Questions tagged [ios]
Questions about iOS, Apple's mobile operating system. Originally developed for the iPhone, it has since been extended to support other Apple, Inc. devices such as the iPod Touch and iPad.
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Can I use material design for both Android and iOS?
I am currently designing an application for Android and iOS. I like Google's Material Design and use of colors.
Can I use the same style and look & fill for iOS apps except the navigation system ...
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I cant find iOS specs equivalent to Material Design
I work in a small company where I already did the design for an app using Material Design guidelines but now I have to design the iOS version; maybe I got used to Material guidelines but I can't find ...
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App artboard size confusion
I am designing an iPhone 6 app. I have set up my artboard to 750 X 1334px which I have found to be the standard size according to helpful websites. However, When convert the artboard size to inches it ...
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Sketch: How to best sync design elements between iOS and Android Wireframe?
I'm looking for some input on your best practices/workflows for creating app wireframes for both iOS and Android.
I'm working on a project now that needs quite high fidelity wireframes for an app we ...
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Beginner with iOS UI Design
I want to start designing iOS app UI in Photoshop but I can't find up-to-date tutorials and informations about document resolution, ppi of document, getting retina ready and complete guide for it. ...
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Icon for reordering a horizontal nav on an iOS app?
So, I know that the icon with the three lines is the most common method of letting the user know that a vertical list is able to be moved around. Example here:
I'm wondering how the same kind of ...
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How to get specs of UI elements from PSD file for IOS?
I'm going to make an IOS app, and I will get interface mockups of my app from a designer. But I don't know in which format he will send me the interface, whether in PSD or JPEG format.
With the given ...
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iOS Lock Screen Icon Questions
I am looking for some information on lock screen icons in iOS. The icon type I am referring to is the small one in the lower left corner.
Also mentioned in this article: http://blog.estimote.com/post/...
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How to create a 2x image asset for a 2x Retina display (iOS)?
Would somebody please clarify this for me? The iPhone 4 has a resolution of 640 x 1136px so if I wanted a square icon, for example, to take up half of the screen, the PNG should still be 640 x 640px ...
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Why PSD design ppi matters on iOS, but not on Android?
A designer told me that he makes a design for iOS using 326dpi resolution. If he uses less, they will not look nice on iPhone and iPad screens (image blurry).
On Android, dpi value on the largest ...
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All-in-one tool to create and export all the iOS icon sizes [duplicate]
Hi I'm an iOS developer and I'm wondering how you design professionals create all those iOS icon sizes that are needed for an app.
For the most part I have seen this as a two-step process:
Create ...
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how to design for iPad screens using a browser interface
I am trying to design for an iPad. The design elements are essentially a background image (2048x1536) and some text (based on font size) - which need to be place in a text area that is defined by ...
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iOS design guidelines like Android's?
What are the standards for designing iOS apps? By standards I mean rules for margins, paddings, font sizes, etc. that should be followed when designing an iOS app. Are there any rules?
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iOS application for viewing a Photoshop file in real time in a device?
I need some help in finding some application(iOS/system) where I can view my Photoshop file in real time on my iPOD(5th gen). I have tried Adobe Edge Inspect. Is there a better alternative?
If ...
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Help creating assets for iOS
I´m new creating assets for iOS. I only did UI until now. I´m a bit confused creating assets ini photoshop. Anyone can let me know the image size in pixels for 1x, 2x and 3x? I´m wrong whit these? 1x= ...
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Is there iOS app for designing interfaces?
I need an iOS app to create wireframes of iOS interface. Are there any apps similar to Balsamiq available? I don't need apps like Marvel or POP. With those I can't prototype instantly in app.
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What are good resources for learning to use Illustrator to design iOS apps?
I've been using Photoshop to do visual designs of apps from wireframes until now and it has gone pretty well. But there's a trend these days to do the visuals also in Illustrator use multiple ...
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Where to hire a graphics designer for mobile app? [duplicate]
My friend and I are making iOS apps and we have are not graphic designers. We have no idea how to do any of that stuff.
Where can we find a graphic designer and how much would he/she cost?
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How do I properly use device imagery in iOS apps?
Recently, I had an app rejected from the Apple App store. The rejection was due to the use of a mobile device being depicted in one of the tutorial screens. Does anyone know of any guidelines for ...
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How to create filters in Photoshop and export for iOS/Android?
What is the design process for creating camera filters in Photoshop (like in Instagram for example), and then exporting them for use on a iOS/Android app?
I can use Curves to create an adjustment ...
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Are iPhone apps based on a grid?
Google provides all design specifications in their design documentation, which is very rich and outlines every single element - its size, padding etc. Everything, including material icons and text ...
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Font size on iOS7 looks different from Photoshop even with same resolution
I'm facing a weird issue here.
I did a mockup for iPhone 5 + iOS7 in Photoshop, and since Photoshop handles font size in points, I passed all these info with the mockup file to the dev team. (e.g: ...
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What is the fastest way to copy a colour in Photoshop as HEX?
A lot of designers use Photoshop as a design and mockup tool. And in doing so, one of the last steps can be to get a lot of the colour information out so things like gradients and dynamic text can be ...
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exporting graphics for ios app - support for both retinna and older devices?
I'm making a iOS app, it needs to target newer retina devices as well as the older 3GS and iPad 1.
Usually I'd just export them at 72 PPI, but for retina is it 150 PPI or 300 PPDI (or another)?
Am I ...
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Android and iOS logos on my website
Can I insert Android and iOS logos to sponsor an App on my website? Or is it considered copyright infringement?
