Since last year, it has been possible to add Siri support to an app if it fits into one of Apple’s pre-defined use cases. Adding Siri support to an app has a lot of steps, with a lot of configuration. But the code needed to handle the requests is fairly simple. In this article, Lou Franco will take you through the steps of setting up a extension on Apple’s developer website and of adding the Siri extension code to the app. Find out if SiriKit will work for you and how to use it.
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Humans can’t endure boredom for a long time, which is why products that are built for non-exciting, repetitive tasks so often get abandoned and gather dust on computers and phones. When your product deals with repetitive tasks, it’s hard to keep users excited about it. That’s where UI comes into play. In this article, Alice Kotlyarenko will talk about elements that make an interface more emotional.
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After defining your project, you need to test how it will work before you begin to develop it. It is possible to represent the interactivity of an app before its development, and this gives developers a global vision of an app’s functioning, user behavior and steps to afford. There are many ways to design and create an app’s look. In this article, Manuela Langella will show you how to transfer an app’s design from Photoshop to XD, and how to work on it and having fun while prototyping.
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Is it possible to use digital musical instruments as browser inputs? With the Web MIDI API, the answer is yes! The best part is, it’s fairly quick and easy to implement and even create a really fun project. In this article, Peter Anglea will cover the basics of MIDI and the Web MIDI API to see how simple it can be to create a web app that responds to musical input using JavaScript.
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Each platform has its own limitations and proprietary publishing mechanism. Creating interactive content that works across all of these environments is a real challenge. Publishing content to so many media without lots of extra development overhead can be difficult. In this article, Chris Ashton explains how they’ve approached the problem in BBC’s Visual Journalism department.
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The difference between a good app and a bad app is usually the quality of its user experience (UX). The average US user spends 5 hours per day on mobile. The vast majority of that time is spent in apps and on websites. So, there are many things to consider when designing for mobile. Today, Nick Babich brings you a detailed guide will help you get rid of that headache when building apps.
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Deciding to build a PWA or a native app should be based on the needs of the specific project, not hype. With Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) encroaching on native development’s turf, Aaron Gustafson thought this might be a good time to step back and take stock of these two approaches to building products. In this article, Aaron walks you through the pros and cons of each approach to help you arrive at an informed decision.
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Today’s article is all about facial recognition technology. Despite all of the limitations of facial recognition, such as variations in posing, lighting and image quality, the technology is gaining in popularity and eventually will become a part of users’ everyday lives. In this article, Nataliia Kharchenko and Illia Chemolosov decided to share their experience of dealing with facial recognition algorithms and engines and things they’ve learned.
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Let’s be honest: It’s not the design files that become bigger by magic. It’s designers who fill their files with unused, unoptimized and hidden elements that take unnecessary space. There are huge Sketch files that exist, and not only do they slow down Sketch, but also any designer’s productivity. In this article, Ahmed Sulaiman introduces a menu bar application that is bound to help you get rid of this headache.
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Air quality is a serious and complicated issue. It’s not as easy to understand as the weather. However, by creating a variety of quick iterative prototypes — regardless of how fake — Geof Crowl was able to find straightforward answers to design and program my iOS app Air Lookout.
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