Ebook: GUI Design for Android Apps
Author: Cohen Ryan, Wang Tao
- Tags: Android (Systemplattform), App (Programm), Graphische Benutzeroberfläche, Software Engineering, Graphische Benutzeroberfläche
- Series: Books for professionals by professionals, The experts voice in APP development
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: Apress Open
- City: Berkeley;Calif
- Language: English
- epub
GUI Design for Android Apps is the perfectand conciseintroduction for mobile app developers and designers. Through easy-to-follow tutorials, code samples, and case studies, the book shows the must-know principles for user-interface design for Android apps running on the Intel platform, including smartphones, tablets and embedded devices.
This book is jointly developed for individual learning by Intel Software College and China Shanghai JiaoTong University, and is excerpted from Android Application Development for the Intel Platform.
What youll learn
- Key aspects of why UI and UX design for embedded systems is different than for desktops
- Troubleshooting UI design issues
- Understanding how key concepts such as state transition, context class, and intent work
- How to use the interface app design tools provided by Android
- Planning for complex apps (apps with multiple activities)
- Optimizing app design for touch screen input
Who this book is for
The book is primarily for app developers, software engineers and open-source programming enthusiasts, but can also be used by for training programs and Codeacademy-style programs.
Table of Contents
Foreword/Preface
Chapter 1. General Overview
Chapter 2. The Android-Specific GUI
Chapter 3. Designing Complex Applications
Chapter 4. Self-Drawing Graphics and Touch Screen Input
Conclusion
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