Mobile Application Development

Yes, Hureka specialises in developing cloud-based mobile applications (native and hybrid) in New York City. We create product-driven apps that speak for themselves. Our team of developers, designers, and strategists collaborate globally from our Manhattan Office.

We at Hureka recommend beginning with identifying and documenting your target audience’s needs. This will allow you to determine the functionality and design cues needed for your app. We then recommend a phase of User Research to connect with this target demographic in validating your vision. This is what we call the discovery phase. Following the discovery phase, we suggest establishing a technology stack which would go into the development of your app. The above two phases help you formalize your development needs. With these ready, the next step would be identifying a team capable of working with your technology stack in bringing your vision to life.

The discovery phase is a process which includes the collection and systematization of your audiences’ requirements, research of the target audience’s needs, analysis of the product efficiency, and the evaluation of how much and when exactly the dedicated resources will be compensated once the product is launched. This phase is essentially a bridge between a theoretical concept and the factual realization of the product.

A technology stack is a combination of software products and programming languages used to create a web or mobile application. Most applications have two software components: client-side and server-side, also known as front-end and back-end. Picking the right combination of underlying development tools is very important in the early stages of a project. For example, you might have created your web application with Ruby on Rails—that’s the language and framework. Your application will need to access a database maybe produced with PostgreSQL. You’ll need to host that on a server, say, Pantheon server. You’ll need Phusion Passenger to make that happen. This forms one part of the server-side technology stack.

Unless you’re an experienced developer, you will have a hard time choosing a good technology stack. And that’s okay. As a conception person, you’re not likely to have to dig into the code on the server or client sides. But if you are driving the creation of the product, you need to make sure the right decisions get made. Working with Hureka, we are here at every step of the way and will help you pick the most efficient technology stack, not only for the development but also the seamless deployment of your product.

Building a native application means using the native language of the platform, i.e. Objective-C on iOS, and Java on Android. The main advantage of native applications is their performance. Native apps are compiled into machine code for e.g. Dalvik byte code under Android, which gives the best performance you can get from the mobile phone.
This best performance includes fast and fluid animations as well as full access to phone hardware, multi touch support and the latest APIs.

Hybrid applications are web applications run in the native browser, such as UIWebView in iOS and WebView in Android (not Safari or Chrome). Hybrid apps are developed using HTML, CSS and Javascript, and then wrapped in a native application using platforms like Cordova. This allows you to write the code for one platform and easily port the code to another platform e.g. Write the code for Android and then port it to IOS.
Hybrid Applications are easier and quicker to develop. The main problem with hybrid apps is that they still depend on the native browser, which means they are not as fast as native apps.

We develop award-winning iOS and Android apps with a focus on lean methodology and agile development. We ensure quality products every step of the way through thoughtful critique and working closely to match our client’s vision.

Hureka has been developing mobile apps for over 10 years now. The experience and reputation we’ve gathered during these years is unquestionably resourceful. This is our speciality and we constantly work on building some of the most beautiful mobile apps out there.

E.g. www.palatable.app

The duration of the mobile app development process depends upon the features and technologies the client wishes to build into the app. The cooler the app is the higher the complexities and hence the duration of development.

Yes, apps developed by us are usually hybrid and will work on both Apple (IOS) and Android.

Yes, we at Hureka extensively test all applications we build before sending them out the door.

We at Hureka Technologies perform the following types of testing on every App we develop:

1. Functional Testing -  Functional testing is conducted so that the application works as per the requirements specified by the client. Most of the tests conducted for this is driven by the user interface and call flow.
2. Performance Testing - We conduct Performance Testing to ensure that the App developed works across a broad spectrum of devices and runs lag and bug free.
3. Usability Testing - We develop User-Centered applications. So, we conduct extensive Usability testing of Apps developed here in New York, where we have target audience members test the Apps developed to make sure that the App feels comfortable and intuitive to use and is appealing to the users.

Functional testing is conducted so that the application works as per the requirements specified by the client. Most of the tests conducted for this is driven by the user interface and call flow.

Usability testing is a series of tests conducted to see how easy to use a digital product is by testing it with the real users the product was intended for.

Users are asked to complete tasks, typically while they are being observed by a UX researcher, to see where they encounter problems or places where they struggle to use the App. These tests are useful to identify User Flow issues, i.e. If more people encounter the same problems, this data comes in handy send back to the development team to correct the flow issue.

We develop User-Centered applications. So, we conduct extensive Usability testing of Apps developed here in New York, where we have target audience members test the Apps developed to make sure that the App feels comfortable and intuitive to use and is appealing to the users.

A native mobile app is a smartphone application that is coded in a specific programming language, such as Objective C for iOS or Java for Android operating systems.

Native mobile apps provide fast performance and a high degree of reliability. They also have access to a phone's various devices, such as its camera and address book. In addition, users can use some apps without an internet connection.

However, this type of app is expensive to develop because it is tied to one type of operating system, forcing the company that creates the app to make duplicate versions that work on other platforms.

The duration of the Native app development process depends upon the features and technologies the client wishes to build into the app. The cooler the app is the higher the complexities and hence the duration of development.

Hybrid Applications are easier and quicker to develop. The main problem with hybrid apps is that they still depend on the native browser, which means they are not as fast as native apps.

So, you will have to choose the Native route if higher performance and higher complexity is important to you.

React Native is a cross-platform solution to build Native mobile apps on both iOS and Android. It is coded in JavaScript using React. 

React Native is great for making true Native cross platform applications with a single codebase. You will get excellent UI, flow and performance with React Native if your App is interface dependent.

Ionic is great for those who want to build a progressive Web application i.e. an application which can be used on Web, Desktop and Mobile. 

In conclusion, if your product is solely a mobile app that needs to work on iOS and Android and needs to look and feel like a native app, we'd suggest React Native.

If you are looking for an elegant user interface that matches your website in the form of a mobile app, you could consider Ionic instead.

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