
Android Design Patterns
Interaction Design Solutions for Developers
Publisher: Wiley
Release Date: February 2013
Pages: 456
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Everything you need to create a spectacular mobile experience!
The state of the Android ecosystem right now is the perfect storm, combining the factors for explosive near-term growth and long-term market dominance. Now's the time to begin designing and developing Android 4 apps, and this book is about what works: patterns.
Here are 58 essential interaction design patterns for handling the most challenging aspects of Android app design: the welcome experience, home screen, navigation, search, sorting and filtering, data entry, and forms. Equally important are 12 antipatterns, describing common mistakes to avoid in your quest for customer empowerment, delight, and enjoyment. Here's everything you need to create a spectacular mobile experience.
- In-depth review of 58 essential native Android 4 patterns
- A complete methodology for building and user-testing effective, inexpensive prototypes
- Case studies of what works and what doesn't
- Android interpretations of great ideas from other mobile operating systems
- Chapters devoted to key design patterns for mobile banking and tablets
- Experimental patterns to explore the cutting edge of Android design