Reflections on UX and UI for Android.

Understanding Android’s Holo language

M. Saleh Esmaeili, a designer from the Android Design google+ community wrote last week a really good article about the Android Holo UI that describes well the Holo philosophy. Take a look: Understanding Android’s Holo language I’ve been going over a few good discussions on Holo and what it is when it comes to...

Published by quezado on 12 Feb 2013 | 0 comment

Android Design in Action #16

This week the guys from google Nick, Adam and Roman presented the Android Design in Action #16 talking about one os the most important Holo UI Android components: Action Bar. They talked following the official android guidelines but also added some good thoughts that are not inside the guide. ...

Published by quezado on 12 Feb 2013 | 0 comment

ADiA: Design Hangout #2

Another really nice discussion about Android Design. This time the Android Design in Action was again a Hangout and the main topic was something that already doesn’t have too much documented information. Tweet

Published by quezado on 31 Jan 2013 | 0 comment

9-patch for Android UI

If you are going to do your first Android assets you will need to understand a little about 9-patch. It is a good way to slice and scale images by code. But it is not well documented and very confused for designers. A friend of mine, developer, sent me this nice link that explain well how it works: A simple guide to 9-patch for...

Published by quezado on 30 Jan 2013 | 0 comment

Redesigning Google

The original title of this 7 minutes is “How Google fixed its design process and started making beautiful apps”. There is no better name for this video. It shows well how they changed their design approach during the last years to create an unique design language. Take a look at this video to see what I am...

Published by quezado on 29 Jan 2013 | 0 comment

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Recents from News

Android version distribution

Published by quezado on 24 Dec 2012

Recents from Resources

Android DP <-> PX converter

Published by quezado on 28 Jan 2013

Android DP <-> PX converter

Jan 28, 13

Published by quezado in Android, Resources

I promise that one day I'm going to speak a little bit about this stranger and complicated world called Android screen density. For now I will leave here a nice tip to convert from px to dp (android basic unit) on all android densities screens: low, medium, high and extra high. Labs Skinkers published a nice calculate tool to do...

Proto.io

Jan 22, 13

Published by quezado in Android, Resources

Few days ago I was looking for prototype tool for Android. During this research I have found I really good online tool called Proto.io. It supports a lot of differente platforms generating online interactive mockups. Really good stuff. Tweet

Android Design in Action #13

Jan 16, 13

Published by quezado in Android, Guidelines

Yes, the guys from the android design team (Roman Nurik, Nick Butcher and Adam Koch) are back with the weekly Android Design in Action show. During this show (#13) they talked about the redesign of a concept app about food (basically a list and a detail view). It was really good to see how small changes following the Holo UI...

Gemicon Icon Set

Jan 13, 13

Published by quezado in Android, Resources

Smashing Magazine featured last week Gemicon, a very helpful icon set. Over 600 high-quality icons in 16, 32 and 64×64 pixels. It was designed by Turqois and it is a really good resource for android devices. Tweet

Printable A4 Screen Flow Sketch Template

Jan 06, 13

Published by quezado in Android, Resources

Taylor Ling, from androiduiux.com, published today a new printable A4 Screen Flow Sketch Template for Android smartphones. It is to complete the Wireframe Screen Flow Template, a nice photoshop pack with some gestures and navigation arrows that he published last...

Android Icons Custom Photoshop Shapes

Jan 05, 13

Published by quezado in Android, Resources

Kahil Nettleton, from Android Desgin google+ community, made a nice pack of Android 4+ Icons as Custom Photoshop Shapes (cps file). It’s a really nice stuff. 142 hi-res icons and can be downloaded for...