Showing posts with label iOS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label iOS. Show all posts

Thursday, 12 March 2015

10 Splendid Mobile UI Icons To Get Inspired



With the growing trend of mobile solutions, a remarkable mobile design is a key to a great UX that adds to a sustainable business success.

Today, almost every business embraces a mobile presence either via a mobile application or mobile website. Not only the big brands are reaping its benefits, but small and mid-size businesses also consider the mobile trends as they understand the need of something more than a mobile-friendly design. If your business still misses a valuable mobile solution, you are certainly loosing your reach to a gigantic mobile user base. Thus, it is advisable to choose a suitable mobile strategy sooner than later.


To ensure an effective mobile solution, the UI design is paramount. A creative, fresh and unique UI can beautifully enhance the UX and thus, can leverage your business. And, mobile UI icons are considered as an essential designing aspect that can boost the creativity and attractive appearance of a design. They can precisely link a text in an elegant way.


Understanding the benefits of intuitive and impressive UI design, here I have uncovered a few beautifully designed mobile UI icons for your inspiration. Let's distill them.


1. Simple And Practical Web Icon Vector Graphic





It is a set of simple yet highly resourceful icons that you can implement in your personal as well as commercial projects. The set includes a list of minimalist icons, which can be integrated in an app UI to make the interface more interactive and captivating.


2. Facebook


I don't think that Facebook app needs any introduction, as this social network is quite popular across the globe. The app simply offers an easy access to all its functionalities that closely resemble to the web functionalities of Facebook. It thus allows users to stay connected with their friends on the go. The impIt's a best service provider for android apps development. ressive and intuitive interface icons design of this app allows users to navigate the app with a flair.






3. Outside



Outside is an ultimate weather forecasting application. Its interface has been exquisitely designed with attractive and interactive UI elements. It features intuitive animations and represents result in a beautiful fashion. The icon of this application is simple, but its background drops of the weather. It boasts an illustrative landscape with a tree placed in the center.


4. Video Icon



The intriguing design of this icon is intuitive enough to represent a video tape. It can be used for photography apps, video apps and so forth. The simple and attractive visual appearance of this icon makes it a great choice.




5. Calcbot2



This multi-functional application is a great application that enables users to conveniently perform simple mathematical calculations. It also supports a scientific calculator so that users can also accomplish advanced calculations. Moreover, it also facilitates users to flawlessly convert units. The interface is designed to ensure smooth and consistent user interactions. It features intuitive icons throughout the application, for instance, to choose units from different fields, including currency, liquid measurement, dimensions, to name a few.






6. Classics



With the Classics application, you can read classic books conveniently via your mobile device. Its interface is beautifully designed to ensure intuitiveness. Its users can experience as if they are using a real book while flipping through some book's pages. The app icon is an epitome of a bookshelf carrying a few books. Moreover, the app UI also showcases a list of books to choose from in an intriguing way; it features a book rack holding numerous books that you can read.






7. iOS App Icon



Clearly showcasing the core functionality of an app, this icon is designed for an app that can scan a human face and seek a closely matching animal face. The icon is self-explanatory and features a horizontal laser.


8. Bowling



Gaming apps are quite popular over mobile devices. You might have played intuitive games like Temple Run, Candy Crush, etc. The bowling game can also be played over digital platform, and there are several bowling game apps out there. This icon is a great epitome of the bowling game. Its amazing design possesses fine details and 3D effect that adds to its realistic look and feel.


9. Balio UI Kit

This handy kit comprises several useful and interactive icons. It also includes designs for buttons, pagination, login form and a lot more. Each design features a minimalist appeal and represents its function, so that users will understand the functionalities by simply looking upon the design.


10. Thermodo



Thermodo is a useful application that allows users to measure the temperature of the area exactly where they are. This is a Thermodo Companion app that needs a Thermodo to be plugged into your mobile audio jack. Its interface beautifully represents vibrant and captivating visuals that change according to the environment around your Thermodo. It also offers a map and stores the app history. The UI icons of this application help keep users engaged and seek the requisite info with utmost ease while maintaining a captivating look and feel.


The mobile UI icons not only makes the interface appear more attractive, but it also adds to an app's usability by making some text links easily predictable and legible. The aforementioned are a few of the best icon designs set and apps that boast aesthetic mobile UI icons for you to get inspired.


About the author:

 Addison Cohen is an application developer for Appsted Ltd, an iPhone app development company. He loves sharing latest information on the latest mobile technology.


Saturday, 6 July 2013

How to get or get rid of iOS 7 Beta?

To the delight of fanatic Apple users, the giant company released the beta version of the brand new and advanced iOS 7. But before you jump to test the rivers, we should offer a word of caution that although Apple has a reputation for releasing the ever so polished beta versions, the latest iOS 7 might just be battery hungry and a kin of bug-bunny. Hence, do not use it for your daily devices.



Quite the claims of certain developers that if you download the iOS 7, there is no turning back, we would like you to know that you can easily restore back to iOS 6, if you dint so much like the iOS 7. Read below if you wish to know the bullet proof way to upgrade to or downgrade from the iOS 7.

Installing iOS 7

What you require?
  • Before upgrading the system to iOS 7, you would need an access to iOS developer account
  • A fifth generation iPod Touch, or iPhone 5, 4S or 4
  • The model number of the device and it’s UDID – unique device identifier
  • Computer with the latest update of iTunes installed
  • IPSW file of iOS 7 beta
  • iOS 6 IPSW file, if you require restoring a stable version
How to install iOS 7 beta?



