Mobile App Development [Best Practices 2024]

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Build a successful iOS or Android app that will help you to optimize your processes, deeply engage your customers, and gain more profit.

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Have an idea to build an app?

Transform your idea into a successful product. Start your app creation with a requirements preparation (SRS) and prototypes, that help to reduce risks and understand costs on development, as well as to make a proper road map and planning.

Develop a product architecture, get the functional and non-functional requirements well-prepared, choose a stack, get an approximate estimate, plan project development, and build a clickable prototype during the Discovery Phase with the DOIT Software team.

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Have a specification for an app?

Rely on the DOIT Software team for the software development of your app, and give yourself the opportunity to pay more attention to your business development.

DOIT Software can cover a full-cycle of mobile app development, starting from business analysis, UI/UX design, development, QA, project management, product deployment to ongoing support and maintenance.

Share your software requirements and receive a reasonable estimate within a week.

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Need to scale your app development team?

Speed up your product launch or extend your team with needed expertise by hiring from the top 5% of iOS and Android developers. Augment your team with mobile developers quickly and without HR or administrative challenges.

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App Development Solutions

DOIT Software has experience with all approaches for mobile app development and will be able to build the most suitable application for your business needs.

Native App Development

Cross-platform App Development

Progressive Web App Development

Native App Development

stable and fast performance

flexible and scalable, due to the usage of “native” tools

less restrictions in the architecture and functions

the interface is made in full compliance with the platform

Cross-platform App Development

fast time-to-market due to accelerated app development

reduce costs on development

the simultaneous launch of iOS and Android applications

cost-effective updates & reusable code

Progressive Web App Development

Cost-effective development

Offline mode usage

Improved performance

App store independent

SEO

App Development Platforms

DOIT Software team has developed 40+ mobile applications for iOS and Android.

Android app development

DOIT Software Android developers specialize in implementing comprehensive design and advanced features implementation such as API integrations and online payment processing.

iOS app development

DOIT Software senior iOS developers have experience in delivering iOS applications with lightning-fast performance and cutting-edge mobile capabilities.

Tech stack for сustom mobile apps

Languages

Databases

Frameworks

Other tools

Java

Kotlin

Swift

Objective-C

Dart

React Native

Firebase

SQLite

Realm

CoreData

Robolectric

RxJava

JUnit

Mockito

Espresso

Reactive Cocoa

Socket.io

Alamofire

Moya

Flutter

Android SDK

Android Studio

Android NDK

iOS SDK

Apple Xcode

Java

Java is the third most commonly used language and it is used to develop Android apps, GUIs, video games, and other software. Websites like LinkedIn, Aliexpress, and Amazon have been written with Java.

Portability

Scalability

Excellent performance

years
of usage

Java developers worldwide

Kotlin

Kotlin was created as an alternative to Java that will reduce the amount of boilerplate code needed and introduce higher-order functions. Kotlin developers required a more expressive and concise language that can quickly compile code.

Full compatibility with Java

Intuitive syntax that allows using fewer code lines

Easy to maintain

30_%

more maintainable functionality

Uber

Pinterest and Google use Kotlin

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Swift

According to StackOverflow, Swift is one of the most loved languages since its stable release in 2014. Swift has been used to build apps for LinkedIn, Wikipedia, Lyft, etc.

Performs faster

Allows for less code

Speeds up the development

3_x

faster than Objective-C

8_x

faster than Python

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Objective-C

Objective-C was created in the 1980s by two computer scientists and has been the number one iOS development language up until the release of Swift in 2014.

Stable

Compatibility with C and C++

Reliable and well-tested language

2M+

apps built

30_%

of apps built

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Dart

Dart is an open-source language created by Google in 2011 and used for building applications for web, servers, mobile phones, and Internet of Things devices together with Flutter.

The fastest growing language inside Google

Availability of documentation

High performance and stability

+532

popularity gain in one year

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React Native

What first started as an internal hackathon project inside Facebook teams, grew into one of the most popular frameworks. React Native allows the acceleration of the development process by providing code reusability.

Code reusability

Large community

Great performance and cost-effectiveness

Wix

Tesla, Airbnb, Instagram, and Walmart use React Native

42_%

of cross-platform software developers use React Native

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Firebase

Firebase database ensures that applications keep working even while offline by storing an internal cache of all data. Firebase is easily integratable with popular tools like Slack, Jira, BigQuery, and others.

Allows for storing and synchronization of data

Crash reporting feature

Secure web hosting

1M+

developers prefer Firebase

30_%

increase in developers’ efficiency

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SQLite

The SQLite team describes this database as a “serverless” database. With over 1 trillion SQLite databases in active use, it is the most used database engine across the globe.

