Android app development
You need an Android app built, or an old one brought back into line with Google Play's rules. Our Android apps have shipped as React Native builds and as web apps wrapped for Google Play, usually with an iOS version and always with the back end behind them. Google's target API deadline passed in August 2026, so older apps may need attention before their next update.
Each one came with its server side, which is often where the real work is.
React Native: customer booking app
The UK garage product lets customers manage bookings, payments and reminders from an Android phone. Garages manage their services and slots on the same Laravel API.
Wrapped: fashion brand owner app
Built for a Belgian brand and published on Google Play and the App Store within a three-month delivery. Media goes through a transcoding pipeline with signed URLs.
Wrapped: field data lookup
A 2015 Android and iOS app for querying well locations and geo-survey data in Texas. The harder work was structuring the data and building an API with keyed access that the client could resell.
From Google's Play Console and Android developer documentation.
Target API level 36
From 31 August 2026, new apps and updates for phones and tablets must target Android 16 (API level 36) or higher. Extensions run only to 1 November 2026, so an app that is behind needs attention now.
Android App Bundle
New apps have had to be published as an Android App Bundle since August 2021, not as a plain APK. Google Play then generates the versions delivered to each device.
React Native version knock-on
Raising the target API on a React Native app can mean upgrading React Native and its native modules too. We check the two together, so the store requirement does not turn into a surprise rebuild.
Device variety and Play's release tracks shape the plan.
Android devices vary widely. We look at your customers' markets and likely phones to decide the minimum version and which devices to test on.
React Native for a product people return to, a wrapped web app when time and budget lead. We compare both against your feature list.
Test builds go through Google Play testing tracks, so you and your staff can install updates before customers see them, ahead of each demo.
The app is published through your own Google Play developer account, with the signing setup documented as part of hand-over.
New apps and updates to existing ones are scoped differently.
A target API update on an existing app is often a small, defined job once we have reviewed the code. A new app usually includes its API and admin side, so it is scoped as a product. More on our usual approach is on the React Native page.
Time-based work is from $20/h in USD, invoiced in USD, GBP, EUR or INR. We are an engineering team in India with 3–5 hours of overlap with the UK and Europe; US calls by appointment. We can join your release calls during shared hours.
Most of our work is delivered under NDA, so many projects cannot be named.
UK garage-booking SaaS: car owners book, pay, receive invoices and reminders from their phone; garages manage services and slots. Laravel API, Next.js web app, React Native iOS/Android apps. About one year.
Backend, scan pages and iOS/Android apps behind a t-shirt with a unique QR code its owner controls — text, photo or video, changeable any time, scannable with no app. Laravel. Delivered to both app stores in three months for a Belgian fashion brand.
Texas oil-well location and geo-survey data structured into a database, served through a keyed Laravel API and a mobile app the client resold to his own customers. 2015.
What we are asked most, including about native code.
Send the feature list or the Play Store link. We will tell you which route fits and what the current target API rule means for you.
We reply within one business day (IST).