iOS is a mobile phone and tablet operating system built by Apple, Inc. It is a light weight touch screen OS based on the Mac OS UNIX called Darwin.
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Right amount of padding between buttons in a mobile app
I am designing a mobile app for both ipad and iphone. I have a navigation bar which has several buttons next to each other and an action bar that has several buttons next to each other. Is there a ...
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How to hint that there's more beyond what you see in a scroll view?
I'm developing an (iOS) app that mainly consists of a UIScrollView. The view is paged and the scroll bar turned off, so currently there is nothing to indicate to the user that they can scroll down and ...
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Sorting photos in mobile app
We're currently developing an app for posting classified ads where the user is able to upload up to 10 photos per ad (from camera or library). The app will be available for Android and iOS (with ...
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Is it necessary to use titles on the navigation bar of an iOS app, or could I get away with displaying the logo all the time?
Within my app there are several views accessible from a side navigation pull-out panel.
Is it necessary to put the title in the navigation bar all the time?
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Help find the fastest and easiest-to-grasp approach to let a user go through a complex schedule
I want to let users view schedules on a mobile phone.
Its a generic schedule of events
Events can be spread across multiple days
Events can be spread across multiple venues
An event has a time slot ...
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When to use Pull Down to Refresh and when to use a Refresh Button?
I'm building an iPhone app but I'm torn which type of refresh UI to use.
I understand that pull down to refresh makes sense when you have things being added to the top of a list like twitter feeds. A ...
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How to solve/avoid “circular” navigation on an iOS app
Let's say I have an app that manages some items. An item can be "owned" by an user.
I'll have these screens :
List of items (A)
Item detail page (B)
User Detail page (C)
I want to display ...
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Trying to build intuitive simple user interface for an iphone app
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Below is a simple mockup for a spending tracker mobile app (for frequent travelers) that i built. Each of the 3 gray boxes are inputs (name, amount, currency). A sample input ...
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When to show a lock screen (iOS mobile app)
I'm part of a team working for a client on a business iPhone app that has an optional 'passcode lock' feature.
One of the screens shows a list of saved items that may contain sensitive information. ...
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What are the UX considerations/issues when porting an iOS app to Windows Phone?
I've noted the previous topics on Windows Phone 7 best practices and will be reading the suggested docs over several coffees this evening, but to help me on my way I'd appreciate any input you all may ...
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disabling the zoom in functionality on an iPad due to fixed navigational elements
I have an iPad-specific website which has had the "zoom-in" feature disabled on it as I have horizontal and vertical fixed navigational elements that I do not want to go out of view.
I would like to ...
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Designing an Advanced Search Control for iOS?
I'm working on iOS app and part of what I'm making is an advanced search interface. The default iOS search components allow for text entry and for a "scope bar". That is, a bar which allows you to ...
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No scrollbars for scrollable controls on iPad & iPhone
When an element contains overflowing content, there is nothing that tells the user they can scroll to see more. They have to know to try the 2 finger swipe to see if anything moves.
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How to handle to iOS visitors to a Flash web app?
We're about to release a Flash based web app, and a significant minority of the visitors are likely to be using iOS devices, and thus of course unable to use it in their browser. Sadly a switch away ...
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Should scrolling be disabled when there are no items to scroll to?
Assume a horizontal scrollview is being populated with 2 views, leaving 80% of the scroller empty.
Should scrolling be disabled?
Allowing the user to scroll makes the 2 views move without a purpose.
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Can I change the bottom navigation bar in an iOS app?
I have an application with three tabs on the bottom, as shown, that each bring up their own view within the scope of the 'main' part of the app, BUT, if I want to have separate but similar lists ...
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iPhone - Password Forgotten - popup dialog or modal?
I have been struggling a little with this problem.
I'll start introducing my case so to better explain my concerns.
The scenario I'm dealing with is that of a password forgotten feature:
I have a ...
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Should I be using zoom and pinch to resize user elements?
Is it a violation of the iOS Human Interface Guidelines (HIG)—or for that matter, of good UI design—to use pinch and zoom for the user to size elements on the screen, rather than the whole ...
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Best practice for log-in procedure in a conference-app [closed]
I'm preparing an app for a closed conference with log-in functionality. All the participants are on an email-list.
How do other App's deal with the challenges around obtaining the initial ...
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Indicating A Document Has Been Drawn On
Imagine layed out in front of you is a large board with little white pieces of paper representing the cover pages of system files on them. You are shown a title, and a modification date. How might ...
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Pop-dialog usage on Android tablets
I am in the process of adapting a large application to taking advantage of Android 3.x features and introducing tablet type look and feel. One thing I am unclear about is what the usage recommendation ...
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Navigating a multi-part article in ios?
In my application I've got some multi-part articles, about test-driving a car. The articles are split into multiple section.
I'm using this control to navigate between the sections (note: it's not ...
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How can users edit metadata in a bulk photo uploader app?
I'm developing a photo uploader iPhone app for an image hosting site. Each image has two details of metadata:
Title/Filename (required, unique)
Description (required)
Categories (0 or more)
One of ...
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Why does iOS (iPhone) flip to show the home screen when installing apps?
When you click to install or update an app in iOS (iPhone or iPad) it exits from the app store and shows the apps installing on the home screen.
This differs from Android where the confirmation that ...
