A Modular Application Architecture for Continuous Feature Delivery in Large-Scale Mobile Platforms
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15662/IJEETR.2020.0206003Keywords:
Modular Architecture, Continuous Feature Delivery, Feature Flags, Dynamic Module Loading, Dependency Injection, Mobile CI/CD, Scalable Mobile PlatformsAbstract
Large-scale mobile platforms (e.g., social media, global e-commerce) face significant challenges in achieving high-velocity, reliable feature delivery. Monolithic codebases impede parallel development by large teams, increase build and test times, and elevate the risk associated with production deployments. This paper proposes the Modular Application Architecture for Continuous Feature Delivery (MAA-CFD), a software design model specifically engineered to maximize development parallelism and minimize deployment risk in multi-platform mobile environments (iOS and Android). MAA-CFD enforces strict module boundaries, explicit dependency injection, and centralized governance over inter-module communication. It integrates key practices such as Feature Flags (FFs) and Dynamic Module Loading (DML) to decouple deployment from release, enabling Continuous Feature Delivery (CFD). The empirical evaluation, conducted on a production-scale application, demonstrated a $60\%$ reduction in average CI/CD pipeline duration and a $55\%$ increase in developer team velocity (measured by pull requests merged per week), while reducing the incidence of release-blocking bugs by $\mathbf{40\%}$. MAA-CFD provides a robust, scalable framework for organizations to sustain high development throughput and operational stability in complex mobile ecosystems.
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