Category: Apps Development

Samsung has been talking of an Android KitKat update since month of January and it finally rolled out in this August. The Android 4.4.2 Kit Kat update for Samsung Galaxy branded devices is finally out and it remains to be seen how good or bad the release is. The android 4.4.2 version remains to be explored and to add to that Google is 1 step ahead of Samsung with 4.4.3 and 4.4.4 Kit Kat updates. Thus, where does Samsung’s android 4.4.2 stand in such scenario? This update is definitely going to have repercussions for the android developer.

The Roll-out from 4.3 to 4.4

First and foremost, it is difficult for Samsung to roll out these updates. One sees random updates for random devices popping up on and off all the time. The Note 2, the Note 3, the S4, the S3 and a million other variants. However this isn’t all, Samsung also has to deal with numerous android updates at a time. Although, Android’s update from 4.4.3 to 4.4.4 was not much, the announcement was sure made out to be a huge deal.

What does this update mean for Android Developers?

In fact, a 4.4.2 update is still in waiting for a whole lot of Android users. There have been countless release updates on countless devices by these people of Samsung, and there hasn’t been a way to keep a tab on all of them.  To add all, there is an Android L update doing the rounds as well. Thus, one could say there is a whole lot of hullabaloo as far as Samsung’s Android update is concerned for its devices. Moreover, the android developers suffers the most from such kind of confusion because they have to make apps accordingly and apps need to be updated.

As of now, the update has been released for –

• S5
• S4
• S3
• Note 2
• Note 3

Thus, users and app developers for these devices will be notified about the update and the update process. People are still updating their OS constantly after the roll out. This updates is one of the biggest update on Android with a tendency to smash havoc on rooted and customized devices and one of the sturdiest ones to have stayed with the users.

Hope, this blog will be helpful to know about the latest update for Samsung users and Android app professionals, so stay tuned with our blogs to get the latest technology updates.

Recently, Apple has come out with another latest Beta version of its operating system iOS8. See, this is technology never know when these technology giants decide to create something new & better and it suddenly arrives in the market forcing all the other versions and devices running on them to be outdated.

With New iOS 8 launched, Apple again maintained its secrecy and surprised people. Yet, many tweaks are to be done to this iOS before it actually arrives in the market as of now it is available only for developers to test it.

So, let’s have a look at the features of this newly launched iOS 8:

• Performance: iOS 8 is more refined as compared to the later one. It has good speed as and snappiness as per the previous betas. Animations are loaded quickly and perform faster as compared to the later versions.

  Apart from speed improvements, iOS 8 beta 5 has more continued refinements to various elements of any operating system.

• Improvement in various applications: With iOS 8, health applications are able to track spirometry; a general health test used to measure lungs function by watching the inhalation as well as exhalation process of any person.
• iCloud Tweaks: With iCloud Drive, Apple has still maintained its strategy to change its look in the current beta version. This operating system has completely new icons for iCloud Drive, Back up, Family sharing and Keychain.
• Predictive system: Wow!! What an amazing feature! A keyboard that predicts text as soon as you type and provides you suggestions for relevant words. This is a global keyboard where you can type in several different languages.
• Wi- Fi Calling with Labelled Menu Bar: With this feature, we can make calls using Wi-Fi , thus saving your precious time. At present, Wi- Fi calling is available only in US with T-mobile.
• Other Features: Along with these main features, there are other minor features that must be considered such Brightness settings which are now located in Display> Brightness Section Settings of an app. Home Data is changed to Home kit in Settings> Privacy.
• Sound Notifications: New sound notifications after voice message are available in the message applications. For an iOS device, iTunes icon is converted to red icon. With photo application, location of the image can also be known as to where it was clicked.

  Let’s welcome the new Beta version of Apple’s operating system, iOS 8 beta 5 and explore the world of technology with latest trends. Get experience by using the latest version of operating system and get the benefits from new features.

  Want to know the reviews and overview of this latest operating system, contact iPhone application developers at Softqube Technologies, an iPhone application development Company and know if this is really the operating system you are looking for and the one that suits your needs.

  Stay updated with current technological trends and be a part of ever-changing technological world!!

Times ago, it was really difficult to manage websites while being away from office however now it is not the case, as Google has come up with an app for web masters “Google Analytics” app that will be useful to manage websites easily.

Know Your website’s Statistics on the Go

Recently in July 2014, this app was launched especially for iOS mobile users to know about their Google analytics data. Irrespective of the place, they can easily access their website data that was available only on desktop or laptop before this app was launched.

