sorry if this is not the right place. I’ve developed an Android app and I'm seeking users to evaluate it as the last milestone of my Master's program. The app (WalkNRide) is a free Android app that automatically tracks the locations and different situations in which we walk and drive during our daily lives. The app logs how users commute, ties this information to the places where we spend our days and provides feedback based on how we’re performing and suggests improvements. We believe that providing information to people is the first step towards successful and healthy habits.
The app has three versions: a baseline with basic features and other two with a higher diversity of features. With this, I intend to test different strategies to promote physical activity and to understand how users adopt and use these different versions.
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We went to the Yetizen "Android-i-fied" event and learned a ton about building games on Android, but if you happened to miss it, then we did a quick write up of what we learned. We put it below because we hoped that it would help you guys
Now, on to the event!
Charles Hudson kicked off the talk with some choice words:
ANDROID IS HARD!
Charles Hudson was not shy about his experiences building on the Android platform with his game studio, Bionic Panda Games. There was little sugar-coating of the six major challenges that Android developers face, especially when compared to iOS. He did have great suggestions for tackling each one, which we wanted to pass on to you. His six tips are below:
1. Fragmentation
Problem: Unlike the iPhone, there are many types of Android devices, which leads to OS fragmentation, varying screen size and resolutions, and types of hardware. This means that the user experience can vastly differ from user to user. Also, developers can drown themselves in work trying to make their game compatible with everything.
Solution: Charles suggests that you test your game on multiple devices to make sure the user experience can consistent across a sea of devices. He said that he bought old, “well loved” Android phones from resellers to cheaply test his game on each type of hardware. As for OS, if you need to draw a line in the sand and not supporting older OS versions to provide a consistent experience, then do so. According to Ngmoco, which spoke later in the evening, 94% of Android gamers are on 2.1 or above, so you won’t miss many customers by cutting out the troublesome 1.6 and 1.7 versions.
2. Development & Testing
Problem: Because it is so easy to launch new applications and versions on Android - you are essentially just one button away from pushing new versions - developers can sometimes get trigger happy. This can overwhelm users and stop them from updating your game.
Solution: Android users typically don’t update their apps as often as iOS users, so Charles recommended a minimum period of one week between app updates, excepting urgent bug fixes of course. And as we mentioned before, you should test your game on each major type of phone and supported OS version before an update goes live. This can prevent unforseen hiccups and help you avoid those urgent bug fixes.
3. Metrics
Problem: Developers are typically flying totally blind when it comes to the way that users are interacting with their app, especially on Android.
Solution: Look into integrating with an analytics platform that fits your budget. Google Analytics is free, but can be a trickier integration as it isn’t built for mobile. If you are looking for an easier and more mobile-friendly solution, there are mobile game analytics platforms that may be worth the cost such as Flurry and Localytics.
4. Platform Wars
Problem: 23% of all smartphone customers are on iOS devices, and conventional wisdom states that iOS users are more likely to pay for apps and complete in-app purchases than their Android counterparts.
Solution: To paraphrase Charles Hudson, “it is better to build a great game on one platform instead of a mediocre game on two platforms.” Each platform has different capabilities, so focus your resources in building an awesome game on one platform before you worry about iOS. Bionic Panda is an Android only game studio, so Charles clearly practices what he preaches.
5. Distribution & Discovery
Problem: Discoverability on Android depends less on category ranking compared to iOS, and getting Featured on the Android Market is just as difficult as it is on the Apple App Store. Also, Android does not have a united social graph like Facebook or Apple’s Game Center, so it is hard to lean on viral mechanics to acquire users.
Solution: There tends to be higher search activity on Android (as Charles pointed out, “it is Google product”), so make sure your app description is accurate and hits all of the important keywords that users would use to search for a game like yours. Also, he could not stress enough the importance of having a well-designed app icon that draws users in. This icon and your app title are often all the user sees before making his decision to download, so use that space wisely! Also, fortunately for Android developers, Android still allows incentivized installs, so jump on the ad networks such as Tapjoy and Admob to help capture your seed group of users. Assuming you’ve made a compelling app, once you get the seed group of users you should be off and running.
6. Monetization
Problem: It is conventional wisdom that iOS games typically generate more revenue when compared to Android games. Part of the story behind this is that in-app purchases on iOS is much easier than the severely fragmented Android payments.
Solution: Count on an eventual consolidation of payment methods on Android, and Google Payments is a good default because they will always be around. The key with monetization is to provide compelling reasons for users to buy in, and then they will find ways to do so, regardless of the difficulty.
