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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!

Table of Contents:
Introduction   1 Part I: The Basics of Android User Interface Chapter 1: Android UI Overview   5 A Brief History of Android Design   6 The Android Design Website   7 Core Principles   8 Standard Components   16 Supporting Multiple Devices   19 Notable Changes   20 Summary   21 Chapter 2: Understanding Views--The UI Building Blocks   23 What Is a View?    24 Displaying Text   29 Displaying Images   33 Views for Gathering User Input   36 Other Notable Views   40 Listening to Events   42 Summary   44 Chapter 3: Creating Full Layouts with View Groups and Fragments   45 ViewGroup   46 Fragments   57 Summary   60 Chapter 4: Adding App Graphics and Resources   61 Introduction to Resources in Android   62 Resource Qualifiers   62 Understanding Density   67 Supported Image Files   68 Nine-Patch Images   69 XML Drawables   71 Other Resources   81 Summary   84 Part II: The Full Design and Development Process Chapter 5: Starting a New App   87 Defining Goals   88 High-Level Flow   91 Wireframes   94 Summary   106 Chapter 6: Developing the App Foundation   107 Organizing into Activities and Fragments   108 Breaking Wireframes into Views   116 Creating Themes and Styles   131 Summary   132 Chapter 7: Finalizing the Design   133 Wireframes and Graphical Design   134 App Visual Style and Personality   134 Text Considerations   143 Standard Icons   148 Dynamic Content Considerations   149 Navigation and Transitions   150 Error Cases   150 Summary   150 Chapter 8: Applying the Design   153 Working with the Designer   154 Slicing the Graphics Assets   155 Updating Themes and Styles   160 Breaking Comps into Views   161 Improving Efficiency   166 Basic Testing Across Device Types   174 Summary   175 Chapter 9: Further Improving the App   177 Hierarchy Viewer   178 Animations   184 Custom Fonts   194 Summary   198 Part III: Advanced Topics for Android User Interfaces Chapter 10: How to Handle Common Components   199 Splash Screen   200 Loading Indication   210 Complex TextViews   212 Autoloading ListViews   217 Summary   222 Chapter 11: Combining Views for Custom Components   223 When to Combine Views   224 Combining Views to Simplify Working with Them   224 Implementing a Multibutton Toggle   236 Summary   255 Chapter 12: Developing Fully Custom Views   257 General Concepts   258 Developing the Custom View   263 Summary   298 Chapter 13: Working with the Canvas and Advanced Drawing   299 PorterDuff Image Compositing   300 Creating Custom Drawables   319 Summary   324 Part IV: Helpful Guides and Reference Appendix A: Google Play Assets   325 Application Description   326 The Change Log   327 Application Icon   327 Screenshots   328 Feature Graphic   329 Promotional Graphic   334 Video (YouTube)    334 Promoting Your App   335 Appendix B: Amazon Appstore Assets   337 Overview   338 The Application Icon   338 Screenshots   339 Promotional Graphic   339 Videos   340 Appendix C: Common Task Reference   343 Indicating Loading in the Action Bar   344 Dismissing the Software Keyboard   350 Using Full Screen Mode   351 Keeping the Screen On   352 Determining the Device’s Physical Screen Size   352 Determining the Device DPI   353 Checking for a Network Connection   354 Checking if the Current Thread Is the UI Thread   354 Custom View Attributes   355 Index   363

About the Author :
Ian G. Clifton is the Director of User Experience and lead Android developer at A.R.O. in Seattle, where he develops Saga, an Android and iOS app that learns about you in order to let you live a better life with minimal interaction. He has worked with many designers in the course of his career and has developed several well-known Android apps, such as CNET News, CBS News, Survivor, Big Brother, and Rick Steves' Audio Europe. Ian's love of technology, art, and user experience has led him along a variety of paths. Besides Android development, he has done platform, web, and desktop development. He served in the United States Air Force as a Satellite, Wideband, and Telemetry Systems Journeyman and has also created quite a bit of art with pencil, brush, and camera. You can follow Ian G. Clifton on Twitter at http://twitter.com/IanGClifton and see his thoughts about mobile development on his blog at http://blog.iangclifton.com. He also published a video series called "The Essentials of Android Application Development," available at http://my.safaribooksonline.com/video/programming/android/9780132996594.

Review :
“Android User Interface Design is a truly excellent book, written by one of the most experienced and knowledgeable Android developers. This is a very practical, highly readable guide and a great how-to resource for every Android developer. Each chapter reveals a clear and deep understanding of UI design. I highly recommend this book to anyone wishing to develop Android apps with superior UI.” --Kyungil Kim, Software Engineer, Facebook   “I recommend this book for all Android developers who work alone and want to give a professional look to their apps. The content of the book is excellent and covers all aspects needed to understand how to design Android apps that stand out.” --Gonzalo Benoffi, CEO, Coffee and Cookies, Android Development   “Design was never part of a developer’s job until mobile app development started; now it’s a must. This book gives a simple yet effective way to design your apps. It’s easy for beginners and informative for experienced developers as well. This is the best book I could ever refer to anyone who is in Android development. A one-time read of this book covers the experience you might gain from three years of learning development. I am amazed to see instructions on how to design starting from wireframes, which is something no other book has provided clear enough explanation of. (Some don’t even cover it.) I really love it. Thanks to Ian for this wonderful contribution to the Android developer community. Best, simple, and effective!” --Chakradhar Gavirineni, Android Application Developer, Adeptpros IT Solutions Pvt Ltd.   “Ian’s book is an invaluable resource for everything there is to know about designing, creating layouts, and rendering Android applications. The ‘Common Task Reference’ appendix is an excellent addition that makes this book a must-have. Make sure to keep this one within arm’s reach of your desk.” --Josh Schumacher, Software Engineer, HasOffers   “From the first few pages, this book provides a wealth of tips, tricks, and techniques for developing Android user interfaces. If you are grappling with all the various view types, then read this book--it really helps cement when and why you should include the various UI components to great effect (with worked examples!). Well worth a read by anyone looking for inspiration to improve their user interface into a great user experience.” --Richard Sey, PassBx Developers


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780321886736
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc
  • Height: 228 mm
  • No of Pages: 400
  • Sub Title: Turning Ideas and Sketches into Beautifully Designed Apps
  • Width: 177 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0321886739
  • Publisher Date: 09 May 2013
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 19 mm
  • Weight: 732 gr


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