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Designing future-proof Android applications

Designing future-proof Android applications

Delivered at the Intel Developer Zone Android Codefest, 2013.

Pratul Kalia

October 26, 2013
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  1. A N D R O I D A P P S
    D E S I G N I N G F U T U R E - P R O O F
    I D Z A N D R O I D C O D E F E S T, 2 0 1 3

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  2. T H AT ’ S O N E T O O M A N Y !
    • Smartphones aren’t a novelty anymore
    • There are too many apps
    • There are too many developers!

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  3. — T H AT G U Y W E A L L K N O W
    “It’s not just what it looks like and feels like.
    Design is how it works.”

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  4. S O N O W W H AT ?
    • Solve an actual problem
    • Don’t follow the herd
    • Think out of the box
    • Think inside the box

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  5. Time for some examples!

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  6. W H AT S A P P & FA C E B O O K M E S S E N G E R
    Don’t ask the user to repeat, if it is your
    application’s mistake.

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  7. A W E AT H E R A P P
    The obvious way is not the only way.

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  8. M E S S A G I N G ( S T O C K A N D R O I D )
    The obvious way is sometimes the correct way.

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  9. Pratul Kalia
    @lut4rp
    uncommon
    www.uncommon.is
    Thank you!

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