Extremely lightweight

Reliability and portability

Does not require installation

11_th

place in the top list of popular databases

35_%

faster than Filesystem

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Realm

With almost 10 times faster performance, Realm has become a great alternative to SQLite and can be used with iOS, Xamarin, and React Native.

Cross-platform database that allows building faster

Offline mode enables higher network reliability

Easy-to-use APIs

30_%

increase in application performance

76_K

applications worldwide are supported by Realm

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CoreData

CoreData is perfect to handle a complex object graph with a multitude of entities, relationships, and attributes. It decreases the code length that supports the model layer by 50-70%.

Accelerates the application development process

Simplified memory management

Built-in sorting of objects

30_%

acceleration of data loading

40_%

increase in developers’ efficiency

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Robolectric

Offering a much higher speed, Robolectric is an easy way to execute fast and reliable tests inside Android Studio on the workstation without using an emulator.

Accelerates the testing process

Tests can be executed on the Continuous Integration server

Allows you to run tests inside Android Studio

30_%

faster testing process

40_%

increase in efficiency

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RxJava

RxJava is a library used in Android development that solves the problem of the dynamic nature of inputs in programming. It will help you untangle your code from too many Java threads.

Intuitivity and declarativity

Allows for an extension with your own custom methods

Can convert data types by filtering and expanding data streams

20_%

faster compilation

40_%

app performance acceleration

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JUnit

JUnit is an open-source framework for Java that allows developers to write and run tests. GitHub describes it as a leading framework for Java development.

Simple framework for writing tests in Java

Test suite development and reporting

Facilitates simultaneous code writing and testing

30_%

testing acceleration

40_%

bug detection improvement

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Mockito

Mockito is a mocking framework that allows developers to create simple basic test APIs for Java applications, whereby the tests are readable and produce clean verification errors.

The mocking framework allows for evaluating the system without setting expectations

Can be used for PoC, wireframe, or demo

Facilitates simpler test code

11.4_k

stars on GitHub collectively

25_%

faster testing process

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Espresso

Espresso is a testing framework for Android that has been designed by Google. It is developed to simplify writing reliable user interface tests.

Enables faster feedback

Ensures stable UI testing

Accelerates the development process

15_%

of Android developers choose Espresso

25_%

faster testing process

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Reactive Cocoa

ReactiveCocoa is a framework that enables implementation of reactive functional programming which ensures that changes in one part of the application are reflected across the entire app.

Works well with Swift

Allows reactive functional programming approach

Enables using less code

20_%

faster development

30_%

increase in developers’ efficiency

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Socket.io

Socket.io is a Node.js based framework that offers real time, event based, bidirectional communication that works on every platform and device. Trello, Patreon and Alibaba Travels use Socket.io.

Facilitates real-time data exchange

Allows for integration with video chats

Enables event-based communication

190k+

websites all over the world use Socket.io

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Alamofire

Alamofire is a Swift-based framework for iOS and macOS development that ensures an elegant interface as well as simplifying many common networking tasks.

Simplifies routine tasks for application development

Rapidly decreases bug occurrence

Increases iOS developer’s productivity

20_%

decrease in bug development

10_%

faster application development

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Moya

Moya is another Swift-based framework that was built on top of Alamofire and focuses on core features instead of networking and strives to create a type-safe structure to the services and requests.

Allows for clean code

Enables a project integration with RESTful API

Accelerates the implementation of networking data

40_%

boost in API manager integration

30_%

faster development cycle

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Flutter

Flutter is an open-source UI framework that allows developers to build native apps with one codebase, which means using one language for the creation of two apps - iOS and Android.

Shortens time-to-market

Allows building custom UI

Holistic UI and business logic regardless of the platform

2_M

developers have used Flutter since its release in 2018

111_K

stars on GitHub

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Android SDK

Android SDK is a software development kit that consists of lines of code and is offered as a package with a set of tools needed for developing an Android application.

Open source and shareable platform

Offers libraries and development tools to build and test apps

Easy to use free development tools

72_%

is the market share of Android apps

3.3_M

Android apps are currently being offered at Google Play Store

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Android Studio

Android Studio helps you see any changes you make to your app during the development in real time, as well as demonstrating how the app will look on various Android devices.

Open source and free development tools

Comprehensive documentation available

Provides an emulator to run apps

Lyft

Google, Accenture, Alibaba and other companies have Android Studio in their tech stack

2014

Since the year of its release, Android Studio is Google’s official IDE

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Android NDK

Android NDK provides a higher grade of performance because the source code is compiled directly into the machine code for the CPU.

