, that’s it:
As per the statistical analysis, the total no. of applications that are uploaded on play store, that is apple play store having 2 million apps or google play store around 2.2 million apps.
How many of them have you installed on your phone?
Most of the people are not even aware of these applications… But that doesn’t mean that these applications are useless or less worthy. It’s like that they are not discovered by their potential users.
- No need to have an Internet Connection:
Not Necessary always. It’s not like that you always develop an app to run through an internet connection. Even there are certain apps that run offline. Data can be synced to the backend once the user is connected to the network, it all depends on the user’s requirement.
- Expensive mobile apps, not always:
This is the most common misconception that people hold for the application development. The cost an application incurs depends on the different functionality it provides to its users. The app functionality should be specific and focused on a targeted set of users. But there are few exceptions like apple app store having paid apps. The user has to pay some amount to utilize that app.
- Not just a good UX ,functionality also matters:
UI/UX is a very important factor to be considered in application development but not more than functionality.UI of an app determines how successful the app is running but along with its functionality. Your goal is not just designing the app but also it functioning.
- Develop for a specific platform. Is it enough?
Developing native applications may arise some questions in your mind that at which platform will it work on, or the memory it required on particular platform etc. Native applications don’t run on all the platforms. You need separate applications for separate platforms.
Either you prefer developing for all platforms or target a particular one.
For example: if you develop a consumer related app for individuals you might be targeting iOS users, but if you are going for business applications, you have to focus on Android platform as well.
- App development is time taking operation:
Size of the application did not have any relation with its cost and time. Some people think that if the mobile application is a one screen app, it will take less time to develop and involves less cost for the developers. But it’s not true at all. Choosing the right platform for the app development will cut half the cost. For developer’s point of view, reusing code and backend services are the keys speed the development.
- B2C apps earn more profits than B2B:
B2C involves a huge market than B2B.Money making in B2C is more competitive, as the different individuals having different requirements which need to be satisfied. The development cost for the B2B app is more than B2C.
- Business apps are always data heavy:
Business apps are always data heavy which puts heavy loads on mobile handsets and backend systems. It’s not always true. The best mobile platform should be chosen that take large amounts of data from the backend and transmit small and filtered data to the mobile handsets to reduce overall transmission of data.
- Application Development is not just writing code:
There is a misconception in the people mindset that developing an application is just limited to writing a programming code. But it’s even more than that. It requires a basic knowledge about iOS and android development. An initial idea, its designing functionality, the latest technology in the market, user experience, graphics etc. must be required for the development of the app.
Despite these myths, passion for the application development never diminish.
With the growing technology, these myths are extinct gradually.