Mobile Applications
More than ever, mobility is an essential issue. It affects our employees and our customers, both in their professional and personal uses.
On the professional side, a mobile application provides a practical solution accessible from anywhere, using a phone or tablet, which allows you to benefit from additional features to web interfaces (offline mode, geolocation, camera, etc.).
Create your mobile application to respond to a specific need
Consumer Mobile Applications
Aimed at everyone and are only limited by imagination, network and technique
Services Application
Sales Application
etc.
Designed to facilitate work in the field, it is often an extension of the information system
Internal Mobile Applications
Mobile ERP
Quotation Application
Inventory Management
etc.
Customer-Only Mobile Applications
Aimed at everyone and are only limited by imagination, network and technique
Customer Extranet
Messaging
Sales Support Tools
etc.
Which technologies to develop a mobile application?
Concretely, how do you develop a tailor-made business mobile application?
Several technologies exist to develop iOS and Android applications. At Point 0 Studio, we offer to use native development or cross platform development.
Native Development
Driven by the Apple (iOS) and Android operating systems, development in native technologies (understand the “official” OS technologies) is often the best technical solution in terms of possibilities, performance, maintainability and evolution.
On the iOS side, the native language used is Swift; and at Android, the Kotlin and Java programming languages take precedence!
Native mobile development: for what types of projects?
It is particularly recommended for applications with high added value, which are intended to be permanently part of the IS, and which require strong interactions with native functions of the mobile device.
Cross-Platform Development
The development of a cross platform application consists of developing a single application for both systems (iOS and Android). The main interest of the cross platform lies in the development of a single code. Who says unique code, says unique maintenance
At Point 0 Studio, we use proven cross-platform technologies on the market: React Native, IONIC and Flutter.
Cross-platform development: for what types of mobile applications?
Showing correct performance, we recommend the use of cross-platform technologies for applications with not very complex functionalities.
iOS App Development
Point 0 Studio leverages the best of iOS app development services and stability of the iOS platform to create top-notch mobile products that people love to use.
We use development best practices to nail down app performance, data security and great user experience, making sure all the components come together and deliver value where it’s needed, to make your users stick around and your business grow.
When to go for native iOS app development
Despite Android having a bigger market share when it comes to devices, the App Store generates double the revenue of the Play Store. It’s consistently done so in the last years and is expected to maintain the trend for the next years as well. iOS device owners are more willing to make in-app payments but are also more critical of the quality of their user experience.
This makes iOS a perfect ecosystem to launch a product, gather user feedback and fine-tune monetisation options to reach product-market fit. More so, Apple offers a limited number of devices and up-to-date operating systems on almost all of them. This simplifies the development of a solid product from one perspective, but also adds a really high bar for the iOS developers, as only the best products have chances to perform in the Apple Store.
When to go for native iOS app development
Latest technologies and best practices
We always keep up with the latest technology updates and best practices. We only use coding paradigms that allow your product to be scaled in the future and that ensure long-term maintenance.
Build a secure and stable product
iOS stands out as one of the most secure operating systems, and their manual review system for the App Store means that they maintain a high level of quality throughout their store. Our iOS developers will make sure they leverage all capabilities and requirements to deliver a secure and stable mobile product.
IoT integrations
Our team has worked with IoT integrations within various industries, working on devices such as beacons, Bluetooth/NFC chips, drones and automotive hardware.
Incorporating all iOS capabilities
We use Swift and Objective-C programming languages to tap into an iOS device’s capabilities and create a fuller user experience. Whether you need your app to work with the device’s camera, microphone, gyro or sensors, or to create custom widgets and notifications, we’ll make sure it looks and works without a glitch.
Our iOS development toolchain
IoT integrations
Our team has worked with IoT integrations within various industries, working on devices such as beacons, Bluetooth/NFC chips, drones and automotive hardware.
Incorporating all iOS capabilities
We use Swift and Objective-C programming languages to tap into an iOS device’s capabilities and create a fuller user experience. Whether you need your app to work with the device’s camera, microphone, gyro or sensors, or to create custom widgets and notifications, we’ll make sure it looks and works without a glitch.
Incorporating all iOS capabilities
Strategy Consulting
We nourish your application project by creating agile app strategies for data architecture, experience design, app development, and monetization. We design mobile apps tailored to your concept and target audience.
UI/UX Design
Point 0 Studio carves high-performing products, integrating your brand into designs with elegant graphics. We breathe life into your mobile app with a seamless experience.
