Flexible, responsive cross-platform mobile development. For multi-channel experiences that target users on the move.
From responsive frameworks to connected cross-channel experiences, our mobile software development services will deliver you high-quality solutions that extend your reach, attract customers, encourage interaction and increase your conversions.
Box UK: your ideal mobile development agency partner
With a track record like ours, you can trust in our ability to deliver. Box UK has extensive experience in delivering exceptional cross-platform mobile development solutions, not least in the following examples:
- Helping TBC Bank grow their customer base by 275% in just two years through the delivery of an award-winning multi-channel experience.
- Transforming Investec Asset Management’s digital platform into a responsive service in just 24 weeks from start to finish.
- Enabling medical professionals to access critical clinical information 40% faster than before through BMJ Best Practice, cross-platform app that was rebuilt from the ground up by Box UK’s mobile development experts.
- Opening up a valuable revenue stream for quality-of-life services provider Sodexo through a new mobile Discounts app, delivered in just eight two-week sprints thanks to a hybrid mobile development approach.
Mobile development and more
Creating an exceptional multi-platform experience is about so much more than just the technology you use. It’s about understanding the specific motivations, behaviours, expectations and constraints of your users across different devices – from mobile to desktop, voice interface to out-of-home touchpoints.
It’s about knowing how your users journey across and between different channels to achieve a goal. And it’s about predicting how emerging technologies and trends will change these behaviours, so you won’t get left behind.
This is why we involve technical and user experience consultants in our projects from the very earliest stages, alongside a mobile development team skilled in all the latest languages, tools and frameworks. To help you define a multi-channel strategy that not only supports your wider brand objectives but that drives business results.
Cross-platform mobile development technologies
Frameworks and libraries
Providing well-tested, reliable code for common functionality.
Frameworks and libraries commonly used on projects are those designed to provide an overall structure to the codebase, often in an Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture, or to provide an Object-Relational Mapper (ORM).
- Angular – JavaScript framework
- Cordova – mobile hybrid app development platform
- Ionic – mobile hybrid app development platform which is built on top of Cordova and Angular
- React Native – an open-source mobile app framework used to develop applications for Android, iOS, Web and UWP
Testing and quality
Ensuring code meets our standards of quality.
- PHPUnit – PHP unit testing library
- Jasmine – behaviour-driven JavaScript testing library
- Karma – test running environment for JavaScript
- PHP Codesniffer – PHP tool for checking code against a set of coding standards
- NUnit – open-source unit testing framework for .NET
- MOQ – mocking library for .NET for use in tests
- BrowserStack – cloud-based automated testing platform covering more than 2,000 real mobile devices, browsers and operating systems
- Robot Framework – test automation framework for acceptance testing and acceptance test-driven development
- Appium – used together with Robot Framework and BrowserStack CI to provide immediate feedback on compatibility with Android and iOS devices
- ESLint and TSLint – static code analysis tools
- Behat – open source Behavior-Driven Development framework for PHP
Sodexo
As part of Sodexo’s ongoing development roadmap, a mobile discounts app had been identified as a key strategic priority. Required within extremely tight timescales, Box UK worked quickly to collaboratively define a Minimum Viable Product (MVP), along with a roadmap of longer-term improvements.
Using Agile methodologies, the Sodexo Discounts app was delivered in just 8 two-week development sprints. Initial response to the application has surpassed Sodexo’s expectations with over 14,000 active users and 20,000 purchases since launch, proving it as a valuable revenue-generation stream for the client.
Investec
Following a comprehensive redesign and rebuild of their digital platform, the Investec Asset Management team asked our consultants for advice on where they could even further enhance the site, in order to serve their customers better again. The answer? Responsive.
With the updated site delivered in just 24 weeks from start to finish and responsive to a multitude of different devices, Investec Asset Management can now be confident that their incredibly high standards won’t be compromised as more and more of their customers choose to manage their investments on the move.
Best Practices for Mobile Apps / Sites
Infrastructure Solution of the Year
Best Practice Application - BMJ