We released BravoSE which is a popular app search client among Android users. Through our efforts of several months, iBravoSE.com is online today. Besides retaining the major features of BravoSE, iBravoSE.com increases more information of apps and enhance interactive experience. iBravoSE also allow users to share apps to SNS, like Facebook.
Our aim is to become an app search and discovery platform of high quality. We have developed a creative scenario-based service which can change the way of app recommendation and improve recommendation accuracy. In addition, the search service for iOS and Windows phone OS will be available later.
If you’re looking for a way to search apps easily or you want to experience wonderful app recommendation service, there is no doubt that iBravoSE is your best choice. The website and the mobile client complement each other and make up the integrated app search system together, which will bring people more awesome apps.
In future, we will think more about how to construct a good communication platform between users and developers, improve the quality of developed apps and help developers to promote their apps efficiently.
Automatic news summary from many sources on smartphones!
How would it seem to you having automatically on your smartphone a single summary of the news from multiple sources? Unbelievable? Yet, now it seems that not only can it go into practice, but it is also offered freely to all so as to become a part of our everyday life! Its name: NewSum!
Who does it?
SciFY, a not-for-profit organisation which develops cutting-edge information technology to solve real life problems and offers it freely to all, including all design, implementation details and support needed.
What is NewSum?
A really innovative application, NewSum that automatically summarizes information from many sources and combines them in a single text! It is an intelligent summary of all the different information that you would get if you read all the articles from all the sources you visit (or that you would like to have time to visit...). With the use of cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology, news are summarised and all repeated information is not duplicated. All these in a user friendly, tested and effective application.
Why do they do it?
As SciFY puts it: "The goal of this project is to reinforce pluralism in news coverage. Think about it: How can you get the whole picture in your areas of interest, fast? Up to now, in order to be well-informed about what you really want to, you were obliged to visit at least 2-3 different sites/blogs and spend valuable time reading news that are by 80% the same… Newsfeeds, news aggregators are not real solutions: They just group articles, but you still have to do the rest of the job, since you have to visit all the different sources in order to get the information you need (when / if you have the time!). NewSum is on the way to change all this..."
Why is it important to help NewSum?
Indicatively:
it is offered freely to all using open source code and all the support needed.
it promotes pluralism in news coverage by using cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology.
it is developed by an not-for-profit organisation by young volunteers - entrepreneurs.
How you can help in this phase?
The first version is soon to be released and needs testing. SciFY creates now a small group of beta testers, who are going to be the first to have access to the application. Anyone interested to see it in practice can contact SciFY soon by contcting me by PM!
Thank you!
With booming App business people are coming up with new innovative ideas to launch unique Apps to gain attention of keen smartphone users. These days Mobile Apps offer more sophisticated features for almost every category including Travel, Entertainment, Utility, Gaming and Productivity. People interested in launching new app have to explore what features they can incorporate in their app to make it more successful. Apprasoft, a renowned app development company offers an easy to use App estimator tool which helps users to explore all kind of features for iOS and Android such as location based navigation, real time synchronization, monetization methods or in app loyalty and reward programs to engage user, all step by step and generate a cost estimate giving them a better idea for launching a more successful app keeping in view the ongoing trend in the market.
"ChainStore" version 3.0 is about to go online, leading the app store to change the t
This revision is one of the things we have been planning for a long time.
Although the 3.0 version continues the previous design style, the interface layout has changed a lot, and the corresponding experience has been optimized.
Perhaps you have also felt this way: I feel that there is a lack of ways to find welfare activities, a lack of understanding of the blockchain, and a lack of a platform to download blockchain applications, but I don’t know where to look. Anxiety often accumulates over time, and more anxiety every day, has continued.
We hope to ease your anxiety. Want to find more convenient welfare activities? Want to see a more comprehensive blockchain knowledge? Want to find valuable blockchain applications faster? We are all ready for you! In the first half of 2019, ChainStore fully deployed version 3.0, making it easier and more comprehensive to enhance your game and user experience.
The ChainStore 3.0 version wants to give users a better experience, listens carefully to the user's comments and suggestions, and simulates the scenarios when different users are using ChainStore. A lot of functions have been added, the details have been optimized in all aspects, and the activity benefits are only a lot more. As Zhang Xiaolong, the father of WeChat, said, a good product is to help users achieve their goals quickly, rather than kidnapping users.
ChainStore version 3.0
ChainStore developers spend their time thinking about design, adding functions, etc. The new upgrade version of ChainStore 3.0, which was officially deployed in the first half of 2019, will be officially launched, so stay tuned!
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