Dear Developers,

Design Details

Matter

Juhani Lehtimäki, Fat Robot

“Users can figure it out. What’s the problem?”

“You are just nitpicking. It’s fine.”

“You just hate <insert company you like but you think I

don’t>”

http://www.androiduipatterns.com/

Design Guidelines

Design Patterns

Android Design Guidelines

Consistenc

y

Visual

Cues

Information

Hierarchyand

Actions

Find what you

are looking for

And do with it

what you

wanted to do

So, Do All Apps Need to

Look the Same Now?

A Design Pattern

A Proven, Good

Solution to a Common

problem

Action Bar

Where am I?

What can I

do?

Don’t need it?

Don’t use it!

Design patterns solves a

problem

if you don’t have the problem

don’t use the design pattern!

Up

How do I get

out of here?

Trust

Navigation

Drawer

How do I get

to somewhere

else?

:-\

?

Don’t need it?

Don’t use it!

Tabs

Transitions

L

Innovation and the

Mature Android

Platform

Community driven

innovation

Taylor Ling, June 15, 2012

http://androiduiux.com/2012/06/15/side-navigation-ui-pattern-in-android/

http://developer.android.com/design/patterns/navigation-

drawer.html

Commercial innovation

UX design is Nitpicking

for a Good Reason

“This is different”

“Do I use this differently?”

Learn Once

Use Everywhere

Gestures Are Hidden

but Awesome

Reinventing the Wheel

vs.

Innovation

Break rules & guidelines only

if you have a good reason to

do so

Cheers!

+JuhaniLehtimäki

www.fatrobot.io

www.androiduipatterns.com