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Jomar Tigcal gave a presentation on Android design principles at a GDG CDO Meetup in July 2013. He discussed three main principles: Enchant Me, which is about delighting users; Simplify My Life, which focuses on keeping interfaces simple; and Make Me Amazing, about empowering users. He also covered pure Android design guidelines and resources like the Android Asset Studio and Action Bar Sherlock. The presentation provided an overview of key design concepts in Android and tools for implementing them.
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- 1. Android Design Jomar Tigcal GDGCDO Meetup July 27, 2013
- 2. Jomar Tigcal ● GDGPhilippines Community Manager ● Android Developer at Stratpoint Technologies, Inc. ● Developing personal apps on free time http://jomar.tigcal.com +Jomar Tigcal @jomartigcal
- 3. Android Design Principles ●Enchant Me ● Simplify My Life ● Make Me Amazing
- 4. Enchant Me ● Delightme in surprising ways ● Real objects are more fun than buttons and menus ● Let me make it mine ● Get to know me
- 5. Simplify My Life ●Keep it brief ● Pictures are faster than words ● Decide for me but let me have the final say ● Only show what I need when I need it ● I should always know where I am ● Never lose my stuff ● If it looks the same, it should act the same ● Only interrupt me if it's important
- 6. Make Me Amazing ●Give me tricks that work everywhere ● It's not my fault ● Sprinkle encouragement ● Do the heavy lifting for me ● Make important things fast
- 7. Pure Android ● Don'tmimic UI elements from other platforms ● Don't carry over platform-specific icons ● Don't use bottom tab bars ● Don't hardcode links to other apps ● Don't use labeled back buttons on action bars ● Don't use right-pointing carets on line items
- 8. Android Design Videos AndroidDesign in Action YouTube Playlist: http: //www.youtube.com/playlist? list=PLWz5rJ2EKKc8j2B95zGMb8muZvrIy-wcF Google I/O 2013 - Android Design http://www.youtube.com/playlist? list=PLWz5rJ2EKKc-qVhMuAprIFYFbCotdgJKq Google I/O 2012 - Android Design http://www.youtube.com/playlist? list=PL54FA004D676C3EE9
- 9. Android Design Community #AndroidDesignHashtag ● Google+ ● Twitter Android Design Google+ Community: https: //plus.google. com/u/0/communities/11666700153537613606 5
- 10. Android Asset Studio Aweb-based set of tools for generating graphics and other assets: http://android-ui-utils.googlecode.com/hg/asset- studio/dist/index.html
- 11. Android Asset Studio IconGenerators ● Launcher Icon Generator ● Action Bar and Tab Icon Generator ● Navigation Drawer Indicator Generator ● Notification Icon Generator ● Generic Icon Generator
- 12. Android Asset Studio OtherAsset Creation Tools ● Device Frame Generator ● Nexus Frame Generator ● Simple Nine-patch Generator
- 13. Action Bar Sherlock byJake Wharton http: //actionbarsherlock. com/
- 14. Android Action BarStyle Generator by Jeff Gilfelt: http: //jgilfelt.github. com/android- actionbarstylegenerat or/
- 15. Android Holo ColorsGenerator by Jérôme Van Der Linden: http://android- holo-colors.com/
- 16. Downloads http://developer.android. com/design/downloads/index.html ● Pencil Stencil ●Official Android stencil kit ● Action Bar Icon Pack ● Roboto Font ● Color Swatches
- 17. Resources Android Design: http://developer.android. com/design HoloEverywhere (Blog): http://www. holoeverywhere.com/ Holo There: http://holothere.tumblr.com/ http://www.mobile-patterns.com/android/
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- 19. Thank you verymuch!
- 20. Android Design Jomar Tigcal GDGCDO Meetup July 27, 2013