Knack of Choosing the Right Mobile Application Development Platform: Demystified

Smartphone application development is exploding. It is expected that a total of 184 billion applications will be downloaded from app stores by 2014.

Selecting the right operating platform plays a crucial role in creating a successful application. So, how to go about the process of selecting the operating system?

Sharpen your Research Skills

Hunt for the most popular operating platform

Report reveals that Android is the leading operating platform, followed by iOS

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Google 30.5% 47.3% 51.0%

Apple 15.8% 29.6% 30.7%

RIM 14.6% 16.0% 12.3%

Microsoft 3.4% 4.7% 3.9%

Symbian 32.3% 1.4% 1.4%

Identifying the target audience is a must

There's a mobile application for almost everything, but not every mobile app is targeted at generic users.

iOS could be the right platform for an enterprise app, since it's a closed source platform

Is the App Development Platform Robust?

Selection of mobile platform will largely determine the language & tools to be used in development process.

APIs for Smartphone OS like iOS or RIM are often proprietary & need coding in specific languages

iPhone app is developed in Objective-C Windows in C++

IDE will follow - Eclipse for Android development, Visual Studio for Windows Mobile, Xcode for iPhone

Find out if enough documentation and support is available to developers for a specific platform.

Security Features

“Authentication & security of mobile application is the top concern amongst enterprises”

Why do We Need a Highly Secured App?

When you are looking for a mobile platform, make sure it has:

Robust security & authentication framework Secure client/server communication Offline authentication Access control On-device encryption

• Mobile commerce industry will reach $31 billion by 2016

• 50% sales will be conducted via mobile applications in 2015

What Else to Look Out For?

Critically plan your mobile initiative, while keeping the ease of end users in mind.

Hybrid apps are more efficient than native apps

Comprehensive testing features in OS

Network identification capabilities of platform

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Copper Mobile's mobile application development solutions help clients in developing powerful, flexible, secured mobile applications in a quick & cost-effective manner.

Know more about us at www.coppermobile.com

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