Tuesday 23 June 2015

Updating Mobile Apps

Whilst we would hope to never have any serious errors in our applications, it is a fact that no matter how much testing is done, there will be some bugs in an application, especially for complex business systems.

Having fixed the bug you will naturally want to release it to the end users as soon as possible, especially for high priority issues that might stop the app working or even cause data corruption.

For web based applications this involves a refresh on the application server. GUI clients can also be quickly updated using a variety of methods. But what about mobile apps that are distributed via a public app store and where the updates need to be approved by the app store vendor before they are released? This can take some time - for example over a week is common.

If you develop your mobile apps using Rapide, because the client logic and UI definition resides on the application server and not the device, a refresh of the app is as simple as deploying an update to the app server.

As long as you do not change the app branding (name, icon, splash screen or app server URL), the application can be updated without needing any refresh on the mobile device.

2 comments:

Aboabdalaziz said...

Is Rapide supporting Android Material Design UI controls?

Darius Panahy said...

Yes, as of Android 5 the controls that Rapide use are material design since Rapide uses native controls for each mobile platform.