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How to Hire an Android Developer

The very next ground-breaking application is in your head. You've made the decision to go for it and fulfill your ambition because you're fired up and motivated.
You've now made the decision to employ an Android app developer to help you realize your vision for a breath-taking app.

How else can you tell if Android app developers are really professionals whenever you're going to hire them for these sorts of positions? Even if you lack technical or coding experience, you still want to choose the best candidate for Android app development.

Can it be done? Yes. However, there are a lot of errors to be made. Below is a list of hiring-related scenarios you should prevent if you want to get the best Android coding expert for the position.

Hiring a Developer That Doesn’t Have a Good Sense of Product Behavior

Android app developers must have a solid focus on product design up till the point when they can help them without assistance from a brand manager. Collaborating with Android developers that have skills in it may provide you a ton of time and money because product behavior is a critical component of the Android development phase.
You might want to design a sign-up page for your app, for instance. A sign-up screen seems to be only a user and password selection page at first look. Although in reality, you require:

  1. To determine which forms of authentication you want to handle (Facebook, username and password, Gmail, etc.).
  2. To make sure there is a validation check when it is necessary (for example, if a user inputs their email, make sure it is a genuine email).
  3. If a person has indeed signed in, they can bypass this prompt the next session they use the application (or at least, this is highly recommended.).

Additionally, a lot of the capabilities you want to add to your application can include a lot of scenarios that you hadn't previously considered. However, a skilled Android programmer should be able to see them and take appropriate action.
Any application that functions effectively and is easy to use will be created by an Android developer with competence in this area. Your application's UX may feel less developed if you hire an Android developer with less expertise, and you could require additional development cycles to get a solid version.
During the recruiting process, it may be difficult to forecast your candidate's degree of product design skill, but you might also do so by posing questions about product behavior.

Hiring a Developer Who Doesn’t Have a Lot of Experience in UI and Material Design

Graphics alone do not make up a user interface. Definitely, this must appear lovely and expert. However it must also be easy to comprehend.
The assistance of a designer may be helpful while developing an Android application, but it is typically insufficient to guarantee that the UI of your application is of high quality. This is because the software evolves often while it is being developed, and you might need to modify the UI since the product changed or got new capabilities.

It can be costly and add to the length of the development phase to hire a designer for every little modification. Fortunately, there are numerous "out of the box" UI methods for many cases available for Android, and Android applications should be familiar with these scenarios and libraries through previous knowledge and well-known apps.
Utilizing standard UI patterns is wise since they will make your software seem familiar to your average user and also because implementing them ought to be quick and easy thanks to Google's excellent resources.

The ideals of Material Design, which Google released several years ago, are connected to many of the new UI elements.
Mobile devices, particularly little ones, can use Responsive Design. Additionally, Google offers a ton of icons for no charge, and often there are enough icons to satisfy the majority of your demands.
In addition, they supply free materials like the material color palette and instructions. The majority of the design work was completed by the proper Mobile app developers on their own, and their applications have a polished, user-friendly appearance.

Hiring an Android Developer Who Doesn’t Have Experience with Releasing an App and Publishing It on Google Play

The average Android coder has launched numerous applications on Google Play.
It's critical that your applicant has experience with the tasks that must be done even before application can be released.
Proguard is a tool that serves as an illustration of the significance of this phase. Your application will be significantly smaller and safer after using this software to obfuscate your script and eliminate unnecessary libraries and classes.
However, utilizing Proguard effectively calls for prior knowledge. That is not an easy operation, and employing it poorly might reveal your script and increase the size of your project. An experienced programmer must also be aware that it should only be used when publishing an application. Since the software is still being tested before release and is not yet accessible to the general public, there is really no purpose to conceal it.
A further thing to keep in mind is that you must authorize an application before you distribute it. In order to protect and establish your ownership of this program, you must utilize a file that contains a hash key. When submitting it to Google Play, this file is required.

Although when publishing version upgrades, it's also required. A skilled Android app developer should be aware of the need of saving this file in a secure location because losing it prevents you from updating your program. Therefore, they have to adhere to safety and backup industry standards.
Last but not least, uploading an app to Google Play is a fairly straightforward procedure, but mastering all of the Play features may greatly enhance your program and increase downloads.

Getting suggestions for languages to translate your software into, for instance, is one of the intriguing statistical tools Google Play provides. Based on existing applications in your category and the nations from which people are currently visiting your application page, it suggests them to you.
This and other excellent features can be found on Google Play, and working with Android developers that are familiar with this system will undoubtedly help you create a more marketable application.
These instances serve as a brief illustration of how crucial it is to work with an Application programmer who has produced a number of successful apps. You may unwind and be certain that the release procedure will be quick and efficient if you choose the correct professional.

But things don't stop there. Add facilities for analyzing the product after it has been deployed is another item that every Android developer should be aware of. Crashes and statistics on certain activities are two things you might want to keep an eye on.
Once you deploy an application, it's important to monitor crashes since you can't foresee every crash you'll have, and if a user's app crashes, you want to know about it and repair it.
You may track crashes using a variety of programs and libraries, and a pro will know which one to use for your project. (Google Play has its own crash tracking; however, it only keeps track of crashes if users specifically request it to do so. For each and every failure, other tools perform it automatically.)

