iOS 7 Is A Wake-Up Call For App Developers And Publishers.

1. iOS 7 - This Changes
Everything for
Designers and
Developers

2. According to Business Insider, “iOS 7 Is A Wake-Up Call For
App Developers And Publishers.” iOS 7 which is being
called the biggest change since the first iPhone by Apple
has a new aesthetic which is "flat," with less shading,
texture, and 3D-style effects in the icons and app design.
According to analyst, Alex Cocotas, iOS 7 also does away
with skeuomorphism, a design philosophy that advocates
for digital tools to intimate the physical objects they replace.
For example, Apple's Notes application, which formerly
looked like a paper notebook is now having a non-textured
icon that is far more abstract.

3. Practically, these are the important changes which are important
from developers and publishers point of view:
• Aesthetically, the changes are significant enough that
developers will have to seriously consider aligning their apps
with Apple's new color palette and design choices.
• iOS 7 also introduces new styles and concepts for app user
interfaces, which will create a lot of work for app developers.
• These changes create a tremendous opportunity for publishers
and developers to create iOS 7 apps that are more in sync with
the new paradigm and leave legacy apps in the dust.

4. Matt Gemmell did a nice work comparing some aspects of the
new UI style in iOS 7, against that found in iOS 6.
iOS 7 represents a huge aesthetic evolution. The flattening of
the user interface did away with a lot of shadowing. The result
is a much brighter color palette, giving the impression of a
cleaner overall design with more open space.
Lets look at the side-by-side comparisons done by Gemmell in
screenshots on following slides. And yes, iOS 6 looks stale and
cluttered by comparison.
You can read full details on his blog.

5. Comparing the Contacts app in iOS 6 and 7, when viewing a contact’s information, you find
that iOS 7 forgoes borders, instead relying on colour to indicate interactivity, and dividers to
organise information. Controls are implicit, based on labels or icons, positioning, and having
visual ‘energy’ via a theme colour

6. Comparing how Messages looks now, compared to its iOS 6 counterpart, one find that iOS 7
isn’t flat.There are subtle shadows, lighting effects, gradients, and even new parallax effects. It’s
more flat, certainly, but not two-dimensional.

7. The shift in style is even more apparent when you receive a phone call. Bevels, grip-handles,
embossing, shadows, gloss, inner-glows and acres of hard button-borders.The chrome on the
iOS 6 screen eats away 60% of the display, and very much has the appearance of an alert.The
newer version not only lets you see more of the caller’s photo, but is a quieter presentation.

8. The Home Screen, and stock icon design, is much brighter and simpler than before.Although
it’s not obvious from screenshots, the spacing of icons is different now, and the icons
themselves are each a few pixels larger.The sacrifice of boundary in exchange for legibility can
also be seen in the icons themselves: their content is bigger in comparison to their total area
than on iOS 6.

9. Linus
Ekenstam
called
iOS
7
"worst
thing
Apple
has
ever
made,
period."
Developer
Marco
Arment
sees
an
opening
for
the
developer
community.
He
writes,
"I
don’t
think
we’ve
ever
had
such
an
opportunity
en
masse
on
iOS."
Arment
further
explains,
most
developers
with
a
long
trajectory
in
the
App
Store
need
to
maintain
support
for
users
who
will
remain
on
iOS
6
and
maybe
even
iOS
5.
Reactions to iOS 7 by famous Designers and Developers

10. Most
developers
can't
afford
to
write
two
separate
interfaces,
nor
are
they
eager
to
blow
up
their
apps
and
start
over.
So
many
will
be
to
some
extent
aGached
to
their
old
design
and
user
interface
choices.
This,
Arment
argues,
opens
up
an
enormous
opportuniIes
for
new
developers
ready
to
create
"iOS
7
naIve"
apps.
Even
in
established
categories,
newcomers
can
take
advantage
of
the
legacy
players'
flat
feet
and
rush
into
the
App
Store.
Established
developers,
in
other
words,
can't
afford
to
hesitate.
They
need
to
go
all-­‐in
on
iOS
7.
The
dilemma,
however,
is
that
even
if
they
do
go
all-­‐
in,
they
might
sIll
be
outgunned
by
a
newbie
who
has
beGer
adapted
to
the
new
design
principles.
What iOS 7 mean for Developers and Designers

11. The
core
philosophy
driving
iOS
7
is
a
refocus
on
content.
No
longer
can
developers
rely
on
embellishments,
colors,
and
visual
effects,
Gemmell
writes.
The
iOS
7
style
is
more
stripped-­‐down,
and
focused
on
funcIon
rather
than
form.
Apple
wants
apps
to
succeed
or
fail
on
their
core
offering
—
the
quality
of
their
content
and
services.
How Developers and Designers can succeed?
Credits: https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/ios-7-will-create-new-iphone-
hits-2013-6

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