Questions tagged [android]
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Status bar color of BBC confused with battery low
This morning I was reading this
Then I thought for seconds my phone battery is down. But it was not the case. Well it is different from the red of battery saver. Many cannot figure it out. Is it ...
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Would users understand splitting an Android app's functionality by permission?
Say I'm developing an app for Android tablets that supports offline use, such as a mail or Usenet client. As far as I can tell, most tablets are Wi-Fi-only, and the user is likely to be away from Wi-...
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Best strategy to gather feedback for beta android app
I am working on a product that will soon release a beta android app, not through google play, but just sending the apk around to a couple of people.
I am now looking for ways to gather user feedback ...
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Strategy to ask app-users for review
I am a Front-end developer in a team and we are developing a travel app for Android and IOS. This mobile app offers users to search and book hotels.
We want to build a mechanism to ask users for ...
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What happens if I receive the push notification when the app is launched
I would like to know what happens if I receive the push notification when the app is launched.
Is it a default behavior in ios or Android like the notification will slide in from the top when the ...
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User feedback strategies during app beta
I am about to get my Android app in beta and am weighing two different strategies
Show users the full set of app capabilities even though I suspect that some of them are redundant and then ask them ...
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Incoming / Outgoing Calls
I am currently redesigning a Call Management app:
http://goo.gl/hn95F4
I used some arrow icons for incoming and outgoing calls.
The arrows point towards the outside of the screen for outgoing calls,...
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When to ignore the iOS/Material design UI guidelines?
I am currently helping out my company with the UI/UX design of apps, and having no experience and prior knowledge, I find myself stuck between whether to follow the guidelines or not.
We're beginning ...
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Android - What is the approach to use to let the user choose from a small list of time-related options?
I'm working on an app and I want to show the user how much he's paying for services he's got enabled.
I want the user to be able to choose to display the cost per day, week, month and year.
To let ...
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Material Design - Persistent search, with navigation drawer
Is this within the guidelines or do you at least think it's an acceptable practice?
I'd like to use a persistent search bar, but my app necessitates a navigation drawer. I feel like it might be a ...
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How do you handle bottom navigation on deeper levels?
We are looking into converting our hamburger navigation into a tab bar, we have too many items in the side menu right now and we want a tab bar with 3-4 items and a menu where the user can customize ...
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Can a dialog have more than two actions in material design?
Is it a good practice to have more than two actions in a dialog box? Please find the image attached. Thanks
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Menu screen - with just 2 options
I am developing an android app that has a menu screen just after the login. i.e. The menu screen is the 2nd screen in sequence.
The menu has just 2 options. I am confused how can I achieve it ...
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MaterialDesign - Fullscreen Dialog, how to show multiple actions
The Material Design guidelines for fullscreen dialogs state, that the action (like SAVE in the screenshot) should be shown on the top right. Cancel always is shown as an X on the top left.
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Back vs close icon in Material Design
Some Material Design apps use the "close" icon instead of the more common "back" icon in the toolbar, for example:
(From https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27125340/material-close-button-in-toolbar-...
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When is a good time to set a Pincode?
I'm working on a Mobile Wallet for Android that hast the following sign up flow:
1) Download and install
2) Opening screen
3) Enter Phone number
4) Phone number verification (...
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Card with horizontal ScrollView [closed]
I'd like to ask how I should design this vertical RecyclerView while the ChildViews are cards now I'd like to make a Card with the RecyclerView in it but since Cards inside a Card equals Cardception I'...
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What should be the Security Pattern for Wallet App?
I'm in early stages of developing an Android app for Wallet. I need to be clear about security options I should use. I have a couple of Options listed. Help choose a user-friendly option or suggest ...
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What tools can I use to design for Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)? [closed]
I have to create a few prototypes (Balsamiq style) for Android 4.0 (ICS). I tried looking into tools etc from previous questions and from Google, but nothing seems to work for me.
What tools can I ...
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Profile screen when tabs on top
I am making an Android app. When the equivalent of this app on iOS is using bottom tabs, the recommended way to get it onto Android is to use a top tab bar like this:
So true to this, I have created ...
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Do material design's floating action buttons provide a bad UX?
Google's material design largely focuses on clean visuals and a good user experience, but there is one feature that I have questioned: floating action buttons.
This is a large button that appears in ...
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What is a better approach to AlertDialog?
Let's put it this way;
What is a better approach when you ask user to confirm/reject something while need to choose a value in a mobile application?
I have the following options:
Scroll-able content....
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How to select a location using Google Maps
I'am developing an Android app where users can add clients specifying a name and a location. The name is required, the location is optional. Under the hood the location is composed of:
Address as a ...
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What's the name of this "bubble" for selecting the cursor position?
I am trying implement something similar to this "drop" or "bubble under cursor" used in Android for selecting cursor position, pasting, etc. but I am having trouble to find the name of it.
Bonus, if ...
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Accordions on iOS, and Android
Back in the day, Accordions for web apps were quite common. We built a Silverlight app, and it has a very Accordion-centric workflow. The content is mainly divided up in to Accordion panels because a) ...
