There has been an exponential growth in the sector of mobile application development during the past one decade. The number of downloadable applications on Google Play Store has increased from few thousands in 2010 to millions in 2018. Similar number of downloadable Mobile App is available on iTune and other stores. Constant improvement of hardware related to mobile computing (e.g., better computing power, larger wireless network bandwidth) has triggered a paradigm shift in the way mobile applications are developed. More user centric Mobile Apps are being developed to provide better user experience.
One of the current trends in development of Mobile Application is Progressive Web App (PWA). PWA uses web capabilities to provide mobile application like experience to users. Originally proposed by Google in 2015, PWA has already gained popularity due to the relative ease of development and Application’s User Experience.
In NIC, several Mobile Apps are being developed across states, divisions and ministries in e-Governance domain. More and more Mobile Apps are getting uploaded on Google and iOS Play-Store under NIC account. Total count of Mobile Apps uploaded on NIC Mobile AppStore (https://egovmobileapps.nic.in) has increased to 269 and count is ever increasing.
This issue of Appscape covers selective popular Mobile Apps belonging to the sectors such as Agriculture, Tourism, Urban Development and Rural Development. DAPWEL is to help the differently abled persons to reach the DDAWO through this Mobile App instead of visiting the office, AMMA e-Service of Land Records allows people to access any set of information related to land record, Punjab Sadak Sewa Mobile App enables citizens to report the road conditions and submit any complaint or suggestion about the roads, Soil Health Card Mobile App is used for registration of soil samples and Smart Shillong provides various information about Shillong.