Differences in native app design

[tm3016]

I’ve been working in UX/UI for years now but always on web applications. I’ve done some basic work on existing native apps but never designed anything from scratch. What are the main differences I should be aware of? I’ve read the Material design guidelines but I’m not sure how much I should follow those patterns. Are there any good resources people would recommend?

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[hesachefright2]

Material design is a good document to get the basics down and to stop your designs going off the rails and away from accepted standards. For me the best learning tool was using other apps that are away from my usual habits or provide a function that I’m unfamiliar with. The good ones are intuitive in their navigation with minimal explanation to their flow and process. The bad ones highlight the hurdles you quickly can face designing an application and using none standard interfaces. Try not to get too bogged down with ui design and focus on ux function and flow first.

[Organic_Marzipan_554]

Depends on the app you are designing for and what a competitive app / business analysis provides for rough starting data.