How the Art of App Development Has Changed Over the Years

Let’s start with this: there are 3,298,329 apps on Google Play, 2,110,063 apps on Apple App Store, and 475,904 apps on Amazon Appstore as of 2022. Approximately 184 billion applications will be downloaded within the next two years; 139 billion from Google Play and 45 billion from Apple App Store. But applications are still relatively new.

The Beginning of Application Development

During the 1970s, data management systems had just begun to evolve, but scientists quickly recognized the enhanced productivity of programming and application management. In 1983, the first portable mobile phone arrived on the market, which was large and clumsy; the Motorola DynaTAC 8000x. The first mobile application came around in 1997 when Nokia released Nokia 6110 with an inbuilt version of an arcade game, famously known as “Snake”.

Fast forward to today, where officials measured approximately 6.23 billion smartphone subscriptions in 2021. This number is expected to rise to 7.7 billion by 2027. Here are ways in which mobile app development has changed:

Security

Believe it or not, security has become a major driving factor for application developers as they hope to combat cybercrimes. Today, applications are expected to meet higher standards of security since any risks encountered are likely to give all parties involved a hard time; this includes the customer, business, and app store.

Tracking Customers

‘Allow app to locate your device’; you’ve been there, done that, but this is also a fairly new feature that makes it easier for application developers to monetize their applications. The technology has also enabled businesses to engage with their customers and form deeper relationships. For example, shopping via the application gets loyalty points that consumers can redeem at a later point.

Cross-Platform App Development

There are a lot of applications that users can install via the App Store and Play Store to enjoy the same interface and features on different devices and platforms. However, the challenge here is for developers to develop faultless applications that run on operating systems with different configurations.

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