Android Design for UI Developers
summary
Support library r13 (released yesterday) gives concrete tools: ActionBarCompat (targets Android 2.1+), DrawerLayout plus ActionBarDrawerToggle (use 240–320dp drawer width, on API4+), and SlidingPaneLayout for master/detail panes. Use fragments and layout qualifiers (e.g. sw600dp) to combine layouts, dimension resources to change text/margins, and integer resources to switch GridView column counts. Aim 45–75 character lines, use selectableItemBackground and listSeparatorTextViewStyle for touch feedback and headings, and generate assets with Android Asset Studio and the Action Bar / Holo color tools.
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chapters (26)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:41Android Design in Action
- 1:53Action bar tabs and spinner
- 3:05ActionBarCompat
- 4:39ViewPager
- 6:52Navigation drawers
- 10:45Custom Up navigation
- 11:47Device variety
- 14:40Combination
- 14:57Fragments
- 15:20Alternate layouts
- 15:50Master/Detail Flow template
- 16:24Sliding PaneLayout
- 18:24Macro reflow
- 19:22Micro reflow
- 21:31Margin point
- 23:13Lists to grids
- 26:42Style Hierarchy
- 28:09Built-in framework resources
- 30:04Dividers
- 31:37Borderless buttons
- 32:27Button bars
- 33:35Touch feedback
- 34:43List headings
- 35:19Sophisticated typography with TextView
- 37:45Generating Holo assets
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