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Design Architecture
Rakesh Kumar Jha
Creative Vision
Enchant me (charming)
Simplify my life
Make me amazing
Design Principles
Design by Android User Experience Team to keep users' best interests
Use a A beautiful surface
a carefully-placed animation
a well-timed sound effect
Use real objects
Design Principles
Keep data brief
Pictures are equal to 1000 words
Show what I need & when I need
UI overview
Android's system UI provides the framework on top of that you build your app
UI will play an important role to apps
Important UI Play Main Role
Status Bar
• Displays pending notifications on the left and status, such as time, battery level, or signal strength, on the right. Swipe down from the status bar to show notification details.
Navigation Bar
• New for phones in Android 4.0, the navigation bar is present only on devices that don't have the traditional hardware keys. It houses the device navigation controls Back, Home, and Recents, and also displays a menu for apps written for Android 2.3 or earlier.
Style
What is Style ?
How it works ?
What are important feature of Style ?
Why we prefer to use Style ?
Devices & Displays
Millions of devices are
LDPI (120 DPI)
MDPI (160 DPI)
HDPI (240 DPI)
XHDPI (320 DPI)
categories in 4 types –
xhdpi: 2.0
hdpi: 1.5
mdpi: 1.0 (baseline)
ldpi: 0.75
Typographic Scale
Color
Choose colors that fit with your brand
Blue is the standard accent color in Android's color palette.
Iconography
Take care when using icon to apps
Sizes & scale
Style
Writing Text
Keep it brief
Keep it simple
Be friendly
Put the most important things first
Describe only what’s necessary
Avoid repetition
Themes
Themes are Android's mechanism for applying a consistent style to an app or activity.
Android will provide you 3 default themes –
Holo Light
Holo Dark
Holo Light with dark action bars
Themes
Themes are Android's mechanism for applying a consistent style to an app or activity.
Android will provide you 3 default themes –
Holo Light
Holo Dark
Holo Light with dark action bars
Patterns
What are the new pattern in Android
Why to prioritize patterns
New in Android
What are the new pattern in Android
Why to prioritize patterns
Different types of Gestures
Patterns
What are the new pattern in Android
Why to prioritize patterns