# Perspective & Mobile

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-mobile/20352>\
**Category:** Ignition Early Access\
**Created:** [October 24, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-mobile/20352 "2018-10-24T18:21:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-mobile/20352/2 "2018-10-24T18:56:50Z")

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Perspective comes in ~~two~~ three _licenses_, which I think may be part of your confusion. The mobile-only license will only run inside of the native mobile applications (iOS and Android) and is part of the ‘upgrade’ for total-care customers who purchased Mobile module licenses in \<8.0 [[1]](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-v8-release/17247/28?u=pgriffith). The full Perspective license allows any device (desktop, phone, tablet, etc) with a modern web browser [[2]](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-perspective-supported-browsers/20203/2?u=pgriffith) to launch _the same_ Perspective resources/projects/views.

EDIT: Three licenses, actually - Mobile (native app) only, browser (no native app) only, or both combined. The ‘migration’ path from existing Mobile module licenses still stands - a 7.9 Mobile module license + a total care contract = a Perspective mobile-only license in 8.0.

There’s no additional effort required to “port” a Perspective window to/from desktop/mobile. There _is_ some additional, front-loaded overhead in terms of UI design, in that you have to design your projects around being able to resize from small, portrait-oriented mobile devices up to large, landscape desktop resolutions. The tools available in the Perspective designer are what helps you do this. I would definitely recommend checking out Carl’s overview of the Perspective module [[3]](https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/u6ld0rycvq) and, if you have a ticket/can sweet-talk your sales rep, the [Design Principles for Creating Mobile-Responsive HMIs](https://icc.inductiveautomation.com/archive) video is also a great resource for learning about that extra design work.

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