Questions tagged [ios]
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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UX laptop on a budget [closed]
As a new UX designer, I want to upgrade my laptop. I can’t afford a new MacBook Pro. What second hand/refurbished laptops do you recommend?
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Sign up flow for a mobile app IAP subscription that requires account linking
I've got an existing app that doesn't require any user sign up that allows users to organise lists (all on device storage). It has about 5000 users and I'm thinking of ways I can add value for my ...
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What do designers do when a new Apple Components Library comes out?
I'm using the newest iOS and MacOS Components Libraries for Sketch that I downloaded from the Apple HIG site.
There are some components that either don't make sense or there is a part of the component ...
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Affirmative action button on right, Dismissive on left … unless affirmative is destructive?
I have had a question about the contradictory nature of the Apple HIG in regard to button placement in dialogs.
They say that Affirmative action button on right (Print), Dismissive on left (Cancel), ...
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iOS Custom video trimmer UI
I'm trying to make a video editing app and for that I need to create a video timeline where I will put different views depending on the amount of videos that are being editing and their longitude.
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The right Layout grid for iOS UI design
I just downloaded the free iOS 13 GUI for figma and I tried to see whether their app templates follow a standard grid layout format, and by the way it looks they don't - components are not aligned ...
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Is there any guidelines regarding forms cancelling on iOS 13?
iOS 13 added the “swipe to dismiss” feature to form sheets. I’m trying to find how to manage saving and cancelling on my forms to be as practical as possible.
On native apps
I took a look at iOS ...
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Smaller font sizes on smaller screen devices
I'm an iOS developer and I recently had a discussion with a designer in my team about the font size of a label in an iOS app that we are producing. It is a small label that is used to present the user ...
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How can I make the user choose between two options (Available or not Available) in IOS?
If i want the user to choose one of the two options(available or not available) ... what is the best thing for this design in ios application..I tried to use fragments buttons, is that true?
How can ...
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iOS app. Looking for Weeks picker!
I'm working on iOS app for medical doctors that lets them find a job.
Doctors work part time and could change several hospitals for a year. Hospitals hire them when they need a specific practitioner....
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Determining app compatibility and iPhones?
I’m working on an app for iPhones and android devices. I’m trying to figure which smartphones the app will run in.
In the case of the iPhone, I’ve seen that developers tend to develop the app so that ...
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Segmented control at the bottom of the screen in iOS
Is this a common pattern to put a segmented control at the bottom of the screen? I've seen this only in the native iOS 13 Photos app.
This is a segmented control on the screenshot below, right? If ...
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“Translate” mobile app mockup dimensions from desktop to smartphone size?
I'm pretty sure this is a common issue, but I'm not certain if I'll be able to explain myself correctly. So please bear with me.
I'm including a screenshot of a mobile app I'm working on in my ...
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Mobile Tables - Accessibility (iOS vs Android)
iOS - Disclosure Indicators
When this element is present, users know they can tap anywhere in the row to see the next level in the hierarchy or the choices associated with the list item. Use a ...
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Best way to indicate secondary list items within an expandable list will lead to a new screen? iOS mobile app
I'm designing a page with an accordion list (not a sidebar menu) in a financial iOS app. I'm trying show that eacg primary list item is expandable/collapsible (indicated by up-down chevrons), and that ...
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What's the best way to combine an action outside of the UI with an action in the UI?
Working on a picking flow for a warehouse app and I'm having trouble translating the following flow into design
Go to space --> Scan space --> Scan product --> Enter # of units picked
thinking ...
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iOS App: Segmented control for Login/Signup screens
I am planning UX for an app and currently working on Login/Signup screens. Looking at some various other app screens, it looks like the most common is to make welcome screens with both options - Login ...
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Whats the best naming convention for items inside a list/cell using Sketch symbols?
The symbols included in Sketch have this structure for cells (used in list/table):
Insert > Symbols > iOS UI Design > Cells > Table
Insert > Symbols > iOS UI Design > Overrides > Cells
Using the ...
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When to shown app intro onboarding? before or after sign up
For mobile applications when it is good to show the app intro onboarding(slider with app features). I have seen some mobile apps showing app intro before signup process and most after. Which is most ...
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Is there a Material 'Chips' UI component in the IOS HIG?
If so, is there a resource somewhere I can grab it or some documentation on it? Basically just want to have a list of tags that a user can delete. If the HIG has something i'd prefer to use that.
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How is the material design Snackbar accessible if someone is using a screen reader?
I have an accessibility question about the snackbar pattern used in Material Design. Snackbars - Material Design
The behaviour of a snackbar is to appear for a temporary period of time then ...
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Is it okay to display Home icon instead of the Back icon in mobile applications?
I am designing a mobile application, it is to schedule medical visits. The initial screen is the list of appointments and from there, user can navigate to see visit details. When the user is in the ...
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When to use Apples 'SF Rounded' font?
Apple uses in certain cases 'SF Rounded' for big titles and number values (e.g. Apple Pay Transaction Detail), in many other cases they still use the regular SF font (e.g. calculator, timer app).
Is ...
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iOS list with checkboxes and radio buttons alternative
I have a question regarding the default component for checkboxes and radio buttons in iOS.
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In this flow, the user will have to create a two period charging recurrence (for a service), ...
