To truly allow my app redesign to come to life, I needed to build a high fidelity prototype. Prior to building the prototype, I watched some tutorials to uncover the best way to build my app. After watching around a dozen tutorials, including “Intro to Invision Studio | Advanced Guide to Invision Studio” by Jesse Showalter, I came to the conclusion that interactive motion transitions are the step to take your app to the next level. To further demonstrate, an interaction is the action a user takes to reach a different screen. The most common interaction for mobile design is a tap. A singular tap can allow a user to open a screen that can give them more information, allow for a video to play, etc. However, as stated previously, by creating motion after a user taps something, allows the prototype to feel more advanced and alive. For example, if a user sees an image they like, if the were to tap on it rather than it just appear larger, the image grows into place in front of the user. I believe these transitions are the magic within prototyping and mobile design. Therefore, when building Cookbook, I tried to corporate these motion transitions wherever possible. In my prototype, this feature is most recognizable in the profile page. If a user chooses the different categories for saved recipes, there is a smooth transition between the pages. Also, if a user taps on the settings icon under the profile page, in order to go back to the profile page, there is a swipe down motion with a natural transition. Overall, I believe my prototype is successful because of it navigation, design, and interactions.
To view my final prototype click here. Live Prototype
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