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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

Debugging your project


It's crucial that you thoroughly test your app for bugs before releasing it. Android Studio provides a range of tools that you can use to debug an app running on an emulator or a physical Android device, although these tools can only test a debuggable version of your app, which means you'll need to run your app in debug mode.

To run your app in debug mode, open your project's module-level build.gradle file and add the following:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application' 
 
......... 
 
......... 
  } 
   buildTypes {  
          debug {  
                  debuggable true 
            }  
    }  
} 

After editing your Gradle build file, make sure you sync your project. Next, click the Debug icon or select Run from the Android Studio toolbar, followed by Debug.

Select the AVD or physical Android device where you want to install and test the debuggable version of your app. Once your app has loaded, Android Studio...