My talk about Android Design during the GDG CDO 6th Monthsary Meetup (July 27, 2013)

1. Android Design
Jomar Tigcal
GDG CDO Meetup
July 27, 2013

2. Jomar Tigcal
● GDG Philippines
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
● Delight me 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't mimic 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
Android Design 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
#AndroidDesign Hashtag
● Google+
● Twitter
Android Design Google+ Community: https:
//plus.google.
com/u/0/communities/11666700153537613606
5

10. Android Asset Studio
A web-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
Icon Generators
● Launcher Icon Generator
● Action Bar and Tab Icon Generator
● Navigation Drawer Indicator Generator
● Notification Icon Generator
● Generic Icon Generator

12. Android Asset Studio
Other Asset Creation Tools
● Device Frame Generator
● Nexus Frame Generator
● Simple Nine-patch Generator

13. Action Bar Sherlock
by Jake Wharton
http:
//actionbarsherlock.
com/

14. Android Action Bar Style Generator
by Jeff Gilfelt: http:
//jgilfelt.github.
com/android-
actionbarstylegenerat
or/

15. Android Holo Colors Generator
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
Holo Everywhere (Blog): http://www.
holoeverywhere.com/
Holo There: http://holothere.tumblr.com/
http://www.mobile-patterns.com/android/

18. Questions?
Image Source: http://www.talkandroid.com/35960-google-test-market-accidentally-released-reviewed-quickly-pulled/

19. Thank you very much!

20. Android Design
Jomar Tigcal
GDG CDO Meetup
July 27, 2013