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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Is spacing between touch targets an unnecessary recommendation by Microsoft?
A recent Microsoft IE10 blogpost gave general guidelines for building touch friendly sites suggesting two rules for touch targets:
Target size
Margin between targets
Apple's iOS guidance only ...
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wizard pattern on iOS - should I use navigation controller?
I am building an app where user can send a message to his contacts. User must be able to set some settings on this message (like color, font size,...). I was thinking of using 3 screens:
enters the ...
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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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Best way to select quantity of items for an eCommerce mobile application?
I'm designing an e-commerce app, and I'm looking for some options for the best way to select the quantity of an item before adding to the cart
The first (on the left) is when the user selects the ...
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Organising vehicle categories screen?
Currently working on a taxi app and need to organise the vehicles into categories. The user will need to be able to quickly select their desired vehicle while showing passengers & luggage for each ...
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Custom rating slider
I have made a custom interface object to handle user rating in a take-away app I am currently building.
But I am not sure if it's intuitive enough in its form.
Q : Would you understand an object ...
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How many elements are too many for one screen of a mobile (iOS/Android) application?
Without scrolling, what would be the maximum amount of centered buttons I could arrange on a vertical axis before it became too cluttered? Interface Builder gives suggested distances between ...
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Need help Displaying an Elimination Chart on a small display (iPhone/Android/etc..)
I'm building an Application for mobile device that needs to display an Elimination Bracket for a tournament (16, 8, 4, 2, 1)
I haven't seen any application doing something similar and I'm "jammed" ...
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Pull-to-refresh and search bar
I have an iOS app that uses tables views. It also implements a pull-to-refresh model, which works very nicely. I now want to add the option to search that table view. Normally, I would just hide the ...
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Should I hide the tab bar on iOS when I'm creating a new item?
Background
I'm building an application with a tab bar at the bottom showing two different object types - for example, buildings and trucks.
Each of these tabs shows buildings and trucks in separate ...
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iPad cancel button in multiple line fields
I have a text field that starts out as one line and can sometimes expand to multiple lines. When it's one line I'd like to have a cancel button in it like this:
(Enter text here X),
but I'm not ...
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How to request that two out of three fields need to be populated in a mobile search app
I am developing a new iOS app and I need to let the user commit a search where three fields are shown.
a group name (development, marketing etc.)
member name
project name
the search should be ...
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Making clicks meaningful on iPad
As a web designer building a shopping cart for the iPad, I find the lack of down and click states difficult.
What's a good way without raising a confirmation pop up or something terrible and ugly to ...
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How to list items with variants in an iOS Table View?
I'm looking for an elegant way to show a list of items in a Table View, where most (not all) items will have 2 variants.
If I lay the items out as is (with A and B represented by icons):
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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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How can I design a UI for iOS with a diamond shaped drill down interface?
I have a basic drill down interface for iOS devices.
A -> B -> C -> D
The problem is that the following interface would work equally well:
A -> C -> B -> D
What I need is some kind of diamond ...
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How to use picker wheel in ipad [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Best drop down options for iOS?
Which is the best usability method of using the picker wheel for ipad, bottom(full view) or bottom (middle view), pop up picker view?
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Best drop down options for iOS? [closed]
Which is the best drop down options for iPad and iPhone devices?
Picker Wheel
Actionsheet
Something else?
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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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What icon can I use to represent Facebook share action for iOS? [closed]
I am now working on the interface for iPad app where one of the most frequently used feature is "Share to Facebook".
I am wondering what would be the best way to represent this action. Most of the ...
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Large list with editable items in Android/IOS
I have a scenario where there are around 50 - 100 items in a list.
Each list item has 6 editable fields (Boolean, Boolean, Dropdown, Integer , Float, Float).
How can I display such a list in ...
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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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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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Using a TabBar with slide out side menu?
I'm working on designing the layout for an iPhone app which will contain three tabs. I'm trying to eliminate the tab bar if possible, but I'm not sure what my alternatives are.
I'm considering a ...
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What are the functional advantages of disabling user access to the filesystem on the iPad?
It is not possible for users to access the filesystem on the iPad since this access is not permitted on devices running iOS.
