Development of Viber, a Messaging and VoIP App with 1B+ Users

Industry

Telecommunications, Software products

Technologies

Android, Mobile, Windows Phone

About

The Client, an international company, is the developer of Viber – an instant messaging and VoIP app which has over 1.17 billion active users all over the world.

Challenge

The Client commissioned VolgoTechnologies to design and develop a mobile app that would enable users to call, text, and send photos using the Internet instead of cellular network. The idea was to create an easy-to-use application with no registration required.

Solution

VolgoTechnologies designed the app to run on Android and Windows Phone 7 and let users text, make HD-quality calls and send photo and video messages all over the world over Wi-Fi or 3G.

One of the Viber s main features is that, once downloaded, it instantly syncs with a users contact list with no need to add the contacts manually.

The app provides all social sharing features possible, such as photo, video, voice, geolocation and sticker messaging. It is also possible to create group chats with more than 100 participants.

Staging

Data Ware House

Data Ware House

Desktop Application

Results

To date, Viber and VolgoTechnologies has been cooperating for more than 4 years. Throughout this time, the app has been downloaded over 1 billion times across the globe. VolgoTechnologies team of Senior Android Developers continues to enrich the application with new features and thus help Viber expand their market position. The app is free to download and the desktop versions for Windows and Mac are now available as well.

Technologies and Tools

Android: Android SDK, Android Studio, Eclipse, ADT Plugin, JAR Signer, SQLite, Volley, Gradle, logcat, UiAutomator