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Re:Why all my iOS Apps are on hold - or iCloud sucks Part II by vor_ on Friday February 08, 2013 @11:24AM (#5188580)
I haven't developed for Android, but I do know that the interfaces for several major apps I saw were hilariously bad on large screens--literally just the small-screen phone interfaces floating in empty space.

For example, Skype: http://i.imgur.com/4XwVmjy.jpg

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Re:Why all my iOS Apps are on hold - or iCloud sucks Part II by bookwormAT on Friday February 08, 2013 @01:52PM (#5189457)
That screenshot is Skype from 2011. This is how the app looks today: http://phandroid.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11...

Responsive design is one of Android's most fundamental design principles. It just took a while (and a few million tablet sales) for developers to take the platform seriously.

Most new android apps are responsive these days. And those companies that maintain their existing apps are busy adding big screen support.

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Re:Why all my iOS Apps are on hold - or iCloud sucks Part II by vor_ on Friday February 08, 2013 @05:36PM (#5190535)
The Skype screenshot is from last year. It was't the only one; another was the Netflix app, and Facebook was really bad: http://i.imgur.com/fSQYQex.png

I'm glad to hear that companies are busy adding big screen support, though that support is arguably coming late. The main point is that an Android app's interface could be stretched across anything, and this has certainly been a design obstacle in the past.

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Re:Why all my iOS Apps are on hold - or iCloud sucks Part II by cageface on Saturday February 09, 2013 @02:42AM (#5192027)
It's not an obstacle it's just laziness. Unlike the iPad you basically get a usable tablet UI for free with Android. Android's fragment API makes it a lot easier than he iPad to adapt to a proper tablet UI if you want.
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Re:Why all my iOS Apps are on hold - or iCloud sucks Part II by vor_ on Saturday February 09, 2013 @10:50AM (#5192811)
> Unlike the iPad you basically get a usable tablet UI for free with Android.

I just posted two screenshots showing otherwise.

> Android's fragment API makes it a lot easier than he iPad to adapt to a proper tablet UI if you want.

And this is just ridiculous. Regardless of whether you prefer iPads or Androids, iPads are most decidedly easier to design tablet UIs for because there are so few screen sizes.

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Re:Why all my iOS Apps are on hold - or iCloud sucks Part II by cageface on Saturday February 09, 2013 @12:58PM (#5193261)
Usable is the operative word here.

I've built complex tablet apps with both SDKs. Have you?

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