Design Phase

I always start my application design with the various screens (or activities) and how the user navigates between them.

In Compastic! I need:

1. the main screen with
1. the place of interest selected and a way to change it
2. a compass view showing the Magnetic North direction and the direction to the place of interest
3. the distance to that place
4. a way to switch mode as I also wanted to be able to display the locations (current and of interest) on a Map
2. an "Add Place" screen where the user can add a new place of interest, with
1. a search bar, to enter the name of the place in text
2. a map to visualise the places geographically
3. a list to select the place of choice
3. a couple of standard dialogs for Welcoming and Instructions

Here's an overview of these three screens:

Like I said I am no professional Android developer and does this as a hobby. I could really do with some UI/UX advice!

In the next posts I will discuss the actual implementation of each screens.