Suggested to have splash screen for "confusing apps"

[mazekeeper]

Some apps need a further info text in the form of a splash screen; e.g.
"this apps requires the TI Sensor tag"
"this is a companion app for the BLE On/Off example"
"this app needs an external gps"
et cetera when required. We don't want people to run an app,
nothing happens and in worst case they'd walk away

[TechWizEric]

A much better approach from a user interaction perspective is to simply make the app's name and UI contain indications of its requirements. The following approaches are suggested:

• Let the title of the app itself indicate hardware dependencies. Use a title e.g. "TI SensorTag demo" or "Arduino BLE".
• Let the UI contain an image of the required device easily visible. If the user is unfamiliar with e.g. TI SensorTag or Arduino this will give a clear indication of what they're missing.
• Name buttons e.g. "Scan for TI SensorTag" or "Connect to Arduino", and messages e.g. "Scanning for TI SensorTag...".

In case a "splash screen" is used, it should be made only appear once using e.g. localStorage.

[ghost]

Suggestions proposed by Sionarch have been implemented in some of the examples, and should be done for the rest or the examples:

• Descriptive title
• Image of the device used by the example
• When applicable update UI texts to mention the device used