# Eight Tips for Building Mobile Apps That Work Offline

DevFeed: [Eight Tips for Building Mobile Apps That Work Offline](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/8-tips-for-building-a-badass-offline-app-touchlab-38080.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://touchlab.co/2013-10-8-tips-for-building-a-badass-offline-app>)

Published: 2013-10-07T11:01:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Touchlab | Enterprise Mobile Innovation & Development](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/touchlab-enterprise-mobile-innovation-development.md>)

Topics: [Mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mobile.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>)

Tags: [building](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/building.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding.md>), [connectivity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/connectivity.md>), [featured](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/featured.md>), [json](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/json.md>), [mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile.md>), [offline](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/offline.md>), [queue](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/queue.md>), [sync](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sync.md>), [tips](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tips.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial offers eight tips for designing mobile apps for unreliable connectivity. It recommends assuming the app will often be offline, prioritizing features for offline support, preserving offline user edits by queuing commands, and choosing between state-based and command-based synchronization.

## Source excerpt

Even when building in valuable offline support would be easy, dev teams often don't even think about it. Here are 8 tips for building a smart mobile app.