Integration · Mobile
Mobile apps on your commerce platform
iOS, Android and Flutter shopping apps on the same commerce API as your web store: one catalogue, one cart and account, push notifications and app store releases.
- Kinds of data synced
- 4
- Systems
- 3
- Retries and alerts built in
- Queued
What moves, which way
One catalogue, one cart, one account, on web and in the app. Each kind of data has one system of record, so nothing gets overwritten.
- Catalogue, prices and stockStore → Mobile appsHow often: Live, through the APICommerce engine
- Cart and wishlistBoth waysHow often: LiveCommerce engine
- Accounts and order historyBoth waysHow often: LiveCommerce engine
- Push notification eventsStore → Mobile appsHow often: On eventStore
How we connect it
- 01ConnectionThe app uses the same API as the web store, so prices, stock and promotions never differ between them.
- 02OwnershipA cart started on the phone is there on the laptop, and the other way round.
- 03TraceabilityReleases go through the App Store and Google Play with staged rollouts.
When something fails
Integrations fail in predictable ways. These four rules keep a failure from reaching a customer.
Queued
Every change travels as an event on a queue, so nothing waits on a slow or offline system.
Phase 1 of 4
Safe to retry
Each message carries an ID, so a retry never creates a duplicate order or double stock movement.
Phase 2 of 4
Visible
Messages that keep failing move aside and alert a named engineer, with the reason attached.
Phase 3 of 4
Reconciled
A nightly check compares key numbers between systems and flags any drift before customers notice.
Phase 4 of 4
Questions
Native or Flutter?
Flutter builds iOS and Android from one codebase and suits most commerce apps. Native makes sense when you need deep platform features.
Book an architecture review
A 60-minute session with a senior architect. We review your current platform, integrations and growth plans, then send a written summary of risks and options.
- For companies with a real platform decision coming up
- NDA signed before we talk details
- The written summary is yours to keep