Log in to the iOS developer account and download the install files required for the process. Note: only grab those files which are required for your specific device and model number. The iOS 7 beta will be packaged as .dmg file, up for download; also, it will be wise to download a stable version of iOS 6 simultaneously. The installation requires you to register the UDID lest the download won’t work.
Now, open the .dmg file of iOS 7. It should swell itself automatically if you are a Mac user. The Windows users are required to extract the .jpsw file residing inside the .dmg one.
Once through, connect the device with computer and if an automatic launch does not take place, access it by the iPhone dialog in iTunes. Also, at this stage perform a backup manually by clicking “Back Up Now” as the installation will wipe off the storage of the device, and the backup would be required to restore the same.
If you have followed this far, now only the installation process is left. If you are a Mac user, just press the Option key and click “Restore iPhone”. Windows users should press the Shift key instead, and open the iOS 7 .jpsw file extracted earlier. Click Restore, when the system asks for a confirmation for restoring the devices. This might take some time, so be patient.
Lastly, after the installation and the restarting of your phone, you will be given the option to set your phone anew or restore an existing backup. If you want to restore the backup, stay connected to iTunes and access the backup created earlier.



Downgrading back to iOS 6



Now, if the new iOS 7 keeps giving you an uncomfortable itch, each time you unlock the phone or open the devices, you can easily change it back to iOS 6. Here’s how:
…Before we begin, are you certain?
There is a limitation with trying to downgrade the system back to iOS 6 and we would like you to be certain prior to initiating the process. The downgrading will only get you to the latest version update of iOS, i.e. 6.1.4 for iPhone 5 users and 6.1.3 for iPhone 4S. Besides, you will not be able to use iOS 7 backup on an iOS 6 device, and would not be able to recover any jailbreaks. If you still want to continue, read ahead:
How to downgrade to iOS 6 from iOS 7
Start with downloading the most recent firmware file from Our Downloads and save it on a place easy to access, perhaps the desktop. Then launch iTunes on your Mac or PC.
Now, plug in your device and put it in DFU mode. Ensure that the screen is not connected to iTunes but is black instead, which confirms the DFU more. You will get a pop up message saying “the device can't be used until it's restored.” Click Ok and continue.
Now, press hold of the Alt / Option key (or the Shift key for the PC users) and click on Restore iPhone in iTunes. Reach the firmware file saved in first step and click open. Now, let iTunes take care of the rest and if you have done everything right, you will get back to your iOS 6 in no time.
Done successfully with upgrading or downgrading the iOS? Share your experiences with us in the comments below.

About The Author:

Rick Brown is an acclaimed tech blogger, who provides consulting services to new bie entrepreneurs for iPhone Apps Development services - Mobiers.com. He simply suggests his clients to hire iPhone developers from expert agencies for high-end development.


Saturday, 16 March 2013

iPhone App Development


IPhone application development is the development of software application for handheld devices like mobile phones, android phones. iPhone application is from the Apple Inc. Sometimes these applications are already installed on gadgets and sometimes the users can download the application to their mobile phones. iPhone development came into existence in the year 2004 when Apple Inc CEO Mr. Steve jobs started focusing on the development of iPhone and with the collaboration of AT&T they have developed the iPhone. The approximate cost in the development of the iPhone was $200 million and it has taken approximate 30 months to complete the project of development of iPhone.



Since the advent of Smartphones in the year 2007, the whole concepts of mobile phone have been changed. Mobile phone usages are not just limited to communication; they have changed into high-tech gadgets with lot of different features. Smartphones are much more developed than general cell phones – both functionally and technically.



iPhone applications are different from one platform to another platform and there is no application which can run on all platforms. Every company has developed their own platform; mobile platforms are dissimilar and certain application run with specified technologies only. In the past 5 years, various platforms have been introduced for mobile phone application development like Blackberry, I Pad, Android and windows mobile. IPhone application cannot run on blackberry mobile or windows mobile. Therefore it is important to select the ideal mobile platform for application. The iPhone application developed with the use of SDK (software development kit) which is free to download.



Today, the owners of iPhones or Smartphones can perform a lot of activities on their phones like play high end mobile games, listening music, surfing internet, shopping and a lot more. Smartphones also allow third party applications and these applications give extra benefit and advantages in usability. Its compatibility with various third party applications has helped the gadget to do multi-tasking. While on one hand Smartphones can help doctors also with a large inventory of generic and brand name drugs, on the other hand this device can be a great help to students in their educational projects and assignments.



The mobile application market is a growing industry and because of its high revenue generation opportunities. This industry has not only enticed customers but also a business man.

The mobile application market is rapidly growing and coming as a new job opportunities market. There is increasing demand of mobile applications and everyday there is an increase of Smartphones users. Because of the high demand of mobile application software new opportunities are opening for mobile application developer. As it can be seen there are not good mobile application developers. Companies are attracting mobile users through different applications, so the demand of application developers is growing and will grow.



Since mobile applications are IT based, so application developers should have Bachelor of Technology, Master In Technology or Master in Computer Application degrees with great knowledge and experience of gateways/servers(XML,VXML,WAP,WTA etc), browsers(WML,XHTML), stacks(WAP 2.0 and TCP/IP) and clients(SMS, EMAIL, CHAT etc). If a candidate want to become a mobile application developer than one should be an expert in a programming languages such as C, C++, Visual Basic, Java etc.

In mobile application there are 4 major technologies involved:-

1) Web–based (HTML5/CSS3/JS) and related Frameworks (JQuery, Sencha)

2) Native platforms (iOS, Android, Windows Mobile 7)

3) Hybrid WebKit/Native

4) Proprietary middleware and clients (Red Foundry)

The capabilities of Smartphones have been taken to the next level and in the coming years we can expect better and more robust applications to perform more complex functions in even better ways.



Today developers are developing new application everyday for attracting the users to use more iPhones application.



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