5 best ways to prototype your mobile project
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5 Best Ways to Prototype your Mobile Project
Read the full-text article ‘5 Best Ways to Prototype your Mobile Project’ on our Blog
Instructions for use :)
✓ Read our presentation guide ;)✓ Prototype your app to see if the design is
suitable and how does it look;✓ Impress your partners by creating a
perfect fully illustrated mobile app;✓ Present your stylish application to the
market!
Kateryna Momotiuk, writerKateryna Lysak, PM
Tecsynt Solutions
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What does mobile app prototype mean?
Prototyping is your friend if you want to save money, time and effort.
The essential steps: ✓ Get a knowledge of what you’re going to do and
plan a strong development strategy;✓ Define why do you prototype and who do you
prototype for;✓ Choose a mobile platform for your prototype;✓ Identify key functions and features your app will
have;✓ Test the prototype on the actual device and then
share the prototype with your investors.
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“"A great product isn't just a collection of
features. It's how it all works together." -
Tim Cook, 2014
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5 Best ways to prototype your mobile app
Visualize your idea & concept
Way 1.
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Visualize your idea & concept
Get yourself a project journal and write down everything that relates to your app:✓ What it is and how it will work, how to make
and market it;✓ All the key functions and features, small
details and big plans for the future;✓ Keep in mind the average needs of the app
users — analyze if your app is going to satisfy those needs and solve some problems.
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Educate yourself
Way 2.
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Educate yourself
1. Research your market niche. You have to understand if the people will actually buy your app to protect your investments.
2. Learn from someone more experienced than you.
3. You’ll need to research your idea from a legal and business standpoint — this is what you need to bear in mind too.
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Sketching the primary screens
Way 3.
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Sketching the primary screensBegin with rough sketches of how the primary screens would look and feel, including the highest priority features.
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There are three main screen functionalities: profiles, matches, and the dashboard.
Sketching on paper allows you dive into creating process whenever the inspiration hits you no matter the internet connection.
Make notes while sketching, don’t neglect any idea that comes to mind in the process.
1, 2, 3 !
Think like an app user
Way 4.
Turning Sketch Into Digital Wireframe
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Turning Sketch Into Digital Wireframe
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Turn your paper sketch into UX wireframe – a structured digital skeleton of the future app.
To convert your paper sketch into a digital format you can use Prototyping on Paper (POP).
Just take a picture of your drawing and the tool will automatically transform it into the digital screen.
“"Most business models have focused on self
interest instead of user experience.
Those are the kinds of problems we solve
to solve."—Tim Cook
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Way 5.
From Wireframes To An Actual Prototype
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From Wireframes To An Actual Prototype
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A digital wireframe can be tested by potential users which is good in the perspective of getting helpful feedbacks.
Digital prototype makes your product more real for investors and gives them the ability to get a real feeling of what it would be like to use this app.
And there is a new task – to create fully interactive, a shareable prototype that supports multi-touch gestures, user trials, and can be tested on the real mobile devices.
Prototyping Toolswill give you endlessly creative ways and opportunities to design a unique and impressive prototype
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Prototyping Tools
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OmniGraffle 2 for iOSIt was designed for creating precise, beautiful graphics: website wireframes, electrical systems, family trees and maps of software classes.
Axure It allows adding interactions, create interactive and nice-looking wireframes or Master Pages and use ready-made components from Widget libraries.
Pencilan open source project, a free Firefox add-on that together with the Android UI stencils let anyone sketch complex Android UI screens.
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✓ It allows the developers to better understand the customer and clarify the technical specification before development.
✓ It helps to estimate the future app from the customer's perspective.
✓ Interactive prototype itself will be an advantage when looking for investors.
✓ Creating an interactive prototype helps to improve UX-design after getting the fists feedbacks during trials.
The advantages of the custom mobile app prototyping services:
““I love taking an idea... to a prototype and
then to a product that millions of people
use” - Susan Wojcicki
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▧ If you don’t have the proper skills to implement the UI design or don’t know how to prototype an app yourself, you should hire an app making company with qualified and educated developers.
▧ At least, talk to such people about your ideas and check their professional abilities by reviewing their past work.
▧ The iOS and the Android app prototyping involves professional UX/UI designers. And the cost of their work will be estimated based strictly on your project requirements and complexity.
Finish point is here!
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A lot of work, yeah?We can help you to design any prototype for any app you like. Just ask your questions, we are here to answer them!
Thanks!
Read the full-text article ‘5 Best Ways to Prototype your Mobile Project’ on our Blog