Joey Rigor Kontak Mobile Apps March 11, 2016

Design of

appiOS

Kontakios

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how we implemented the core concepts of

Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines in the design of our business app,

Kontakios.

This post is about

Kontakios is an app designed for iOS

that run in iPads.

Used by life insurance agents and financial advisors in selling insurance

and bancassurance products.

Core Concepts.

iOS design is driven by 3 core concepts:

Deference. Clarity. Depth.

Focus on the content.

Simplify the interface.

1 Deference.

The Home page UI is simple and

clearly show the modules that users

can navigate.

The summary data is subdued to

provide focus to the menu and to

avoid clutter.

In the Contacts page, content is

maximised but do not look crowded.

Negative space gives focus to the

major sections and provides breathing

room.

Text is legible. Colour and fonts suggest which are highlighted,

neutral or subdued.

Icons are precise and lucid. Its function are obvious.

2 Clarity.

Even with a lot of data in the

Contacts page, text is readable in

different sizes and colour. It also

distinguishes the major sections.

Text icons are lucid and obvious.

The same concept of text and font

clarity is also shown in the

Application page.

Screens are descriptive.

Obvious text icons clearly show what

can be done in the UI.

Visual layers and realistic motion impart vitality

and heighten people’s delight

and understanding.

3 Depth.

Popovers to view details or

encode data is a major design

strategy to simplify the UI.

This visual layer also provide the depth to the UI.

Screen transitions are only used to

open the 3 modules from the

home page.

Since popovers are used heavily, their transitions are not implemented to

avoid being irritating over time.

Designing apps that rock is not so hard, is it?

There you have it.

Just follow the core concepts.

And iterate until you get it right.

AboutMe

My blogs will try to convince everybody to learn how to code. How to become creators of technology.

This became a passion as I see people using technology in their daily lives but have no idea how it works. Sadly, almost

all of us are mere consumers.

As a software developer, I have always been interested in learning technology and how I can share what I’ve learned

specially to others with professions outside my field.

This is part of a series of posts about how I can convince you to be a coder.

Hope you are already convinced, grasshopper.

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www.kontakios.com

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