Things to know before you hire iOS app developer

Whether you want to build an iOS app from scratch or it’s merely a migration to Swift 3, you will certainly need skilling as an iOS developer or to hire professionals to implement your app. You will need to learn about the things to go into the project, how long will it take and how much will it cost. Here is a look on the process:

What does an iOS Developer Do?

First of all, you will need learning about the role of an iOS developer in your app. A developer or a team of developers take all your inputs for the project and then turn them into a functioning and user-friendly app; however, development of an app is a multistep process. From wire-framing to designing to coding to integration of APIs to testing and several others implementations, the app development process covers multiple of steps.

A qualified iOS developer is supposed to have rich experience in aspects like UI and UX designing, and coding using objective C and Swift. Phases covered in the development are as follows:

• Discovery & wire framing - Wire-framing serves as a blueprint to an app. It lets us assume how the actual app will flow.
• Design & software planning - Graphics are imported into Xcode – the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for iOS app development. Simultaneously, a united plan for the architecture of apps is created.
• Coding & integration - Developers code the app in Xcode using Objective C or Swift. Simultaneously, app’s system architecture is created along with any back-end integration (if required).
• Testing - Once the code is ready as an app, it is tested for its quality assurance covering productivity, performance, battery consumption and a lot of other factors. .
• Preparation & submission of the app to App Store - Last but the most important part of the whole process is to prepare an app for submission to App store. As it’s known to all of us that App Store’s app approval process is quite hard. Only the best quality apps pass through it and become available to App Store. Getting an app approved requires some preparation which includes code configuration, creating a profile and a listing, and then submitting it via Xcode for certification.

You must begin an iOS app development project with clear goals in mind. You have to establish the requirements and then provide the same to the developers. Then you have to set budget and stick to it.