The document outlines the steps and key considerations for building a live streaming application. It discusses technical requirements like content delivery networks, video players, and media storage. It also covers essential elements like scalability, flexibility, compatibility with different screens, and offline downloading. Advanced features that could enhance live streaming apps are suggested like in-app video storage, role-based dashboards, and analytics. Finally, it emphasizes the importance of hiring a dedicated team from a mobile app development company to build a custom live streaming platform.

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Steps to Build a Live
Streaming Application

2. Live streaming app has experienced exponential growth. There are
several new live streaming apps coming up for Android and iOS
with each passing day, making it easy to connect with the target
audience. It is important to partner with an Android app
development company or iOS development company to launch a
robust and secure application.
The short-form video is more geared toward mobile-first approach
making it one of the most effective ways for brands and businesses
to start sharing content.

3. What is a live streaming app?
Live streaming is a live broadcast of all actions occurring on a
computer connecting thousands of users to watch video in real-time
across different geographies.

4. What is a live streaming app?

5. Media Storage:
Cloud storage platforms for the much required scalability to store the
Media data.
Video Player: Live streaming video players on any platform and
browser to enhance the quality of a user’s viewing experience.
Technical Functionalities Needed for
Live Streaming Application
Content Delivery Network (CDN):
Highly-distributed platform of servers to minimize delays in loading web
page content for users based on geographical locations.
User Interface:
Provide high-resolution rate of streaming content across the platform
regardless of the size of the device.

6. Video Player:
Live streaming video players on any platform and browser to enhance
the quality of a user’s viewing experience.
Technical Functionalities Needed for
Live Streaming Application
Streaming Media System:
Real-time data compression technology to deliver broadcast-quality
live streaming to any sized audience on any device.
Search Functionality:
Search, explore and stream your content live, as well as the option to
explore events from broadcasters worldwide.

7. Steps to Develop Live Streaming
Application
Create mockups and wireframes to envision your app
functionality
Write technical and functional specifications
Design the UI/UX
Hire expert iOS & Android app developers
Develop an MVP
Develop backend and API for your app
Develop the frontend or add functions to an existing app
Merge the backend and frontend
Conduct QA & Testing
Release the application

8. Intuitive UI:
Ensure that information is easy to find among your subscribers find it
easy to use.
Essential Elements of Live Streaming
Application Development
Scalability:
Always keep future scalability in mind with cloud services that will help
you meet an overwhelming increase in users without any glitches.
Flexibility to handle live streaming as well as video on demand.
Compatibility with different screens:
Live streaming app should offer seamless compatibility with
smartphones as well as wall-size LED screens equally well.
Offline Video Download:
Users should be able to download videos for offline viewing.

9. Essential Elements of Live Streaming
Application Development

10. Behaviour Tracking:
Intelligent mechanism and algorithm to track the pattern of the user
and its interest to the user to get more views from the users.
Advanced Features of a Live
Streaming App
In-app Video Storage:
Option for users to download live content to their devices and
watch/rewatch it later.
Role-based Dashboards:
The dashboard provides critical support in building different marketing
strategies, providing admin an insight into the real-time statistics of user
behaviour. It can be monitored through the app.
Analytics:
The option to track live-streamed video in relation to the viewership and
behaviour with tracking tools and analytic dashboards.

11. It is important to hire a dedicated team for your project. After all, a
live streaming platform is a fairly large and complex project,
requiring extensive work and a dedicated team of developers. It is
important to understand business needs and develop a custom
platform in partnership with a mobile app development company.
Finally

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