InApp Printing Feature Would Be The Trend in 2017

Mobile App Development has come a long way since its inception and it’s high time to incorporate printing feature in them. If KPCB report is to be believed then the U.S. consumers spend 51% of their digital time on mobile phones as compared to 42% on desktops and 7% on other connected devices. Only after the KitKat update, Android users who contribute to 80.7 % of the global smartphone market were given the option to print natively via the OS. Mobile App Development Services has seen a tremendous growth in the past decade with app functionalities increasing every now and then.

Noteworthy is the recent research carried out by InfoTrends where it was found that 95 percent of consumers and 67 percent of business users want mobile devices to be printing enabled. And by the way, it’s not that difficult to incorporate printing capability in a mobile application of any kind or nature. Let me explain How ?

How to Add Printing Option on a Mobile App

Android Developers can add the print functionality either in the building process or as an update to the app. Developers only need to add the Print Coding in the back-end of the application and could simply add a print button on the app user interface.

This way when the person clicks on the print option, the request to print will be sent to the system and the system which would handle the rest which includes selection of printer, print option settings and setting up the page size. Thus completing the whole process to give user the final print.

Developers do not need to worry about writing the print code by themselves as everything will be handled by the OS itself. But the app must provide for printable content. Thats a must.

Why It’s That Important For an App to be Print-Enabled

• An App compatible with printing can encourage user engagement which is one of the most important thing for an app developer to consider.

• A user will be more inclined towards downloading and using an application that supports in-app printing feature, especially in case of ticket and coupons.

• According to a study, it was found that a consumer is inclined towards a print-enabled app 3 times more as compared to the one which does not support this feature.

• Higher Retention Level can be achieved with a print-enabled app, more specifically, the study stated that a user is 20% more likely to stay with the app with printing capability.

• Apps with Printing Feature can give developer a leading edge in the competition and he/she would be able to differentiate his/her app from the available alternatives to it.

Let’s Understand the Advantage of Print-Enabled Apps with an Example

Suppose in a business meeting the employees were told to download an app that will help them jot down the notes related to key points while the discussion in the meeting prevails. In this case, it is clearly advisable to download an app that will help these employees to later get the printouts of the notes comfortably by directly using the app itself than downloading the notes first to later get them printed by first saving them on a PC or a laptop. Not to forget, it also saves a lot of time as well.

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At the end, I would like to conclude with asking developers to please incorporate print functionality to  their apps as it will add more value and user engagement to their built apps as for which they create apps in the first place. Mobile Application Development growth with this rate is only going to add a few more advanced features in the near future.

Hope this article helps in some way. Best Wishes.. !