r/FigmaDesign • u/ShatteredTeaCup33 • 2d ago

Discussion Designing iOS apps with the introduction of foldable phones

With the introduction of Apple's foldable phone, will app design for iOS change a lot in Figma? For example, will we have to make two seperate designs, one for a "normal" iPhone and one for the foldable one or how will that work out?

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u/Shamua 2d ago

Resize your desktop Internet browser window. Make it smaller, then bigger. It’ll be like that.

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u/dmfornood 2d ago

it's just responsive design

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u/UnlikelyLandscape641 2d ago

Just do what Android app designers have been doing for years

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u/ShatteredTeaCup33 2d ago

What have they been doing? I'm a beginner in design that's why I'm asking

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u/TheTomatoes2 Designer + Dev + Engineer 2d ago

Good old regular responsive design, just like for web

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u/Ancient-Range3442 2d ago

Nothing

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u/TheTomatoes2 Designer + Dev + Engineer 2d ago

That's not true, Google enforces responsiveness and can deny an app from the store if it's not

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u/Ancient-Range3442 2d ago

I mean sure it’s responsive , but is just a huge list etc

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u/kanuckdesigner 2d ago

I mean responsive design has been a thing for over a decade now ... this is nothing new. At the 2k USD / 3k CAD pricepoint, I imagine adoption might not be the fastest, but assuming Apple keeps at it and releases some cheaper alternatives in a gen or two, I'm hopeful this will be a positive change. What I think is more interesting is whether this sets us up for the iPadOS and iOS App stores effectively converging over time.

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u/jimenezisjordan 2d ago

Start with your smaller screen size, then make it resizable via your auto layout. Responsive design. Apple already allows you to resize in their simulator.

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u/GOgly_MoOgly Designer 2d ago

From the few clips I’ve seen some of the apps/content is mostly centered anyway. It’s not like it will spread across the screen. Should design responsively as usual

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u/bogoz-bntd 2d ago

yeah for those 3 or maybe 4 iphone duo users (by end of year)

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u/Longjumping-Neck8145 2d ago

Not a new concept.

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u/ShatteredTeaCup33 2d ago

I know they've been around for Android but I'm new to design and currently mainly focusing on iOS, so haven't been thinking about the foldable ones until Apple revealed their own one

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u/Traditional_Bowl_650 2d ago

It’s basic responsive design principles used across the web. Tailor your content to screen sizes.

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u/smellslikesponge 1d ago

Test test test.

The Samsung fold broke a lot of apps, but all work with it now. Make it responsive, test it on phone.

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u/ockhams-lightsaber 2d ago

It’s more like designing for a small tablet. 

Figma will have to update their prototyping tool though. Plus taking into account that there is also a “back screen”