"You Animal!" is an Android app that allows you to convert from one animal's age to another. The user inputs an age, picks the source and target animals from a vertical scroll wheel, and the input age is converted -- either at a push of a button, or automatically upon any input changes.
How to use:
- Input an age in the top left corner of the screen.
- Scroll up and down the left column to find the animal you want to convert from.
- Scroll up and down the right column to find the animal you want to convert do.
- Press the "CONVERT" button at the bottom of the screen. The result will be rounded down to the nearest whole number.
- Alternatively, check the "autoconvert" box in the top right corner of the screen. The result will instead update any time an input is changed.
Design choices:
- I wanted an intuitive layout for converting between animals. I settled upon two vertical scrolling columns, adhering to the English phrasing for converting, i.e. "human to sheep". While this design is readable in left-to-right countries, it would likely have to be adjusted for non left-to-right countries.
- The selected choice from the column is in a larger, bolded font for indication, with a "scroll-to-grid" animation to enforce alignment.
- I rounded down results to the nearest whole number at the end because I didn't think the user should have to deal with decimals. If I had more time, I would have liked to offer an "accuracy" mode where the result would offer months/days as well.
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