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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iPhone vs. iPad Apps
I am trying to create an iPad app using the existing iPhone app design. I would like to know what kind of differences should I introduce in the app design as to suit it for the bigger iPad screen.
I ...
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Should apps' design evolve according to the OS version?
In iOS 7, Apple revamped the whole OS' look and feel. Removing a lot of gloss and 3D stylistic elements. Does this mean that the apps built for iOS 7 must change as well to match this new style? Which ...
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Can the design be different for the website and the mobile app version?
I am developing an application which has a website and a mobile app (iOS and Android). On a particular page, A pop-up contains a "x" (close) button on the top right. I do not want the same design for ...
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Porting iOS to Android
I'm not really a designer/UX expert, however I have been developing on Android for some time now and I always try to stick to the look and feel of the standard (ICS) look and feel (with some degree of ...
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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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Do iOS application icons need to be updated for iOS 7?
as a graphic designer, would an application icon need to be updated to match the simplicity and flat UI of iOS 7? Do you think this would contribute to the UX overall?
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How to handle “Facebook style” slide in / fly in / side navigation menu in iOS7?
With the recent announcement of iOS 7 a new system wide slide from left edge to right gesture to go back has been introduced. This appears to affect applications that use navigation controllers. When ...
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How to display multiple options for settings page using icons?
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For a mobile app, how should we display multiple options (say, 20 options are available) in a settings page using icons?
Example:
Fig.1: All Options in One Screen Activity.
All ...
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Is there a standard name for ios-style cross-sliding lists? [closed]
I'm googling around for a javascript implementation of ios-style nested <ul>'s. I'm simply talking about the extremely common navigation where you tap a list item (usually with an arrow next to ...
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How do people react to voice commands in AI?
I couldn't find a similar question, please let me know if there is.
I'm looking for documentation on how people react to talking to an artifical intelligence system like, say, Siri (especially now ...
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Implementing UI Design of iOS to Android App, Good Idea?
I found a similar question here but I want to hear the answer to my questions.
Our team has launched an iOS version of our app, let's call it X App. We have sold this to 3 clients and they like it. ...
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Modal views vs popovers in iPad
I'm transitioning from an iPhone app to iPad, in the iPhone version I have a view hierarchy similar to this:
That is, an UITableView, while tapping on a cell the app navigates to another view with ...
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Navigation bar vs toolbar in iPad and related controls
I'm getting a bit confused with navigation bars and toolbars when migrating from iPhone to iPad, since toolbars in iPad seem to be moved to the top, as described in iOS Human Interface Guidelines, so ...
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Left pane of a split view and popovers in iPad
Having a split view similar to Mail app, whose left pane hides when in portrait orientation, is it possible (and conforms iOS Human Interface Guidelines) to display a popover when tapping some of the ...
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Choosing which mobile devices to use for usability testing
When performing usability tests on mobile devices the results are influenced by the devices tested on. For example different sizes, OS-versions, resolution etc. To conduct a thorough test it is ...
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entering a list of data, best practices
I'm making a mobile app in which the user is asked to enter a list of data. There is a list of roads and the user has to specify how frequently he/she uses each of the roads in the list.
The main ...
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Use of tab bar and navigation bar in iPhone app
I'm developing an app that provides information about companies. I would like to have tab bar buttons for "Favorites" view and "Search" view. I also need tools for actions, for example in the ...
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iOS views with 2 primary actions instead of just one
iOS is optimized for views that have one primary action (e.g. "new email") in the upper-right plus a "back" button in the upper-left. For views that have many actions there are well-documented ...
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“Rate Us” dialog effectivness
On mobile apps, where/When is the best time to popup this "Rate Us" dialog? I know that it may change from game to game, but is there any statistics out there?
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Redundant navigation icons in iOS ap
One of our clients want to have on the home screen of their (iOS) app the same buttons that are on the bottom tab bar, we see that as redundant and not user friendly at all, is it acceptable to do so?
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Why are icons on mobile phone menu screens square or rectangular but not circular?
