Android App Development

Every great app starts with a great concept. Once you have your idea in mind, the next step is to ask yourself, “what problem does my app solve?” This will help to define your unique proposition and make you stand out from the competition. If you’re struggling to refine your idea, our experienced team is always ready to chat and take your idea to the next level.

With the range of apps already in the market, it can be daunting to visualise your goals, therefore you need to create a blueprint to give your app idea some structure. Our team can offer ongoing support and a marketing playbook to your app the best chance once it hits the market.

The wireframing process for Android apps involves creating a black and white prototype of the app, focusing on mapping out the integral features and functions. Specific focus is placed on identifying the tools needed for integration and outlining the specifications needed for end-to-end development.

Our in-house brand specialists work with you to collaboratively build the right brand to fit the needs of your business while taking the right steps to ensure it translates seamlessly into the digital world. We create an initial mood board to understand the requirements and visual direction of the brand and deliver multiple concept variations and refinement to ensure the brand aligns with your values and expectations. Our team provides you with a final brand guidelines document and assets to ensure your brand is in the best position moving forward.

The next focus is on developing the front-end of your Android app development. This is where our design team will apply the visual branding elements to the wireframes and create a high-fidelity prototype of your app. The UI and UX design team will ensure that your users are given an intuitive and high-quality experience.

User stories are a complete step-by-step guide of the functionality and technical requirements for your app’s back-end development. This document also entails the cost estimation for your final product and outlines a plan for future developments.

We focus on ensuring the user interface is at an optimal standard and deploy techniques to code the functionality and usability of the app. During this stage of the app development process, we can rely on Android native features to improve the quality of the end product, this includes navigation, list views, and collating data silos to perform as a single unit. We combine the Native front-end development on Android with the backend to give you a seamless app experience, and collects the data it needs to be able to make sure your app runs smoothly

We perform regular quality assurance testing at every stage, checking to see that the app functions correctly and there are no bugs detected in the software. Other types of testing include:

• UX/UI Testing: Conducted by our UX/UI Designers, each app is checked against the original UX/UI Design for accuracy and proper implementation of workflows.
• Stress Testing: The app is placed under stress using an automation testing tool to simulate moderate load. This uncovers significant blockages in the system’s performance. Every App Boxer app system is developed in such a way to allow it to scale
• Interrupt Testing: This simulates real-world scenarios which every app needs to handle. For example, the app being interrupted by incoming phone calls, loss of network connectivity, loss of battery power, etc.
• Security Testing: Protecting the app user’s data from external threats and maintaining confidentiality and security is as important as normal functionality. Apps are thoroughly tested to restrict unauthorised access to user data. We also make sure SSL certificates are installed so that all the communication between a server and the app are encrypted.

Once we are in agreement that the app is functioning at the highest quality we will give the green light for the final app submission to the Google Play Store. This can generally take 24 – 48hrs to assess whether your app follows the security guidelines provided by Google.

Using analytical tools, we monitor the app to fix any functional and security bugs that may appear. The team will maintain any updates to the app’s features or customer feedback as part of a 3-month warranty that guarantees quality assurance.