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Jan_Dugovic
Jan_Dugovic
January 26, 2021

Let us design on tablets/mobile (Fully featured Figma for iOS and Android)

  • January 26, 2021
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  1. Describe the problem you’re experiencing and how your idea helps solve this

I like to work on my iPad Air with Apple Pencil. It’s great in Miro app. Lets me deal with comments or make small adjustments while away from the big screen.

Now Figma is not very useful on mobile browsers. Most tools are disabled.
One workaround is Figurative app but that is only marginally better and not developed for the last few months.

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  2. Ask questions to bring the community into the conversation
    (e.g. Does anyone else experience this? Is anyone using a plugin or workaround to help solve this?, etc.

Anyone tried this on Android tablets? Some funky workarounds like connecting keyboards or hacking browser settings?

I guess it’s okay on Windows based tablets and convertibles, at least non ARM based ones.

What about phones?

And what about proper companion app, like Miro has?

Thanks!

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    Eliot_Lovell
    Eliot_Lovell
    New Member
    February 3, 2023

    Especially now there’s so much money behind the company, eh? 😉

    Adryan_Yousef
    Adryan_Yousef
    February 6, 2023

    I feel the same. Wish I could use Figma everywhere, even if I’d need keyboard and trackpad.

      Marci1
      February 28, 2023

      For me, Figurative has everything feature i could ask for, and it’s really frustrating. If I knew this, I definitely wouldn’t have updated my iPad.

      strazhnik
      strazhnik
      March 29, 2023

      Yes, please! I bought an iPad Pro particularly to work in Figma wherever I want instead of being stuck at home with my PC. Imagine the frustration I felt when I realized that no browser or app on the iPad had enough memory to handle heavy drafts in Figma. I CAN’T WAIT Figma to somehow solve his problem. @Figma_Support pleeease 🥺

        Simon_Boer
        Simon_Boer
        April 27, 2023

        Hello there,

        I have got a new iPad and I have used Figma on Desktop for a long time. But I want to switch because of Apple Pencil and Keyboard with Trackpad. I thought it might be very helpful if there was a native iPadOS app that works flawlessly and is original by Figma. I know there is a third party app called Figurative but it has some bugs. I also think it is an often requested feature by most of the Figma designers that also work with iPad. Maybe there is something planned.
        If you also think so or have infos I don’t have answer please.

          Artaherzadeh
          Artaherzadeh
          New Participant
          June 15, 2023

          We really need Figma software on iPad that is able to edit and create interfaces. We can use the web editor, but it’s not optimized for iPad and we face so many problems. Seriously we really don’t need just a prototype viewer I want to use my iPad to create interfaces without using my laptop. It supports both mouse and keyboard.

            M1115
            August 1, 2023

            a mobile editing function for Figma and Figjam, since the application only allows review and comments, but not editing, and it would be a very useful function for those like me who only have mobile as a tool and want to edit the content on the go

            Damien_Metcalf
            Damien_Metcalf
            August 11, 2023

            The Figma app on both iOS and Android are great for quick commenting but as a remote design lead I want to be able to use Figma’s Pencil tool to annotate and give clearer more helpful feedback. Sometime you just need to sketch out an idea or thought and nothing would beat a tablet, pencil and doing this directly in Figma.
            As is, I use a notebook, photograph it and upload to Figma, or just write a long complicated comment thats not overly clear. Pencil with a mouse is just not a goer for me, its one of my favourite features but terrible with a mouse unfortunetly. Unlocking this on tablet would be magical for helping us give better feedback and explore ideas and not just in FigJam.

            Aarya_Harkare
            September 13, 2023

            It been 3 years!!! Please do this Adobe.

              anon63572156
              September 14, 2023

              OP here. Still waiting for this.

              Commenting features are great but have a lot of caveats compared to desktop experience. No edit yet.
              FigJam works on iPad ok, but we need Figma to work there.

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