Mobile app development
In short
Omer Khan is a mobile apps architect who has been building software since 2013, beginning with native iOS. With the Afiniti Global team he designs and ships native and cross-platform mobile apps for startups and businesses in the UK and worldwide — choosing the right approach for the team and feature list, keeping business logic on the server, and building for the release after launch, not just the first one.
Founders launching a mobile product, and teams whose existing app has become slow, fragile, or hard to change.
- iOS and Android apps, native or cross-platform, chosen for your features and team rather than fashion.
- A backend and API that keep business rules on the server.
- App Store and Google Play submission, including the review requirements.
- Crash reporting, analytics on the core flow, and a staged release process.
- AI features added without slowing the app down or exposing keys.
- 1
Agree the one job the app must do well, and the platform your first users are on.
- 2
Decide native or cross-platform from the feature list and who will maintain it.
- 3
Build the core flow end to end first, then widen.
- 4
Release gradually, watch the numbers, and iterate.
Mobile app development: common questions
- Should we build native or cross-platform?
- It depends on your team and feature list. Apps that lean on platform capabilities or performance-critical interfaces favour native; apps that are mostly screens, forms, and API calls ship faster cross-platform. Both produce serious production apps.
- Can you take over an existing app?
- Yes. The first step is an audit of the codebase, release process, and crash data, to decide what can be improved in place and what, if anything, needs rebuilding.
- Do you handle App Store and Google Play submission?
- Yes — listings, review requirements, privacy disclosures, and staged roll-outs are part of shipping a mobile app, not an extra.
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