Mobile apps are not just for personal use anymore. Businesses, universities, religious institutions, charities, and many other organizations are using mobile apps to help them perform day-to-day tasks. It has been said that if an organization has customers it also has mobile customers (Stackpole, 2013). More organizations are following the trend of using mobile apps to attract and retain customers and connect with stakeholders- such as suppliers. To be effective, businesses are developing a strategy for using mobile apps, which aligned to improve the market value of an organization; no matter the size.

Review the following article by Forbes magazine contributor Melanie Haselmayer (http://www.forbes.com/sites/allbusiness/2014/11/17… ), regarding why a business needs its own mobile apps to gain more information on the advantages and disadvantages of using mobile apps. To inspire your imagination, explore the top five prototyping tools for mobile designs at https://www.shopify.com/partners/blog/62745923-5-o… (Links to an external site.). Review some of the example projects provided by the prototyping software applications before you answer the questions below.

This performance assessment is designed to reinforce the learning objectives LO1: EO1.1 – EO1.4.

Before you begin, be sure you review the following resources:

• You should complete this performance assessment after you have completed your guided practice for this week.
• Stackpole, B. (2013). How four companies use mobile apps to court customers. Computerworld. Retrieved from http://www.computerworld.com/article/2486408/mobil…

Instructions

For this assignment, you will answer the questions below:

• Research using at least two credible sources, and then develop an outline for at least three advantages and disadvantages of features of five mobile app development solutions (i.e. Android Studio).
• Research using at least two credible sources, and then in your own words define an AVD and how it is used in Android Studio?
• Appraise, and then recommend at least two alternative emulators used to emulate Android Apps.
• Evaluate a mobile app that is used by an organization (university, business, charity, etc.) currently. Categorize the functionality of the mobile app in terms of how it has changed over time in the daily operations of the organization. Include a screen capture of the app.
• Research, an everyday process in today’s society that may be improved by developing a mobile application, and then develop and defend your hypothesis.

Submit your answers in a Microsoft Word document with appropriate headings, references, and screen captures.

References

Haselmayr, M. (2014, November 17). Here’s Why Your Business Needs Its Own Mobile App. Retrieved from https://www.forbes.com/sites/allbusiness/2014/11/1…

Heaton, S. (2018, April 26). 5 of the Best Prototyping Tools to Test Out Your Web and Mobile Designs. Retrieved from https://www.shopify.com/partners/blog/62745923-5-o…

Hoisington, C. (2016). Android Boot Camp for Developers Using Java: A Guide to Creating Your First Android Apps (3rd ed.). Cengage Learning.

Stackpole, B. (2013, October 28). How 4 companies use mobile apps to court customers. Retrieved from https://www.computerworld.com/article/2486408/how-…