Google's mobile operating system and applications for it.
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What is the best page flow for a list, search and show item application?
Consider the following scenario:
I have an Android application with three screens: a list of items, a search results screen, and a show item screen. A search bar can be invoked on every screen, and ...
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Where can you find high resolution images of Android phones?
I'm looking for high res Android phone "shell" to more effectively visualize my Android apps.
For example, the Samsung Galaxy Vibrant:
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7answers
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Alternatives to Microsoft Visio? [closed]
What are good alternatives to Microsoft Visio?
I use it in my Android/iPhone app design workflow to illustrate a sequence of actions. Then I can generate a PDF to share with developers. However, ...
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6answers
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What icon for advanced options? [closed]
I am working on a public transit app for Android. Look at the screenshot - the button with a wrench icon opens advanced options. In advanced options you can set which transport mode to use (bus, tram, ...
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7answers
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Easy to understand public transit journey planner results
I am developing a London jouney planner app (called Pubtran London, it's on Android Market).
Somebody told me that the results are hard to understand and I was quite surprised by that. Maybe it's ...
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4answers
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Activity transitions on Android
Since API Level 5, we have had easy access to overridePendingTransition, allowing us to replace the standard slide left/right transitions with all kinds of craziness. I just noticed that the latest ...
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Tools for creating mockups for mobile device UIs [closed]
I am looking for tools that can help me to create UI mockups for different mobile phones such as iPhone, Android and Windows Phone 7 devices. Is there any application that can do this?
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1answer
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Best View Widget option to input a quantity
I am planning to create a rate convertor for food recipes. The user has to introduce the quantity of some food and then select the unit (gr,kg,mg,cl...).
First of all I think in seekbar, but as the ...
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2answers
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Indicate long click option to user on Android
Background:
Android has the feature of pop up menus (sort of like right click) that happen when a long click is done. This is typically done on list view but could be done anywhere. And even on list ...
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1answer
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User accessibility for mobile applications [closed]
What are key points of mobile UI accessibility?
What is a difference between mobile and desktop accessibility?
Is there any recommendations we can use?
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2answers
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Android List View - delete row button, delete selected button or delete from item click menu?
Android List view activity with item rows. User needs to be able delete some rows.
I know standard way in Android is to use item click menu. But it's 2 clicks. Is it best way?
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6answers
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Should I stick to Google's Android UI Design Patterns or not?
Both the official Twitter application and Facebook application use a similar set of UI design patterns in their apps. These patterns were set out by google themselves in this blog post. The thing is ...
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4answers
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How many elements are too many for one screen of a mobile (iOS/Android) application?
Without scrolling, what would be the maximum amount of centered buttons I could arrange on a vertical axis before it became too cluttered? Interface Builder gives suggested distances between ...
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13answers
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Custom UI vs Default UI [closed]
This question is mainly for iOS/Android developers, but anybody can answer.
Do you prefer using the default UI provided by the OS or do you prefer using custom UI. I've heard many developers argue ...
