Today, if the word “designer” is mentioned in the title of your profession, most people associate it with certain things. The most common is the false impression that you do everything related to design. Regardless of what kind of design you actually do.
Indeed, I recently had a brief conversation with an elderly neighbor in an elevator. Even though I was wearing pajamas in the middle of the day, she is still quite convinced that I am a fashion designer. Web site design or UI doesn’t tell her anything.
Hundreds of apps are released every day. As I write this, more and more apps are being posted on AppStore and GooglePlay. It’s a rapidly changing world in which your app idea, born today, could very well be someone else’s most downloaded app next week. Unlike a website, which takes time to get every pixel perfect, a mobile app won’t give you that much time.
When transitioning from web to mobile design, you have to keep up with the technology that continues to evolve every day. For starters, familiarize yourself with the pros and cons of mobile technology, research location recognition services, Bluetooth technology, fingerprint scanning, and voice recognition. A good mobile app designer knows that this industry can sometimes help create new kinds of innovative apps.
When you get right down to mobile app design, use UX in your development cycle. Work in sprints, this will greatly help you in learning and in the final validation phase. When working on design for mobile apps, you’ll notice how important prototyping is. Static or overly annotated prototypes will not be as effective as high quality prototypes.