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Android Design in ActionShyamala Prayaga
WHO AM I?
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
ACCORDING TO NEILSON STUDIES
Popular apps that become available on Android experience huge growth.
Instagram grew by 10 million users with the launch of its Android app — in just 10 days.
Despite this unprecedented
expansion of the platform, the
majority of Android Apps are NOT
THAT GREAT
Fewer QUALITY apps are in Google Play than in the iTunes Store.
WHY?
Android has been going through puberty in the past few years
Inconsistent hardware buttons is a big problem
Fight for Fragmentation
Android is not easy to learn
Better Menu discoverability
Backward Compatibility
In app navigation is much more predictable
But some CHALLENGES still
exists…
Multiple Screens
Different Hardware Types
TYPOGRAPHY
So how do we design for the NEW
age Android
UNDERSTAND ANDROID’S LOOK AND FEEL
BUILD FOR DIFFERENT HARDWARE TYPES
MAKE THE LARGE, OBVIOUS TAP TARGETS
USE DENSITY-INDEPENDENT PIXELS TO
DEFINE LAYOUT
CREATE ASSETS FOR ALL DENSITIES
PROPERLY HANDLE ORIENTATION CHANGES
FOLLOW ANDROID ICON GUIDELINES
DON’T MIMIC UI ELEMENTS FROM OTHER
PLATFORMS
DON’T MIMIC UI ELEMENTS FROM OTHER
PLATFORMS
DON’T USE BOTTOM TAB BARS
DON’T USE LABELED BACK BUTTON ON
ACTION BAR
DON’T USE RIGHT POINTING CARETS ON LINE
ITEMS
DEMO
Android Asset Studio
ICON GENERATORS — MAKE ICONS FOR YOUR APPIcon generators allow you to quickly and easily generate icons from existing source images, clipart, or text.
Launcher iconsAction bar and tab iconsNotification iconsGeneric iconsTab icons (pre-Android 3.0)Menu icons (pre-Android 3.0)
OTHER GENERATORS — MISCELLANEOUS ASSET CREATION TOOLSDevice frame generator (or see the
official version for Nexus devices)Simple nine-patch generator
COMMUNITY TOOLS — SIMILAR TOOLS FROM THE OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITYAndroid Action Bar Style Generator by Jeff GilfeltAndroid Holo Colors Generator by Jérôme Van Der Linden
QUESTIONS
REFERENCES
http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/newswire/2012/two-thirds-of-new-mobile-buyers-now-opting-for-smartphones.html
http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/13/2946602/instagram-40-million-usersINSTAGRAM