Mobile Apps Design Principles

Byte Intelligent Systems

Doaa Fadally

1. General Principles of Mobile Interface Design.

2. Android Design Guidelines.

3. IOS Design Guidelines.

4. Comparative between IOS & Android Designs.

General Principles of Mobile Interface Design:

1- Mobile mindset. - Be focused. - Be unique. - Be charming. - Be considerate.

2- Mobile contexts. - Bored. - Busy. - Lost.

General Principles of Mobile Interface Design:

3- Global Guidelines. - Responsive. - Thumbs. - Targets. - Content. - Controls. - Scrolling.

4- Navigation Model. - None (ex: Weather app on iPhone). - Tab Bar (ex: Twitter on iPhone). - Drill Down (ex: setting app on iPhone).

General Principles of Mobile Interface Design:

5- User input.

6- Orientation.

7- Communications. - provide feedback. - Modal alerts. - confirmations.

8- First impressions. - Your icon. - First launch.

Comparative between IOS & Android Designs:

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