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iOS: Delete/Upload button position
My iOS app (for iPhone and iPad) has two main screen with two buttons each:
A table: Clicking on one of the cells opens screen 2; with Upload & Delete button
Detailed screen with more information ...
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Native iOS icon sets
I've always found designing natively for iOS tricky - Google seems to just have everything there for you to look through and design exactly the same.
Whereas the Apple Human Interface Guidelines ...
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Cocoa - When do you include a submit button?
I am designing an app with some forms. I have looked at other Cocoa apps to see how they handle the submission of forms. Some apps don't have a submit button and update their backing datastore (or ...
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Asking for permissions to access contacts Android and IOS on native apps
Hi wondering if someone can answer this...
Is it necessary to ask the user for permission before accessing a list of contacts on a native app.. see attached image for context.
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Screen size to design for Android and iOS React Native App?
I am designing a mobile app (UI/UX Design) for a client that will be developed using React Native. What screen size should I start with? Do I need to design 2 different apps for this?
I have been ...
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iOS Segmented Controls
I'm trying to figure out the use cases for the different sizes of segmented controls, specifically the 2 segmented one.
The app store has a longer version (located below the Nav bar), while the iTunes ...
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What is the best native iOS solution for a Radio Button with just two options?
The challenge I'm faced with is that I have a horizontally scrolling series of cards that have two common questions for each item, say, Did you perform activity x? and Did you perform activity y?, and ...
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Should I use SVG or PNG in Xamarin Forms for iOS and Android? [closed]
If we use PNG - for iOS we will use @x1 @x2 @x3 size per image (which is just a click a way in Zeplin/Sketch). For Android around 5 image sizes, meaning we have to maintain 8 PNG images per graphic ...
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What is the preferred way of displaying interactive information in a small space, eg table cell?
I have a list of athletes that have competed in a race. For each athlete, I want to be able to do a couple actions for each athlete, like
View Time Online
View Team of Athlete
View Time Splits
View ...
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Is the tab bar generally accessible from subpages on iOS?
The answer at this StackOverflow question clearly explains that the Material Design guidelines recommend showing the bottom navigation (or tab bar, as iOS calls it) on subpages.
Is the same practice ...
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Notification to jump to specialist content in feed
Is there a "best in class" example of how to direct users to a specific bit of content in their feed?
I am working on a pilot app that curates articles for students and I am looking for an effective ...
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Making a form with excluding fields to search for flights (iOS app)
I am currently facing a UX situation which I'm not sure how to solve.
I have a place on my app where I can search for flights inputting either the Airline, Departure and Destination airports, or the ...
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Navigating two charts on one screen
I want to display two charts on one page and have similar chart navigation and examination experience as iOS Apple Health app does. The issue is that Apple Heath has only one chart on the page but ...
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Accessibility guidelines for Mobile Apps
Can you recommend me a guide or book for making apps focused on people with vision problems? Some kind of accessibility guidelines.
I know there are some guidelines in the iOS/Android documentation, ...
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Action Sheets then Alert Box Delete Confirmation Issue (iOS)
This is regarding the user experience issue in iOS, iPhone.
User comes to the first screen, which is the action sheet with a more button on a previous page. There is only one option which is delete ...
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How to handoff animation for iOS developers? [closed]
I'm a designer and interested in different ways I can handoff animation to iOS developers and the best ways to do that depending on a particular case.
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I know Lottie works best for animating ...
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Can some part of my app have their own tabbar in a iOS app?
I trying to design my iOS app, and I’m going to 2 bottom tab bar on different page. I would like if it’s good and a another better way exists.
Here is why:
When I log in my app, I would like user to ...
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Should I live update content list or implement pull to refresh in iOS?
I am developing an iOS app which has Firestore/Firebase as its backend datastore. Firebase provides live data change notification. Should I listen to those and update the tableview cell content ...
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iOS Long Press Button
I am putting together a simple single-player puzzle type app that has undo/redo capability. I would like to provide the ability to undo/redo a single action via a button click OR to undo/redo ...
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Progress indicator position in iOS [closed]
Having a little bit of struggle while designing a iOS app. What do you think is the right position for progress indicator - right or left side of text?
Checking for updates...
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Checking for ...
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iOS inconsistencies (modal vs push)
The iOS settings app has some inconsistencies I want to bring up to discuss the reasoning for their choices.
Settings > General > Language & Region > Region uses a modal with a filter ...
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How do you approach orientation in iOS and Android?
To anyone who has participated in the creation of a mobile app I have a question:
Was it designed/planned for both portrait and landscape?
If not:
Why?
Did you discuss this with your team?
What was ...
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iOS and Android app - data download or page navigation first
What is the best perceived UX for mobile applications which require data downloaded midway through the journey. I cannot find this information online in Apple's Human Interface Guidelines (or I am ...
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Using the Title in Navigation Bar for a page status
I'm designing an app on iOS & Android. My client wants the title in the Navigation Bar/App Bar to be a status rather than a page title.
Instead of "Registration" he wants to switch between "...
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How to handle multiple objects on the same day in my timeline?
I am making an app where a series of posts are shown side by side chronologically. Then on the same page, there is a timeline at the bottom where each post is represented by a colored tick. You can ...
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User experience issues when the order of content changes?
I'm working on an iOS project for users with age 55+ years who have not to much experience in using mobile devices.
I have around 8 tiles with information to show the user. (Scroll View)
By time ...
