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Questions tagged [mobile-application]

A software application designed to run on smartphones, tablet computers and other mobile devices.

Usually available through application distribution platforms, which are typically operated by the owner of the mobile operating system, such as the Apple App Store, Google Play, Windows Phone Store, and BlackBerry App World.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_app

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Monthly budget screen - need to take into account whether it's early/late in the month

I’m currently working on a budget management mobile app. The app has a screen which shows a list of categories, and for each one the following information is displayed: How much spending money the user has allocated to the category How much money…
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Why does previous button in music player apps start the current track from the beginning instead of going to the previous track?

In music player apps, the next button will change the track and play the next track in the playlist. But on pressing the previous button the track is not changed. Instead the current track starts from the beginning. And if previous button is pressed…
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Is there a proper way to let users know about known issues

I am working on an Android application and I have some known issues (both platform related and "won't fix" issues). Is there a proper way to let users know about these known issues? How visible should this list be? Just to clarify: I don't…
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How to ask the user to sign in or sign up (mobile app)

I am busy designing my first mobile app and I want to ask for some help. After some research I realised that you do not have to ask for Sign In / Sign Up as the first screen in your app. My Question is where and how should I prompt the user to Sign…
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Where should I place another language link for a page like wikipedia on mobile

Is there is a better suggestion than attached?
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Alternatives to radio buttons on mobile app?

I designed a mobile app which allows users to make selections using radio buttons. The development team is using Xamarin forms which according to the team does not support radio buttons. The team has proposed using switches instead, but I do not…
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Examples of mobile apps that have a sovereign posture

Software applications can fall under four postures - Sovereign, Transient, Daemon, and Parasitic/Auxiliary Which of these categories do mobile applications like Wunderlist, Facebook app, Evernote fall under? (My guess is Parasitic) Apart from mobile…
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What's the best page title in mobile applications?

What's the best practice for setting the title of AppBar in mobile applications? Should it represent the title of the application or should it be the title of the page?
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Split app into two or not?

Wanting to know your opinion on two-sided apps. I'm working on a project at the moment where there will be an app which a regular user would use and an app which a business will use (Similar to what Uber does). The apps will function in a pretty…
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I have a webApp UI Want to transform it to mobile

I have a web-app which has like the above attached image,I want to display the same in mobile but in a meaningful and more convenient way,Need some advice for design the above in mobile. Description of the image/UI: In the Top left : There is a…
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What are slabs of screen sizes for developing apps for mobile devices(including tablets) ?

I am not sure whether my title is clear, so will try to explain here. Before building an app for mobile, what screen size should i consider first keeping in mind the android fragmentation. For iOS its easy as we know the various possibilities where…
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Answer button placement on Mobile phone app

This question is regarding phone apps on Mobiles and Desktops. When I receive a call on my Mobile phone app "Answer" button is placed on right side of "Decline" button where as on my desktop same app "Answer" button is placed on left side of…
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How to force upgrade an app to new version (that has live users)

The tech team is rolling out an essential upgrade on our app. This includes essential security updates that cannot be procrastinated by users for later. One way this will be prompted is when users launch the app. But there's a group of users that…
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Should a navigation be specific to a page?

Let's say a mobile application has 2 interfaces: one that lists items, and the other that displays the details of one of these items. Both of these interfaces have the same navigation bar on top of the screen. Should the 2 interfaces be 2 pages, or…
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Buttons position

I'm developing a "dictionary-like" app, with a list of lemmas, definitions and other infos. I was thinking about the wasted spaces for the footbar (1st image). It could be annoying in case of long scrollable pages (all those pages are pretty…
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