7 Design Tips for the New Android Experience

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7 Design Tips for the New Android Experience

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Designing for Android used to be a uniquely fragmented experience. But since Android 4.0, all that has changed. Here are seven tips for designing for Jelly Bean and Ice Cream Sandwich.

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7 Design Tips for the New Android Experience

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We’ve entered a new age of Android

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2010

Mimicked iOSEvernote

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Developed unique feel

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Evernote

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Matured into stunning UXEvernote

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So how do you design for the new Android user?

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Simplify design patterns

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Sprinkle this one in the next two as well

Show only the most relevant information

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Make actions clear and easy to follow

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Rely more on imagery than text

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Create gesture-based experiences

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Choppy performance is no longer an issue

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Forgo heavy arrays of buttons

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Create a quick and human experience

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Tear down walls between apps

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Intents allow separate applications to share information and speak to each other

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Porting from iOS is a bad idea

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Different hardware

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Different users

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Different UI patterns

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Design with flexibility in mind

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embodying adaptive design principles

Two flexible layouts - phone and tablet-

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Think outside the pocket

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Android isn’t limited to mobile

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It’s time to start thinking about Android design as being not just a series of applications, but as an entire ecosystem.

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Android applications can be beautiful

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By following Android’s creative vision...

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refined

We can create applications that are...

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We can create applications that are...

graceful

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and truly beautiful

We can create applications that are...

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