Give Your App a Free Health Check Up At Droidcon UK

There is exciting news for app developers heading to Droidcon UK this year. Skills Matter have partnered with Novoda and NimbleDroid to bring two app clinics, one centred around design and one focusing on performance with prizes for the best of each.

The Performance Clinic – Thursday 27th October from 14:00 till 15.30

NimbleDroid is an automated performance analysis service for apps, and they are offering to give your app a free check up aimed at making your app as fast as possible. There will be two categories of prizes:

1) Best Startup Time
2) Most Improved Startup Time

For the Best Startup Time prizes, the NimbleDroid team will consider the official version of your app downloaded from Google Play on October 27th (you can upload your app to Google Play up until Thursday October 27th midnight London time).

For the Most Improved Startup Time prizes, the NimbleDroid team will use the official version downloaded from Google Play on Thursday September 29th AND Thursday October 27th, provided that the app must register before Thursday September 29th midnight London time. Each app needs to be registered only once. The prizes will be 3 months of NimbleDroid premium service such as custom user flows and premium support.

You can upload your app in advance here and read more about this clinic over at Skills Matter.

The Design Clinic – Thursday 27th October from 15.30 – 17:00

Whether your app has been developed since the days of Cupcake or hasn’t yet hit the a final release, it can never hurt to have fresh insight in to your app’s UX. This clinic will allow your app to be reviewed by a team of designers and developers including Google Developer Experts and some of the best developers in the industry. They will share their thoughts on your app and advise you on methods to improve your UX, answering any questions you may have.

We believe motion brings an app to life, and creates a compelling, enjoyable user experience. It can make the difference between a good or a great design in your app.

We are looking for the work you are most proud of, that extra attention to detail that creates the highest quality experience for your users using motion.

Rules

• The motion design MUST be implemented in a mobile app that conforms to Material Design guidelines
• The app MUST run on phone, tablet, TV or other Android-powered devices
• You MUST be an employee of the company, or the developer/designer of, the app you’re submitting
• You MUST have a valid droidcon ticket and be attending the closing ceremony (when prizes will be awarded)
• The entry MUST be original work. Its implementation MUST be published on the Play Store or other app stores that are publicly listing the app (Amazon, etc)
• ONE entry per person
• By submitting your entry you grant Novoda and Skills Matter the right to use all the submitted informations and material for promoting the contest and its winners
• Entries MUST be submitted by October 17th, 23:59:59.999 UK time

You can upload your app in advance here and read more about this clinic over at Skills Matter.

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