No matter what your goal is – be
it connecting with like-minded tech people just like you all over the globe, or
you want to reach out to potential and existing customers, if you are looking
at getting instant attention, brand recall purposes or you are just looking at
promoting your business you can do all of the above and so much more by
developing a mobile application as it’s an absolute must to have an online
presence.
And what could be better than
developing an iOS application for quicker results and to reach out to a larger
audience thus multiplying your sales on a higher level.
Your
brand new iPhone application can be advertised in a lot of innovative ways by
your marketing department, but minus all the right tactics, design and features
the app sadly possesses very narrow chances of succeeding. Every iPhone application development company and iOS developer isn’t the same and
there’s a wide variety of mobile application development companies to choose
from. When it comes to iOS development, there are many misconceptions and myths
that are prevailing in the app market as users and developers have many
preconceived notions regarding the same. So before you jump into developing
your next app, here are the most popular myths:
1) iOS development
is easy:
It’s not what it looks like and
is really not the easiest task anyone can start off with. An average college
student can’t work without any help. And also, before starting iOS app
development you must possess a Mac which is around $1000 and also a paid Apple
Developer program which is $99. And this goes without saying, but you will also
need an iPhone and iPad device since an iPhone simulator is not sufficient for
development and testing purposes.
2) Jailbreaking:
Another common myth that floats
around iPhone application development is that most of the tasks cannot be
implemented minus jailbreaking! For example finding out if some other
particular app is installed, recording the screen of other apps, or even
locking your home button! Yes we agree according to our experience that some tasks
may seem impossible due to Apple’s stringent policy but before you jump to any
conclusions, it’s better to find a documentary confirmation for the same.
3) The big Hit!
You are mistaken if you think
that making a big hit at the App Store is purely a matter of luck. In fact it’s
not – of course it depends on various factors such as app use, target audience,
productivity, UX design etc but if you go through a list of the top
trending applications on the App Store, you will see that they are mostly the
apps from well-known developers, remakes of older versions of the same app or
something on the similar lines.
4) C to Objective-C
Another popular myth lacing iOS
app development is that if developers aren’t aware of C language, it simply
means they will never be able to learn Objective-C. This is wrong as it depends
upon the iOS developer as to how capable they are to grasp the language and
implement it within the development process.
Thus from the above,
these are the most popular myths that every iOS app developer faces before he
starts with the mobile app development process.