Mobile apps have peeped in human lives in such a manner no one could anticipate earlier. Today's urban life may literally crash without smartphones and smart apps. No wonder businesses are trying and reaching their target group through mobile apps. But, there is a checklist to follow in terms of avoiding common mistakes. SynapseIndia Founder Shamit Khemka listed some points to keep in mind while designing a mobile app.

1. Points to Keep in Mind While
Designing a Mobile App
By Shamit Khemka

2. Introduction
Mobile apps have peeped in human lives in such a
manner no one could anticipate earlier. Today's urban
life may literally crash without smartphones and smart
apps.
No wonder businesses are trying and reaching their
target group through mobile apps. But, there is a
checklist to follow in terms of avoiding common
mistakes.

4. #1 - DO NOT Build for Just One
Website
If you have an app idea, DO NOT think of developing it for just one
website. Sure, Android and iOS are big right now, but this industry is
uncertain. You never know, Windows platform may boom overnight
and leave its counterpart way beyond. So better be prepared.
The best solution to this problem is to build mobile web apps instead
of native. One mobile web app reaches all platforms, both now and in
the future. Of course, if you must build native apps, go the hybrid
route. This lets you create one underlying mobile web app, and then
add a native skin on top.

5. #2 - DO NOT Build Separate Apps for
Each Platform
As of now, we have 4 major mobile platforms: iOS, Android,
Windows Phone 8, and BlackBerry.
If you want to build native applications for all platforms, you
must build 8 apps (4 for smartphones and 4 for tablets). Since
each platform requires a different programming language, you’ll
likely need 4 different developers. This can be a lot more
expensive affair, keeping in mind that you need to spend a lot on
maintenance also.

6. # 3 - DO NOT Avoid Future
Maintenance
How often must these apps be maintained? They must be
updated every time you need to change the app. They must be
updated with every OS update, which are frequent.
The best way to avoid a maintenance nightmare? Build mobile
web apps. Since one mobile web app works across all platforms,
you’re only left with with one application to maintain. Also,
mobile web apps aren’t affected by OS updates, which makes
your life even easier.

7. #4 - DO NOT Ignore Integration with
Back-end Systems
When you ignore integration, you’re creating more long-
term work for your company. Employees are stuck
duplicating data from one system to another. This wastes
time and leads to data errors. It also means that your
mobile apps do not deliver real-time data… Which sort of
defeats the purpose of a mobile app.

8. #5 - DO NOT Ignore App Security
One of a smartphone’s greatest strengths is portability. That’s
also its greatest weakness. Because smartphones are so small
and portable, they’re also easy to lose.
What happens if a lost smartphone contains sensitive business
data? At worst, it could put your company at risk. What’s your
backup plan? If you build native apps, you’ll need to encrypt all
sensitive data and create a way to remotely wipe a lost/stolen
phone.

9. #6 - DO NOT Make a Difficult
Interface
Here’s a sure-fire way to fail with mobile apps: Create a
mobile app with a difficult or confusing interface. Users
have come to expect a certain level of usability with
their mobile apps. Put a difficult or confusing interface
in front of a user, and most won’t bother figuring it out.
And, if nobody uses your mobile app, it’s worthless.

10. #7 - DO NOT Make Your Audience Waiting
for Your App
As with any new trend, some companies sit back and
wait until they’re positive the trend is here to stay. Is
mobile here to stay? As I mentioned above, mobile is
the fastest growing trend ever. In just a few short
years, smartphone use has exploded. Companies that
sit back and wait will find themselves playing from
behind.

11. Conclusion
One should know important factors that
SynapseIndia talks about complain in mobile app from
users prospective & How to work on the
Feedback received from SynapseIndia Employee as
they have developed over thousand of apps without
any glitch.

12. Thank you for Watching it!