The Benefits of Using a Mobile App during the Epidemic

As the recent epidemic has impacted the far reaches of the globe, no industry has been left untouched. To curve the number of cases, people have been limited in almost every aspect of their lives: getting groceries, going to work, shopping for clothes, picking up medicines, etc. Businesses have struggled with the forced closings and mandated limitations on how many people can be in a building at one time. As a result, people have started looking at alternative ways to support their favorite restaurants, shops, and stores to protect both themselves and their communities from spreading the disease.

With more people at home, the use of technology has never been more important. Mobile apps, especially, have had an incredible impact on customer engagement and revenue source for businesses all over the world that have had to shut down in-person stores.

While some companies might believe that their type of service or product does not warrant mobile app development, you would be surprised just how many in each industry there are. Schools and colleges have greatly increased their use of teaching apps to minimize the impact of shutting down schools. Shopping mall stores have turned their focus onto keeping their apps easy to use to encourage former in-person shoppers to transition to online users. Technology companies have utilized more online meeting apps and collaboration software than ever before. Each industry has started to adapt.

Everything that has happened due to the epidemic has left a profound impact on the way customers use products, search for information, and engage with businesses. In following this shift, companies would be missing out on a large portion of their audience if they didn’t make it easier for their customers during this time to see their products and services.

Apps can differentiate your business from your competitors and give you an advantage. You can now reach your customers wherever they are. Through mobile apps, people can access a company’s brand from almost anywhere in the world. Brand recognition is improved through the usage of applications and customer loyalty will soar. When a company is better able to connect with its customers, they are much more likely to be a repeat customer and recommend your business to their friends. As the cycle continues, your revenue will only grow.

While the initial cost of a mobile app deters a lot of businesses, making this investment in your business is critical in a time like this. Unfortunately, no one can predict the future. However, by making yourself more visible at all times, your business is much more likely to be less impacted by major events in the future. When you need a new application developed or an older application updated, give Charter Global a call for a free consultation!

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Best Application Development Practices To Follow In 2020

There are a lot of things to keep in mind when it comes to application development. As a business, you want the best of everything for your customers but sometimes it’s hard to achieve with a limited budget and resources.

Here are some best practices to make the most out of what you can do with your application:

Think streamlined

Being able to quickly and easily understand how to use an application is one of the top things a user will look for. People would much rather choose an interface with simple design rather than one with overwhelming clutter because people do not want to waste their time combing through everything in the application.

Ask yourself  how your customers will want to navigate through the application

Where would your business be without its customers? When you think through the development of an application, you should make everything easy: Are the categories clear and obvious? Are all links titled?

Keep all the information you get from customers protected

Professional hackers steal customer information through data breaches of corporations all the time – and the result is never pretty. From the very beginning of the application development services, building up a protective security detail is essential to keeping your customer’s important information safe.

Do your research on the competition

What do they do that customers dislike? On the other hand, what do they excel at? While you never want to copy what your competitors are doing, it can be extremely helpful for the development of your application to know what will and what will not work. Instead of making the same mistakes they did, you can save money by skipping them entirely!

Be customer-driven

Here at Charter Global, we often talk about being customer-focused within every aspect of a business strategy. By thinking of the end customer, you focus on what will bring you the most profit, in the long run, returning happy customers. While it is important to stick to a budget when developing, it is even more crucial to the overall success of the application that it is spent on working on the parts of the application that make things easier, simpler, and better for your customers themselves.


Following these 2020 best practices will enable your application to better utilize the budget you set, integrate customer-focused tools, and increase your application’s chance of success once it is published. Deciding to create an application is a big decision – not to mention all the smaller


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Understanding the 3 Types of Mobile Apps

Understanding the 3 Types of Mobile Apps: Native, Mobile, and Hybrid 

A breakdown of the 3 types of apps and a list of the best cross platforms to use in mobile app development 

Smartphones have become an inseparable part of our daily lives. Activities like waking up with a morning alarm, checking Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Twitter; listening to music, reading news, watching YouTube videos; adjusting the thermostat and lighting, updating project status; and the list goes on. All of these mutually exclusive applications run independently on main operating platforms; seamlessly bringing our smartphones to life – all in real time.

We see hundreds of new apps in the market every year, and the demand for mobile application development continues to increase. Although we’re familiar with operating systems (i.e. iOS and Android), chances are, we’re not clued-in on the specific technology platforms software developers use throughout the design and development process in building apps. We hope that after reading this blog, you will better understand the three types of apps and cross platforms, including a few you’ve never heard of – in your journey to understand progressive web development.

Three Types of Apps: Native, Hybrid, and Web

Native mobile apps: 

Native mobile apps are designed to be “native” to one platform, whether it’s Apple iOS, Google’s Android, or Windows Phone. The native platform can be advantageous because it tends to optimize the user experience. Because it was developed specifically for the platform, it can operate more quickly and intuitively.

Hybrid mobile apps: 

These apps can be installed on devices just like native apps, but they run through web browsers. All hybrid apps are developed through the HTML5 programming language. Though hybrid apps are not as fast or reliable as native apps, they have a greater capacity for streamlining the development process. Because you don’t have to build and maintain apps for separate platforms, your business can save on time and resources. It’s ideal for apps that primarily deliver content.

Web apps: 

Responsive websites switch to a different design when they are accessed from a mobile device. Adaptive web applications, on the other hand, scale to fit the different screen sizes of mobile devices. For these apps, the design doesn’t change. Web apps are built using the most popular programming languages, but they can’t use hardware on mobile devices or be sold in any app stores.

Cross Platform Apps: Best Cross Platform Mobile App Development List

Xamarin
Xamarin delivers native Android, iOS, and Windows apps, using existing skills, teams, and code.

Adobe PhoneGap 
PhoneGap is a mobile application development framework based on an open source project (Apache Cordova).

Appcelerator
Appcelerator is an enterprise-focused development platform that lets developers write JavaScript with its Alloy MVC framework.

Kony
Kony offers a range of tools as part of its enterprise Mobility Platform to help business create apps from a single codebase.

Sencha Touch
Sencha Touch is the leading cross-platform mobile web application framework based on HTML5 and JavaScript for creating universal mobile apps.

Appery.io
Appery.io is the best cloud-based mobile app builder platform that the mobile phone application developer can use to create best apps for Android, iOS, and Windows phone, and includes Apache Cordova with access to its built-in components.

Charter Global leverages its experience across multiple, proven app development and ecommerce cloud-based platforms:  SAP Fiori, SAP HANA, SAP Business One, Magento, PCI DSS, Spring MVC (Framework), Magnolia CMS/ Blossom module, HTML5, CSS3, JQuery, Struts. Charter Global is also the only Oracle partner that offers native pre-configured customizable mobile apps for JD Edwards users.