Articles by Oleksandr

How much does it cost to develop the WhatsApp-like messenger?

Today people spend most of the day in the vicinity of their smartphone and open Wi-Fi networks, so it is not surprising that we receive SMS from banks mostly, but for communication with friends we use various messengers. The most common of them is WhatsApp. According to Statista, monthly it is used by  1 billion people worldwide. Furthermore, WhatsApp is the most popular app in 109 countries around the world. How much does it cost to develop an app for messaging, and how to create WhatsApp? Let’s face it.  —

How to develop a Postmates-like delivery service app

What to do if you want a food delivery from a restaurant without having such kind of service? Someone will have to go there anyway to order and bring everything you need. And what to do if there’s nobody to do that? And that’s where Postmates comes to the rescue, a popular food order app: user simply opens it, chooses some of the available restaurants and food he/she wants, and then receives it from the company’s courier. Let’s see, how to create a food delivery app, similar to Postmates.

How to create a restaurant finder app like Zomato or Yelp

Food is one of the basic human needs, but with an emphasis modern society puts on eating healthy, sophisticated and yet quickly (we have so much to do besides eating!) restaurants are often the place to go when we need a bite. Restaurant search apps like Zomato or Yelp use a location-based approach to help you find places to eat nearby. How to create a local restaurant search app? Let’s find out.

How much does it cost to develop an app like Pokémon GO

In summer 2016 Pokémon GO mobile game was uniting people of all ages just like Olympic Games in Rio. An app for finding cute pocket monsters from our childhood has become insanely popular in no time: in 24 hours after launch it was on the top app list on App Store and Google Play. Today we will talk about the main features of this game and how much does it cost to make a game like Pokemon GO.

Android WebSocket. Feedback, or When every second matters

Apps that are using network communicate with the server by executing queries and receiving answers. Server acts as an information desk providing answers to any questions and accepting inquiries made in a certain way to further process and save them. This communication model allows your service to perform most of the required tasks. And what if you need to tell the client that the required data has already arrived? Let’s take a look at this situation using the information desk analogy.

How much does it cost to develop an app like Tinder

Modern life is very dynamic and full of challenges since people are trying to balance career, friends and relationships. With smartphones always being available in their pockets online dating is again on the rise and Tinder with its 50 million users is probably the most popular app for meeting new people nowadays. How is it made and how can your startup learn from Tinder and find its place under the spotlight? We share details on how to develop an app like Tinder and how much does it cost.

Android Material Design

Hi everybody! I think everyone has already watched Android L presentation and saw its revolutionary innovations for Android material design platform. Well, it won’t take long to get the release; and for now attentive users could notice the emergence of new design elements in some applications. My attention was drawn to «Play Press» update. It looks and feels really revolutionary; I got stuck for a few minutes, and even began to look through the press.

Google Analytics for Android. Behavior

Today I got an opportunity to organize analytics for one rather big commercial project. Even though I have enough experience in such events, I had to deal with some surprises. The first one was a new GA SDK v4, which, by the way, the SDK Manager didn't even offer to update, considering v3 to be the latest. But this is logical, because at the moment all the tools for GA are in Google Play Services SDK.

Google Maps markers clustering on Android

Often, when drafting a project a situation arises where the assigned tasks are difficult to solve by existing standard development tools. Then third-party resources come to the aid in the form of libraries and other goodies. So it happened with our newly developed application MegaSOS for Android platform. But let me cover each thing in its turn.