An IoT Device Management App that Puts 2M Connected Streetlights in a Field Crew’s Pocket
Overview
Novalume develops energy-efficient LED street lighting deployed at city scale. Its Lumintell platform already managed 2 million connected streetlights for city officials and lighting operators — but field crews installing and maintaining that hardware had no mobile way to work with it. Euristiq built the Android app development that closed that gap: an IoT mobile app development project purpose-built for on-site device management.
Connected streetlights visible and configurable from the app
From project start to a fully working Android app
Technologies unified into one field-service app
About the product Euristiq worked on
No mobile visibility into a 2M-device network
Field teams could see backend dashboards back at the office, but nothing designed for standing in front of a streetlight and needing to know its status right now.
Manual installs, one streetlight at a time
Onboarding a new device meant recording its ID, location, and specs by hand before it ever appeared in the Lumintell system — slow, and easy to get wrong at city scale.
Field crews get one app for scanning, configuring, and monitoring every streetlight
Manages connected devices
On-the-go access to track and configure streetlight properties, with dedicated flows for Install, Replace, Update, or Remove tasks. Front-end and back-end development, UI/UX design, and QA were all handled as part of the same build.
Stores data from 2M units
The app collects metric data from streetlights across the network and includes a plugin system for connecting to multiple device vendors. It evaluates the consumption and intensity of light emitted by luminaires, both individually and in groups.
Optimizes field service
New device installs are tracked through the app itself: scan a QR code or NFC tag, set the location, enter property information, and upload a light profile — a swift, low-friction path to bringing a new node onto the network.
A 2M-device network, one app, six months
One-tap device onboarding
QR and NFC scanning replaced manual paperwork for every new streetlight install, syncing straight into the Lumintell platform.
2M connected devices, one app
Streetlights across multiple cities became visible and configurable from the field, not just from a back-office dashboard.
Multi-vendor plugin architecture
A plugin system lets the app support new device vendors without a full rebuild, protecting Novalume’s hardware roadmap.
Building a mobile app to
manage connected devices
in the field?
a smart city IoT mobile app on top of an existing platform, or ready to scope an Android
build — we’ve shipped this for a 2-million-device network already in production.
FAQ
What is IoT device management?
IoT device management is the set of processes and tools used to configure, monitor, and maintain connected devices at scale — registering new hardware, tracking status and location, pushing updates, and troubleshooting remotely. For Novalume’s 2-million-device streetlight network, that meant giving field crews a way to onboard new streetlights and monitor existing ones without returning to a desk. Euristiq’s Android app handles this directly in the field: scanning a device, confirming its configuration, and syncing it to the wider Lumintell platform in real time. Done well, IoT device management turns a distributed hardware network into something one person can operate from a phone.
How does an IoT device management app work for field service teams?
An IoT device management app for field service works by combining device discovery, configuration, and monitoring into a single mobile workflow technicians can use on-site. Euristiq’s Android app for Novalume replaced manual paperwork with a scan-to-configure flow: a crew member scans a new streetlight’s QR code or NFC tag, sets its location and property details, and uploads its light profile — the device is live and connected to the Lumintell platform before the crew leaves the site. A plugin architecture lets the same app support new device vendors without a rebuild, and Firebase ML Kit and Cloud Messaging keep the app responsive to real-time alerts from the field.
Which partners can handle IoT device integration with mobile apps?
The right partner combines mobile app development experience with real IoT device integration — not just UI work bolted onto someone else’s platform. Euristiq handles both: the Android app it built for Novalume connects directly to a 2-million-device streetlight network, supports multiple device vendors through a plugin architecture, and syncs configuration data to the Lumintell platform in real time. That combination of native mobile development (Android SDK, Firebase, NFC and QR scanning) and IoT-specific integration work is what separates a device management app from a generic mobile app project.
How long does it take to build an IoT device management app?
Timelines depend on scope, but a focused field-service app — one that handles device scanning, configuration, and real-time sync rather than a full IoT platform — can realistically ship in months, not years. Euristiq delivered Novalume’s Android device management app, covering architecture, UI/UX, front-end and back-end development, and QA, in six months. It launched as an extension of an existing 2-million-device Lumintell platform, which meant integration work took priority over building core infrastructure from scratch. Scope and existing platform maturity are the two biggest levers on timeline.
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