This application serves as a boon for business people who really love their apple devices and love to manage their business on the go! Till today, iOS users were able to access their data with the help of third party applications. Now, a feeling of relaxation can be seen among the Apple mobile users as they gain access to their Google data from official mobile app of Google.

This app is getting the best ratings from iPad, iPhone and even iPod users. Yet, there were some negative feedbacks regarding login issues which are now solved. So, why this app is so recommended and what are its features? Here, we have mentioned some of these in brief:

• Accretion Rates: With this app, a business owner can see how many visitors are coming to their website and from where they are re-directed. This complete information can be enjoyed on the screen. This screen also plays an important role to know if any landing page or newly launched campaign is able to gain traction or not.

  Whatever strategies you apply to boost your website’s traffic, you can see the performance of each and every strategy with this app. For instance, if you have started directory submission then it will show how much traffic that strategy is able to bring to your website.

• Visitors Behaviour: Know the peak hours, peak days of the week when your website is visited the most; with several colour combinations this application provides a perfect data about the highest views at a particular time.
• Visitors Location: This app gives the detailed information regarding the visitors’ location i.e. visitors from which country, region, district or state come to your website more often. This is helpful to know if you are able to reach your targeted audience or not and most useful for geo targeting markets.

  Along with all these features, there’s one drawback and that is the app is not much appealing as it seems to on desktop or laptop. So, the experience of using Google analytics on mobile will be quite different from that used on desktop.

Conclusion:

The app may not the change the entire world yet it may change the way how people used Google Analytics. People working without any office, can easily carry on the work wherever they are. This app is must for those who constantly chase the competition. Being 100% free, it is most useful asset for online business. For further details about this app, feel free to get in touch with Mobile Apps Development Company, Softqube Technologies, India.

How can we judge that a mobile application is the perfect one and performs its functions smoothly? While developing an iPhone app, the main thing that is to be kept in mind is “The Design”. Yet, many developers forget this important part or some even ignore it and focus more on functionalities. This article focuses on certain apps that are gorgeous and excel in dazzling the users.

Applications that Succeed in Attracting Users

iPhone application developers who give their extra efforts to develop a mobile app design must be rewarded. If we have a look at the application industry, we can find enormous iOS and android applications that have an attractive look.

Let’s have a glance on few of these stunning apps that excel in drawing the attention of the users:

• Radium:  Now a days, the use of traditional internet radio has reduced to an extent due to various streaming radio services such as Pandora & Spotify. Radium is an application that keeps the old internet radio service alive.
   
  Those who still remember and love to hear the internet radio, for them radium is the most useful application as it serves as an excellent radio streaming service provider. It is most preferable for iOS 7 devices. It’s very simple to use, find a genre of your liking, select the song you wish to listen and enjoy the melody.Furthermore, you can also save the stations of your like to your favourites. It is compatible to save up to 10000 radio stations and then you are just a touch away to listen to your favourite music.
   
  This app can be downloaded for free from iOS app store.
   
• Harmony: An app that provides various challenging new puzzle games with more than 1000 levels; exercise your brain and reach as many levels as you can. It’s a game that you will love to play regularly, a good way to reduce your stress and refresh your mind.
   
  In brief, we can explain it as: obsessive puzzlers with appealing design & music that soothes your ears and puzzles that lead your brain to think a lot giving it a good exercise. The aim is to re-arrange the blocks as per the colour palette that mix together in harmony. Blocks can be arranged either horizontally or vertically.
   
  It’s an app costing $0.99 in the Apple’s App Store – a must for those who live in extreme stress.
   

  There are some more attractive iPhone Apps such as Matchbook, an app that helps to save remember the places you love to visit and wish to give a try. Its main aim is to keep a track of your favourite restaurants which can further be separated in to two parts: 1) Places that you love the most 2) Places you wish to visit. This app is available for free download from App Store.

With these apps, you can make your life even easier. Avoid wasting your time in thinking about the application development process, you can directly get it from app store or if you wish to have similar apps developed then you can get in touch with experienced iPhone apps developers at Softqube Technologies.

We all have some basic knowledge about Phone Gap development. For those, who are novices in this field, this article will give you a brief idea about developing apps using Phone gap development from Adobe.

Further, for experts and intermediate Phone gap developers, we have included some details regarding native design and various development patterns. So, let’s begin with a brief introduction about this app development platform:

What is Phone Gap Development?

In simple terms, phone gap is a very convenient tool that supports app as well as web developers to transfer their apps to apps stores with a single code. Here, we will discuss about the usage phone gap for creating better apps.

As we know, Phone gap supports various platforms such as:

1.  iOS
2. Android
3. Windows 7 & Windows 8
4. WebOS
5. Symbian
6. Tizen

Here, we have included the details that will be useful for iOS & android app development.

Phone Gap API’s are very easy to use as compared with HTML5. The development process becomes much easier with this coding base. Easy simple apps that don’t need any network connection or server information are developed quickly. It also allows app developers to create complex apps using HTML5, CSS3 and Java-script with more complex elements that support multiple devices.

Before developing an app with Phone gap, it must be kept in mind that these apps will run smoothly on a device having less memory power as well as storage capacity as compared to our traditional desktop.

Understanding Design & Development Patterns:

Hope, this brief information have made clear about what Phone gap development is and for what purpose is it used?

So, now let’s move ahead with the very basic concept of developing apps i.e. the app design and its development sequences.

With Phone gap, you can create a single code base that will work across seven different app stores. However, before creating this code; it is viable to know the design & development pattern supported by each of the operating systems for which it is developed.

• App must be user friendly and must have a feel of native application, not a web application. It should meet the expectations of the users.
• Avoid loading symbols and allow the user to directly enter the app. For e.g.: Instagram app.
• Such apps provide a fast & easier user experience.
• Creating apps as per the development pattern makes the app more native allowing it to do tasks quickly.

Coming to the design point, different layout patterns are opted by different operating systems. One of the well known apps supported by Android and iOS is Foursquare.

Their interfaces look alike yet the main difference lies in the navigation & action bar. For iOS, navigation bar is located at bottom while for android the same is available below the apps bar. This is because of the soft buttons that are situated at bottom in Android and so to provide better user experience & avoid any typing mistakes, there’s a minor change in the location of navigation bars.

Conclusion:

Apps developed on any platform using any coding must look different from others and must not give a duplicate look. Knowing the design principles can help you to develop appealing apps that really attract users and tempt them to use it. An expert’s assistance is must and for this you can speak to any expert apps developer from well-known apps development company India, Softqube technologies.

As a normal user, we have fun using various apps, playing games however we never know who owns it and how it is developed. Today, considering it as an important matter especially for those who get their app developed by the application developers; we decided to throw some light and share this knowledge with our readers as to who actually owns the application and what does law say about it.

This article is equally important for those who are new to this mobile application industry and wish to get smart and useful applications developed by expert app developers. Your waiting time ends here and the fact is revealed:

The Real Fact:

What actually is the base of an app? Yes it is the “Source Code”. It is root thing on which an entire application is based. So, who owns this source code? Let’s consider an example to explain this:

Example: In one mobile application development firm, there were some issues with the mobile app. So, the application developers of that firm asked the client to provide them the source code. Now, when that client contacted its developer, the developer refused to give it stating that it was his intellectual property!!

Assume that you are the person who has got the app developed and the source code is with the developer and the problems that can be faced are:

• Always bound to that developer
• Any updates ,bug fixes must be done by that developer only
• Developer may raise the price of re developing the application
• In case, developer is busy with other projects, you may not get the issues solved on time leading to your app failure.
• Selling an app becomes problematic as there arises of source code ownership which is an intellectual property.

The question is who should own this source code: Developer or client? Let’s see it with the eyes of General Law

General Law:

As per the law, the one who writes the content is the owner of that content and owns the copyright of that content. Considering any software developer, it is the person who writes the code on the keyboard. So, in normal conditions, a developer is the owner of the source code in case no written agreements are done.
There are certain exceptions such as principle of “Work for Hire” where a developer is hired as an employee and all the work created that person is owned by the employer may be any mobile application development company like Softqube technologies.

Expert’s Opinion:

When you pay someone to develop an app, you deserve to own the source code once them development process is completed. While signing any contract with the developer, discuss openly about the source code ownership. If the developer’s policy is clear to you, go with it and if not then find another. But, anyhow the source code policy must be clearly stated in case you hire a free lancer app developer.

Note: These are our general suggestions. We strongly recommend taking an advice from lawyers if you find such difficulty. Hope our suggestions and this article helped you to completely understand the importance, usefulness and strength of Source code, which is of great importance to develop any app or software.

