Mao-Yuan Kao (Daniel) LINE Taiwan / Engineering 1 With the huge success of LINE TODAY news service launched in several countries, we planned to launch a mobile native application that provides the same rich content as LINE TODAY, in order to reach more users. Without losing major web features, and still making sure the application can be delivered as soon as possible, we take the iterative approach to make this mission possible. In this speech, the development process will be explained, and also how the application is evolved in each development cycles.

1. Build an App based on
existing Web Service
Take LINE TODAY App for Example
Daniel Kao <daniel.kao@linecorp.com>

2. Too many features, too less time !

3. Popular news service in several countries and regions
LINE TODAY SERVICE
Indonesia Thailand Taiwan Hong Kong

4. Becomes content portal in LINE app
LINE TODAY SERVICE
Recruitment Webtoon Dramas Movie Info

5. HOW TO CREATE AN APP FOR IT?

6. Find
Pain Points
Make it native
IterateRelease
Fast
PROPOSED APPROACH
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
Step 2

7. All WebViews except onboarding & native LINE login
v1.0 Complete Features
LINE loginOnboarding Top page Article page

8. LINE TODAY APP
v1.0 Architecture
Onboarding LINE Login
WebView
Native Implementation

9. Implemented BottomNavigationBar
v2.0 Easier Navigation
Top page User generated content Video category User Profile page

10. LINE TODAY APP
v2.0 Architecture
Onboarding LINE Login
WebView
Native Implementation
BottomNavigation

11. Native Video Category and Video Article page
v3.0 Video Enhancement
Video Category Video Article Video Article

12. LINE TODAY APP
Video Category
v3.0 Architecture
Onborading
Login
WebView
Native Implementation
BottomNavigation
Profile
Video
Article
Page
Video
Player

13. Find
Pain Points
Fix it
IterateRelease
Fast
SUMMARY
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
Step 2

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