What to use instead of a hamburger in mobile development?

Question

User interface

Designers really don't like the hamburger menu. A lot of articles have been written on this subject. But what to use?
If you look in the appstore or playmarket, then almost all applications with a hamburger are there. What if the client has a lot of menu items that all do not fit in the bottom menu, and he does not want to cram everything into the "more" item. How to be?

Answer 1

Designers really don't like the hamburger menu.

See the contradiction? It is that some part of people criticize the burger, some love it (I remind you that applications with a burger are also drawn by designers))
You need to start from the task. There are services / programs in which you can easily do without a burger, as Aleksey
wrote . And there are services in which the menu has to be hidden so that it does not interfere. And there is no longer a contradiction.
If you want to discuss in detail, post here a more detailed description of the project.

Answer 2

there are solutions from the category of "usability designer", when you draw the structure of the application, and no one will attack you for it. then please - you can make 3 menus in a row, you can throw out some section as unnecessary (I observe the gradual withering away of the "main" items - it is replaced by a logo, and more rigid structuring, when menu items are grouped according to the meaning "about us" + "contacts" + "location map" let's say = "contacts" and everything is on the 1st page, thanks to the logic, some begin to understand that the user does not really care if this is a standard service, and you need to know how to get there and where to call, but he will not write letters , and you also understand that not all offices are interested in who their employees are - here is a fitness club or a hairdresser, yes, but an IT office - co-co),
if an app with many features - catch the monkey and give him this app. watch what she does and why she needs it. if some of the functions are not used - ... ... ... is the conclusion obvious?

Answer 3

Strongly depends on CA.
For sites with an "average" audience, I try to sign the "Menu". Without any icons.
This is the most understandable option.
For a younger (or "advanced") audience, a hamburger is an easy fit.
Sometimes, in obvious cases, you can use analogues - a favicon, arrows, a half-hamburger.