10. App design V1
In the effort to feel productive while putting off the soul-draining exploration into Android Studio, I decided to work on the user interface for the app first, to at least have a solid direction of what I'm planning to do. I'll dedicate another post on exploring the icon/mascot design.
This was the first design for the app, where there are three main bottom tabs which serve as the main form of navigation. The three pages are "Record", "Home", and "Tracks". Clicking the "Sleep" button on the "Home" page takes the user to a different section, which has its own "Record" and "Tracks" page. This allows users to be able to record and upload two different sets of voice recordings for the two different modes that the toy module offers.
After discussing with Chia Yeh and Lin Yew during the last lesson, however, Chia Yeh pointed out the potential for confusion with this particular user flow, and suggested that I try to streamline everything into one recorder and track player. She also suggested that I should limit the number of tracks that can be uploaded to the toy from the app at one time, to ensure that it doesn't end up filling up the storage space. Each track should also have a limit to their recording time for this same purpose.
Lin Yew suggested that I should visually show the limited recording time in some way, and also focus on trying to upload just one track from the app to the module before moving forwards. Finally, he also recommended that I ignore the wireless charging idea until I figure everything else out.
This was the first design for the app, where there are three main bottom tabs which serve as the main form of navigation. The three pages are "Record", "Home", and "Tracks". Clicking the "Sleep" button on the "Home" page takes the user to a different section, which has its own "Record" and "Tracks" page. This allows users to be able to record and upload two different sets of voice recordings for the two different modes that the toy module offers.
After discussing with Chia Yeh and Lin Yew during the last lesson, however, Chia Yeh pointed out the potential for confusion with this particular user flow, and suggested that I try to streamline everything into one recorder and track player. She also suggested that I should limit the number of tracks that can be uploaded to the toy from the app at one time, to ensure that it doesn't end up filling up the storage space. Each track should also have a limit to their recording time for this same purpose.
Lin Yew suggested that I should visually show the limited recording time in some way, and also focus on trying to upload just one track from the app to the module before moving forwards. Finally, he also recommended that I ignore the wireless charging idea until I figure everything else out.
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