There's not much more frustrating as a VDC Manager than to be looking at your device and trying to remotely guide someone else on their device, only to find the devices have slightly different user interfaces.
While the ACC mobile app is pretty similar between Android and iOS platforms, there are still a number of notable differences. I use both Android and iOS regularly, and I must say that the Android ACC app is definitely the more polished app. The iOS app is still quite rough around the edges. However, Android is yet to receive some features which iOS has.
Putting aside the fact that each platform has their own unique design languages, I would like both app teams to come together to make them function the same.
Here's a quick starting list.
Android
- On the menu there are no Specifications and Correspondence modules.
- On Sheets you cannot view Asset Markups.
- In the Members list, it is missing a quick selector for fast scrolling the list.
iOS
- On Sheets cannot View as List.
- In Files you can't browse multi-page PDFs nearly as well as on Android.
- Has a counter-intuitive vertical swipe for the horizontal page thumbnail navigation.
- When you minimise the markup toolbar and then change pages, the markup toolbar re-expands. This is annoying when you simply want to read a document.
- There is a document GUID stamped across the top of each document.
- Links in the PDF do not work.
- In Forms, the form action buttons are not as well placed. Especially the Copy from and Discard form buttons at the very bottom. Android has these all nicely placed at the top of the form.
- In the Members list, there is an alphabetical quick selector for fast scrolling the list. It's not in alphabetical order.
