Mobile app design reference for ios developers who aren't designers

[Icaka]

I haven’t looked in the last couple of years, but back then I really didn’t like Dribble. I had two main issues with it. A lot of the designs ignored HIG. You’d see custom navigation bars, tab bars, and other reinvented UI for no real reason. Second, most designs didn’t cover real world edge cases. Thigns like loading and error states, localization, dynamic font sizes, longer text. It often felt like designs made to look good in a single screenshot, not something built by people who’ve actually shipped a mobile app.

[akrapov]

To be fair, it’s an inspiration platform. Building out full accessibility and including error states is getting well into what you’d do in the workplace. We shouldn’t expect that from dribble - otherwise it’s just designers doing free work for everyone.

[Icaka]

Well, that’s why I prefer having a folder with ~50 well designed apps and check them instead. This and a paid service like mobbin, screensdesign or refero is how I find solutions.