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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

Planning your app


Planning is a step that's easy to skip, especially if you're flying solo, but taking some time to plan your project properly not only increases your changes of creating a more effective application, it also increases your chances of actually finishing your project, rather than abandoning it halfway through.

Skip this stage at your peril!

Identifying your target audience

When you're in the early stages of planning your app, it's tempting to tell yourself, "This app is such a good idea, everyone will want to use it!"

If you buy into this statement, then your app will be perfect—but only for you. Since it doesn't make much sense to develop an app just for yourself (although, if you happen to like the finished product, then that's an added bonus), the first question you'll need to answer when planning your application is, "Who am I building this thing for?"

Too often we leave identifying our target audience until too late in the planning process, or even worse, we get carried...