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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
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Get ready for errors!


In a perfect world, users will only ever interact with your app under ideal conditions. If your app pulls content from the Internet, people will only ever open your app when they have a lightning-fast connection to the World Wide Web. Your app will never have to deal with interruptions such as pesky incoming calls or SMS messages, and your users will certainly never enter their username or password incorrectly.

Sadly, this isn't the way the real world works. Your users will make mistakes, run out of storage space, lose their Internet connection, and get phone calls when they're midway through the final boss battle in your RPG app. Your app must be able to handle all these less-than-ideal conditions and errors.

It may seem strange to plan for errors, but unfortunately errors happen to the best of us. Not only should your app be able to handle errors when they do occur, but it should handle them gracefully.

In the final section of this chapter, we'll look at how to design...