Mobile app giving contractors the edge

Prototyping mobile app

To address the challenge with the app capabilities that require using native modules and to maintain consistency of the iOS and Android app versions, we conducted profound research and testing on how push-notifications and in-app purchases work before using any React Native libraries.

Wireframes & prototypes

Together with the client, we discussed user stories and communicated a lot to understand the business logic behind the mobile app. Afterward, we worked on wireframes and sample prototypes to present our implementation concepts and make sure our vision was in line with the Blue Collar Lists team.

Estimates & deadlines

We agreed upon the required resources, allocated a dedicated team for the project, as well as agreed upon the deadlines of the new releases so that our client could plan promotional campaigns with their marketing team.

Establishing communication

The WE team established a close communication loop with the client to ensure that everyone stays on the same page. The team had weekly sync meetings and ad hoc discussions with the client, as well as communicated instantly via Slack.

Project Setup Form – to confirm details with homeowners

With the new functionality, contractors could send forms to their future clients directly from the app. This allowed them to collect information on the project like requirements, schemes, photos, files, reference web links, and notes in one place.

Important data on the searched property

The Wise team integrated the mobile application with the 3rd party API service with the data on properties located in the USA. As a result, app users got access to the information on 140 million properties all over the USA and could access data like assessed value, year built, living space, zoning, and more.

Directions to the searched property

With Google Maps API integrated, the Blue Collar Lists app users could check directions, see the distance to the properties they are bidding on directly via the app interface.

Integrated push-notifications

Notifications for the Android and iOS apps were set up with the native modules. It allowed users to receive alerts when they got responses for the Project Setup Forms from their prospects.

Proper setup for the Expo Over-The-Air Updates

To deliver updates to app users instantly and not roll out new app versions on the App Store and Play Market each time there were new features deployed, our engineers conducted proper setup for the Expo over-the-air updates technology. It started to support all the previous builds previously submitted to the AppStore, as well as all versions within all application environments.

Dashboard with crucial app data

Together with the client, we defined the key metrics on app users and their activity the Blue Collar Lists team could retrieve and then interpret, analyzing both iOS and Android apps performance.

So the Wise team created an interactive dashboard to help our client access the defined data in a convenient format and accumulate it in one place.

Integration with Firebase

With the Firebase connected to all environments and the necessary events configured, the client could collect data on the app users and how they interact with the product.

Landing page speed improvement

The website was previously built with WordPress and hosted on GoDaddy. Because the landing pages were loading too slowly, especially on mobile devices, we suggested improving the website loading speed and migrated it to Amazon Web Services.

After migrating servers to AWS from GoDaddy, page speed increased by 50%, with a PageSpeed score rating of 89%.