Book description
Master the challenges of Android user interface development with
these sample patterns
With Android 4, Google brings the full power of its Android OS to
both smartphone and tablet computing. Designing effective user
interfaces that work on multiple Android devices is extremely
challenging. This book provides more than 75 patterns that you can use
to create versatile user interfaces for both smartphones and tablets,
saving countless hours of development time. Patterns cover the most
common and yet difficult types of user interactions, and each is
supported with richly illustrated, step-by-step instructions.
- Includes sample patterns for welcome and home screens, searches,
sorting and filtering, data entry, navigation, images and
thumbnails, interacting with the environment and networks, and more
- Features tablet-specific patterns and patterns for avoiding
results you don't want
- Illustrated, step-by-step instructions describe what the pattern
is, how it works, when and why to use it, and related patterns and
anti-patterns
- A companion website offers additional content and a forum for interaction
Android Design Patterns: Interaction Design Solutions for
Developers provides extremely useful tools for developers who want
to take advantage of the booming Android app development market.
Greg Nudelman is a Mobile Experience Strategist and CEO of
DesignCaffeine, Inc. For more than 15 years he has helped clients such
as eBay, WebEx, Wells Fargo, PayPal, Safeway, Cisco, IBM, Associated
Press, and Groupon amass millions of satisfied customers. Greg is an
internationally acclaimed design workshop leader who authored
Designing Search: UX Strategies for eCommerce Success (Wiley, 2011)
and has contributed to a half-dozen UX design books.
