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Long press on Android and iOs for Multi-touch apps? [duplicate]
Can it be used the long press? How can we assume the users know it?
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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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In a high precision meter do I display battery voltage as a fractional number of volts or as a whole number of millivolts?
There's an Android battery meter application for enthusiasts (control freaks actually) that displays the remaining charge percentage and the current voltage. A typical phone will use a Li-Ion battery ...
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A tabbed Android UX element similar to iOS App card?
Is there a standard Android layout that allows for tabs within a context menu? Something similar to the iOS app card would be great.
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Should I build camera functionality into a photo sharing app or let the user use the device camera app they would already be familiar with?
I have been working on the idea I have for sort of another photo sharing app. Last few days, as I have been working on the part of it for taking photos in square format (like instagram) I started to ...
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What android UI control fits for selection of number in large range?
I'm working on a application for tracking body mass measurements. I need the user to be able to input a number representing body weight, whose magnitude ranges from 0.00 kg to normally 300.00 kg. The ...
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Have controls fade out on scroll?
Background
In our application we have a list view of contacts. In addition to the list there is a filter panel at the top of the list which provides contact type filtering through a segment control:
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Android/iOS: Homescreen [closed]
I have noticed more and more mobile apps are removing their home screen, especially iOS apps. What do you think of this?
Personally I think sometimes an app's home screen is redundant, just a pretty ...
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Is swiping up/down better than swiping left/right for changing months on a calendar?
I have created a custom View to display a Calendar in Android.
The display is always 1 month. I'm using a swipe to the sides to switch months. Now I have seen some other Apps (including the installed ...
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Android's Action Bar visiblity
I need advice regarding Android's action bar usage. Do you think an action bar should always:
a) remain visible on all screens of an application (except when the user choose to view for example a ...
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What is the most used method to categorize new threads in a mobile forum application? [closed]
I am planning to launch a new Forum/Chat app for Android/iPhone. The app requires users to specify a category before creating a new thread.
What is the most common method to show and allow users to ...
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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.
Edit: for ...
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Sign up Process on Mobile
We are doing a Mobile App only sign up as we are not launching the web application immediately.
We need to capture as much information of the user to give them a personalized service
We had planned ...
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Difference between android and ipad application
What are the key factors which makes an app more of android or iPad specific. Would like to hear about usability part of it also.
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Android application for London Transport (usability ?) [closed]
I'm developing the Android application for London Transport which includes Journey Planner, Tube status, Live Departures Boards, Maps, Finding a taxi function and so on.
I'd like to get some ...