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Best way of editing rows and row details of a UITableView in iOS
I have a table view which may have several items (rows), which in turn have more information that I want to be displayed in another view by tapping the row (common scenario). The point is, I'd like to ...
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iPhone Dropdown Menu element
Designing mobile applications is something I find extremely interesting, but I have recently become more interested in the UI element of a drop down menu for IOS applications. It does seem to always ...
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Mobile App Using Notifications for Marketing — What are the choices?
I was watching a webinar that explained some ways to market application upgrades and other applications produced by the same publisher. I didn't pay the massive price to get their kit, but I would ...
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Map with ONLY Area Specific POIs - Where to Initially Zoom?
I am developing an iPhone application that uses data that is only relevant to NYC and the surrounding area.
When the user loads the map initially should it:
Zoom to a preset area (specifically, ...
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After switching to Safari, should I close a modal view or should I not?
I am creating an iOS app in which the user can tap an astronomical object. When this astronomical object is tapped a modal view slides up (from the bottom of the screen). This modal view provides the ...
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Are there turnkey services for simple usability testing of mobile apps, especially iOS?
For websites, usertesting and trymyui and others are setup to do quick user testing. Are there similar services for mobile applications?
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How to re-design an app's user interface?
I am new to the interaction design field, basically a student.
I have an assignment where I need to research into topic about Interaction Design of applications for smartphones / tablets when you ...
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Where should ads be in iOS App?
I am finishing my iOS Application which includes Ads. In iOS Apple recommend developers to put Ads in the bottom or top of the Window (View). Does the Cash the developers create change if you put the ...
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Constraining user actions in Maps API
I have an app which highly depends on maps. Should I allow the user to zoom in, pinch, and other things or should constraint it to only the current location.
My application tracks the users location ...
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Best to say 'swipe up' or 'swipe down'?
I am building an app (iOS) which consists of paged tiles which the user has to pan through.
My question: When I need to tell the user to move the content up to view the content below it, should I say ...
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Ideas and/or research results on the best way to present a lengthy list of chapters
I'm looking for the best way to present a list of chapters on an iPhone. My first stab was to create a vertically scrolling table with a row for each chapter. For example, when showing the chapters of ...
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What's the right UI idiom for seeing content obscured by a search bar keyboard?
I've got a situation where there's a list of items to search and a search bar to enter text. When the search bar has focus, the onscreen keyboard pops up. This looks like so:
(Note that the list ...
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In iOS, how to make “take photo” views feel more like the rest of the app?
The standard iOS "take a photo" view has its "navigation and action" bar at the bottom, unlike (almost) every other iOS view that has the navigation/action bar on top.
I assume Apple broke ...
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'X'-close button on iPhone
The default way of dismissing views in iOS is with Cancel or Done. However in this view I think Cancel uses to much space, which is better given to the search bar.
What is your opinion? Is using X ...
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Mobile UX prototyping tools in the classroom [closed]
(I know this sounds like a repeat question, but I am asking this specifically for a classroom context and I have some specific needs (other than "free") that I feel sets this question apart. Please ...
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Introduction Screen Acceptable on Mobile?
I am making a calculator app that uses some new ideas for data manipulation. The details aren't important, only that the user needs to be taught new principles.
Recently, there has been some talk ...
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What is the best method to show selected filters from very long lists?
I need to find a solution for displaying flagged items from a very long list.
The following pics shows the filter panel of the iPad App.
Users can select all the items or search for specific items ...
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iPad Calculator App Portrait Only?
I am making a calculator app for the iPad. I would like to know if it would be acceptable to most users (the golden 80% rule) for the calculator to be locked in portrait.
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What is the best approach to labelling text input fields on smartphone application forms?
Platform: iOS. Must be able to run on all (probably most) iphone devices.
As part of a smartphone application design, I am currently designing an "event creation" form, originally implemented in a ...
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Designing an app for iPad / iPhone retina display
I am working for a client to develop an iOS app both for iPhone and iPad including for retina displays.
The client is going to get the UX designs himself. We use the Apple's iOS Human Interface ...
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What are the possible channels and methods for sharing content with only one person from an iPhone app?
I'm working on an iPhone app that will allow users to create a "book" and share it with a friend. For the most part, I anticipate users will only share each book with one person.
It seems most ...
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When is Skeuomorphism appropriate in an iOS app?
I know there are no hard and fast rules regarding the use of Skeuomorphism, but I'd like to more fully understand when the use of Skeuomorphic elements is appropriate in iOS apps.
To my limited ...
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Is there a need for save/cancel buttons in iOS app?
I am developing an investment property evaluator app that allows the user to record information about a potential investment property and evaluates the property based on certain metrics. It uses drill ...
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What is the best way to indicate that text in a text input field is editable?
Imagine an app like yelp. In this case, you select the amount of stars that you want to rate something. When you do, a pre-generated text is displayed in the text input field. You can either keep this ...
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Do smartphone users understand the term 'Push Notifications'?
We're including opt-in (on/off) for push notifications in an app, and I've heard feedback from project managers that some of the language might be too technical for the average shopper, like 'Push ...
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Better way to do drill-down selection in iOS?
I show a UIPickerView with a list of options:
Vegetables,
Fruits,
Greetings,
Shopping
When selecting any of the above options, will show another UIPickerView with options like (if we have ...
