Questions tagged [mobile-application]
A software application designed to run on smartphones, tablet computers and other mobile devices.
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How big should an analogue stick be on a mobile game?
I am developing a mobile game, for fun, and am adding an analogue stick to control the main character. It looks something like this:
I am hoping to get some advice on the appropriate size and ...
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Drawing on Mobile with fingers: magnifier or offset from finger location?
We are working on a "remove objects from photos" app, where the users highlight/select a part of an image they want to remove and the app takes care of it.
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Should you increase tap target size with text scale factor?
When a user has difficulties reading text and has to increase the font size they use on mobile phone, should tap targets increase as well?
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What should be the vertical placement of primary button on a mobile screen? And why?
A user scans the screen from left to right and top to bottom.
So, we use the primary action (or primary CTA) on the right side while designing for the web.
If we consider top to bottom scan approach ...
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Entering a Distance
I'm building a mobile form to capture a golf scorecard. There's inherently repetition there (either 9 or 18 holes). Currently the user enters the par via a segment button and the distance via an empty ...
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Best practices: keyboard dismissal and button display in mobile apps
We have both iOS and Android apps with forms in multiple places, and are looking for an appropriate UX pattern for continuing when the form is complete.
Example: On the login screen, the user must ...
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How to implement list filter functionality for mobile use case
I have a list of vehicles in a mobile application. The user needs to be able to filter the list of vehicles with a few rules/requirements:
User must be able to filter the list of vehicles i.e search ...
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Placing logout button in menu-less application
This particular application does not have a side menu, bottom navigation or a Profile/Account page. Although it requires the user to Sign In to proceed.
NOTE: This is a front-facing application ...
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Solutions for long App names for both App Store/Play Store and using an icon name
What is the preferred method for working with long app names? When the app name is required and can not be changed when a company might have multiple apps with similar names.
Do apps mainly keep the ...
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Onboarding before using app vs previewing first?
I'm an Android user and it seems fairly standard on Android to be able to play around with an app before signing up. This is how I designed my apps. However, I showed it to some iOS users and they ...
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What is the repeated, blurred image background called?
I have a card component with a photo. I don't want any portion of photos to be cut off, but this means narrow/vertical photos will have empty space to the sides.
I want to use that blur tiling often ...
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Guiding users to enter their membership number from email to app
I'm designing a feature to encourage users to sign up as a frequent flyer member on a flight booking app. This feature will appear on the booking summary screen after the user has booked a flight.
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Error on initial push notification subscription
Does it make sense to inform the user with an error message when initial registration to push notifications fails?
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Reasons for the difference in design patterns for mobile to desktop vs. desktop to mobile
I want to follow up on a recent question that related to the WeChat Web experience but expand the scope of the question a little bit further: Is WeChat Web bad for UX?
In recent times companies that ...
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What is the default behaviour for device orientation when switching between apps?
I think there is probably a technical dependency involved, but I will ask the question from a user experience perspective.
Many mobile devices run apps that have a default orientation (i.e. landscape ...
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App Project - Displaying Data
Please see attached. I need to represent this data within an App. My thoughts are just to keep it as a list - with pretty icons. The user will be doing nothing with this data, it is just for reference....
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Sitemap of a Website versus Mobile App
I noticed that sitemap is usually created for a website. Is it also applicable to a mobile application?
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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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On a phone, navigating to next item in a list
This is a question for the phone UI.
I have an app where people can store documents. The main page shows users a scrollable list of their documents. They can then tap to view an individual document. ...
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Improve experience when using anchor link from different touchpoints
My detail page on mobile app is setting with different sections and have a tab menu fixed on top when scrolling. The issue that I have right now is, each section can be a separate touchpoint on other ...
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Using a single text field with auto type detection in an app
So we want to increase the number of accepted fields in our app of which people use as identifier to transfer to. We currently have mobile number and email , however we intend to increase to add ...
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Finding a tested color combination for mobile app header and Search box?
We have a mobile app with a regular header (filters, search, etc.) and a results listview at the bottom (fyi the icon to the right is not the real icon).
I like how the app looks and I don't want to ...
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Using audio files with Figma for mobile app, trying Protopie
We are building a mobile app in the mental health space.
When we started we chose Figma without realising that it doesn’t have audio support. We have a lot of storytelling in our lessons where we want ...
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Showing that dropdown filter has been applied?
An issue I've had with mobile apps with dropdowns is that when I change the dropdown selection, it's not clear if the filter was applied. It usually happens when my phone has weak reception. I ...
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Determining Information Priority using digital Survey
This question is regarding an event/activity booking mobile application.
The content users are served (offers and vendors) can be grouped by Regions (multiple) & Interest categories (6). Users ...
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How to inform user that an action will launch another app (in mobile)?
I'm very familiar with the visual cue of a link launching a new website as is used in wikipedia:
However I'm not sure of how this works on mobile apps, for example I have this situation:
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Tradeoffs in buy-in/uptake, retention, usability and engagement when splitting an app in two (or more)
I'm designing an app that, due to its nature, has 3-4 absolutely distinct but interacting role-types. However, importantly, a single person can be tagged with any combination of these roles. One ...
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Designing android apps: Material design and apps with own character
I'm new to mobile app development. I came across material design and its guidelines even though I just scratched the surface. I basically am curious how strict the guidelines have to be followed to be ...
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How should an app clarify that you can choose the outcome size only during the first 2 of the 4-step process?
I am working on an app that synthesizes long texts, articles, essays.
You paste in the text and the system starts synthesizing.
You can choose a size or length for the final format, say Short, Medium, ...
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Mobile Screen Highlight/Tooltip Overlay - Feedback Loop
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I'm working on a mobile app that provides real-time feedback on accessibility issues of other applications (not built or controlled by me) on the device, similar to Axe or Google's ...
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What are real examples of content-driven navigation?
Reading Apple HIG Guideline I came across an explanation of the content-driven navigation. It says that games, books, and other immersive apps use this navigation type. But what other immersive apps? ...
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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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Best practice for multiple select categories
I'm designing an e-commerce mobile app where the products can be filtered by multiple categories. The problem is, the categories can be up to three layers.
The hierarchy example
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What's the best signing up a user through social login?
I'm working on a project whereby both email and phone number is required from the user.
The user is able to sign up by email or through their social account. From my understanding of social sign ups ...
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