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Vitor Pamplona
3w ago
On Android, back is everything. We literally think about it all the time. Once you get used to it, you expect to go back to the previous screen regardless of app or if it is a modal or a drawer. It's all back.
On iOS, the back design is per app and usually reserved only for inner screens. Besides the back arrow on some inner screens, Dialogs tend also have an X button on the top right (not left) of the dialog. And then the drawers have their own gestures to match the drawing direction. Most importantly, "back" is not a thing for Android users. They are almost always moving forward (closing a dialog understood as moving forward).
On iOS, the back design is per app and usually reserved only for inner screens. Besides the back arrow on some inner screens, Dialogs tend also have an X button on the top right (not left) of the dialog. And then the drawers have their own gestures to match the drawing direction. Most importantly, "back" is not a thing for Android users. They are almost always moving forward (closing a dialog understood as moving forward).
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npub1q67f4
@npub1q67f4
2w ago
I gave up on iOS a long time ago, when I noticed the only practical way to share files between apps is to email them to yourself.
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npub1gm7tu
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3w ago
I guess, the PlayStore doesn't impose a certain behavior and Android allows to more easily jump between activities of different apps so it makes sense to back out into other apps while the AppStore demands a certain way of handling things, leading to a more consistent but rigid "philosophy" of what "back" means.
On my Android, when I click on a button that brings me into another app, I find it annoying that back doesn't always bring me back but only up in the other app's stack of screens but as an Android dev I know how versatile the system is with the stack of Activities and how you launch them. It's not trivial to code right but when done right, I love it.
On my Android, when I click on a button that brings me into another app, I find it annoying that back doesn't always bring me back but only up in the other app's stack of screens but as an Android dev I know how versatile the system is with the stack of Activities and how you launch them. It's not trivial to code right but when done right, I love it.
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