Free Mobile Application Development
How to create your mobile applications for free?? how to take your web application to mobile in few clicks??, how to build android mobile applications for free??. Based on my knowledge I've put my thoughts here through this blog
In the current scenarios, there are various ways to build mobile application especially for Android, IOS and other smart devices without having programming knowledge.
There are various online and open source mobile app builder available in the market, you can pick up and choose of your choice (just Google it by using following keywords Online mobile app builder, Free mobile app development)
Here are some of the options available
Option 1:
There are lots and lots of developer tools are available in the market for the people who have limited knowledge in the web technology
If you have basic knowledge in HTML/ CSS/ JS then you can go ahead with HTML5 based application, which is otherwise called as Responsive application, use Eclipse Aptana Studio3 as IDE. You can download from here aptana.com/products/studio3.
HTML5 applications are great which are device/ OS agnostic it can suit for any kinds of OS/ Form factors
Option 2:
If you want to access device specific api such as Camera, Sd Card/ Flash card, accelerometer, Contact book/ Address Book/ Phone Book and other hardware sensors, in that case you can go ahead with Hybrid applications
Then you can pick up any of below frameworks
1. Appcelerator Titanium
2. PhoneGap
3. Xamarin
4. Sencha Touch
5. RhoMobile
6. Jquery Mobile
7. Calatrava Mobile app framework and
Many more….
Option 3:
if you want to build mobile applications quickly, this case is more suitable for static applications to some extent content / data driven application
Then you can go with Mobile app builder, select template and drag and drop buttons, logos and type content, build form to capture leads and re direct to your website.
www.appsbar.com
www.apps-builder.com/
appery.io
www.theappbuilder.com/
www.appsgeyser.com
appmakr.com
www.telerik.com
Just Google it you to find online mobile app builder,
Open Source Mobile app builder such as OpenMeap/ Livecode, this are downloaded in the desktop and drag and drop your Mobile UI and build app.
Option 4:
If you are working on server based platform or you want to extend your web apps functionality to mobile devices then above three options may not be helpful. Here you need to give pleasing experience to the user as similar to your website, you need to worry about the security, quick to market, multi platform/ multi device.
Here you need to extend your web services as RESTful/ SOAP
Check out http://minddotss.com/Mind%20Pulpy/Mind%20Pulpy.html
Option 5:
Hiring a proven freelancer from the market, use elance.com/ freelancer.com based on your budget and other preference.
Choosing the mobile application development platform is a tricky thing, it based on your budget, timeline, your audience/ persona and technology you are familiar with, support from the community and proven technology
Please follow the following sites before you are zeroing down the mobile app developer
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/229835 (7 Steps to Hiring the Perfect Mobile App Developer)
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/226270 (10 Questions to Ask When Hiring a Mobile App Developer)
About us:
Mind Dots Software Systems is a tech company based out of Bangalore, India. We are here to solve Mid Sized/ Starup tech company issues using our platforms which are described below
MindPulpy: Developers/ Web app owners can create mobile application such as Android/ IOS for their platform quickly and freely
MindPulpy can take any web based applications to mobile phones (Android/ IOS/ Windows), Smart TV and connected devices.
Integrating with MindPuly is pretty easy just need to provide the RESTful/ SOAP web services / methods, upon completing configuration Web App owner/ Developers choose the templates of their choice, upon completion MindPulpy generates the object/ Executable file for various OS/ platform which you can distribute to various app stores / market place.
For more information, please follow this link http://minddotss.com/Mind%20Pulpy/Mind%20Pulpy.html
Mangomelons: Its a consumer based mobile application available on various devices/ OS, its intends to reduce customer surfing time and having multiple applications on their mobile phone.
Mangomelons provides multiple services and multiple service providers/ brands in one interface, so user can do multiple things under one interface without downloading dozens of application
MindAPI: Its a API discovery platform , Publishers can submit their API to the developers market. Publishers can track API usage, statistics and Billing.
Developers can simplify the response; convert JSON to XML, mix/ mash up with different service provider API and vice versa.
Mind Dots Software Systems Pvt Ltd, is a tech company based of Bangalore India, we focus on product development and deliver applications over Desktop, Web, Smart Phone, Smart TV and connected devices.
Please check out our company website Http://www.minddotss.com and alternatively you can contact us via email [email protected]
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