Designing Mobile User Interfaces

Introduction

Mobile applications have unique properties that must be taken into consideration when designing the user interface of a mobile application:

• Mobile apps are used in changing environments, for example while commuting between various locations
• The primary way to interact with mobile apps is to directly touch a small screen
• Mobile users frequently switch between multiple apps and use each for short amounts of time

These documents guide you through the process of shaping great mobile user experiences both from a design and an implementation perspective:

• Design Principles – This guide teaches you how to build a native mobile app’s UI.
• Navigation In Native Mobile Apps – This guide gives general information for native navigation in Mendix test.
• Images, Icons, and Fonts – This guide helps you enrich your native mobile app’s design with images and custom fonts.
• Native Styling – This guide gives general information for native styling in Mendix.
• Widget Styling Guide – This guide contextualizes the style elements Mendix uses in native mobile apps and explains the classes and style properties of Mendix’s widgets.