Why Opt for Newest Technologies in Mobile App Development
The modern technology ecosystem is ever evolving for mobile app development. The popularity and rising visibility of apps is very evident amongst smartphone users, who are constantly demanding more from every app. This, in turn, is forcing the developers to avoid complacency and push the envelope farther, to improve user experience and bring in new aspects within an app. This concern can be suitably addressed only by implementing newer technologies, tools and programs that routinely flood the market, such as Cross-platform development, Appsgeyser, Appery.io and Kindle SDK.
However the extent, to which these new technologies are adopted by developers differ based on various criteria. Here we look at a few reasons why adopting newest technology bodes well for the developer –
- Time Horizon — Choosing to work with latest SDK versions and tools provides that much more run time for an app on the app store. Consider that Android versions 4.1 and below do not support much apps today. If developers at that time would have opted for a lower version then their run time would have got over much before 2013–2014. Using the latest tools, approaches, and versions of SDKs, developers can extend the shelf life of the app considerably.
- Align with smartphone innovation — Smartphones are getting smarter by the day (so to say!). Developers need to work their way to ensure that the new apps capitalize on the full potential of these new features such as camera functions, cloud capabilities, and GPS. Aligning apps to make use of these features can happen only when they embrace the newest technologies that are designed keeping in mind these innovative smartphone features.
- User preferences — Users today adopt new features rapidly, provided they offer a distinctly beneficial user experience. Apps such as Apple’s Siri, WhatsApp and DropBox have completely revolutionized the way people interact. All such popular apps had to transcend older technologies to develop them. Use of the newer tools was the only way developers of these apps could actually build them successfully. Latest technologies also help optimize users’ contextual experience, make use of location based and other environmental information and thus provide a deeply customized experience to individual smartphone users.
- Cross-platform development — Developers can help client companies to help achieve higher RoI by developing apps that work well across different mobile ecosystems. They can also target a wider pool of smartphone users that use different mobile operating systems. This critical benefit can be achieved only by employing the latest technologies that support cross platform development. The latest tools also help developers nowadays to build apps using web technologies such as HTML, XML and JavaScript.
Businesses can either expand their in-house capabilities or outsource app development so that latest technologies can be achieved without significantly impacting operational costs and stabilizing projected margins. However, not adopting the latest technologies at all may not be a viable option, as this is the only way businesses can target more smartphone users, be compatible with more mobile platforms, and achieve higher returns on investment for the business.
Originally published at: MobDevApp
