The 7 steps to create an App

The mobile applications They dominate our lives and thinking about creating your own App is no longer crazy. With them, companies and individuals build loyalty among their customers and followers. Thus, the growing demand in this sector is not surprising. However, creating an App App It is not a trivial matter and must always be done with the strictest planning. Reviewing everything necessary, there are 7 issues to take into account when facing the challenge of Create your first mobile app.

Perhaps the main question to be resolved is always the same: the idea. We must think deeply about the utility and suitability of the application. And the thing is that an App must be, above all, useful for the user. It is not that it must solve a specific problem but rather that it must offer a type of recurring information that can be accessed easily and quickly. Otherwise, the application will become a Zombie App; the one that people download but use only rarely. Therefore, the content of the App comes first.

Once the idea is well defined, the rest of the aspects that will be involved in the development of the application can be addressed.

It is important plan. In fact, it is basic. You have to know what the application is going to do, how those who download it are going to use it. This means that, when we think about it, we have to stipulate how it is going to behave, what is going to happen when a user presses a certain button and how the information is going to be presented. In this, it is necessary to have the advice of an expert in UX/UI (User Experience/User Interface) is emerging as necessary.

UX affects us in the navigability. In this regard, it is important to analyze whether all the buttons are useful, whether they are accessible, whether they lead where they should lead, whether it is possible to return to the starting point in an easy and intuitive way. On the other hand, the UI focuses more on the design, in matters related to being pleasing to the eye, following mobile standards, etc. A good design and logical and pleasant navigation will give us more than 50% of the success of the App.

In this regard, it should be said that the templates of King of App, in its entirety, have undergone strict UX/UI control in order to ensure maximum usability by all users of applications made with our CMS.

Another aspect to take into account is the one related to the platforms in which the App will be available. Each market is different but it is not advisable to rule anyone out. An App that is only available on one of the major mobile Operating Systems will never take off. Android and iOS Both platforms must have their own version of the application; not doing so means discarding a very important part of potential users. It is true that paying for the development of an App on both platforms can increase the price if done in the old-fashioned way, but fortunately, there are already tools that allow you to publish an App on both markets for the same price.

With the design well defined and aware that it has to be available for any device, the time has come to consider the possibility of adding Extra servicesThis is the case, for example, of the Push Notifications. This type of message perfectly meets two basic needs: to inform and to build loyalty. On the one hand, thanks to notifications we can send messages of interest to users and, on the other, they are one of the main ways of accessing the Application itself: 80% of the users of an App enter it immediately after receiving a push notification. So, if we want an application to be alive and in permanent activity, alerts are a fundamental part.

Another extra service to consider is the inclusion of advertising in the App. This can be your own or someone else's in order to generate some extra income, which is known as monetizing the application. These ads can appear in the form of fixed banners or intermediate screens.

At King of App we will soon enable this function to make it even easier to have a Ads provider in your application.

Finally, as a definitive step to know if an App will enjoy the acceptance of the general public, it is to submit it to tests and respond to all comments so that it can improve day by day.

Seven steps, seven aspects for an App to be successful and with the next launch of our CMS evolution They will be especially easy to follow. Stay tuned because this September will change the way you understand application development.