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Android tab tap to top
I was wondering whether it is a habit of scrolling to the top of the list when a tab was tapped.
I looked into the Android design guidelines and I couldn't find any information about this. However ...
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Do Jog Dials make for good UX?
This question follows on from my previous question. In one of my comments there I had mentioned that I was going to use a round slider instead of the linear one I had been using. Whilst this worked ...
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Add to homescreen
I've been looking for best practices where to put additional link "Add to homescreen". We need to implement it while the user logs in or has just logged in.
I do not want to use a pop-up to make it so ...
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Certain features of the app restricted to one country?
Suppose there is an app with three main core features. One of the core features can be used by users of any country and it will work fine.
The remaining two core features of the app may not work fine ...
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Changing icon for toggle menu button [duplicate]
Currently, I have menu button for toggle purpose. User can switch between original web view, or striped down mobile view.
Currently, we are in original web view
On action bar, I'm showing a phone ...
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How to deal with a lot (250+) of settings?
I'm currently working on an Android application that has a lot of (over 250) individual settings. During most of the app's existence there was no designer working on it, so the settings UI is mostly (...
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Why isn't it common to swipe between top-level views when we use a bottom navigation?
It’s a common pattern on Android that if you have a tabs, you can swipe between top-level views. Google introduced the bottom navigation a while ago, which we already know from iOS. How come it isn’t ...
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How to handle a single option in a dropdown?
I have an android screen that displays one dropdown select 'spinner' like this (the 'THIS WEEK▼' item)
The app has multiple games and each game has its own leaderboards.
The designer says that if ...
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Is Address input box along with pick your location in a same filed in mobile will be User friendly?
I am designing a food delivery app. I want to make it as minimal and user friendly as possible. In the image below we have two options to input the address:
1- In the left side image, there is a ...
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How to make "call to action" in image listview in android when where is only one element in list?
This is typical listview with big image representing one element in list.
Problem is that most test users where didn't event try to click on image (to go to next activity(page)). I tryed to put an ...
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How do I display the whole chat thread title when the title view is specifically designed to be one-line?
Here's the screenshot of a list of all chats:
The title of the chat, i.e. Message Message......, is designed to be single line display only. However, users can enter have titles that are longer than ...
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Is a navigation drawer preferred over a menu when menu items are not the main function?
I'm doubting whether a navigation drawer or a simple Android menu would be more user-friendly in the following case.
I have the following menu items (which are obviously not the main functions of the ...
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Showing Android "direct share" targets for a logged-out app
With Android's direct share feature, is it ok to show share targets for an app that is in a logged-out state?
Pro: It helps users discover your app and when they tap on the target, it will simply ...
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Deletion and Editing by Long Press
I am thinking of having the user long press any item on my iOS and Android apps in order to edit or delete it. Is that ok to do? Please see below. Will it work well? Thanks.
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Is there a "best place" to put ads in an app to avoid user irritation or will users look over them anyway?
I'm embarking on a new project and one of the stipulations from the client is that the Android app I am designing MUST have banner ads in it but they are also to be put where they will "cause the ...
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UI/UX for Comparing items based on parameters side by side in an Android App
What is the best UX/UI for comparing three to four products based on certain set of parameters in Android app. The audience is predominantly an Android phone in portrait mode. Basically users should ...
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IOS & Android - Should tap bars be persistent and always visible?
I'm working on an Android & IOS app and have a question regarding the tap bar.
The information architecture will be 2-level deep. Both platforms will have a tap bar fixed at the bottom of the ...
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Is showing an ad after a home button press too annoying?
I wanted for an Android app I'm developing to show an ad first time the user tries to exit the app, when done with the back button it works fine, but in the case the home button is the one that's ...
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Seasonal response to app color schemes
As I get ready to launch my mobile app I am in the process of reviewing a number of UI/UX issues. The app in question is broadly best described as a "shopping app". I find myself wondering - are ...
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Row-wise or column-wise ordering?
I noticed that the Messenger app in iOS and Android orders the emoji differently: column-wise vs row-wise, respectively.
I tried searching their guidelines but could not find any reference to the ...
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When to use Action Overflow Menu vs Modal List
For a mobile web app when would you use an action overflow menu as opposed to a modal window list?
Here is an example of a modal window list used on Instagram App (android):
Here is an example of a ...
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What kind of design to use for nested options?
I have this kind of structure.
At the top I have 2 options,
Depending on which, I have 2 or 3 options,
Below them I have single layout.
This options are changeable. I want user to select from ...
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Name of the Android popup opened by long pressing the power button
On Android devices, when you hold the power button for a couple of seconds, a screen pops up with options like “airplane mode”, “silent mode”, “restart”, and “power off”. Is there a name for this ...
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Options on List Element Android vs. iOS
I am designing a mobile app. One of the screens contains a list. There are options for each list element such as view details, edit, delete, ...
For Android there is the more options icon (three ...
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Using two different fonts on a mobile application
In my mobile app, I use two fonts; MaaxRounded for h1-h6 and Roboto for paragraph and description text.
My co-worker asked why I was using two fonts, and I at first didn't have an answer. After ...
