New Round of Revolutions in Apps Designing & Development

by Rob Stephen getaprogrammer

This article sums up the new elements or designing trends that emerged in the sphere of apps development and are making apps more catchy, immersive and convincing than before.

Apps are getting cooler day by day! This means developers and designers are coming out with new ideas to make apps more appealing and intuitive. New-age apps are bit more impressive because of the advanced UI/UX elements used. Moreover, apps these days seem to be the result of combined effort of art designers and developers for which they look imaginative and artistic besides being loaded with functionalities. In short, lots of small and big changes were brought in the sphere of apps development and the only purpose is to make the apps more appealing to the users.

So, what're the revolutionary changes in designing and development that we are talking about? Take a look.

Informative interactions

One of the new elements in apps designing is the icons or gestures that reveals relevant information when clicked. Designers these are finding this technique more catchy for disclosing some crucial piece of information to the users.

They are creating an icon related to the information, and swapping, dragging or pressing over the same will show the information to the users. This is effective because visual stimulation works better than usual interaction.

AR and VR elements

Yes, Augmented reality and virtual reality are the talks of the town and there’s no doubt regarding its influence on mobile apps. Developers are integrating AR and VR concepts to provide immersive experiences. AR uses data and surrounding stuff in real-time to offer a kind of interaction that none has imagined ever.

For, instance a user can take a picture of an object and find every information about it. Another example is intuitive shopping, where you can pick a table from a mShop and find how it fits into your dining room.

Full-screen experiences

With the emergence of smartphones with lengthier screens, apps are being made to provide full-screen experiences to the users for games and other visually stimulating apps. This is essential to ensure that images are not pixelated on the screens of the phones.

Illustrative animations

One more new design element worth mentioning is the illustrations in the form of animes. Those are used to instruct the users on how to proceed with the app, make use of the different functions in a more convincing.

In other words, texts on the screens may not catch the attention of users but a visual illustration will.

Apart from the above, vibrant colours, HD quality images, propelling videos, expressive emoticons, Mimic emotions in UI are some of the other user-driving aspects used by developers in next-gen applications. So, if you have an app idea in your head for your business or startup, it is advisable to follow these latest trends to make it more compelling than your competitors.

Rob Stephen is an avid techie and writer, who works at GetAProgrammer, a pioneered company for Android and iPhone app development in Australia and has handled a great number of challenging app projects for the company.