The Myths and Realities of iPhone App Development

Humans and human brains are similar everywhere! It will be ineffective to compare the developers based on their demographics. Outsourced developers can be great or can be the other way around. To make a well-informed guess, we can have a look at their skills, portfolio, and experience.

Outsourced app developers may perform better than local iOS developers due to an added pressure to fulfill the expectations of the offshore client. In most cases, skilled and experienced Outsourced iOS app developers are usually more efficient and hard-working.

Many believe that the development of an iOS application is an easy and straightforward process, and iPhone app development can be completed in a few days. This is not true.

In most cases, it isn’t true. And if it does, then it is highly likely that you will not get what you are expecting as a client. iOS application development is an intensive process which requires a lot of skillful efforts. The production team must be aligned with the vision of the client, and the user needs to produce an excellent iOS app. It is estimated that a high-quality iOS application may take from one month to six months.

For mobile app developers, bugs are not new things. If they are experienced, they must have gone through a lot of bug fixing. If your application is facing multiple bugs, sitting on a developer’s head will be an immature decision. You can ask them to take note of the bugs and ask them to share a timeline of when the bugs will be fixed.

In terms of the overall timeline of the project, alignment with the project manager is critical. This will ensure that you get frequent updates on your project. On the execution level, the project manager will opt for an ideal working model.

In general, the outsourcing team will be implementing “follow the sun” model. In this model, the offshore iPhone app developers are working when there is night in the client’s time zone, and when client wakes up next day, he will be able to see the progress made.

While the developers are developing an iOS app, they may face an operational or functional issue. To fix such issues, they may have to alter the wireframe a little.

So, the developers should be allowed to inform you and take such decisions which benefit the application. It is a good practice to remain a bit flexible with wireframes as it may open up possibilities for future improvements.

There is a common myth that one should only build iOS applications which are using certain types of app architecture. It is also a myth that building an app with a different architecture will result in messy code and provide a poor user experience.

Bombarding your application with too many features will make the application code-heavy, bloated and unresponsive. It will make your application consume a lot of system memory and processing power.

Besides, if you present your user with a lot of features, then, they will get confused and may stop using your application. Your primary focus should be including only essential features and working on refining those features. Once you finish that, you can shift focus on the inclusion of more features.

Whenever the is a new list of changes or new requirements such as adding new features of revamping user interface; you should check if these changes will add sizeable benefit to your business or make the final product much better. If that’s not the case, then avoid doing such changes, and you may consider these for future releases.

However, an experienced team of skilled developers will have established a set of best practices which will save you from a lot of problems. If you are planning to get an iOS app developed for your business, we recommend you to choose a company or team which has a robust portfolio and extensive experience.