We’re excited to announce that we are partnering up with Grandex Inc. to help make their mobile applications such as Total Frat Move, Man Outfitters, Total Sorority Move, and More AMAZING!
Be sure to check out and download these awesome apps!
Apple App Store
Google Play Store
Want to take your app to the next level? Shoot us an email at biz@pioneerapplications.com for a free consultation!
Want to follow all the moves of your new favorite artist? Jacob Whitesides new app is going to your new favorite app. You can keep up with all his latest music, social media, and upcoming shows! Don’t believe me? Download the app and try it out.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jacob-whitesides/id920997821?mt=8
We talk about strategy all the time when it comes to developing an app, but it shouldn’t just stop there. With millions of apps in the App Store and Google Play Store, your app won’t magically become successful. This is why it is important to strategize how you are going to launch your new app. This blog post from ladder.io discusses an App Store Launch Plan that can help get you downloads fast, which is critical when it comes to mobile app marketing.
Part 2: Adding and responding to intents
Specify which intents your app supports.
1. In Xcode, select the Info.plist file of your Intents extension.
2. Expand the NSExtension and NSExtensionAttributes keys to reveal the IntentsSupported andIntentsRestrictedWhileLocked keys.
3. In the IntentsSupported key, add a String item for each intent that the extension handles. Set the value of each item to the class name of the intent. (For now, we are going to use the messages intent)
You can view more intents here
Resolving and Handling Intents
2. Observe the different functions automatically generated. This is where the logic for your Siri intent is.
Custom Vocabulary
If your app has custom vocabulary, such as terms that Siri might not inherently understand should register these terms. Ex: a ride booking app that refers to a specific vehicle type as a “Vroom” could define that term and provide examples of how it might be used.
There are two ways to define your app’s custom vocabulary:
To register terms that are specific to a single user, use the INVocabulary object.
To register terms common to all users of your app, add a global vocabulary file to your iOS app. They must belong to the category of either “Ride Options” or “Workout names”
To register terms specific to a single user:
Creating a Global Vocabulary File
Select the AppIntentVocabulary.plist file in your project.
5. Add two keys under the Root element.
ParameterVocabularies. This key defines your app’s custom terms and the intent parameters that applyIntentPhrases. This key contains examples for invoking your services
Creating an Intents UI Extension
Since we checked off UI Extension when we first added the Intent, we do not have to do anything in terms of adding new files.
Once you run your app, you will see the updated UI
Disclosure: This is a brief, straight to the point tutorial. The object is not to go in depth, but to give a quick overview of how to get SiriKit up and running. For more information visit developer.apple.com
In this tutorial you will learn how to get SiriKit working in your iOS App! To learn more about how SiriKit works behind the scenes, check out this article!
Requirements: Xcode 8, Swift 3 Project (this is what the tutorial is built on)
Part 1. Getting a quick and simple demo running
Create & setup iOS app
Now its time to add the intent files to your project
4. Select File –> New –> Target
5. Select “Intents Extension”
6. Click Next and specify the name of your extension and configure the language and other options. ***For this tutorial, Check “Include UI Extension”***
Request access to Siri
7. Include the NSSiriUsageDescription key in your iOS app’s Info.plist file. The value for this key is a string that describes what information your app shares with SiriKit
8. Open up your ViewController.swift file, import Intents and under viewDidLoad, call the requestSiriAuthorization: class method of INPreferences
Running & Testing
9. Select your iOS app’s target & Run your application
10. Select your Intent Extension and run that by attaching it to your iOS app
11. Activate Siri and say “Search for messages in <appname>” —Siri should respond with what is listed in the IntentHandler.swift file
***Sometimes it takes a few minutes for Siri to process your extension, if it doesn’t work right away, don’t be alarmed***
Want to get a little bit more in depth? Learn how to add more intents, customize the way Siri handles intents, & more in Part 2!
[wpdevart_like_box profile_id=”364745913648633″ connections=”show” width=”300″ height=”550″ header=”small” cover_photo=”show” locale=”en_US”]
As the date approaches quickly for the public release of Apple’s iOS 10, it’s important to think of how your app can harness the power of all the new features! Apple has taken a major step, opening up many different SDK’s and libraries. Let’s see how we can take advantage of them!
What’s New:
SiriKit enables your iOS 10 apps to work with Siri, so users can get things done with your content and services using just their voice. In addition to extending Siri’s support for messaging, photo search and phone calls to more apps, SiriKit also adds support for new services, including ride booking and personal payments.
The notifications framework got an overhaul and you can now make your notifications more custom and rich. With customizing the UI of a notification and integrating 3D touch to add quick actions, your users will be able to interact with notifications like never before.
In iOS 10, you can create app extensions that interact with the Messages app and let users send text, stickers, media files, and interactive messages. You can also support interactive messages that update as each recipient responds to the message. You can create two types of app extensions:
This new framework supports continuous speech recognition and helps you build apps that can recognize speech and transcribe it into text. Using the APIs in the Speech framework, you can perform speech transcription of both real-time and recorded audio.