Career Club, 3M Co, Whole Foods Market Inc, and other companies use Android NDK.

Collection of tools that enable using C and C++ coding for Android

Not necessary for Java and Kotlin

Used for building complex applications like physics simulations or reusing C and C++ libraries

2009

the year of its first release

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iOS SDK

The collection of iOS SDK tools helps you keep your users at the forefront of your mind, and enhance user experience and retention. By the end of 2025, iOS SDK will experience rapid growth, as experts have predicted.

A set of tools for iOS app development

Free for Mac users

Offers multiple resources and tutorials for self-learning

2.2_M

iOS apps are currently in the Apple’s App Store

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Apple Xcode

Apple Xcode is Apple's IDE, so it is mostly used for the development of apps within its own ecosystem, however, you can also use it to write code in other languages and apply it to other projects.

Starbucks, Amazon, Citizens Bank, and other companies use Xcode.

Includes SwiftUI - a new framework for building interfaces

Xcode provides Swift packages

Swift and Objective-C are documented to simplify the learning process

IDE

Apple Xcode is an integrated development environment for iOS.

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What do clients say about DOIT Software?

Kjell Garatun-Tjeldstø

CEO

Jarbtech Solution Group

DOIT Software's efforts have increased the business' bandwidth, allowing the internal team to concentrate on other processes. They have strong communication skills and have managed to adhere to project deadlines despite the tight timelines.

Gil Dror

CTO

Human Care Systems

Their expertise, diligence, and proactiveness stand out the most. They’re highly productive and demonstrate great communication, teamwork, and architecture skills. They’re well-versed in best practices and design methodologies, so they’re often the go-to people for questions. I see DOIT Software as a core part of our team, not just an addition.

Larissa Paschyn

Founder

Citizens to the Rescue

Despite my lack of coding experience, they were able to take my requirements and turn them into a functional, well-designed app. I was highly impressed with their work, and it’s already gotten a lot of positive feedback for its ease of use. I appreciated how upfront and transparent they were with their work.

Dean Dzurilla

Product Manager

Visible Impact

DOIT Software understands that their business is about more than just writing a piece of code. They go the extra mile to make sure they’re servicing their customers’ needs. They’re driven by a desire to make their customers succeed at all costs.

Our Mobile App Development Portfolio

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Yrgent

An Uber-like app for the healthcare industry

iOS Android Java Swift Healthcare

The DOIT Software team developed an app that allows users to check doctors’ availability, make an appointment in real-time, and plan a route to the doctors’ office.

Personal information protection, payments within an app, personal profiles management.

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NRM

Social app for contacts management

Cross-platform React Native Social

DOIT Software team developed a proactive network relationship management solution that helps users to analyze their contacts and organize them into specific areas of interest. The system provides sophisticated network efficiency index measurement, using suggested and initiated suitable engagement patterns to predict the most efficient activities. Also, it allows transcribing voice-to-text automatically.

Categorize, group and analyze contacts, see upcoming events.

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Citizens to the rescue

disaster alerting networking app

Cross-platform React Native Navigation Social

The DOIT Software team developed a peer-to-peer application that allows users to deliver real-time emergency information (regarding disasters, property or infrastructure damage, and injuries) and help others in difficult situations.

Location identification, Google Maps API integration, notifications.

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Build a mobile app and achieve more

Solve business problems

Bring more value to your end-users with a developed mobile application, that addresses your audiences’ real pain points and solves actual challenges.

Increase brand exposure

By 2025, the total number of worldwide mobile users will reach over 5.98 billion people, almost 71% of the world’s population. Reach the audience that spends over 90% of online time in mobile apps.

Build engagement and loyalty

Increase customers retention via sending out relevant marketing messages and use push notifications.

Improve your business tactics

Analyse your audience and build an exceptional data-driven user experience to increase the efficiency of your business activities.

Need a fast time-to-market?

Get app-like clickable prototyping done within a week.
Or get high-quality MVP in just 2-3 months.

Domain Focus

HealthCare

Retail & eCommerce

Wellness & Sports

FinTech

Management

Transport & Navigation

HealthCare

the work of medical organizations optimization

doctor-on-demand services

treatment management and monitoring of drug intake

remote disease recognition and diagnosing

communication with patients

Retail & eCommerce

personalize your customers’ experience to boost conversion rates

analyze your customers' behavior and transform this info into data-driven insights to improve your audience experience

improve and automate your internal processes with inventory management, out-of-stock prediction and prevention, etc.