Hiring a Developer That Doesn’t Own at Least One Good-Looking App on Google Play

You definitely want to see examples of their work when you interview potential Android app developers so that you can gauge how experienced they are with the platform.
So this is insufficient. Examine the Play Store for the designer's own applications, not only ones they've created as work for customers, to make a better decision about your future developer.

This is very essential to notice since it demonstrates to you that the programmer is creating Android applications for love of the platform rather than only for financial gain. We said previously that the programmer understands how to submit an app to Google Play. Additionally, your first focus should be finding an Android developer that is passionate about what they do.
As an added step, think about seeing whether they've upgraded their applications recently or if they have any side projects in the works.
The perfect Android programmer will be the proud owner of several applications.

Hiring a Developer without Having Thought Through the Full Stack

Nowadays, the majority of applications, particularly those that deal with social networks, require the usage of databases. It's likely that your application will also require one.
If you employ an Android programmer without database management experience, you might need to bring on another developer only for that task. Sometimes a task might be so complicated that hiring a different developer is worthwhile. However, since your database will likely be rather simple in the initial iterations of your program, you won't often require that.
The management of databases, at the very least simple ones, ought to be familiar for Android developers. A developer can utilize a variety of services with the help of an easy API to handle databases.

Firebase is one of the most used services in this area. Google offers a variety of services that enable mobile development, including Firebase.
The two most popular characteristics are:

  1. Real-time database as a service: Firebase offers a mechanism for developers to build databases and a straightforward API to maintain them. It's so much simpler to utilize a database when it has a simple GUI, which is another major benefit of utilizing that database. Firebase gives you a GUI to view your database in live time.
  2. Simple API to create numerous strong authentication for your application: You might wish to enable user authentication for your platform. You have the option of allowing the user to log in in many ways in this scenario: Facebook, Twitter, email and password, etc. Since you initially need to utilize a database to hold all that information and use several APIs for each individual technique, creating these things from scratch might take some time. For all of this, Firebase offers a very simple solution that can be put into place very quickly.

One of its numerous technologies that can assist Android programmers in managing databases without an actual back-end is Firebase. One amongst them will already be familiar to a skilled developer enough to complete the task.
Checking with your applicant to determine whether they have expertise with full-stack development or using services like Firebase is crucial since doing so can help you save time and save the need to recruit additional engineers.
What more can you do to determine if a possible Android professional is the appropriate fit for you once you've evaluated them and agreed to hire them for a trial period? Here are some things you should remember at that moment.

Hiring a Developer That Provides Poor Time Estimations

Your applicant may have needed to complete a job when you started working during the trial period, and they may have estimated how long it would take them to do it. The ETA may typically be precise while carrying out a simple job. Additionally, you should definitely give your applicant minor tasks to accomplish throughout the trial that they can finish.
You should check to see if they finished the assignment by the estimated time of completion, and if not, you should receive adequate justifications—again, not typically the case for little projects.
Giving a precise ETA for large undertakings, however, can be challenging since, frequently, there may be more product modifications, additions, and unanticipated issues along the road.

If possible, Android developers should complete the work well before ETA expires and inform you if necessary—and ideally before the deadline if possible. In that vein, here is our next mistake:

Hiring a Developer Who Doesn’t Update You as Frequently as You Want

It's crucial to check that your applicant notifies you of big differences and typically at the required frequency even when giving out modest assignments.
Your programmer could choose to update you regularly or just when something crucial happens.
Whatever else, you should check to see if your applicant is providing the updates you were hoping for. Working with a developer who updates you too frequently or seldom might slow down your collaboration and reduce its effectiveness.
If you anticipate updates, whether they are often or not, Android developers should really be simple to deal with.

Hiring a Developer That Provides You Buggy Builds Frequently

After giving your applicant a task to complete and receiving an update from them with the build, you must test thoroughly to check for any potential flaws. And the rationale is that it ought to provide light on the developer's capacity to identify and correct bugs—or, to put it another way—to test their own products.

You must verify that, as Android developers must be able to identify bugs before releasing new versions and must understand how to test their products properly. If they can't understand, they may give you a buggy product, and if you don't notice it, it may reach end users who may complain or leave negative reviews on Google Play.
Therefore, you must pay close attention to the initial build your applicant gives you, test it properly, and look for any errors that seem simple to duplicate.

You should also be aware that Android has top-notch testing libraries for both logic and user interface (UI) testing, so it's worth asking your applicant if they have any prior experience with these. Even if the trial time may be too brief to employ testing libraries, an Android developer should be familiar with them.

Find an Experienced Android Developer Who Works Well with You

It's critical to confirm that any Android developers you contemplate collaborating with are true experts who can produce your application at the best level possible and with whom you will get along.

You may save a ton of time and money by working with the proper Android developer, and you could discover them suited for more projects in the future. Although the recruiting process might be difficult, if you stay away from the traps described below, you will locate the appropriate candidate more quickly.
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