Android Design: GDG CDO 6th Monthsary Meetup

The slides I used in my talk about Android Design during the GDG CDO 6th Monthsary Meetup (July 27, 2013)

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1. Android Design Jomar Tigcal GDG CDO Meetup July 27, 2013
2. Jomar Tigcal • GDG Philippines Community Manager • Android Developer at Stratpoint Technologies, Inc. • Developing personal apps on free time http://jomar.tigcal.com +Jomar Tigcal @jomartigcal
3. Android Design Principles • Enchant Me • Simplify My Life • Make Me Amazing
4. Enchant Me • Delight me in surprising ways • Real objects are more fun than buttons and menus • Let me make it mine • Get to know me
5. Simplify My Life • Keep it brief • Pictures are faster than words • Decide for me but let me have the final say • Only show what I need when I need it • I should always know where I am • Never lose my stuff • If it looks the same, it should act the same • Only interrupt me if it's important
6. Make Me Amazing • Give me tricks that work everywhere • It's not my fault • Sprinkle encouragement • Do the heavy lifting for me • Make important things fast
7. Pure Android • Don't mimic UI elements from other platforms • Don't carry over platform-specific icons • Don't use bottom tab bars • Don't hardcode links to other apps • Don't use labeled back buttons on action bars • Don't use right-pointing carets on line items
8. Android Design Videos Android Design in Action YouTube Playlist: http: //www.youtube.com/playlist? list=PLWz5rJ2EKKc8j2B95zGMb8muZvrIy-wcF Google I/O 2013 - Android Design http://www.youtube.com/playlist? list=PLWz5rJ2EKKc-qVhMuAprIFYFbCotdgJKq Google I/O 2012 - Android Design http://www.youtube.com/playlist? list=PL54FA004D676C3EE9
9. Android Design Community #AndroidDesign Hashtag • Google+ • Twitter Android Design Google+ Community: https: //plus.google. com/u/0/communities/11666700153537613606 5
10. Android Asset Studio A web-based set of tools for generating graphics and other assets: http://android-ui-utils.googlecode.com/hg/asset- studio/dist/index.html
11. Android Asset Studio Icon Generators • Launcher Icon Generator • Action Bar and Tab Icon Generator • Navigation Drawer Indicator Generator • Notification Icon Generator • Generic Icon Generator
12. Android Asset Studio Other Asset Creation Tools • Device Frame Generator • Nexus Frame Generator • Simple Nine-patch Generator
13. Action Bar Sherlock by Jake Wharton http: //actionbarsherlock. com/
14. Android Action Bar Style Generator by Jeff Gilfelt: http: //jgilfelt.github. com/android- actionbarstylegenerat or/
15. Android Holo Colors Generator by Jérôme Van Der Linden: http://android- holo-colors.com/
16. Downloads http://developer.android. com/design/downloads/index.html • Pencil Stencil • Official Android stencil kit • Action Bar Icon Pack • Roboto Font • Color Swatches
17. Resources Android Design: http://developer.android. com/design Holo Everywhere (Blog): http://www. holoeverywhere.com/ Holo There: http://holothere.tumblr.com/ http://www.mobile-patterns.com/android/
18. Questions? Image Source: http://www.talkandroid.com/35960-google-test-market-accidentally-released-reviewed-quickly-pulled/
19. Thank you very much!
20. Android Design Jomar Tigcal GDG CDO Meetup July 27, 2013