Developing Mobile Apps through Sitecore
What is the correct definition of the phone today? Is it just a voice-calling device? No, the phone has now become ‘smart’. With its features and facilities, it has truly revolutionized human life. We can refer to this as an “Allrounder of daily needs” with features such as an alarm, daily planner, and note maker. It has become one of the biggest entertainers in our daily life.
For every task we are using apps and for building this kind of app, is it necessary to know about Android App Development i. e. coding? The answer can be no to a large extent if we are using CMS software like Sitecore.
What is App Development?
It is the process of creating applications (with or without the help of codes) to perform the specific task for which they are being built. For example, MakeMyTrip is a travel booking app through which you can book Train Tickets, flights, hotels, bus tickets, taxis and cabs, rental cars, and activities. It provides almost all the services that it requires during travel.
From preparing a sales report of your company to creating a commercial app, through Apps, your business can be made automated and to an advanced level.
Content Management System (CMS) is a software used by customers to create, manage and modify the content on a website without any specified technical knowledge. There is plenty of CMS software available on the market and Sitecore is among its leaders. Just like any other CMS, it allows its editor/user to create the content according to their requirement.
The best feature of this Software is that it allows the collection and integration of customers’ data across all the channels available including Website, ERP, Mobile behaviour, Call Center, etc. This collected data can be collected, analyzed, and then can be utilized in a better way by using Sitecore.
We achieved our success over many years because of how successfully we integrate with our clients.
Mobile is critical to delivering digital customer experience, and Sitecore is committed to helping our customers fully leverage both the mobile web opportunity and now also mobile apps.
Darren Guarnaccia
Process for App Development
Collecting Requirements
Designing Prototypes
Testing
Implementation
Integration
What is Xamarin?
Developing multiple apps of the same type for different platforms can be a headache for the developer and will increase building costs. . Sitecore can be a solution for this issue. Xamarin is a cross-platform tool used to build apps that will be independent of platforms.
Its advantages are:-
Economical: As building multiple apps can cost different lump sums of money for different platforms, Sitecore can reduce the cost by allowing a single app that will run across all the platforms. So your one developed app for your business can be run on almost every platform.
Time-Saving : As there is a need for the development of only one app instead of many, it can save the time of the developer and this time can be utilized to enhance the quality of the app.
High Performance: As mentioned earlier, due to time-saving, the quality of the app enhances, and it will automatically lead to high performance i.e. the business app will avail better functionality.
More or less, it can be concluded that site core can be proven best for the development of Mobile Apps even by those who don’t have expertise in technical knowledge.
Sitecore can be used to design apps for all the platforms available, which includes Google’s Android, Apple’s iOS, and Windows. It helps in the rapid development of apps as it provides in-built features such as a camera, gesture, accelerometer, mapping, and location.
Another important feature of Sitecore is that it can build apps that will be portable across all platforms. It can be done through Xamarin.
Sitecore Mobile App Development
Sitecore Mobile SDK for ios
Sitecore Mobile SDK for Android
Sitecore Mobile SDK for Windows
