Smashing Android UI: Responsive User Interfaces and Design Patterns for Android Phones and Tablets - Softcover

Lehtimaki, Juhani

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118387287 ISBN 13: 9781118387283

Publisher: Wiley, 2012

Synopsis

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!

About this title

From the Back Cover

BUILD KILLER APPS FOR ANDROID SMARTPHONES AND TABLETS THAT USERS WILL LOVE TO USE

Great UI design can be the difference between an app that gathers dust on a mobile dashboard and one that really takes off. Brought to you from the experts at Smashing Magazine—the worldwide go-to resource for developers and designers—this book arms you with the knowledge and tools you need to integrate user-centered design into your development process and create Android apps that don’t just take off, but soar.

Professional Android developer Juhani Lehtimäki takes you beyond the basics, describing expert design techniques, tips, tricks, and workarounds. Whether you’re a developer with minimal design experience, or a practiced designer looking to expand your repertoire, Smashing Android UI gives you what you need to”:

• Get up to speed on user-centered design principles and practices
• Use Android UI design patterns to create sleek, intuitive user interfaces
• Avoid common design problems and pitfalls
• Build agile, responsive Apps that never general dialogues
• Develop Apps that are scalable for any Android device combination
• Create scalable layouts
• Use adaptive layouts and fragments
• Follow Android design best practices

A great application is more than the sum of its functions and features—it’s a total user experience. Let Smashing Android UI show you how to put the user at the center of the development process to create truly great Android apps.

About the Author

Juhani Lehtimäki is a passionate Android developer who loves good design and great innovation. Originally from Finland, he works as the head of Android and Google TV development at Snapp TV in Munich, Germany.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1118387287
• ISBN 13: 9781118387283
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384