You’re launching your first app, or maybe it’s been a while since the last time. Submitting an app to the App Store isn’t as simple as pushing a launch button, but it’s not as complicated as it may seem either. This step-by-step post assumes that you are already enrolled in the Apple Developer Program, your…
Beta testing: the rehearsal before showcasing your app to the world. The beta testing phase is a critical one in your app’s life cycle and you need to make the most of it. Finding beta testers is an integral part of this process. You need them to test your app in every possible way to make sure…
Users won’t hesitate to uninstall your app if they encounter bugs or glitches. Many beta testers and end users don’t know how to write a bug report that includes the details a developer needs to know in order to fix it. If you’re a developer trying to sort out the reports you receive, you know…
Welcome to the second post of our App Hacks series. In the last post, we explained how to get your iOS app featured on the Apple App Store. Now, it’s the green robot’s turn — let’s talk about how to get that Android app of yours featured. When it comes to distribution, your app competes with…
If you’re an indie mobile game developer and you’re done building your game, then the next step would be to get it out there. At this stage, one of the hardest decisions that a developer has to make is whether to go with a mobile game publisher or to continue embracing the indie life and go…
If your app is slow on some devices or Android Studio’s Instant Run features stop working randomly, then you might be experiencing memory leaks. When Does A Memory Leak Happen? One of the great things about Java is the garbage collector (GC). A garbage collector runs periodically to check objects that are…
Got a new app that’s ready to go live? Or is your app discoverable in the app stores but not seeing many downloads? It’s time to write (or rewrite) your app store description, one that’s crisp, juicy, and convincing. You don’t have to be a marketing magician to write a powerful app store description that…
Libraries are an integral part of development that no developer can imagine working without. They help you accelerate your development speed by orders of magnitude through allowing you to use a ready-made solution instead of writing all that code yourself. But what if you have a nifty feature you want to share as a library…
By Blake Sirach For many companies, software releases are stressful, nail-biting, teeth-gritting stretches of time when the whole enterprise is looking at your team and just waiting for something to go sideways: a major bug on an untested Android device, poor customer response, or unmet stakeholder expectations. But they don’t have to be that way!…
One of the challenges you will encounter when planning your beta test is finding the right testers for your app. Finding and recruiting a beta testing community of willing testers who also fall under your product’s target market is sometimes tricky. This is an easier challenge to overcome if your app is already on the…
How to keep beta testers engaged is a very common challenge facing app developers and product managers. If you’ve conducted a beta test for your app, you’ve probably seen how testers’ activity tends to fizzle out quickly. More often than not, this is caused by a lack of adequate response to user feedback. Failing to…
Bug reports are crucial for developers to find out where their code goes wrong or behaves in unexpected ways, but getting your testers to submit clear, informative, and actionable reports can certainly be a challenge. Whether you are beta testing your app or on a production release, standardizing and streamlining this process for your testers…