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Hands-On Android UI Development

You're reading from   Hands-On Android UI Development Design and develop attractive user interfaces for Android applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788475051
Length 348 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jason Morris Jason Morris
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Creating Android Layouts 2. Designing Form Screens FREE CHAPTER 3. Taking Actions 4. Composing User Interfaces 5. Binding Data to Widgets 6. Storing and Retrieving Data 7. Creating Overview Screens 8. Designing Material Layouts 9. Navigating Effectively 10. Making Overviews Even Better 11. Polishing Your Design 12. Customizing Widgets and Layouts 13. Activity Lifecycle
14. Test Your Knowledge Answers

Summary

Navigation is a critical part of a user's experience, and should be carefully thought out and designed. Material design has various different design structures and widgets to help you implement more effective navigation, but it's important to use them carefully and in the right place. As with any screen design, it's important to consider what the user will want to do most often, and to rank each possible action and navigation from the most important to the least on every screen they are available in.

In many applications, dedicated navigation components won't even be needed, and navigation will be achieved purely through goal-oriented actions from an overview screen or dashboard. In all instances, it's a good idea to draw up a navigation map ahead of time (even if it's incomplete or overly simplified). They will often tell you what sort of...

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