Maintenance
Point 0 Studio carves high-performing products, integrating your brand into designs with elegant graphics. We breathe life into your mobile app with a seamless experience.
Development
Point 0 Studio carves high-performing products, integrating your brand into designs with elegant graphics. We breathe life into your mobile app with a seamless experience.
Expertise in mobile development technologies: focus on quality
As we know, the medium/long-term success of custom mobile application development projects depends largely on the quality of the code produced.
To ensure the best possible quality of our developments, we have a well-established routine within our teams. In addition to classic tests, we regularly organize code audits on our own projects.
Long-term IS design and integration
Mobile applications must be designed to be perfectly integrated into the current IS, but also in the longer term! Let's think about maintenance, scalability and interactions with other applications right from the design phase.
Version backwards compatibility
OSes regularly release updates, however, not all phones on the market are always up to date! On Android in particular, we must be vigilant about the compatibility of applications with all Android versions maintained, and the diversity of devices to manage.
Accessibility and management of different screen sizes
Whatever the terminal (tablet, mobile), Point 0 Studio makes it a point of honor to make mobile applications as accessible as possible for their users, taking into account their habits and means. New phone models are regularly released, so we must regularly adapt our applications to ensure compatibility with the screen sizes on the market!
Performance
Minimal response time, high availability, scalability... The web application must be optimized and ready for anything!
Ergonomics - Mobile-first
The application must respect the codes of the OS and not reinvent navigation! One watchword: Keep It Simple!
Security
Data security is a sensitive subject for mobile applications. We work in a logic of data protection and compliance with the RGPD.
5 ESSENTIAL STEPS
The stages of a tailor-made mobile application development project at POINT 0 STUDIO
Mobile development projects are projects with high added value for the company and, like any IT development project, they must follow a structured project approach. The objective: to succeed in the project under the conditions defined upstream!
Design the mobile application and make the right technical choices
To design your tailor-made mobile applications, we rely on sustainable, long-lasting technologies that are consistent with your IS already in place!
Before starting any mobility project, it is essential to start with framing workshops with your team:
education
Functional workshops: understanding business specificities and defining user paths.
Technical workshops: define the choices of project architecture, technologies/frameworks, data models and interconnections.
UI/UX workshops: designing the models of the application in line with the graphic charter: intuitive and ergonomic interfaces for any screen size!
Constitution of a tailor-made and human-sized team in Lyon
To support you in the construction of your application, we form a tailor-made technical team at AXOPEN made up of several profiles within our 100% technical and Lyon-based incubator: technical project managers, technical experts and developers.
customer service
We know it, custom web development projects are not a long calm river! It is essential to be able to build a project team system that is responsive, available, and flexible in order to be able to adapt over the sprints and the project, both in terms of profiles and capacity to scale up.
As a structure on a human scale, we can ensure flexibility in the assignment of our teams, and adapt to current projects.
Manage the project with a useful “agile” methodology
It is a technical project manager who manages your mobile project!
During the kickoff phases, we set up with your teams a project management method that is truly adapted to your constraints (objectives, delivery capacity of incoming products, state of specifications, availability, etc.). We advocate the establishment of a minimum of governance and regular bodies to have the right level of communication with your teams.
It is not the method that should guide us, the method must be at the service of the project.
Almost all of our custom mobile application development projects are carried out with the fundamentals of the “agile” method, adapting it intelligently.
The 3 main principles of our development methodology:
Adaptable and variable development sprints of 1 to 4 weeks, in terms of profiles and workload, to adapt to incoming inputs and the desired delivery speed
Total transparency of the progress of the project with development management via GitLab accessible directly for your teams
Strong communication and proximity between the actors via the communication channels set up, and the committees.
Réaliser la recette et assurer la livraison de l’application mobile
Notre vision : co-construire des applications mobiles, avec une forte implication des équipes métiers et des utilisateurs finaux tout au long des projets.
Dès les premières phases du projet, nous identifions des futurs utilisateurs clés. Ces derniers sont intégrés dans l’équipe projet au sens large, et participent aux phases de recettes et démo qui se font tout au long des sprints de développement.
Plusieurs semaines avant chaque livraison de version, nous organisons une grande phase de recette utilisateur et métier, afin de sécuriser la mise en production. Dans cette même logique de sécurisation du process de mise en service, nous mettons en place un processus d’intégration et de déploiement continu (CI/CD).
Selon la stratégie d’hébergement choisie en interne, nous travaillons main dans la main avec vos équipes infrastructure pour déployer l’application vers des hébergements soit cloud (Azure, AWS, etc.) soit classique (OVH, etc.)