Record or stream video and audio directly from your app, so that users can share their experiences through email, messages, and social media.
These are just a handful of cool new frameworks that your apps can work with. For more information check out https://developer.apple.com/ios/
Have apps using some of these frameworks and what it featured? Let us know!
Having hundreds, thousands, and millions of downloads is really cool, but those downloads don’t mean anything if you can’t get people to stay on your app. In this post, Ty Magnin will walk you through 10 steps to increase customer retention and make an app that people will be sure to remember.
Summary:
1. Have them at hello
First impressions are crucial. Humans are hardwired to form lasting opinions on gut instincts. Make you “Welcome Message” personal, clear, and attractive.
2. Start with the Highlight Reel
On your application’s first launch or login by a user, highlight some of the key features your app provides.
3. Nudge into Endless AHA! Moments
An AHA! moment is when a customer finds value in your app. Always nudge your users to discover these values
4. Give the Scoop on New Products
The tech world is forever changing and improving. It’s important to make sure your app is flexible and stays up to date with software, device features, integrations and more. When you make these updates, share it with your customers!
5. Update to Remind
Keeping your users engaged is HUGEE and you should reach out to them more than just twice a year. Give users updates on their behaviors and check-ins to remind them that you’re still there.
6. Give customers More Than Software
You want to offer your customers as much value as possible. Don’t let it stop with just the features of your app. Provide other resources such as newsletters and content that may be useful to your users.
7. Offer Contextual Help
When you provide customers with more than just your software, it’s important to give it to them at the right time and in the right context. Ex: Offering an upgrade for more storage during week one is less effective than offering it when a user runs out of space.
8. Ask for Their Two Cents
Make your app a perfect fit for your customers by reaching out to them, giving them surveys and gaining insight on how your app is used, what can be done to improve their experience, and more. Users love it when they see what they asked for come to life!
9. Invite into Beta Program
Make your best customers recognize how valuable they are to you by letting them try out a beta product. This will let them feel like they are part of the team and in turn will lead to loyalty.
10. Foster Community Around Your Product
Sometimes it’s easier for people to learn about your app from other users rather than just you. Enable users to learn and help teach other users. In turn this makes your brand become more personal.
All in all, to increase retention you want to
To have a successful startup, you must have a strong brand and by brand, we mean a piece of peoples’ brains carved out. The two main things needed to build you brand are novelty and repetition. Novelty is the quality of being new, original, or unusual. Repetition comes into play when you want to carve out space in someone’s brain; getting in their head over and over until you’re there to stay.
“Building a brand is about more than giving out free swag with your logo on it. It’s about creating stories.”
About Pioneer
Pioneer Mobile Applications is a one stop shop for bringing your app idea to life. It is our mission to provide personal, affordable, & reliable app development for individuals, organizations, and businesses by being with our customers from the idea stage to launch and everything in-between!
With several years of expert mobile app development experience, United States app design and development company, Pioneer Mobile Applications is committed to the success of our clients. Whether your business is at the idea stage, currently in development, or already has a million users, Pioneer Mobile Applications can help create an affordable, reliable, and beautiful experience for your users. As a United States app design and development company, Pioneer Applications prides itself on being a full service development agency. We don’t just make apps, we will take a simple idea and create an application personalized for your business. Our goal is to ensure that our clients are succeeding. We accomplish this by providing idea conceptualization, market validation, app design (user experience & user interface), iOS, Android, and web development, testing, and marketing! We are constantly keeping up with new technology as it comes along to be sure that your app is using the latest, most cutting edge tech. United States mobile app design and development agency, Pioneer Applications is a United States based organization that is a team player on every project both small and large.
We have over 5+ years experience working with all different types of clients such as BuzzFeed, UMass Amherst, All in One Music Applications and many more! Our strategic process provides quick turn around times which lets us keep development costs down, saving our clients money!!
Services
iOS & Android: We have multiple developers on hand to build your iOS and Android Applications. The code we create is always clean and easily understandable by other developers.
UI/UX: Design is a very important thing. Our User Interface and User Experience developers make sure that your app is beautiful and easy to navigate through. We’ll help you out with branding and ensuring your app is recognizable!
Project Management: When there are a bunch of different moving parts, things can get messy. Our project managers makes sure everyone is on the same page and getting their work done as efficiently as possible.
Sales & Marketing: We don’t stop once we’re finished developing the app; we want to make sure that your app gets users on it and help you get featured in the App Store. Our sales and marketing experts will help you get the word out and acquire users!
Our Process
Conceptualize, Validate, Brand, Develop, Test, Launch, Promote
Have an awesome app idea? Need some funding to make it into reality? Look no more!
Pioneer Mobile Applications is in partnership with a few investors who are looking to fund early stage startups; as early as just an idea. Along with funding, Pioneer will provide app development services that are 35%-50% less than the average app development firm!
This is your chance to finally turn your idea into reality!
You should apply if:
Are you a driven entreprenuer with an idea you believe in? Submit the information below: