Social media has become the next big step in the app development process as researchers discover the importance of integrating social plugins and users find it compelling while using apps. By drafting social sharing buttons into an app, you will let your users share the information quickly on their favorite social network. The same approach will help you to spread the brand name over social media and drive more traffic from them.
There are a few tips that every developer should keep in their developing habit while implementing social plugins into the applications:
Keep yourself updated with all upgrades – We are living in the world where things evolve as per the necessities. In the case of social plugins, the providers keep updating the SDKs of their plugins and each update is loaded with some modifications, add-ons, deprecation or advancements. While holding in mind the updates, app developers should look out for updated SDKs including all the fixes, limitations, additions and integrate them while considering the nature and business requirements of an app.
Select the functions for the best results – Actions from social plugins are just a click away. Users can do varied activities such as sharing in the timeline, inviting their friends to use the app, getting connected with their fellows, taking actions such as ‘like’, ‘comment’, etc. through social plugins. Developers should keep in mind the functionality of an app to assimilate the plugins and to achieve the business goals in the best suitable way.
Documentation reading – Plugin providers issue helpful and precise documentation that includes the provisions of SDKs, development, integration process and various links containing the detailed information for those who require the in-depth understanding of any particular feature.
Mostly it happens that many of the developers don’t go through the documentations and start integrating the plugins. Here, what we understand is that developers should find some time and dig into the details of documentations, else they may face some unnecessary situations and end up discovering certain tenets at a later point in the development cycle.
Developer forums – Customization is required to make things unique and ahead of the curve. Every app is different, so designer needs to think a lot about where they can implement the custom behavior with the social plugins. In developer forums, people share their ideas on what they tried, what worked well for them and what did not. Forums contain the information regarding the user views and requirements, and it can save a lot of time of development in not trying out to analyze what someone else has already done.
Be quick and follow the updates – As we already know that social plugin providers are kept updating the SDKs from time to time. They keep upgrading to reveal some modifications, improvements, and additions in plugins which in turn increase the engagement of an app via social platforms and promote the brand.
When the changes take place, the app developer has to clutch those changes and prepare well to brace them in an app. Especially, when a social plugin is one of the essential functions of an app, the current SDK must be compatible, and developer needs to make it suitable for an app. If there is a new release, then the released SDK has come with some exciting provisions that could enhance the value of your app – so you should be prepared to upgrade for such reasons as well.
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