My talk at Barcamp Bangalore 11 about "How to Make Your UI Look Good on Android". I talked about some really bad UI and how you can make avoid making those kind of UI and instead make more mobile and user friendly UI
2. Who am I
Saurabh Minni
Developer at Intuit India
Work for TurboTax SnapTax for Android
Switched to Android after 5 years in
desktop world.
Developer of
Auto Complaint Bangalore ( Also for Mumbai)
Barcamp Bangalore App
Navkar Mantra and others
3. Where can I be found
Twitter - @the100rabh
http://the100rabh.blogspot.com
http://100rabh.com
https://market.android.com/developer?p
ub=100rabh
4. Some comments about Android
UI
Its unpolished compared to iPhone
Android still very rough
Android is only for geeks
13. Why does it happen ??
No punishment for bad UI
Often devs translate their experience
from desktop to mobile
Lack of support from UX Community
27. Use standard buttons
In case you need help with
buttons, head to Android Asset Studio
http://android-ui-
utils.googlecode.com/hg/asset-
studio/dist/index.html
28. iPhone App Design to
Android
Result
An iPhone App running on Android
Android user feel alienated
Android user feel being treated 2nd class
citizens
Finally an app which is super crappy
30. Some things to understand
Mobile is mobile
Real estate is costly
Gestures and interaction styles are
radically different.
Swipe
Drag
Pinch related
Touch
31. Some 3rd party libraries for you
http://code.google.com/p/android-wheel/
http://actionbarsherlock.com/
https://github.com/pakerfeldt/android-
viewflow
https://github.com/chrisbanes/Android-
PullToRefresh
http://commonsware.com/cwac