Android User Interface Design: Implementing Material Design for Developers (Usability) - Couverture souple

Clifton, Ian G. Clifton

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0134191404 ISBN 13 : 9780134191409

Editeur : Addison-Wesley Professional, 2015

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Build Android 6 Material Design Apps That Are Stunningly Attractive, Functional, and Intuitive

As Android development has matured and grown increasingly competitive, developers have recognized the crucial importance of good design. With Material Design, Google introduced its most radical visual changes ever, and made effective design even more essential. Android 6 and the design support library continue to push mobile design forward.

In Android User Interface Design, Second Edition, leading Android developer and user experience (UX) advocate Ian G. Clifton shows how to combine exceptional usability and outstanding visual appeal. Clifton helps you build apps that new users can succeed with instantly: apps that leverage users’ previous experience previous experience, reflect platform conventions, and never test their patience.

You won’t need any design experience: Clifton walks you through the entire process, from wireframes and flowcharts to finished apps with polished animations and advanced compositing. You’ll find hands-on case studies and extensive downloadable sample code, including complete finished apps.

· Integrate Material Design into backward compatible Android 6 apps
· Understand views, the building blocks of Android user interfaces
· Make the most of wireframes and conceptual prototypes
· Apply user-centered design throughout
· Master the essentials of typography and iconography
· Use custom themes and styles for consistent visuals
· Handle inputs and scrolling
· Create beautiful transition animations
· Use advanced components like spans and image caches
· Work with the canvas, color filters, shaders, and image compositing
· Combine multiple views into efficient custom components
· Customize views to meet unique drawing or interaction requirements
· Maximize downloads by designing compelling app store assets

Step by step, this guide bridges the gap between Android developers and designers, so you can collaborate on world-class app designs...or do it all yourself!

“This well-presented, easy-to-grasp book gets to the heart of Android User Interface Design. Well worth the reading time!”
--Dr. Adam Porter, University of Maryland, Fraunhofer Center for Experimental Software Engineering

"Ian's grasp of Android is fantastic, and this book is a great read for any developer or designer. I've personally worked on 30+ Android applications, and I was learning new tips with every chapter."
--Cameron Banga, Lead Designer, 9magnets, LLC

Présentation de l'éditeur

Build Android Apps That Are Stunningly Attractive, Functional, and Intuitive

When Android was a new mobile operating system, most of the app developers were tinkerers at heart, curious what they could do with such a powerful and open platform. Early apps were focused on features or just getting branding out in the world. Years went by and the importance of good design grew rapidly.

 

Flash forward to June, 2014 when Google unveiled a preview of Material Design and Android 5.0 (called Android “L” at the time). It was the most radical visual change to Android in its fast-paced life. This new design ideology was backed with guidelines covering the visual appearance of Android apps but not all the steps to get to create a design nor the implementation details.

 

Now, leading Android developer and user experience (UX) advocate Ian G. Clifton shows how you can create a beautiful Android application with just a bit of development knowledge and no design experience. Learn the entire process of creating a stunning Android app from wireframes and flowcharts to a complete application with polished animations and advanced techniques such as PorterDuff compositing.

·   Learn how Android has evolved to support outstanding app design

·   Integrate app design with development, from idea to deployment

·   Understand views, the building blocks of Android user interfaces

·   Make the most of wireframes and conceptual prototypes

·   Apply the User-Centered Design process throughout

·   Gain knowledge about typography and iconography

·   Use custom themes and styles for consistent visuals

·   Create beautiful transition animations for a better UX

·   Utilize advanced components like spans and image caches

·   Work with the canvas, color filters, shaders, and image compositing

·   Combine multiple views into custom components for efficiency and ease

·   Develop fully custom views for unique drawing or interaction requirements

·   Design compelling Google Play and Amazon Appstore assets to maximize downloads

One step at a time, this guide helps you bridge the gap between Android developers and designers so you can work with colleagues to create world-class app designs...or do it all yourself!

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0134191404
• ISBN 13: 9780134191409
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 446