3 Major Styles of Navigation
- Hierarchical Navigation
- Make one choice per screen until you reach a destination. To go to another destination, you must retrace your steps(pop) or start over(popToRoot) from the beginning and make different choices. Settings and Mail use this navigation style.
2. Flat Navigation
- Switch between multiple content categories. Music and App Store use this navigation style.
3. Content - Driven or Experience - Driven Navigation
- Move freely through content, or the content itself defines the navigation. Games, books, and other immersive apps generally use this navigation style.
→ Some apps combine multiple navigation styles. For example, an app that uses flat navigation may implement hierarchical navigation within each category.