The Challenge
A consumer application needed to support real-time chat, video streaming and push notifications on Android while the user base was actively growing — all without compromising app stability or battery/background behavior.
The Role
WALTIQ led Android delivery for the product: architecture, feature implementation and ongoing platform ownership as new capabilities were added.
The Approach
Chat and video features were built around real-time communication patterns with careful attention to background processing and battery behavior, since these are common failure points for growing consumer apps. Push notification delivery and background workers were structured to stay reliable as usage increased, rather than being retrofitted later.
Key Engineering Work
- Led native Android architecture and feature delivery
- Implemented real-time chat functionality
- Built video streaming support for the Android client
- Implemented push notification delivery and handling
- Designed background processing for reliability at growing scale
- Owned Android release cadence as the product evolved
Outcome
The Android product scaled from an early user base to 1,000+ active users while maintaining stability across chat, video and background processing features.