Angular vs Flutter: Which is better?

Angular vs Flutter

To start with we should consider and think why we are comparing Angular and Flutter! When there are other technologies that we could compare. The answer is both the frameworks are developed by Google.

Angular is a hybrid framework which is good to build a web application as well as a mobile application but it gets complex when it comes to creating specific framework application for mobile.

If Angular is used to make a mobile application for android, then to build the same application for iOS, it should be rebuild from start.

To overcome this problem Google came with another framework called “Flutter” which is a single code-based language. Flutter is a framework and SDK that allows you to build native mobile apps for iOS and Android with one language.

Angular uses the typescript language and HTML structure to control and to build new web application whereas Flutter simply uses DART programming language which is similar to Java in syntax along with HTML5 CSS3 and JavaScript, these are the modern frontend UI specific development method of web pages.

Compare to Angular, Flutter is faster in performance however when it comes to usability Angular is more stable as Flutter has been in the development stage, that also means that there will still be some bugs, missing features that need to be added in the framework.

 If we look into Architecture and Functionality point of view

Components of Angular

Angular creates Applications using components like:

  • Data binding,
  • Type Components,
  • Service Components,
  • Provider Components,
  • Filter Components,
  • Dependency Injection

Which works as Building blocks of User Interface.

Components of Flutter

There are four components that create the “SDK” platform and make Flutter Architecture vastly usable:

  • Flutter Engine
  • Dart Platform
  • Foundation Library
  • OS Design Specific Widgets

Though angular is a renowned open-source Framework and highly used as of now. But in the coming year, as Flutter gets it upgrading we may see this framework for developing cross-platform apps.

Google Play Store

Google Play Store

Google Play Store – App Submission

Google Play Store is one of the famous and most popular platform for app lovers as well as app developers. In one place it allows you to download any app anytime be it too old or the latest, the database of google play store is always up to date which give’s users an ease to use it.  When it comes to the app submission on google play store, it allows you to distribute your app to a wide range of users as well as advertise, sell & manage the App performance.

“But as before investing we need to read the terms and conditions similarly before submission of app a smooth plan of the process for  app submission should be made and to do that first you should know its pre-requisites.”

PRE-REQUISITES FOR GOOGLE PLAY STORE APP SUBMISSION

  • APK file of app.
  • Short Description of App with maximum 80 characters
  • Long Description of App with maximum 4000 characters
  • Icon for the App – This basically represents the app and is a unique identity for the app. File format should be png with size 512*512
  • Screenshots – 8 screenshots of application showcasing different features of it with file size not be more than 3480*3480 and minimum 320 PX (only png format)
  • Featured Graphic or video – File format should be jpeg or png and dimension 1024*500 PX. For video we need to keep the length between 30 sec to 2 min.
  • Email or Helpline – This is required for providing users with any kind of assistance they need regarding App whether it be fatal error or handling error.

PUBLISH APP ON PLAY STORE

Once you are all set with the pre-requisites then comes the time to go live and submit app in the play store.

 Most initial step of this process is to create an account on google, although almost everyone has their personal account on google but its recommended to have a separate professional account on google for app which can help you to be in touch with your users, answer their queries as well manage your advertisement of the app.Also to register your publisher account you need to pay 25 USD using google payments.
Post successful account creation we need to sign in to developer console to perform all the further action.

One optional step is to create and link your merchant account for
                  1) You have a paid app or subscription app
                  2) In app purchases

MANDATORY FIELDS

APK & TESTING– It’s recommended to do alpha testing before making app available to users,for this process we need to go to the APK section of developer console where we will find alpha testing & beta testing. You can use these options and fetch the URL of your app and share it with few testers who can then do the testing and send you reviews. Once the testing phase is clear you can click on publish to make the app live to worldwide users.

STORE LISTING –This is one of the important step in publishing app on google play store. Once APK file is uploaded, we need to go to the store listing tab and update all the details related to the app like short description, screenshots, videos,and other mandatory fields. Once done click on save and store listing is done.Also you can edit and modify your store listing anytime. Apart from these you also need to fill out content rating questionnarie for your app.

PRIVACY POLICY – In the store listing tab you will get a option of uploading privacy policy of your app. Now privacy policy is a very important and mandatory field, as the apps without privacy policy gets delisted and removed from the playstore after certain period of time.

