How does the process of uploading to the App Stores (iOS and Android) work?

The process of publishing an app on the App Stores, whether the Apple App Store (for iOS) or the Google Play Store (for Android), follows similar steps: Development and testing: Your application must be developed and thoroughly tested. Once this phase has been completed, you need to prepare a build file (archived for iOS, signed APK for Android) from your development environment.Application registration: Next, you need to register your application with each app store’s management platform (App Store Connect for Apple, Google Play Console for Android). During this step, you’ll need to provide details such as the app’s name, description, price and category.Submitting the app for review: Once you’ve filled in all the details, you submit your app for review. Each platform’s review team will check that your application meets their specific guidelines.Publication: If your app is approved, you can then publish it on the App Store or Play Store. For iOS, you can choose to publish immediately or at a later date, while on Android, apps are generally available a few hours after publication. It’s essential to note that your application may be rejected for a variety of reasons, for example if it doesn’t comply with the platform’s guidelines, or if it has performance problems. Therefore, it’s crucial to understand and respect each platform’s guidelines before submitting your application.

Mobile app

A web application is an easy access point for all your users to access the power of the software through the efficiency of the cloud and their browser.

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Comprehensive support from start to finish

Whatever the size or nature of your mobile application project, we’ll ensure your satisfaction and alignment with your business goals. Our approach covers everything from taking your needs into account, designing the user interface/user experience (UI/UX), customizing, creating a back-end infrastructure, and if necessary, hosting.

Our mobile application development experts will also guide you in optimizing, updating and enhancing your existing applications, to enable you to outperform your competitors and effectively reach your target audience.

An experienced team to support you

Technical expertise

Witify has a team of top-level specialists, skilled at developing customized mobile applications that match your exact requirements.

Collaborative approach

We value partnership with our customers and actively involve them at every stage of the development process, ensuring that the final product perfectly meets your expectations.

Ongoing support

Beyond development, Witify provides ongoing support and maintenance for your application, offering regular updates to keep your application up-to-date and competitive in the marketplace.

Our mobile application design process

With our many years of expertise, our mobile application development method is designed to accelerate completion while prioritizing quality, efficiency and responsiveness.

Requirements analysis

We start the process with a detailed analysis of your requirements and objectives. This step gives us a precise understanding of your expectations for the mobile application.

Definitions of requirements
Prioritizing objectives

UI/UX design

Our design team creates an attractive, intuitive user interface, with a focus on delivering an exceptional user experience.

High-level wireframes
Final mock-ups
User tests

Iterative development

Our developers embark on the creation of the web application using the most advanced and appropriate technologies. Every feature is meticulously coded and rigorously tested.

Iterative development in 1-week sprints
Periodic adjustments to targets

Testing

We implement an extensive test suite to ensure application quality, including unit testing, integration testing, performance testing and end-to-end testing.

Automated unit and end-to-end testing
User tests
Performance tests

Launch

Once we are satisfied with the quality of the web application, we begin the deployment phase. This final stage involves publishing the application on the various App Stores platforms, making it accessible to our users.

Maintenance and support

Following launch, Witify continues to provide technical support, frequent updates and maintenance to ensure that your mobile application remains up-to-date, secure and competitive.

Fast technical support
Critical security updates
Performance and engagement analysis
Collecting and analyzing user feedback
Continuous improvement and new features

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The main factors are the complexity and number of functionalities of the application, the degree of sophistication of the user interface (UI) and user experience (UX), and the extent of the testing phase required to guarantee flawless performance.

However, there are some special considerations for mobile applications. For example, development for multiple platforms (Android, iOS) can increase development costs and time. In addition, the integration of certain native smartphone functionalities, such as GPS, sensors or push notifications, can also affect these factors.

As with web applications, depending on deadlines, budgets and the nature of the product, a first version may be deployed for a small number of users, and research and development (R&D) phases may be required for more complex or uncertain technological objectives.

To develop our mobile applications, we use a range of advanced technologies to deliver an exceptional user experience.

We primarily use CapacitorJS for the development of our mobile applications. This framework enables us to develop applications for iOS, Android and the Web simultaneously, while offering natively optimized performance and feel.

For the backend, we use Laravel, just as we do for our web applications. Thanks to its rich and varied ecosystem, we’re able to develop top-quality services with impressive speed.

As for hosting, we opt for DigitalOcean and AWS, which offer unrivalled reliability and performance. For the most demanding applications, we use a Serverless architecture that ensures efficient management of any workload.

Finally, our development process is greatly optimized thanks to our Sprintify framework. This is an artificial intelligence that generates between 50 and 80% of the source code in no time at all. This enables us to create our mobile applications faster, while maintaining impeccable software quality.

These three types of mobile application – native, hybrid and PWA (Progressive Web App) – each have their own specific features.

Native apps are designed specifically for iOS or Android, offering optimal performance and user experience, but they require more time and cost to develop.

Hybrid apps combine elements of both native and web applications, enabling cross-platform compatibility, but with sometimes lower performance.

Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) behave like native applications, but are accessible via the web browser. They offer greater flexibility and are easier to maintain, but their access to native functionality is limited, and their performance may vary depending on the browser.

It’s important to choose the right type of mobile application according to your specific needs, target audience, budget, development time and required functionality.

The process of publishing an app on the App Stores, whether the Apple App Store (for iOS) or the Google Play Store (for Android), follows similar steps:

Development and testing: Your application must be developed and thoroughly tested. Once this phase has been completed, you need to prepare a build file (archived for iOS, signed APK for Android) from your development environment.
Application registration: Next, you need to register your application with each app store’s management platform (App Store Connect for Apple, Google Play Console for Android). During this step, you’ll need to provide details such as the app’s name, description, price and category.
Submitting the app for review: Once you’ve filled in all the details, you submit your app for review. Each platform’s review team will check that your application meets their specific guidelines.
Publication: If your app is approved, you can then publish it on the App Store or Play Store. For iOS, you can choose to publish immediately or at a later date, while on Android, apps are generally available a few hours after publication.

It’s essential to note that your application may be rejected for a variety of reasons, for example if it doesn’t comply with the platform’s guidelines, or if it has performance problems. Therefore, it’s crucial to understand and respect each platform’s guidelines before submitting your application.

The security of your mobile applications is essential to us. We use secure hosting and robust encryption, while constantly monitoring the technologies and platforms used for development. We leverage smartphone security features and proactively anticipate vulnerabilities to ensure maximum security.