How is the function of the iPad improved by preventing users from ...
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How should I design the guides in my iOS app?
In my app (sort of like a music-oriented PDF reader), there are a couple of basic PDF's describing features and what certain buttons do, but there isn't a full blown tutorial. Adding to that, I ...
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Should Android and iPhone UI be different?
I'm not completely new to developing apps, but I'm at a point where I'm trying to develop something and deploy it on several mobile platforms. To only concentrate on two major ones, suppose I'm ...
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Where should a UIButton be to add cells to a tableView?
I have a limited amount of space in a new options menu I designed (much like a combination of twitter's scrollViewTexturedBackGround colored table, with notification center's custom headers, and ...
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Comparison between Android and IOS apps UI one-to-one
I am currently doing some research trying to describe differences between IOS and Android UI in detail. I know, there are a few questions before and some stuff on Google (I'm already going through ...
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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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very broad question - what is the best example of social UX / integration on mobile platform [closed]
I know this will probably be downvoted but what do people feel is the best example of social integration on a mobile iOS (what I have most experience with) app. I feel that Foursquare is very good esp ...
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Should I put an alert view notifying the user of a successful wall post with the Facebook SDK in iPhone?
I am currently developing an iPhone app that connects to Facebook trough its SDK. One of the main functionalities is the option to share a post with a news story from the feed.
So basically I show ...
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Are “submit” buttons important for forms on iPhone and Android apps?
When inputting text on the last text field in a form on an iPhone and Android app, the enter key can be highlighted or (on iOS anyway) renamed "done", so that tapping it will submit the form. ...
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How should I indicate an added row of buttons above the iPad's keyboard is scrollable?
In my iOS app, I have an extra toolbar that appears above the keyboard, using the same style of buttons as the keyboard. This toolbar is horizontally scrollable.
Currently, in all devices and ...
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Do I need to design four different apps for Android, iOS, smartphones, or have one common design?
I have to start designing for an app which will be used by Android & IOS users both on Smartphones and Tablets.
Do I need to design four different apps or have one common design and then ...
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Why do some custom iOS apps use the native nav bar?
I'm talking about Instagram or Foursquare, they are custom designed but still are using default themed menu bar for navigation. Is there some dirty secret behind it?
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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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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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Why do the iPhone and iPad keyboards use different shades of gray for the keys and background?
I noticed when working with iPhone and iPad keyboards that they are quite a significantly different colour:
Is there any particular reason for this?
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Suggestions for a touch UI used to book seats on a bus
I am trying to design the layout for a Bus Ticket Booking App.
User is allowed to choose the seats he wishes to book. Below is the layout provided to us.
I am looking for some inspiration and ...
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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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What's the default rotate symbol for iOs?
What's the default rotate symbol for iOs?
Is it the second icon in this Instagram iPhone app screenshot? It doesn't look like a rotate symbol to me (more like a back or undo button).
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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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Detail disclosure button for non-iOS devices
On iOS devices, Apple uses a Detail disclosure button for additional details that are aside from the main list navigation. The image below is taken from the iOS HIG.
Another example of this can be ...
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In RTL locales, should mobile application animations be reversed?
In mobile applications, it's common to drill down with the new view animating in from the right. Going back results in the opposing animation (from the left). These are analogous to turning a page.
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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 ...
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Why is the new Twitter menu bar on the bottom on iPhone?
Twitter recently released a complete redesign for all major platforms, in part the redesign has been made to unify the experience across platforms.
But, because of this goal I couldn't help noticing ...
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Validating wizard-style form
I have a long sign up form with 16 fields. I've split that form into 3 steps by data category. User navigates through steps by pressing Back/Forward buttons.
How should I approach the field ...
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Are there some sites that look and feel like an iOS interface?
I have one specific and rather strange question. Have you heard or saw a website that was designed to look like an application for iOS (iPhone, iPad)? Do you think that's a good idea?
Note: this ...
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Is a popover that opens from a tab bar good practice in an iOS app?
I have an iPad tab bar app and I want a popover to open when tapping one of the tabs. Is this good practice or should I avoid it?
For example, the bottom tab bar displays the following items:
my ...
