This case study showcases Mistral’s capability in iOS Application Development services to control the photo/video capturing, editing, transferring and sharing features of the drone.

A drone is a light flying robot with on-board sensors for imaging. It is more formally acknowledged as Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Fundamentally, drones can be flown autonomously or be remotely controlled through software. Mistral has the expertise in designing low power, light weight electronics for drones along with Android/ iOS Application Development for Drones for smartphones and tablets. The iOS Application Development was designed to perform as close as possible to the in-built iOS Application to provide the user with a unified user experience (UX). This case study showcases Mistral’s capability and expertise in iOS Applicaton Development services to control the photo/video capturing, editing, transferring and sharing features of the drone.

The Customer

The customer is one of the market leaders in robotics and has been making tethered drones for government and industrial applications. These drones were designed to operate in all types of wind and weather conditions.

The Requirement (iOS Application Development Services)

The customer was developing a new drone, which is designed to be controlled entirely by smart phone or tablet. The customer approached Mistral for the  iOS Appliation Development for the device with following features:

• Photo/Video capturing
• Photo editing
• Video trimming
• Transfer Photo/Video captured on the drone to phone
• Sharing the captured Photo/Video on social network

iOS Application Development Provided

Mistral provided iOS Application Development services for their drone to enable camera capture, download the captured media to the phone. Mistral helped the customer to identify the right technology that enabled rapid iOS Application Development services. The iOS Application Development services provided by Mistral included:

• Apple’s general purpose compiled programming language “Swift” which is more robust than Objective-C was used to develop the User interface & Objective-C wrappers were developed to integrate with the drone SDK
• Mistral team helped the customer to finalize the requirements for the iOS Application Development using the use-case specification document
• Wire-frames for the iOS App Development were designed to freeze the look and feel of the application
• Agile methodology was used to manage the project
• Incremental release was made to enable the customer to get early release and testing
• Independent verification and validation team was engaged in testing every release.