Chat Application Development
Create your own WhatsApp similar app for your business. Our team builds a clone of popular chat app like WhatsApp, WeChat, Telegram, Snapchat and still working more with AR and VR features to integrate into the clone script. Instant messaging apps nowadays has changed the way of communication by using smartphones and web tools. Addon Solutions is one of the leading mobile application development Company in India and the USA offering to integrate custom chat application development for the Android and iOS platform.
Instant Messaging apps are very successful with their real-time delivery of messages and multimedia (Images, Videos, Audio, Emojis, Files, Doc., etc.) between two users or within groups. IM apps have come to overtake email and other models of communication. WhatsApp, Instagram, Snapchat, etc. reaffirm the growing demand to create a messaging app for interpersonal and inter-company communication.
Create a Custom chat App for Business
Real-time Chat Solutions for Android and iOS built for business and personal use with peer to peer chat, group chat, audio and video chat, sharing media files such as PDF, MS Word and more.
How to create a chatting app from scratch?
Creating a messaging app like WhatsApp can be done in your language of choice. Java for Android apps, Swift for iOS apps and any server-side programming language for the server. But, to achieve a scale like WhatsApp, you will need to architect the whole thing in a scalable fashion.
Technology Needed
Creating an app similar to WhatsApp, we need to use the following tools and technology. Technologies used to create a real-time Secure Mobile Chat Application The two types of connections mainly used in chat apps are
- HTTP + Push Notifications.
- Extensive Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) protocols.
About Chat API
Instead of implementing Messaging as a service (MAAS) from begining you can develop your application using third-party chat API which will provide you complete server-side infrastructure. The benefit of API based chat app saves cost and time for writing code from zero as you are getting all ready made functionality using API only drawback is you need to pay monthly for all your API call.
A chat API should provide some basic features like
- Peer-to-peer and group messaging between users
- Media transfer between users and groups
- Real-time typing indicators
- Message status with reading receipts, delivery status
- Open channel chat and push notification
- Allow deleting the message before delivery at a particular time
- Real-time Synchronization across all platforms
- Custom data transfer and file sharing
- Data encryption and Chat history
- Custom keyboards and other custom features
- Custom user interface
- User-personalized settings and configuration
- User left the group, online and offline indicators with alerts
- Chat data analytics reports and alerts
- Auto back-up and scheduling
- Media compression and auto thumbnail generation
- Message scheduling and broadcasting
Features we provide
We are one of the leading Instant Mobile Chat Application Development Company in India and the USA giving custom messaging app solutions with the following features. Every successful real-time messaging app available have features like
- Messaging: Messaging feature helps via the internet, but if a person is offline they can receive all the messages they miss as soon as they get back online. Also, it can have a status. It is now a unique feature in most of the chat applications, letting users know the status of their chat from the moment they sent until the recipient reads them.
- Security: In Instant Messaging Chat apps Security is the primary concern while building a chat application. It is necessary to ensure that to keep the data encrypted; it includes (Text messages, Multimedia’s, etc.) of the user for secure and insulated from any third party infiltration, or any malicious attack, etc.
- Group conversations: Nowadays all chat apps have the instant messaging feature, so to make an app stand out consider offering both individual and group chats. A real-time chat application must give users the facility to engage in group conversations. These group must have the facility to share multimedia files, documents, location, etc.
- Voice & Video is calling: The world delighted as this took instant chat communication to the next level. Group chat, personal chat, and discussion become interactive with these voice and video calling features. Voice and Video calling make a chat app more interactive, putting no limits on the users can interact and communicate with each other.
- Social integrations: The chat app should not be far from the social life of a user. It should integrate the communication system with social media websites like Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus so that the user can significantly use of communication and information sharing.
- Location sharing: Users of chat applications might want to share their locations at some point in time. Today, almost messaging and chat apps have these features with a live location sharing facility.
- Quick search functionality: Search functionality is convenient that helps users to search and track conversations that took place a long time ago. It will prove useful in both personal and professional discussions where numbers, facts, details or anything of importance shared via a chat application.
- Media file transmission: People like to share other types of media such as photos, stickers, and GIFs apart from emojis and texts Sometimes, one quick picture says it all, especially in a real-time chat app.
- Cloud Synchronization: Nowadays the smart devices are backed by a massive memory for storage, but this feature is significant as many users have a habit of accessing an app from multiple devices. And here Cloud Synchronization is playing a vital role. A chat app is not only for messaging or sending images but also used for all sort of content. It allows you to store your large files, high-resolution graphics, videos, and audio files.
- Push Notifications: Push Notifications should be implemented in an app while developing the MVP (Minimum Viable Product). They serve as the bridge of conversation between the messenger and its users. These handy messages keep users active within the app and inform them when new text has arrived, or someone comes online. For Android chat app development, you can use Firebase Cloud Messaging, and for an iOS messaging app you can use either Firebase or Apple Push Notifications, which is native to the iOS platform.
- Customizable Profiles: It helps users express their individuality. They might change names and nicknames, background colors, or choose an avatar image instantly. In a lot of apps, people can see user status, namely when people last used the messenger app, who’s online, and when someone is typing.
- Offline Messaging: If there is network unavailability or out of network in that case also user may send offline messages, so when network available at that moment message will deliver to the user.
Type of Instant Messages Apps of Addon
Addon Solutions offers a different type of instant messages apps creating services such as anonymous chat app, stranger chat apps, social chatting apps, WhatsApp clone, and business team chat app.
Benefits of creating a Chat Application
Instant Messaging app is a simple way to connect with family, friends, and relatives. You can implement your chatting app, to make your conversation funny with your family and friends. Our instant app creator implemented some essential functionalities and capabilities
- Permitting to create a profile and chat with their friends in the contact list
- One click for video and voice call
- Communicate in groups
- Exchange multimedia files, i.e., Images, Videos, GIFs, etc
- Update the status of their profile
- Search for their friends
What will be the cost and development?
For Integrating a custom chat application, it includes front-end, design, backend, web app, quality assurance and native platform for the app. The approximately cost can range between $30,000 to $55,000 up to $120,000. This price is dependent on the team you hire and from the nation. The cost may vary from nation to nation. The time taken build an app maybe around 1400 hours by the certified and dedicated programmers. The cost and time interrelated with the features of the chat app like user registration, message notification, transfer messages, and multimedia files, address book integration and information, update their profile, location sharing, video and voice calling, search for the user and chatting.
Words From Clients
Building an app was very difficult for me to my app as I have a different concept and having no idea where to look up. In that situation, Addon is considered to be a god for me at that time. Their dedicated developers not only integrate my idea entirely but also give me suggestions to make my app better. They are the master of the app development.