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How to suggest a button is for panning, not tapping?
There are a few icons for directional pads, but after conducting user testing, users kept wanting to tap on it instead of swipe/pan for movement.
What have people done to suggest a component should ...
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What is this pop-up that appears at the bottom of your iphone screen called?
I am making an app, and I want want to use this feature:
the problem is that I do not know what the pop-up feature is called, exactly. I have tried asking on Yahoo Answers but there were no useful ...
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iOS UI design - what dimension size Sketch file to give to developer?
Assuming an iOS app has been designed for iphone 4,5,6,6+ and iPad, what is the ideal dimension Sketch file to give to a developer? This is also assuming there are no major layout changes in the ...
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I'm new to UI design but i've been on other artes(like web design, logo and other)
It's my first time to UI design in iOS and I was given a project app. My question is:
Which is better to UI design, Photoshop or Illustrator (I love them both)?
What is my resolution (and what are ...
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What will a UI designed for a 4S look like on an iPhone 3?
I have designed a UI for the iPhone 4S. What will be the application appearance be if I use the same images and UI for the iPhone3? If I run the same application in iPhone3 and iPhone 4S, what will be ...
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What are the font settings which correspond to "default" font styles in iOS 9?
There is a set of default font styles accessible via the iOS API. What settings (font size, weight, etc.) do they correspond to by default on an iPhone 6 running iOS 9? Does this vary across phones/...
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How can i set 132 Ppi resolution for new document in illustrator?
I am using Illustrator CC and I need to create a document for iOS icons. How can I set, Illustrator only allows me to create 72ppi, 150ppi, or 300ppi.
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Is my mobile UI too busy or just right? [closed]
I recently finished touching up my UI for my app, I was curious to hear some professional opinions. Is it too busy? I need to display a few things in tandem and this was my solution.
If anyone is ...
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Gaussian Blur Overlay (iOs/osTV style) Effect with Indesign CS6?
i'm looking for a way to perform this effect with inDesign but without Photoshop. Does anybody know how?
I tried many option but seem there is no way.
The only think maybe can work is the "insert HTML"...
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Any UI library for iOS and Android (Illustrator)?
I'm developing monochromatic Wireframe and the full color demo of my App UI for iOS and Android. I'm using Illustrator. Is there any UI library for me to use? (ex. the default switch, table view, text ...
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What icons can represent the concept of "already purchased"?
I am doing an iOS app that shows recommended products to identified customers in a brick and mortar store. The customer can tell an associate, "Oh, I bought that already", the the associate can so ...
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how to convert PSD files to Xcode App IOS 7 Flat Style
Experts, I would like to ask about how to convert PSD files to IOS 7 Flat Style, I know there are many companies providing PSD TO HTML5，But I have not found this conversion tool to xocde,
Source from ...
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Pixel Size Guidelines for Photoshop Designs for iOS Devices
A designer asked me for guidelines on pixel sizes for their iPhone Photoshop screen designs.
I looked at the different sizes using Paint Code App's Ultimate Guide to iPhone Screen Resolutions. And I ...
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How can I create a subtle 3D effect like on Apple's iOS time selection wheel?
I'm trying to reproduce this subtle 3D effect on the Apple time and date selection wheel. How can I do this in Adobe Illustrator?
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How to reflect objects on one artboard onto another in Sketch?
I created a new file from iOS App Icon template in Sketch, and put some objects on the largest artboard there, which is 1024 x 1024 size named as iTunesArtwork@2x. However, you still have to put the ...
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Why is the asset I make in Sketch 3 slightly blurred?
I'm making an app where I'm using sketch 3 to create image assets. First, I design something, click "make exportable" in the lower-right, chooses 0.5x and export it to somewhere on my Mac. Then, I ...
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My icon is appearing choppy and blurred on iPhone, how can I fix it?
I'm creating an iOS 8 app icon in Sketch 3. For learning purposes, I've only set the color of the icon shape and I haven't added any other layers to it.
What I did:
Create app icon from iOS template
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Show users horizontal scroll is available on mobile
I am working on a project, where in the basket, just before checkout, a customer can see which seats he has selected, in which part of the room etc. Sadly, there is so much information necessary, that ...
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What software should I use to make crisp game graphics for iOS games?
I want to make game graphics that are smooth not pixelated, kinda like vector graphics and I will need to use them in iOS games. I am not that experienced in creating graphics so I looked here and no ...
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How to set up iPhone screen grid in CorelDraw
I use CorelDraw for creating wireframe layouts for iOS app UI. For this I need to set up a rectangle as following, to act as screen boundary:
Size in pixels: 640 x 1136px
Size when unit changed to ...
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How to slice images as PNG for iOS app in Photoshop
I have a finished design for my iOS app, but the developers don't use PS and asked me to provide all the UI elements as PNGs for retina and standard. The designer who originally created the design in ...
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What are the radii for the new iOS 7 icons?
What are the radii and sizes for the new iOS 7 icons?
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Confused about the resolution for IOS 6+ devices
I had designed one app for IPhone 5 and 6 and now I want to make the same app design for IPhone 6+ so what can be the resolution of its assets?
Currently I had done following things in Photoshop.
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Techniques to focus a specific list item?
I am playing around with website design and am having trouble letting a user know a specific item in the list is special / important / requires attention.
I have tried increasing the size of the item,...
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Creating a blurred ios 7 notification drawer style background
I'm new to sketch 3 and I really want to create that blurry background you have over the icons when you pull it down. I've followed a tutorial for blur in Sketch 3 but I didn't achieve exactly what I ...
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