Chapter 4 - How to Think Like Android Developer Designer

How to think like an Android Developer /Designer

Basic Concept on How to Design an Android App

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Body (Flexible)

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Holo Holo Material Design

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How to think like Android Developer/Designer

WYSIWYG Android: Everything placed relaCvely to something (Rule-Based)

(0, 40)

(0, 80)

x=0 64 128 192 256

SCck at the boSom

Separate in 5 pieces evenly Below the Top Bar

Below the Tab Bar

Separate in 3 pieces evently

Rule 1: Always think like a Web Designer

More Examples

More Examples

Rule 2: Never expect the UI will be 100% exactly as designed. In Android, it can only be “almost the same”.

Rule 3: Always sCck every single edge to something, in the other word, always STRETCH

Stretch Stretch Stretch

And how Android App is scaled?

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And how Android App is scaled?

Then How?

“Rearrange (by Rule)“

How is Android App scaled?

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In conclusion: In Android world …

•  It doesn’t maSer how detailed the screen is • Only thing maSer is “how physically big” •  Smaller screen size = Same Ctle bar height + less content that can be shown •  Larger screen size = Same Ctle bar height + more content that can be

shown •  That is the another reason why you should develop with 4.5” handset

•  It is an “average” screen size

• Only way to make sure that it works properly is to TEST it!

So actually there are just 4 types of screen we have to deal with (Woo Hoo!)

Does it look weird if we go this way?

• No as well as it is sCll the 4-6” mobile portrait screen •  Yes if screen goes below <3.5” •  So … you might need to minor adjust an UI for damn small screen

(or just … ignore it)

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Another Example

Another Example

Don’t just hard scale

• Android System mechanic doesn’t go that way. Hard scale is the “WRONG” thing

• One of the big reason why most of the Android apps suck • Anyway, pracCcally you can do it but you have to scale it all by code •  If design goes that way, but “you have to understand the Android Screen

FragmentaCon preSy clear first” •  The difference between iOS App Designer and Android App Designer •  The experienced Android Developer could scale iOS design to an Android

one by eyes. And you will … probably you can do by now already =D

More Examples

Basic Concept on How to Design Android App

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Body (Flexible)

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Holo Holo Material Design

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QuesCon is how height?

How these things are

laid on the screen?

How many type of

components that we can

place?