Mobile & Applications

Mobile work is part of a wider system: a customer app needs a backend and a measure of whether it helped; a field app needs offline behavior and a record when the van is back in range. Native and cross-platform are choices we make from the audience, not from habit.

1. 1

   Choose the surface

   Native when the platform or performance demands it. Cross-platform when one codebase should serve both stores.

2. 2

   Design for the hand and the job

   Field tools and customer apps fail for different reasons. The flows are designed separately.

3. 3

   Connect the backend

   Accounts, data, and analytics are part of the build.

4. 4

   Ship and keep shipping

   Store release is the start. Updates and maintenance are a named service.

Services in this category

• specialized

  Android App Development

  A native Android application when that platform is the audience or the hardware requirement.

• specialized

  iOS App Development

  A native iOS application for audiences and hardware that live on Apple platforms.

• core

  Cross-platform App Development

  One codebase for both major stores when the product can be shared without hurting the job.

• specialized

  Enterprise Mobile Applications

  Internal apps for employees, with the security and system connections the operation requires.

• specialized

  Field-Service Applications

  Tools for people on site: jobs, capture, and a record that survives poor signal.

• specialized

  Customer Applications

  A branded app customers open to buy, book, track, or ask.

• support

  Mobile App UI/UX

  Interface and flow design for thumbs, interruptions, and tasks that must finish in a minute.

• support

  App Maintenance & Updates

  The releases after launch: OS changes, fixes, and small improvements on a schedule.