If you take a look at the app page of any mobile OS, for example iOS, Android, Ubuntu, Win8, BADA, etc., they all have square icons, either with rounded corner or sharp corners (shown in the first ...
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How can I view my screen design on an iOS device as I work in Photoshop under Windows? [closed]
I know there are quite a few apps that accomplish this very well under OS X. I personally own and love xScope, but at work we are forced to make do with Windows 7.
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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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Handling selection and navigation in the same table view cell in iOS
I've a list of items in a table view, each of which display a small image and a name, as well as a disclosure indicator to navigate to a view with the item's details:
The behavior I want is to be ...
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Adopting sidebars in iOS apps
It looks like several known apps for iOS (Foursquare, Spotify) now adopt the sidebar that already was present in Facebook app (screenshot is from Spotify for iPhone):
AFAIK, this is not a standard ...
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iPhone button on screen with table view: last row or outside table?
I have a table view that's showing attributes of a record, very much like Edit Info screen in the iOS Contacts app.
Also like that screen, I'd like to show a "Delete Record" button at the bottom.
It ...
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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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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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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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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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Migrating a Tab Bar iPhone app to iPad
I have an iPhone app whose overall UI is designed like this:
That is, a tab bar and different app perspectives within each tab item, and you can navigate to different views from within a tab.
I ...
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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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Navigation bar and buttons considerations for iOS
I have some questions regarding navigation bars and their usage in iOS apps, both from the point of view of UX and Apple´s submission and human interface guidelines:
1) Since the iOS Human Interface ...
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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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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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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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Can we assume users know the devices they're working on?
I'm developing an iPhone app that uses pretty standard UI, follows Apple's human-interface guidelines, and in some cases imitates behavior as seen in stock iPhone apps. For example, a table view from ...
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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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Social network login or not?
I am developing a niche social networking iPhone app of my own.
I was wondering if it would be best to allow the user to connect to social networks such as Facebook and Twitter to login to my app ...
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iOS and UITableViewCell: best practices when requesting user input as a form
Firstly, I'd like to make a general question regarding table view cells' customization: are there any restrictions about the controls they can cointain, and/or its number? I read in iOS HIG iOS Human ...
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Startup screens: “Show this page at startup” vs. “Don't show this on startup”
I'm currently working on an iOS app where the user is presented with a startup screen until the user disables it.
I am insisting that this startup screen should have an already ticked checkbox that ...
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Modal vs non-modal views in iPhone
I've been reading and looking at different iOS apps to design the UI for mine, and it feels like sometimes the difference between using a modal view or a non-modal view is not entirely clear... for ...
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Differences between iOS and Android GUIs [closed]
People sometimes ask me why I chose to buy an iPhone instead of an Android. I always reply the same thing: iPhones (and Apple devices in general) are more user friendly, in my opinion, than Androids. ...
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What is the reason behind the upper-case-lower-case behaviour of the Apple iOS keyboard?
On Windows and Android phones/tablets the case of the keypad letters alters when pressing SHIFT:
But Apple seems to ignore this presumably useful feature. Does Apple really know it's better NOT to ...
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Searching apps on smart phone home screen
I'm interested to know about the effectiveness of the search application on the iPhone home screen.
For example, I have 4 screens of apps and it takes me a few seconds to find an application that I ...
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What UX Changes Needed For New iPhone 5 App Updates? [closed]
I am helping my team to update our iOS app to support retina display and iPhone 5.
I've read little bit of Cocoa Auto Layout, and other pages from developer.apple.com.
But my question is, if I ...
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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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Is it acceptable/good UX to use ios Segmented Control as a radio control?
I'm an ios developer by profession and was told of by a UX Architect for suggesting the use of the ios Segmented Control as a group of radio buttons.
We have to present a mutually exclusive choice ...
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What do you call non-retina displays?
With the introduction of high density pixel displays (Retina being the brand name Apple uses) what do we now call non-retina (low pixel density) displays?
Legacy Displays
Low Pixel Density Displays
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