You Want To Build An Android App ?

How to Create an Android App: This Blog post will help(Teach) you the basics of how to build an Android app.

You Want To Build An Android App ?

So you want to build an Android app 

You’ve brainstormed an amazing mobile app idea you may even know exactly what features it needs to have or what you want the user interface to look like.

Now it’s time to roll up your sleeves and make some mobile magic happen! But first, you need a plan.

Remember, a goal without a plan is just a wish and at MindSea, we’re here to help you turn that wish into a goal and that goal into reality. So let’s figure out the concrete steps it will take to get to your end product.


How to do it:

Let's Start

Do Your Research

Start by determining why Android is your operating system of choice.

When building your app, it’s a bad idea to make decisions based on hunches and gut feelings. You want your target audience to be engaged, and you want your app to thrive for years to come. That means your audience’s preferences are more important than your own

Before you begin building, you need to know which platform fits your company’s vision and your audience demographic.


Your Team

Are you equipped with the resources to build an Android app?

Because Android is an open-source OS, making your app compatible across devices is not so straightforward. Technical proficiency, along with the time and money needed for your build, typically has the biggest impact on whether you build your app in-house or outsource it to an agency.  

Consider whether your existing team has these three things:

  1. Capacity: If you’re a small startup, does it make sense for any (or all) of your team members to shift their focus from other aspects of the business in order to pursue this project? Remember, an app can take over four months to build. Will this cause delays in other areas of your business?
  2. Capabilities: The members of your team probably have their areas of expertise and handle those quite well, but how would they adjust to new responsibilities like project management, app design, and app development? The smaller your team, the more hats everyone will have to wear.
  3. Funds: Time is money, so shifting your team’s focus from daily operations to the app build could affect other revenue-generating activities. While hiring an external team can be costly, you have to weigh it against the cost of lost business or the cost of hiring for new internal roles.

Depending on your resources, both tangible and intangible, hiring an outside agency may be your best bet.


Develop Your Strategy

Make a plan.

Know your timelines.

Have a clear understanding of who your app is for and what problems it is solving. Make sure your plan includes important checkpoints such as user research, user testing, prototyping, investor pitches, etc.

During this step, you should also clarify your target audience and the essential requirements of your app. Host a strategy session with your team and your clients to brainstorm functionality and prioritize features based on market need, market want, and what competitors are delivering.

Do More Research

You’ve done the initial brainstorming, now you need to back up your ideas with data.

Before you get too deep into your design and development plan, you need to have clear, data-backed evidence supporting your every decision. You need to be able to articulate exactly who and what your app is for, why it should have certain features, and why it should be built out the way it will be.


Create Your Sketches

Depending on the size and complexity of your app, you can use tools like omnigraphs or lucid-charts to create your sketches - or just a pencil and a piece of paper, or a marker and whiteboard.


Regardless of your perspective, mapping your app's user flow is important. You can paint a clear picture in front of how the navigation works, where a specific screen will then take the user - inevitably, the result of the action in any app you will also be able to uncover earlier design errors and utility issues. Start building.


Build Out Your Wireframes

After the sketches come to your wireframes. These are low fidelity, simplified outlines of your product made up of boxes, words, lines, and sometimes descriptions basically more detailed sketches. They’re meant to lay the framework for your app, not produce the final look and feel.


Begin Prototyping

If you’re looking to raise capital for your app, you’ll need to have something to show potential investors. That means building a prototype.

A prototype is something concrete, something tangible that you can use in user testing, final design planning, and investor pitches to showcase the features of your app.


Start Building

Finalize designs, create animations, build out your code.

This is where it all comes together! We recommend using Andriod Studio, the official integrated development environment for Android, and pairing it with tools such as Material Design and Java.

Wrapping It Up

As with any major project, when you break an app build down into actionable steps, the whole process seems much less intimidating. Then again, mapping out every step of the build also reveals just how much goes into it!

Learning to code and building out your own mobile app is definitely doable you can look into courses on sites like Coursera and Lynda to get started or find some local meetups or training programs in your area.


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