Making mobile applications that can generate money is something like using your time in the things of your interest and generating income from them. If kids are told that by playing games they will earn money, they will happier as they can earn from what they love to do.

Basic Strategies for Monetizing your Applications:

1. Cost: If you have any unique app with you, then the best way to earn money from it is to sell it on the app store. Selling it on apple store can give you more revenue as there you can see the mobile applications available starting from Rs. 99 to Rs.9999999, depending on the features. Certain percentage of your revenue will be distributed between apple & Google and remaining they will transfer to your bank account as they have pretty good transfer systems.

   If you really wish to make profit then we advise you allowing people to download your app for free so instead of keeping a price tag on it.

   In case of any particular apps that are developed to solve certain business problems then you can charge accordingly however it should really solve the issues providing proper return on investment to the buyer.

2. Free app Download: Allowing users to download your application for free is called as Freemium model. Generally, there are three types of applications mostly purchased by users:
   • Applications having limited functions or trial version those when purchased gives you the benefit of fully functioning application.
   • Applications providing virtual goods such as smurf berries.
   • Subscribing to any app providing news or informative content.
3. Advertising: You can place an advertisement on social networking sites such as Face book in order to sell your app at a profitable price. Face book plays an important role in assisting people to monetize their applications.

   Certain advertising mechanisms such as Kiip can also be used and the best part is that they offer rewards to those application developers and users who achieve any highest level in a game.

4. Other ways: Apart from the above mentioned strategies, there are many ways to earn income from applications. One such way is to create an app that will be easily acquired by internet giants like Google or Face book as we can see face book acquired What’s app, an application that is the most hot favorite among people and it earns a huge amount of revenue without much advertisements or subscriptions.

Conclusion:

If you wish to generate revenue from your apps then you can create one which can be most popular like as what’s app that Google or Face book would love to purchase and if that’s not possible, then you should go for Freemium model and identify what suits you the best from in app purchasing, mobile advertising or a combined strategy that includes both.

In case you wish to know the process of developing mobile applications, feel free to speak to the mobile app development professionals at Softqube Technologies.

With increase in the usage of mobile applications, the use of digital media such as web addresses, short URL’s, QR codes has also increased. This helps users to quickly access the content. Here, we are going to discuss how the data from digital media is converted into print media which can be clearly readable.

• Web Addresses: While advertising, a website address is also given as a mode of contact and also a form of online brochure where people get insight of the type of business the company is into. However, using strange URLS such as http://youtu.be/atxH8ioRklQ can confuse the readers.

  A solution to remove this confusion is tinyurl, bitly, and goo.gl that create a short url for long web address and makes it easy for users to type and remember. In recent times, it is advisable to have a responsive website that can be easily accessed on mobile phones.

• Short codes: Another popular gadget is the mobile phone where text messaging is more popular. SMS marketing is the way to spread a word about your business among the people. Especially discount offers sent via SMS tend to generate more business.

  Short-codes are generally small words that are typed and sent to a given number which give you the required information in the form of a message.

  You might have received some messages that contain hyperlink, for e.g.: Watch the live FIFA world cup match: http:// www.youtube.com/user/FIFATV. The main purpose of these codes is to send users to the specific web address and it should be mobile optimized.

• QR codes: This was originally developed by Toyota to keep the record of inventory. The full form is “Quick Response “code, it is an open source code that can be accessed by QR code readers used by multiple mobile platforms.

When a user scans that code, he/she is diverted to a particular web address. This is the most convenient way as it is free to use and can be created from various QR code generator websites.

Most of the android mobile applications support QR codes; a QR code reader can also be added to the application. The QR codes have failed as people are unaware about its use and lack in knowledge has led to its failure at some places.

In simple terms, we can say QR code is a tool to divert audience to any specific web address and must be used the same way as mentioning the web address on any brochure or visiting card.

Which method is more convenient?

Any of the above mentioned methods can be opted for marketing purpose, the aim should be users must be aware about what are they getting .For instance , scanning a QR code should provide them a product demo or any discount. Users must be benefited from the methods used for marketing purpose.

So, whatever you think to use for advertisements, to develop a perfect mobile application you can get in touch with expert application developers at Softqube technologies, a well known Android application development company in India.

Custom Software development is a method used to develop softwares as per the need. In case, the readymade packages are not enough to satisfy your needs and your company needs some more, then it’s time to go for tailor made softwares that include all you need.

