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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

Summary


In this chapter, I covered some of the most common performance problems you need to be aware of when developing Android apps, including overdraw, memory leaks, and complex view hierarchies.

We took an in-depth look at numerous tools you can use to check whether some of the most common performance problems are affecting your Android projects. We also looked at how to gather more information about any problems you do diagnose, so you're in a better position to fix them.

There's just one chapter left to go! In the final chapter, I'm going to cover all the best practices and guidelines that didn't fit neatly into any of the previous chapters. And since security is such a big concern for mobile users and developers at the moment, I'll also show you how to lock down your UI (and your app in general) so you can be confident that your app isn't leaving users open to security vulnerabilities.