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Android UI Design

By : Jessica Thornsby
Book Image

Android UI Design

By: Jessica Thornsby

Overview of this book

<p>Great design is one of the key drivers in the adoption of new applications, yet unfortunately design considerations are often neglected in the face of “will it work,” “can we make it quicker,” or “can we get more people using it”?</p> <p>This book seeks to redress this balance by showing you how to get your PM to start treating the design phase of your project seriously. This book is focused entirely on the development of UI features, and you’ll be able to practically implementing the design practices that we extol throughout the book.</p> <p>Starting by briefly outlining some of the factors you need to keep in mind when building a UI, you’ll learn the concepts of Android User Interface from scratch. We then move on to formulate a plan on how to implement these concepts in various applications. We will deep dive into how UI features are implemented in real-world applications where UIs are complex and dynamic.</p> <p>This book offers near complete coverage of UI-specific content including, views, fragments, the wireframing process, and how to add in splash screens—everything you need to make professional standard UIs for modern applications. It will then cover material design and show you how to implement Google's design aesthetic in a practical manner. Finally, it ensures the best possible user experience by analyzing the UI using various tools, and then addressing any problems they uncover.</p> <p>By the end of the book, you’ll be able to leverage the concepts of Android User Interface in your applications in order to attract new customers.</p>
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Android UI Design
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Chapter 2. What Goes into an Effective UI?

In this chapter, we'll look at the core components of every Android user interface: layouts and views. You'll learn how to add these elements to your Android projects and all the different ways you can customize these UI building blocks to meet your exact design needs. We'll also look at how to enhance our UI using strings, colors resources, and state lists, and we'll begin to look at how we can create a user interface that looks crisp and clear regardless of the screen it's being displayed on.

Although we'll be exploring layouts and views in greater detail throughout this chapter, the two are intrinsically linked. Before you can add a view to your app, you need a layout, and a layout without any views isn't likely to win your app any fans.

So, before we dive into the finer details of UI design, let's get an overview of how views and layouts come together to create an effective Android UI.