In our today’s discussion, we are going to mention the variations between two main processes of custom software development viz. Agile & Scrum. Read ahead to know these in depth and know which one will suit your purpose:

Agile software development is a combination of various software development processes such as Extreme programming, Scrum, Rational Unified Process etc. All these procedures are contradictory to the traditional methods including Waterfall methodology which includes need analysis, document preparation before commencing the development process.

While Agile is a process where needs are considered as a part of software development process. The benefit is software developers can quickly react to the sudden change in the requirements and priorities of the business. This software development method resolves the issue of waiting for longer time taken before the development process starts. Huge adjustments in development schedules and budgets due to sudden changes can be quickly altered with Agile.

Now, talking about Scrum; it is a very simple & flexible process used to produce any product that is already used in software development process.  The main features that differentiate Scrum from Agile are simplicity, flexibility, close communication& collaboration.

Let’s check how these features are useful in developing custom softwares:

a) Simplicity :  It is in context to the three major roles of Scrum developments :

• Product manufacturer
• Scrum Expert
• Software Development team

Here, we can say Product manufacturer resembles to customers or clients who specify us their system requirements. This is most important task to adhere to their needs and develop the software accordingly.

Next is Scrum Expert, also known as Project Manager who handles the communication between clients and project management team. The main job is to motivate the team and help them to eradicate any issues that hinder them to achieve the objective.

Third one, a significant part ; entire CSD ( custom software development) team including developers, designers, quality analysts, quality testers and UX/UI designers. All work together to deliver a best software to the client and they are self managed to take responsibilities and fulfil them with commitment.

Generally, software development task is divided into parts consisting of 1 – 3 weeks and during this time duration; the entire team is committed to deliver their work.

b) Flexibility:  Any changes related to the design, images, functionalities can be done very quickly with Scrum. Changes in business lead to software updation.  Scrum is extremely useful here.

c) Communication: The old traditional methods, where long meetings were held to discuss the needs are out dated now as with the help of scrum, communication has become very easy & effective. We can communicate daily with the clients as per our work schedule.

For example: First week is to work on system requirements. Let’s assume first day is for working on back end needs, so we can communicate with client about the requirements for backend and then develop accordingly. Next day if needed we can discuss with client related to other needs.

Like this, based on the sprints schedule, we can get in touch and finish the project in time. This makes development efforts more successful.

Wish to have custom software development with latest development process, speak to Softqube technologies today and get a free quote!!

Designed with a complete new interface, Apple has launched its new mobile operating system; iOS 7. This operating system comes with lot of features useful to the customers and much more new for developers too.

Developers will have to re-design iOS applications in order to meet the changes available in new version. The most attractive feature of this operating system is its simple design that includes all the elements of User interface. Some additional features are “control centre” that resembles to a notification bar in Android.

A new enhanced notification centre is available where you can get details about weather condition, calendars and all app notifications. With the operating system, multi-tasking will become more easier, smarter and better.

Some of the new features are Radio service, AirDroping etc. App store comes with updated features that shows recently used apps and automatic updates of these apps. Developers can use guidelines to redesign the applications and include new features. Transparent status bar and navigation bar are some of main elements to be considered while developing new applications.

Certain features such as Auto Layout that matches the operating system’s theme with edge to edge layout of every application developed must be also considered while developing applications using iOS 7.

Application developers from our India based application development company – Softqube Technologies excel in developing the applications that include new features and will provide you an upgraded application for your mobile having latest version of operating system.

In order to take the benefit of Apple’s latest Operating system, it is recommended that you get in touch with any experienced application developer and get your apps developed may be for business or personal use.

Comparing Apple’s new operating system with new versions of Android ,we can say that it is more convenient to use and preferable for developing business applications as apple has the huge popularity in the market and so its new version will meet the expectations and maintain it popularity.

However, depending on the business needs as well as how often you use applications for personal use, you can choose if this operating system is really designed to meet your needs or is lacking somewhere.

Be it iOS or Android, applications should make your tasks easier. So, if you want to develop an app, then hire an application developer from reliable company for application development who knows every Knicks and knacks of development process and is able to provide you the application matching your needs.

Conclusion:

We constantly strive hard to provide proper guidance to our audience so that they can get relevant information about each and every field of information technology. Keep visiting our blogs for more updates on Application development and current releases by apple or Android that will help you to keep an eye on what’s more hot favorite in the market and whether it is useful to you or not, its benefits and draw backs and much more . You say it, we have it.