Preface

This text offers an introduction to and general overview of interaction design for all mobile computing platforms, with a particular emphasis on Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS platforms.

Mobile apps should feel natural and intuitive. Users should quickly and easily understand them. This means that effective interaction and interface design is crucial to the success of any mobile app. Few mobile app developers (or even designers), however, have had adequate training in these areas.

Touchscreen-focused, mass-market mobile applications are a type of technology that’s only been possible to create since 2008, and the industry has seen monumental shifts and growth in the six years between the introduction of the “app economy” and the publication ...

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