Android Design: Beyond the Guidelines (short version)

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A N D R O I D D E S I G N : B E Y O N D T H E G U I D E L I N E S P U T T I N G Y O U R B R A N D B E F O R E T H E S Y S T E M

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K E V I N G R A N T A N D R O I D E N G I N E E R

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O U T L I N E • S AY Y E S • T H I N K D I F F E R E N T LY • B E A D E S I G N L E A D E R

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S AY Y E S

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“Wouldn’t it be great if…”

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“What do you think about…”

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– E V E RY D E S I G N E R E V E R “How hard would it be to…”

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N O B O D Y L I K E S S O M E O N E W H O I S D W I G H T A L L T H E T I M E .

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• Designers aren’t trying to ruin the product (just your life) • Requests are usually reasonable • Even the unreasonable requests are still doable • Remember - You’re designing the app for your company (or client), not for Google.

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T H I N K D I F F E R E N T LY

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– S O M E P E O P L E I N T H I S R O O M “But I can’t design good”

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– S A LVA D O R D A L Í “Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.”

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G E T I N S P I R E D B Y A P P S Y O U L O V E

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T H I S I S Y O U R J O B

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B E A D E S I G N L E A D E R

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E V E RY T H I N G S TA R T E D O U T A S S O M E O N E S I D E A

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“Wouldn’t it be great if…”

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V I E W PA G E R S O M E O N E S I D E A

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D O U B L E - TA P T O Z O O M S O M E O N E S I D E A

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P U L L T O R E F R E S H S O M E O N E S I D E A aw no snaps =(

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W H AT A B O U T T H E D R A W E R ? shoutout https://github.com/jfeinstein10/SlidingMenu

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• Junk Drawer • Trash Drawer • Sloppy Design • Doing your interface wrong

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J / K I T S A G O O D I D E A

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S R S LY

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– R I G H T LY S K E P T I C A L A U D I E N C E “Im hearin’ a lot of talk…”

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S W I P E B A C K (before it was cool)

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“Sir, that interferes with the drawer pattern.”

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“That’s very wasteful on your applications memory footprint.”

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“That’s not how Android is supposed to work.”

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I T S A W E S O M E so w/ever

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O U T L I N E • W E S A I D Y E S • W E T H O U G H T D I F F E R E N T LY • W E B E C A M E D E S I G N L E A D E R S

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Your apps will be remembered by the rules you break

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