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Android UI Design

By : Jessica Thornsby
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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
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Preface

Deep dive – exploring layouts


Now that you have an idea of how views, ViewGroups, and Layouts come together to create a user interface, and how to create your user interface programmatically and in XML, it's time to look at each of Android's most common UI components in more detail. We'll start with the component that pretty much lays the foundation of any user interface: a layout container.

The Android platform supports a range of layouts, so your first task is deciding which layout best meets your design needs. If you're struggling to make this decision, keep in mind that you can nest layouts within one another to create your perfect layout container.

Note

Don't go overboard with the nesting as this can have a negative impact on your app's performance. If you find yourself nesting multiple layouts, then this could be a sign that you're using the wrong kind of layout!

Before you create any kind of layout, here are a few rules, regulations, and attributes that you need to get to grips with.

Defining...