After you are done wireframing, you can run usability tests with end-users to see whether your design assumptions are sound. It’s cheaper and easier to do that than it is to catch the mistakes later on, when you start laying down code.
Create a User Interface (UI)
The interaction with the sense of sight is what the UI design represents. It is what the user of your mobile application sees and clicks on the screen. The UI part of an app includes the buttons, the sliders, the input fields, as well as the visual representation of colours, fonts and layout.
The best UI designs should be transparent, leveraging familiar patterns and layouts that work with, rather than against, the way users expect to navigate an app. Good UI should also be direct, conveying information via touch, sight and sound in ways that are easy to intuit.
Lastly, the forms must be forgiving and tolerant of conflicting inputs and orders of entry, and they must interpret each one intelligently. Undo and redo must be provided to allow users to correct errors of omission or commission. The other necessity for good user forms is consistency: everything that appears on the screen must be the same size, in the same position, and displayed in the same colour on every platform. Do this, and you won’t confuse your users.
Build Your App’s Backend
Clear goals will set the foundation for the entire app development process by helping you determine which features and functionality your app needs to be successful.
Next, identify the features that your competitors offer. This will help you understand where you stand in comparison with them and figure out which features they’ve missed out on and then differentiate you.
This is the second step and involves investigating how your app will make money. Based on the monetisation strategy of your app, you can think about implementing it in your app like ads, subscription or a payment gateway integration. You can also think about analytics, which you can embed in your app in order to track downloads or usage and eventual retention.
Publish Your App
One day, when you reach the point that your app is ready for prime time, you’ll have to publish it, and then the world can discover your good work while you start making some money from it.
The best way to do this is to submit it to the App Store or Google Play. Make sure to read up on the submission guidelines – generally, your app needs to do a few specific things in order to meet requirements.
Once inside the App Store, you’ll need to provide a name (up to 50 symbols), a description (up to 80 symbols) and up to eight screenshots from your app. You can also supply a promotional video, if you’d like. You’ll also have to decide for yourself whether your app should be free or for sale. And, of course, you’ll have to choose a category for it.
