Mobile Ecosystems
Why the app on your phone is a different animal from the site in your browser.
Hour 1 — The two kingdoms
- iOS vs Android: platforms, philosophies, and what it means for designers
- Native vs hybrid vs web apps — the eternal trade-off (fidelity vs reach vs cost)
- PWAs: when a website pretends to be an app
- App stores as gatekeepers: review, distribution, the 30% question
- Why your beautiful web app feels wrong on a phone: platform conventions (HIG vs Material)
- Push notifications, permissions, offline — capabilities the web (mostly) doesn't have
Hour 2 — Studio
- Exercise: Exercise - Mobile Ecosystem ComparisonExercise - Mobile Ecosystem Comparison
iOS vs Android, from a product team's chair
Compare and contrast the iOS and Android ecosystems for app development and distribution, highlighting the differences that would actually change a prod... — compare iOS and Android for app development and distribution, from a product team's point of view - Install your own web app to your home screen; discuss what's missing
Homework
- Finish the ecosystem comparison writeup