Export interactive prototype as native mobile app (iOS, Android)
Hi,
I'm Head of Brand Management in a marketing department. And more and more often we need to make a simple app to our colleagues in sales. Very simple functionality but vital information. The problem is that our development department do not have time and recourses to help us doing the coding for us.
So basically my suggestions is quite simple: Why can't Adobe XD have a export or build function like nativ.com or Appy Pie where you can build an app without coding. I do my designs in XD, Photoshop etc. and I have a licens for Adobe CC but I need to go to development and have them to do the coding. And if they dont have the time I'm lost.
So please consider to implement function like this - that would be great
All the best/Jean
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Jean Felber
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Ron Schlegel
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A very powerful feature to add would be a “Convert to Android (and Convert to iPhone”) feature. For example, after the designer has designed an iPhone screen, the designer would duplicate it, select the iPhone-specific widgets (or just the artboard), then select the “Convert to Android” function. Adobe XD would then read the name of all iPhone-specific widgets in the design and convert (swap) them all to Android widgets! All widgets would need to be named properly. This would save the designer from having to redesign the page for Android.
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eugene
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That would be a killer feature for AdobeXD. Especially if the exported project will use a native library for SVG assets, so that they does not need to be converted, but can be edited and included as assets in the original format.
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Elliot Rock
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Make an App like Invision, an native ios or android with a web view that loads and displays the sharable XD link.
Its about 2-5 hrs work for the iOS part. just needs local storage of the html which is easy.
Then it needs to be sharable.
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Kim Hazelgrove
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"...you want to take the interactive prototype you created in XD and turn it directly into a compiled, native mobile app with the same very simple interactivity you created in XD?.."
Yes that's what I would want, especially for teaching in high school
Also more tools as have been mentioned
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Dave Cochrane
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I concur that this would be a great feature. You've got a tool here that is begging to be used for museum and retail exhibits, training applications...the list is endless. XD has impressed my students more than just about anything I've shown them in the last two years. The potential it offers is enormous.
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Jean Felber
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Yes basically - to both questions
I would like XD to export simple code for interactivity like slide functions between screens. Fx the app could consists pictures with text/info made in Photoshop - and then an simple slide function between the pictures so it actually works when I export it. That way we will be able to make an app our sales guys can have on there phone. I dosent have to go throug App store or Google play....
I have looked at Framer and it looks pretty nice - but again I'n no code-person. But I need the interactivity :-) -
Frank DerFrankie Neulichedl commented
I think this request is more in line with your 1st assumption.
Just export the prototype as a a compiled native app. Much like Marvel from Google.I think it would work better than going over the online prototypes - especially for enterprise scenarios, like mine, where we cannot use UX online prototypes
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Anonymous
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I think this feature could be the next big step. You won't need Developers anymore for simple apps. Just think about how much influence this would have. Adobe you should really get started working on this.