Sunny Chawla, Negosentro | The mobile app industry today is what the website industry used to be ten years ago. Almost every company has it. It is one of those tools that have altered into a necessity for all businesses. But wanting an app and building an application are two distinct things. For this reason, even companies with mobile apps struggle hard to optimize their mobile apps as per the target audience. Considering the precise disciplines of mobile design can make an app killer or failure. So, here are some tips that you must keep in mind when developing and designing a mobile app for your iOS platform.
- If You Want to Deliver a Rich User Experience
Hybrid apps are usually considered to deliver a compromised user experience. The developers need to put in lots of efforts to develop consistent user interface behavior that usually falls short of the native UI.
You can develop ground-breaking, beautiful, and powerful apps selecting the native platform.
- If You Want to Deliver User-Friendly Apps
Developing native apps for iOS can bring in more benefits as they are already aware to your customers. While developers are already aware of precise ways and expect how the apps would function, users are also well-acquainted with such apps. They are familiar with the navigation, flow, and feel and other aspects of the apps.
Hence, if you plan to develop a hybrid app then the process can be slightly tricky. Hybrid apps always depend on third party framework to keep pace with the dynamic Android and iOS platforms.
- If You Want to Develop Rich Media and Interactive Apps
Have you come across any famous gaming app developed on hybrid platform?
Most probably not!
The reason is hybrid apps do not offer the correct platform for graphic or animation intensive apps like rich media or interactive games.
The better is the platform, the more interactive the app would be. Your requirements for a native functionality will be more when you would move further the slope.
- If you want to Target the Maximum Audience
Once you are convinced to design a native mobile app, the next vital thing would be to consider where your application would be used. It is vital as the way an application is used can directly impact its design.
For example, if your app is meant for people while walking around, then it needs to include geo-location functionality. At the same time, you need to make sure that the core functions of app are easy to access and use. Likewise, if you apps is selling products then you need to mention price, add to cart, buy, and other such features.
- If You Want to Cater Multiple Screen Sizes
Despite same mobile platform, there could be variations in resolutions and screen sizes based on the type of device. For example, the resolution and screen size for HTC EVO 4G is different than HTC Incredible.
To ensure that your application delivers a consistent look throughout, you need to design scalable graphics and user interface.
- If you Consider Existing UI Conventions
There are specific user interface aspects tailored for desktop apps and mobile apps. Though you may not follow such guidelines 100% of time, adopting consistent methods to display data and to interact with the content will make it easier for your app to get picked by end-users. Following such conventions will also ensure that the app is consistent with other types of applications that are there on a mobile device.
Major mobile platforms have documented guidelines to design user interface. For example, Apple holds an extensive overview of iPhone detailing and offer examples of basic UI conventions that must be considered when developing an iPhone app. Similarly, the Android UI team holds its own guidelines for User Interface, completing the overviews of widget, icon, menu, task design, and activities. Likewise, even BlackBerry devices have delineated guidelines for sections like touchscreen, handling trackball, and more.
- If You Want to Design for Touch
In most of the cases, your mobile app would be used by others. Hence, it is essential to create a mobile app around ergonomics and touch.
Consider the way you would hold your phone in your hand. Now, think where your thumb will rest. For this reason, most of the applications have main selectors and menus at the bottom of screen and the content close to the top of screen. Applications with such a layout are friendlier to touch and use.
Wrapping Up
Deciding the perfect architecture for your app is a critical decision. But the good thing is there is no right or wrong way to do it. All this depends on your requirements and preferences. List down your requirements and priorities, and even do a market survey. Lastly, do weigh the pros and cons and then take a well-informed decision.
Author Bio –
Sunny Chawla is a Marketing Manager at AIS Technolabs. Web-design and Development Company, helping global businesses to grow in online market. He would love to share thoughts on iOS App Development Services, Digital marketing etc.
