Mobile APP Building- 7 Brilliant Tips For Newbies

With Billion new users expected online in coming years there’s a huge opportunity to grow your business. Most of these users will be in the emerging markets, so we should consider how they may differ from your current audience.

Here are 7 tips to help you get Ready:

1. Speak Your user’s language, in your app and on the playstore.

• Make sure your user understand your content by localizing your app.
• Dates & Time should be internationalized and displayed accordingly to their phone settings.
• Remember Numeracy is higher than literacy.
• Always use fewer words &provide graphical cues with audio &video support.
• Use taps instead of scrolling the content down.

2. Deliver the right content and features.

• Research your market on local trends and preferences.
• Offer phone number based registrations.

3. Accommodate low end devices and Smaller screens.

• Optimize your UI by testing on multiple screen sizes.
• Ensure your apps will run on older versions of Androids too.

4. Optimize for Less phone Memory & Shorter Battery Life.

• Users may have 512 megabytes of memory or less, so apps need to be efficient with memory usage.
• Keep your App size under 10 megabytes.
• Enable progaurd to out unused code.
• Make sure your app can run from SD card storage.

5. Consume only The Data You Need To.

• Balance the benefits of an update with the cost to your user of installing it.

6. Reflects Local Buying Habits & Cycles.

• Localize your pricing and use simple conversion rates.
• A good onboarding flow is vital to ensure maximum buyer conversion, provide App and Subscription trials, so the user can try before they buy.

7. Grow your Audience With App Promotions.

• When you are ready to launch, App install Ads can help you grow on audience.
• Google search, google play, google display & Youtube can help to find your audience.
• Choose the best local market channels you can promote your App on and leverage youtube.
• Try app Invites.
• Invites via Email and SMS.

It is really very important to Engage & Support your Users.

To read and respond to App reviews is an excellent way to show your engagement with users. You should Go Local by creating Groups through social media channels. Build a core of Power Users and encourage them with involvement in Beta tests and update plans. Offering them access to your Support Team or Developers, is another way in building trust of your App users.

Some additional information can be read here https://www.netguru.com/blog/creating-successful-mobile-app.