The Google Play store is the biggest source Android users go to for downloading apps, and having your app featured prominently on it ensures more downloads. This guide will show you how to submit and release your app on the Google Play store. Prerequisites Have an app! Your app will need a unique Bundle…
More than ever, performance plays a key role in the monetary success of a mobile app. Here, we’ll take a closer look at the key mobile app performance monitoring metrics and benchmarks that you need to be tracking in order to optimize your app’s performance and ultimately improve app quality (related: What is Application Performance…
Your app startup time is a major indicator of your app’s overall quality; when your app is slow to launch, the user may expect the app to be slow or buggy as well. Conversely, a quick launch gives the impression that the rest of the experience will be smooth as well. So what is a…
At one point or another, all mobile app users have been affected by a frozen frame followed by a crash soon after. Apps crash at an average rate of less than 2%, but still, they greatly affect user experience. A study on user expectations of mobile apps found that 80% of users will uninstall an…
So you’ve built a Xamarin app and you’re ready to release it out into the world — congratulations! This guide will show you how to deploy your Xamarin app on the App Store and Google Play. How to release your Xamarin app for iOS Prerequisites Make sure that you’ve covered Apple’s guidelines for releasing…
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…
Your app launch represents a critical moment for your users: it’s their first interaction with your app. And first impressions can mean a lot in the mobile market—launches give the user an indication of your app’s overall quality. Why is app launch optimization necessary? Slow launches impact user device memory and battery life, your users’…
Ever since its release back in 2013, Slack has been quickly adopted by many teams across different industries. And with its ability to cut emails by almost half and reduce the need for meetings by 25%, it is no wonder it has become near ubiquitous. This popularity has also spurred a lot of different tools…
Instabug gives you the best overall package of products to help streamline your testing and drive your app’s success and rating further. Instabug’s crash reporting tool helps you send detailed crash reports and track your app’s crashes from the dashboard. You are able to assess and track crashes in real-time, helping you resolve issues and…
When it comes to setting up an effective bug reporting workflow, all apps have different requirements for each stage in the development lifecycle. At Instabug, we recognize that and try to accommodate the needs of apps in different stages of development. Customizing Instabug’s SDK allows you to unlock its full potential and adopt a streamlined…
When it comes to setting up an effective bug reporting workflow, apps have different requirements for each stage in the development lifecycle. In this post, we will take a look at some of the best practices for using Instabug in your production app to maximize efficiency, minimize your workload, and provide the best experience for…
With more than 57 million repositories, GitHub is the largest source code host in the world and virtually all developers know their way around it. If you use GitHub for version control, making use of its Issues module for bug tracking is a great option. Your developers spend a lot of time on GitHub. Allowing…