Wellness & Sports

covering a need in online workout programs

individual programs creation and progress tracking

increase of users engagement through using gamification strategies.

healthy lifestyle popularization

FinTech

mobile and online banking for customer retention

decentralization and bringing transparency through peer-to-peer solutions implementation

personal finance management

customer data analysis and accident prediction for insurance and credit score cases

Management

increase productivity via time and task management

oversee the progress and optimize activities

automate processes within an enterprise (CRM, ERM)

Transport & Navigation

real-time tracking of cargo and productivity

on-demand solutions like taxi-services and food delivery

travel and road guide solutions

Steps of the App Development Process

DOIT Software covers the full-cycle of a custom app development, including planning, software development, QA, project management, product deployment, support and maintenance.

Software Requirement Specification

Prototyping

UI/UX design

Application development

Quality Assurance

Support and Maintenance

Software Requirement Specification

Software requirements gathering, main use cases creation and an in-depth behavior patterns research to refine your idea and create a basic app outline.

Prototyping

Prototype designing to get the app structure. Created user flow Mind Map and clickable prototype can be tested among end-users.

UI/UX design

Combining information architecture, interaction design, usability, wireframes and visual design, the DOIT Software UI/UX designer provides you with an app design that will help you to attract new users, create a good impression at first, and build loyalty later.

Application development

Turning your project’s requirements and prototypes into working code. All of the processes are seated up with best Agile methodologies: Plan (project management), Iterate (development), Evaluate (QA) – Repeat.

Quality Assurance

User acceptance testing, preparing a detailed deployment plan (deployment steps, risks, mitigation actions, the procedure of rollout), providing a product launch and secure handover of environment ownership to you.

Support and Maintenance

Software issues resolution to ensure quality and complete functionality, as well as a retrospective analysis to prevent further issues.

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DOIT Software approach

Having part of the team locally in Norway in combination with offshore mature developers from Eastern Europe allows DOIT Software to successfully complete your project on time and within offshore development rates.

Reasonable cost

Deep software requirements analysis allows us to provide you with a more accurate estimate. In combination with the team location in Eastern Europe, it allows us to offer mobile app development at affordable costs.

On-time delivery

89% of DOIT Software projects are delivered on time. By understanding the client's needs we strive to deliver a project within the estimated timeline and budget.

Transparency

Get clear budget planning and weekly progress reports, as well as advice on whether or not it's necessary to implement a feature, or when there are ideas to optimize the development of the project.

Quality

Product quality control, do input requirements analysis and QA engineers engagement at all stages of development.

Orientation on your business’s needs

Get your idea or requirements converted into a functional, well-designed app.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is custom mobile app development?

Custom mobile app development is the process of digitizing your product or service through a mobile application. If you have more questions about mobile app development, contact a custom mobile app development company.

What programming language is best for developing a mobile app?

For Android application development for mobile the main programming languages include Kotlin and Java, whereas for iOS mobile app development we use Objective-C and Swift. As for cross-platform, developers use JavaScript or TypeScript.

What is native mobile development?

Native mobile development implies app design and development for only one type of platform.

How long does it take to build an app?

It also differs from app to app, depending on the structure of the project and complexity of the solution - from three to nine months.

What are the three D's of mobile app development?

Discover is the phase where you analyze the needs of users or industry;
Design is the phase where you design concepts;
Delivery is where you deliver these concepts after validating them.

What is cross platform mobile development?

Cross-platform mobile app development allows you to build an application that will run on both Android and iOS.

Is native better than cross platform?

Native applications usually perform better than cross-platform ones, however, come with a higher price tag.

What are the best mobile app development companies?

You can compare prices and expertise of various companies that create apps on Clutch - a platform that offers a convenient comparison among different IT firms, including app building companies such as Android and iOS app development company or cross-platform development firm.

What is custom mobile app development?

What are the three D's of mobile app development?

Discover is the phase where you analyze the needs of users or industry;
Design is the phase where you design concepts;
Delivery is where you deliver these concepts after validating them.

What programming language is best for developing a mobile app?

What is cross platform mobile development?

Cross-platform mobile app development allows you to build an application that will run on both Android and iOS.

What is native mobile development?

Native mobile development implies app design and development for only one type of platform.

Is native better than cross platform?

Native applications usually perform better than cross-platform ones, however, come with a higher price tag.

How long does it take to build an app?

It also differs from app to app, depending on the structure of the project and complexity of the solution - from three to nine months.

What are the best mobile app development companies?

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