PRICING DISTRIBUTION– Few apps are free, few paid and few have limited free access and then subscription. So it’s important to do pricing listing for your app as well. For this you need to go to the pricing and distribution tab and select paid or free option as per your app. Also you need to select the distribution countries.

When all the three important and mandatory tabs Store Listing, APK & Pricing has been updated then a green check box will appear which you need to click in order to confirm that you are ready to publish your app. Then click on publish and you will get a message stating your app will appear in google play store shortly.

Now apart from these mandatory steps there are series of more tabs which you can fill or ignore as per your app’s requirement.

So let’s get started, let us make the app you want and publish on google play store as well!

Mobile app – Factors to determine the development cost

Are you planning to build an app, but doesn’t know from where to start?

Well, the first and foremost point to decide is the cost to build the app. But then the question comes that how to calculate or finalize the complete cost of the same.

So, there are multiple factors to look into before coming to a final conclusion. Below are a few important factors to look into to determine the cost to build a mobile app.

There are 2 types of entrepreneurs: one who decide whether or not to execute the plan according to the estimated cost and then there are those that put the product or idea ahead of everything else.

Pricing can be quite complex when outsourcing mobile app development service, thus understanding the factors that influence the overall cost of mobile app development is very important.

Having said that let’s dive in together to explore few of the most important factors that influence mobile app development cost.

  1. PLATFORMS: You first need to decide which platform/platforms you want your app to be in. Android or IOS or both. Android is much more fragmented platform compared to IOS and hence require more testing time. Android has a different screen size, handsets, resolutions and operating systems. So while making an app that has to work on devices with varying sizes, re-sizing of graphics and multiple testing will be needed to ensure app looks good on all the devices. The app also needs to be tested on as many devices as possible to make sure it doesn’t face any operating system peculiarities. Also, there is no forced updating of the operating system on few android devices so there are still a lot of devices running on old versions of the operating system.
  2. FEATURES & FUNCTIONALITIES: What functionalities should it have? What services should it deliver? There is a whole bunch of features an app can have such as:
    a) social logins
  3. b) Camera gallery
  4. c) Calculator
  5. d) Payment options
  6. e) Integration
  7. f) Location-based service
  8. g) Chat service and many more

 

Clearly the more features an app has costlier it becomes, but yes few of the features are provided by 3rd party/API’s which does not require from the scratch coding and hence saving development time and cost.

  1. CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CMS): Going further toward the backend we need a content management system abbreviated as CMS. If your app requires updating content after every time period then your app needs a CMS system built in addition to the backend. Basically, CMS enables different owners or managers or admin to update their content to the backend like updating new products, changing pricing, algorithm parameters and many more.
  2. DESIGN: While designing app we need to do multiple tasks, user research, competitive audit, user experience design, interaction design, mobile app interface design, graphic design, logo & icon and the list continues. Whatever the design decision should be problem-solving design because the main purpose of the app is to solve the problem. Most of the people just look at competitor’s app and try to chase them and build something similar to theirs, well blindly chasing the competitors is a non-effective strategy rather than re-inventing something better which can solve customer’s issue and save their time should be the main goal.
  3. MAINTENANCE: Every app requires ongoing maintenance, content updates to keep the user engaged and coming back for more. Also if your app relies on a server to store information like user details or payment history then you need to pay to manage that information as well. Emergency maintenance, push notification, payment processing and many more. We provide simpler, cost-effective mobile app development to save your development and maintenance cost as well.

DO YOU HAVE AN APP IDEA IN YOUR MIND?

Paying focus on the above-mentioned point you can get a better idea of the cost of development. You need to analyse all your potential partner based on above five points, some might score more and some less in different assets but keep one thing in mind that sometimes sticker price with low-end developer partners and cheaper price might be misleading. The right app development partner might be a bit expensive but worth the cost.

We at Vigsitainteractives based out in Pune, India is one of the best mobile app development company with the adequate amount of skilled technician having many years of experience, professionally and technically sound resources.

We also offer mobile app development for Android, iPhone and cross platforms, blockchain development, augmented reality, virtual reality, IOT, Machine learning, cloud solutions and custom development as per the client’s requirement. We are a leading outsourcing company across the globe.

 

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