You have to make an app that users can wear, feel and touch on their wrist. It looks exciting, but tough to make. A small screen and a lot small your app and its icon - does it sound exciting? Of course not. The sentence sounds full of challenges. Apple watch is on its way to launch on April 24 and you have to be ready to make your first impression on Apple watch users. So, what is your strategy for your Apple watch App? Do you have any basic concepts that make your app sounds like wow?
Apple watch is not there to prove the quality of your app, but trying some basic concepts will minimize the chances of your app for being avoidable. Here’s what you have to practice within your Apple watch app development.
Iconography and Strong Colours
As you can see that there is not enough room within a cramped screen to make your app icon and its colour visible. Therefore, a strong and easily highlighted icon would be your first priority. And strong colours for user interface must be taken care to give the app an attractive approach. For e.g. you can use colours like green, yellow or any other highlighted one for your app icon and lightly highlighted colours for your app’s UI.
Shorter Interaction
According to Apple watch UI guidelines, app interaction should be under 30 seconds. But studies say something else. After 30 seconds, users’ arms get tired. So, if you put app interaction within 25-30 seconds, users’ might switch to another app that has faster UI. Looking at the studies, you must put app interaction within 3-5 seconds or no longer than 20 seconds. Your app must aim to give as quick response as possible because that is for what Apple watch is made.
Context is King
One app must receive the signal of another app immediately. If you are developing an Apple watch app, you must have developed its iphone version too. Apple watch users may need some data on an immediate basis. For this what they can do is they will save the same data on their watch, so that they can see it at anytime, anywhere within a second. If your iphone app is something which saves data, make sure that it has an option to auto-save the same data on Apple watch app.
Rapid Iteration
Apple Watch is yet not officially launched, so you have to wait until users interact with your app. As it is a first time of Apple watch and your app too, bugs or crashes may take place. You don’t need to be worried about it because it is everyone’s first Apple watch app. But you have to be ready for unfavourable circumstances. If your app meets with bugs founded by users, you must release new flawless version of your app on an immediate basis.
Limited Number of Actions
We know that your mobile app is performing well with great number of actions on smartphones and tablets. But Apple watch does not have an ability of Smartphone. Creating an app for Apple watch and including too many actions within it might result into whole crash. It is recommended to design your app with few actions to make it compatible with Apple Watch.
These are your lessons which you must learn to create an app that suits well with Apple Watch and its hardware configuration.
Apple watch is not there to prove the quality of your app, but trying some basic concepts will minimize the chances of your app for being avoidable. Here’s what you have to practice within your Apple watch app development.
Iconography and Strong Colours
As you can see that there is not enough room within a cramped screen to make your app icon and its colour visible. Therefore, a strong and easily highlighted icon would be your first priority. And strong colours for user interface must be taken care to give the app an attractive approach. For e.g. you can use colours like green, yellow or any other highlighted one for your app icon and lightly highlighted colours for your app’s UI.
Shorter Interaction
According to Apple watch UI guidelines, app interaction should be under 30 seconds. But studies say something else. After 30 seconds, users’ arms get tired. So, if you put app interaction within 25-30 seconds, users’ might switch to another app that has faster UI. Looking at the studies, you must put app interaction within 3-5 seconds or no longer than 20 seconds. Your app must aim to give as quick response as possible because that is for what Apple watch is made.
Context is King
One app must receive the signal of another app immediately. If you are developing an Apple watch app, you must have developed its iphone version too. Apple watch users may need some data on an immediate basis. For this what they can do is they will save the same data on their watch, so that they can see it at anytime, anywhere within a second. If your iphone app is something which saves data, make sure that it has an option to auto-save the same data on Apple watch app.
Rapid Iteration
Apple Watch is yet not officially launched, so you have to wait until users interact with your app. As it is a first time of Apple watch and your app too, bugs or crashes may take place. You don’t need to be worried about it because it is everyone’s first Apple watch app. But you have to be ready for unfavourable circumstances. If your app meets with bugs founded by users, you must release new flawless version of your app on an immediate basis.
Limited Number of Actions
We know that your mobile app is performing well with great number of actions on smartphones and tablets. But Apple watch does not have an ability of Smartphone. Creating an app for Apple watch and including too many actions within it might result into whole crash. It is recommended to design your app with few actions to make it compatible with Apple Watch.
These are your lessons which you must learn to create an app that suits well with Apple Watch and its hardware configuration.