Common Challenges Faced By iOS Developers

Today, everyone is just crazy to either own an iPhone while those who already own an Apple device wish to upgrade their devices. From school going kids, businessmen, to senior citizens, everyone owns Apple devices. Since Apple is becoming popular globally, more and more businesses have started investing in the iOS application development industry and develop great iOS apps in the market.

Challenges iOS Developers Face

Every individual owns a smartphone today and has numerous mobile apps on their phones. Since lives have become totally dependent on mobile applications, the mobile app industry consistently undergoes rapid changes and advancements in order to deliver a great user experience. With this, the developers need to keep themselves updated with the latest industry trends and meet the industry standards as well.

In order to meet customer expectations and with the growing trends in the iOS app development services, developers usually undergo a lot of challenges during the app development industry. Especially the ones who are new in the iOS industry and don’t have much knowledge and exposure to the market. So, in this post, I am going to share the most common challenges that iOS developers commonly face. So, let’s get started!

Compatibility of the app with different versions

Apple releases regular iOS versions frequently and each version comes up with more and more technical advancements. At this point, developers have to update the applications for matching upgraded standards of the recent versions, which sometimes become a daunting task for the developers. Since it is essential that the mobile application runs smoothly over various Apple devices like iPhone, iPad, and iPod, developers have to test their apps over all sorts of devices and check compatibility, identify issues, and fix them right away, which becomes a tiresome task for them.

Address Network connectivity issues

Having poor network connectivity issue makes it challenging to integrate and run videos and other live streaming services. It consumes a lot of time and Internet connectivity varies from the customer’s network condition. So, it becomes necessary for iOS applications to pass the test operated by the Network Link Conditioner and enables developers simulating not up to the mark networks.

Rejection from the App Store

Apple is always concerned about the app quality standards and has clear guidelines that every app must follow so as to get approved by the App Store. There are numerous reasons that might result in app rejection on App Store- like an app with poor performance, which doesn’t run smoothly will be rejected right away by the App Store. If the app doesn’t have metadata that describes clearly the app functioning, it again gets rejected on the App Store. So, developers find it difficult to satisfy all these factors while developing the app while adhering to all the guidelines shared by Apple.

Resource Consumption

An ideal application has only limited resources and it must reduce the usage of resources such as CPU power and memory, battery, and so on. If ignored, it affects the device functioning and even hampers the user experience, which results in users uninstalling the app. Moreover, the app must be bug-free and shouldn’t have unnecessary code. So, developers have to emphasize all these factors and even they have to create two versions of the app to make the app compatible with low and even high-end devices, which results in more time consumption and efforts.

Battery Optimization

The majority of the iOS device users have a common issue and that is battery drainage. And if an app is draining out the phone battery, the users directly uninstall the application. So, battery and performance optimization becomes a big concern for developers to emphasize on and they need to ensure that the app is up to the mark so that the customers love it.

Developers need to focus on all these challenges and try overcoming them right away so that the customers get a great experience and the app gets easily approved on the App Store.

Jasica James works as an Inbound Marketer with Seasia Infotech. She has a knack for Anticipating Marketing Trends and best practices in the realm of digital marketing and customer acquisition.