Airbnb’s Android app creators discuss reworking iOS apps for other platforms(thenextweb.com)

Airbnb’s Android app creators discuss reworking iOS apps for other platforms

http://thenextweb.com/apps/2012/11/18/from-ios-to-android/

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itp14 anni fa

Another feature worth looking at is the calendar pad, which is used for selecting dates. “If you look closely, you’ll see that the calendar pads in the booking view are thicker at the beginning of the month than at the end of the month, similar to tear-away pads,” says Medlin. “As with mapview, these animations weren’t readily available for the Android platform, so our developers worked to write code that would discretely add that special touch.”

I have not used the Airbnb app for Android, but that quote doesn't fill me with confidence. That's precisely the kind of mindset that produces apps that look like iOS ports and unlike well-designed Android apps.

alexanderblom14 anni fa

And the app doesn't look native to Android either. Some things are inherently non-Android, such as bottom tab-bars. All images are also low-res on my Galaxy Nexus and scrolling is laggy.

There are some great bugs as well: * It loads the wrong images and the flickers in the correct image later * Everything says "0 listings" * Clicking the map button crashes the app * It's very hard to sidescroll their custom ViewPager

kizza14 anni fa

WHen the article complains all the time about how it's oh so hard to deal with all those screen sizes I was expecting a terrible app and I was not surprised!

* Has <b> tags instead of actually bolding text

* Shows the price in my locale's format, not what they're actually charging!

* Intro movie is very annoying, and after it's done it moves around a few pixels every 10 seconds or so

* Sign in screen has a massive logo but the email and password fields don't fit on my Galaxy Nexus

That's after about 10 minutes using the app!

hayksaakian14 anni fa

And by other platforms you mean Android. I didn't read anything about a windows phone or webos app in TFA.

randy01214 anni fa

looks great!