Android user interface design : turning ideas and sketches into beautifully designed apps

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clifton, Ian G., Author.

Series:

Usability

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Android (Electronic resource).

Android (Electronic resource)--Design.

User interfaces (Computer systems)--Design.

User interfaces (Computer systems).

Application software.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 v.) : ill.

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Addison Wesley 2013

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Build Android Apps That Are Stunningly Attractive, Functional, and Intuitive In today’s crowded Android marketplace, it’s more important than ever to differentiate your apps. Great design is the best way to do that. Now, leading Android app design expert Ian G. Clifton shows you how to make your apps come alive and how to deliver apps that users will want, love, and buy! Reflecting the Android 4.2 SDK, this book serves both as a tutorial for the entire design and implementation process and as a handy reference you’ll rely on for every Android development project. Clifton shows how to create effective designs, organize them into Android components, and move gracefully from idea, to wireframe, to comp, to finished app. You’ll learn how to bring your own voice, personality, and style to your app designs; how to leverage advanced drawing techniques such as PorterDuff compositing; how to test designs on diverse Android devices; and much more. Android User Interface Design details each step of the design and development process and contains extensive downloadable sample code, including complete finished apps. Learn how Android has evolved to support outstanding app design Integrate app design with development, from idea through deployment Understand views, the building blocks of Android user interfaces Make the most of wireframes and prototypes Build efficient layouts and integrate smooth animations Make apps more useful by automatically updating ListViews Combine views into custom components Use image compositing and other advanced techniques Work with the canvas and advanced drawing Leverage Google Play and Amazon Appstore assets 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 yourself!

Contents:

Android UI overview

Understanding views : the UI building blocks

Creating full layouts with ViewGroups and Fragments

Adding app graphics and resources

Starting a new app

Developing the app foundation

Finalizing the design

Applying the design

Further improving the app

How to handle common components

Combining views for custom components

Developing fully custom views

Working with the canvas and advanced drawing.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780133154818

0133154815

9780133154801

0133154807

9780321886736

0321886739

OCLC:

850706243