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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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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

Creating Overview Screens

Overview screens, or dashboard screens, are layouts that allow the user to get a quick look at their data within an application. As such, they are also screens that the user will return to again and again. Most often, they are positioned as the first screen the user will normally see when they open the application, like the Inbox in an email application, or the list of files in your Google Drive. In apps, navigation is usually goal-oriented; the user starts with an overview, and then navigates to perform a specific action. Once they are finished with their action (for example, writing and sending an email), they are redirected to the overview screen.

Overview screens can be complex systems to build as they should be reactive, and they will often depend on large amounts of application data. As it's the screen your users will see the most often in...

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