Smashing Android UI

Smashing Android UI (Smashing Magazine Book Series)

Designers and developers, create smashing apps for Android devices

If you’re developing applications for Android smartphones and tablets, you know it isn’t enough just to create the app. The application has to be intuitive, well laid out, and easy to use. Smashing Android UI shows you just how to do that. Starting with basic components, this practical, full-color book shows you how to create scalable layouts, make use of adaptive layouts and fragments, follow Android design best practices, and design sleek, intuitive user interfaces using Android UI design patterns.

One of the newest guides in the terrific Smashing Magazine book series, this book takes you beyond the basics with expert techniques and innovative ideas. Learn smart solutions that will help you avoid pitfalls while building apps that can scale up to a multitude of possible Android device-and-browser combinations.

• Teaches practical techniques for developing and designing applications that work on all Android phones and tablets
• Helps developers who have Android experience, but not necessarily design experience, as well as designers who want to follow Android design best practices and patterns
• Starts with how to use simple components and then moves on to building scalable layouts
• Covers adaptive layouts and fragments, responsive design, and how to design user interfaces using Android UI design patterns

Smashing Android UI: Responsive Android UI and Design Patterns for Phones and Tablets helps you create apps for the hottest thing in technology–Android devices!

Table of Contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO ANDROID DESIGN 1
Chapter 1: Introduction to Usability and User Interface Design 3
Chapter 2: Don’t Start Coding Just Yet 19
Chapter 3: Considerations in Designing for Mobile and Touch Devices 31
Chapter 4: Exploring the Android Platform 43

PART II: ANDROID PLATFORM FEATURES AND UI COMPONENTS 61
Chapter 5: Android App Structure and Online Guidelines 63
Chapter 6: Android Intents 73
Chapter 7: Android App Navigation Structure 87
Chapter 8: Home Screen App Widgets 103
Chapter 9: Notifying and Informing Users 119
Chapter 10: Designing For Hardware Buttons, Input Methods, and Sensors 137
Chapter 11: Designing Platform User Interface Components 155

PART III: SCALABLE ANDROID DESIGN 193
Chapter 12: Managing Android Resources 195
Chapter 13: Android App Layouts 207
Chapter 14: Scalable Graphics 227
Chapter 15: Beyond Scalable – Responsive Design 245
Chapter 16: Implementing Responsive User Interfaces 263

PART IV: ANDROID UI DESIGN PATTERNS 283
Chapter 17: Introduction to User Interface Design Patterns 285
Chapter 18: User Action Design Patterns 291
Chapter 19: Navigation and Layout Design Patterns 315
Chapter 20: Data Design Patterns 337
Chapter 21: User Interface Design Anti-Patterns 349