Android design in action
This document discusses Android design and some key challenges. It notes that 480 million people currently use Android devices, which outnumber iOS devices. Popular apps that launch on Android experience huge growth, as Instagram gained 10 million users in 10 days after launching its Android app. However, fewer quality apps are available in Google Play compared to the iTunes Store. Some challenges in Android design include inconsistent hardware, fragmentation, difficulty learning Android, and supporting multiple screen sizes and hardware types. The document provides tips for designing for Android such as understanding its look and feel, building for different hardware, following icon guidelines, and avoiding mimicking elements from other platforms.
Android design in action
- 1. Android Design in Action Shyamala Prayaga
- 2. WHO AM I?
- 3. 480 million people currently use Android devices More Android devices are on the market than iOS devices. 1 million new Android devices are activated each day ANDROID IS HUGE
- 4. ACCORDING TO NEILSON STUDIES
- 5. Popular apps that become available on Android experience huge growth.
- 6. Instagram grew by 10 million users with the launch of its Android app — in just 10 days.
- 7. Despite this unprecedented expansion of the platform, the majority of Android Apps are NOT THAT GREAT
- 8. Fewer QUALITY apps are in Google Play than in the iTunes Store.
- 9. WHY?
- 10. Android has been going through puberty in the past few years
- 11. Inconsistent hardware buttons is a big problem
- 13. Android is not easy to learn
- 18. In app navigation is much more predictable
- 19. But some CHALLENGES still exists…
- 20. Multiple Screens
- 22. TYPOGRAPHY
- 23. So how do we design for the NEW age Android
- 24. UNDERSTAND ANDROID’S LOOK AND FEEL
- 25. BUILD FOR DIFFERENT HARDWARE TYPES
- 26. MAKE THE LARGE, OBVIOUS TAP TARGETS
- 27. USE DENSITY-INDEPENDENT PIXELS TO DEFINE LAYOUT
- 28. CREATE ASSETS FOR ALL DENSITIES
- 29. PROPERLY HANDLE ORIENTATION CHANGES
- 30. FOLLOW ANDROID ICON GUIDELINES
- 31. DON’T MIMIC UI ELEMENTS FROM OTHER PLATFORMS
- 32. DON’T MIMIC UI ELEMENTS FROM OTHER PLATFORMS
- 33. DON’T USE BOTTOM TAB BARS
- 34. DON’T USE LABELED BACK BUTTON ON ACTION BAR
- 35. DON’T USE RIGHT POINTING CARETS ON LINE ITEMS
- 36. DEMO
- 37. Android Asset Studio ICON GENERATORS — MAKE ICONS FOR YOUR APP Icon generators allow you to quickly and easily generate icons from existing source images, clipart, or text. Launcher icons Action bar and tab icons Notification icons Generic icons Tab icons (pre-Android 3.0) Menu icons (pre-Android 3.0) OTHER GENERATORS — MISCELLANEOUS ASSET CREATION TOOLS Device frame generator (or see the official version for Nexus devices) Simple nine-patch generator COMMUNITY TOOLS — SIMILAR TOOLS FROM THE OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITY Android Action Bar Style Generator by Jeff Gilfelt Android Holo Colors Generator by Jérôme Van Der Linden
- 38. QUESTIONS