So you want your enterprise to reuse the same component in different apps? Smart move. Let’s say your component is a barcode scanner or signature capture. What happens? Your development organization creates it for one app. Then, they copy the code and change it slightly for the next app. Right? Wrong! The minute you change one line of code, your component is no longer reusable. Here’s what your team should do instead….
Very few mobile app developers have been exposed to this concept, so you’ll need to get your organization thinking differently about what reuse really means. If you have to change a component – even just a little – to meet the requirements of a new app, then your component wasn’t really reusable.
Start by listing the features that different apps will need from your component. Suppose your reusable component is an API for signature capture. Then, the signature color might need to be blue in one app, but black in another.
Your configuration component tells all the other components what to do. Because their code never changes, these components are 100% reusable. This slashes development costs, reduces risk, ensures quality, and speeds your time to market.
Instead of having to reinvent the same components with every new app, your development teams can focus on building the functions that truly differentiate the app.
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