Questions tagged [ios]
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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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Is Apple's or Google's meaning of the three-horizontal-bar icon more popular?
Apple and Google are going head-to-head to define meaning of the three-horizontal-bars icon:
In iOS this icon means "drag me to rearrange items in a list" while Google Chrome's version means "click ...
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Hamburger Menu - is it a good thing? [closed]
I've always been doubtful about the "Hamburger menu" in iOS apps. That is, until recently. I now think it's a really terrible device that used as just a lazy way out when you can't think of ...
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Should I follow the Android guideline or keep my app's own style when porting it from iOS?
My new project is to port an iOS app to Android platform. Before get started, I'm quite confused on whether I should follow google's guideline since some big titles on Android platform still keep the ...
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best image to indicate swipe left right
What is the most appropriate image to indicate to users to swipe left or right?
i am using http://cubiq.org/swipeview but i feel like it needs a swipe indicator in the background somewhere.
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iOS multi-step form and user input validation
I need to design a form that may consist of 3 or 4 steps, all of them requesting both mandatory and optional data. The overall form contains a lot of data inputs, so I thought it would be better to ...
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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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How could one prevent drunk users from using a mobile application?
Consider a mobile application which for some reason needs to prevent drunk users from using it (e.g. to avoid dreaded "drunk dials" or "drunk texts"). How could "sober authentication" be executed from ...
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Down arrow and up arrow status
I have to make an iOS app, where there are categories and I have to show the decrease and increase in status of particular category.
For decrease I used a red down arrow. For increase I used a green ...
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What is the iOS alternative to a radio button?
There is a radio button in android and WEB but what is the best alternative in iOS? And please don't say segmented control becuase it's not working in my case.
The case is a list of items 3-6 which ...
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Asking feedback/rating for a mobile app?
Fig.1: A typical prompt, asking user for feedback/rating in iOS
Background
Any serious smartphone users must have seen a message similar to Fig.1 above at least once. Variations of such prompt include:...
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Do spinner-based date pickers on iOS & Android detract from the user's experience?
Generally speaking, the rule of thumb on mobile devices is to follow the platform conventions, and that native controls are almost always better than custom UIs. However, I'm at a loss as to whether ...
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What control should I use to indicate multi-select lists on iOS?
Scenario
The user can choose multiple items from a list, which will be carried forward to the next action.
Problem
In iOS, there are no checkboxes available to make it clear to the user that this ...
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Is it OK to use hamburger menus in iOS?
So, I have about 7 actions users may need in my app, and I have to use text instead of icons because it is a customer requirement.
I can add only 3 actions to my toolbar on iPhone 6. On Android you ...
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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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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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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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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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Is there a design pattern for dropdown lists in iOS?
I've searched quite a bit for this but surprisingly could not find any comprehensive answer. XCode doesn't provide any simple way to add dropdown lists to iOS interfaces. Stackoverflow just showed ...
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Is it a strong anti-pattern to use a Floating Action Button in an iOS app?
Floating Action Buttons - invented by the Google Material Design Team - are rather popular on Android. Apple's closest equivalent are perhaps an action icon at top-right or the bottom Tool Bar pattern ...
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Is it appropriate to use Metro style design for a cross-platform mobile app
I'm finding it really difficult to design UI's for android and ios after falling in love with the windows metro design.
I wondered if providing a metro style app across all platforms would be such 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 to properly indicate that a chat message is sent-received-seen? The WhatsApp way?
We are building a cross platform mobile application and I am kind of responsible for iOS part. I'm the first one to begin to work on the instant messaging feature, so my decisions will affect my ...
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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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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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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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How to present an optional binary choice without a preset value?
How would you go about approaching a form where the user should pick one of the binary choices (yes/no) in the UI, but it should also not be enforced to block advancement within the flow.
So ...
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Why is a scrollable bottom tab bar discouraged?
Why is horizontal scrolling in a bottom tab bar commonly discouraged? Both iOS and Android guidelines discourage it.
And for some reason scrolling navigation is sometimes okay at the top? (Android ...
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Should we keep the native feel for a cross-platform app or not?
When developing a cross platform application should I try to make the application look exactly the same on both iOS and Android or try to keep a native feel to it depending on the platform?
I've read ...
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What is the best practice for displaying a data grid on a mobile device?
I can't find resources, guidelines or best practices for natively displaying a data grid on an enterprise mobile app?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
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What is the most appropriate opposite of “Select All”?
Is it more appropriate to use "Deselect All" or "Select None" or some other phrase to indicate the opposite of "Select All"?
Context: A toggle button in an iOS app UIToolbar that will select all ...
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Using Material Design on iOS
I have an Android app developed by using Material Design principles. Currently, I am planning to release it on iOS too.
I read several blogs/SO posts, which state that Apple is strict about Flat ...
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Alternative to the tab bar (in iPhone app)
I have a project that has 8 different areas, e.g, travel, weather, etc. The front page is going to have 8 different icons; they will navigate to each section. I will then need something like a tab bar ...
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How important is it to stick to the platform guidelines in mobile app design?
I'm designing a mobile app.
The developer is using a framework which uses native building blocks for iOS and Android. Customising means extra dev work.
Developer says: "Why waste time when ...
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What's the design pattern at the end of infinite scroll?
I have an app (iOS) that outputs a grid with all the applicable products.
Is there a prevalent design pattern that indicates the end of infinite scroll?
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Rate Now, Remind Me Later, Never Remind Me Again
I'm creating a mobile app that would alert users on its initial startup to rate it and link to the App Store for a written review.
From doing some research so far I've found two approaches that ...
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Is iOS navigation bar placement at the top of screen a design flaw?
I always was wondered why the iOS navigation bar is placed at the top of the screen.
Navigation is a crucial of using an application, and some studies:
http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2013/02/...
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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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Benefits of following OS design guidelines
We are currently working on a cross platform application for iOS and Android. From a development perspective the plan is that the UI, interaction and experience will be replicated across both ...
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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 at the bottom or top of the window (View). Does the cash the developers create change if you put ...
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how to indicate mandatory group in IOS -UPDATED
I have a form where fields are marked (*) to indicated they are required. But there is a strange use case where Level and Space have a dependency on each other such that either space or level or both ...
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Change the UI design step by step or at one go?
There is an iOS app which has been on the app store for several years and there are several hundreds of active users. A proposal has been made to revamp the entire UI from scratch. The end result will ...
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Several buttons in navbar on iOS
I'm currently working on a app that basically follows Apple's HIG with title, back button and an additional button in navbar on all pages, but it's where my questions start.
It is a search/browse ...
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App drawer - does side matter?
I designed an app and would like advice on the side drawer. You almost always see it placed on the left side of the app. Have there been any references or studies on what happens if it's placed on the ...
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What is the quickest input format to select what animals a user sees
I hope someone can suggest an efficient input format for a user to input what animals he/she saw and how many of each. It is for an iOS/Android app.
The idea is that the user can add by pushing the ...
