Google's mobile operating system and applications for it.
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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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5answers
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Best Practices for UI design on Android (Usability/UX) [closed]
I'm switching for web development to Android development. I know some things about web usability and I see that UX is too often left behind on Android from my I experience with it.
As the interaction ...
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6answers
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iPad/iPhone alternative for hover states
I've recently updated my personal portfolio with some CSS3 and jQuery magic. I'm extremely pleased with the results and yes, it's fully responsive. But i have an issue. I've structured my portfolio ...
4
votes
4answers
553 views
edit & save buttons - do I need them? where to place them?
I'm designing a simple app for the Android platform.
I have a page with some data, this page can be reached by two options:
create new page- input fields are empty
edit existing page- input fields ...
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17answers
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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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17answers
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How could one prevent drunk users from using a mobile application?
Consider a mobile application which for some reason needs to prevent drunk users from using it (e.g. to avoid dreaded "drunk dials" or "drunk texts"). How could "sober authentication" be executed from ...
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2answers
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How to structure Android app navigation with many levels?
The app I'm working on is a little like a set of sub-apps within one app, so the structure is basically as follows. Note that the subsections are a mix of tools and content (i.e. this isn't an app ...
4
votes
2answers
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Best way of representing Hierarchical data in android
I am trying to find out the best way of representing hierarchical data in android. There are no tree view controls and expandable list views dont work since i can have many levels of hierarchy. I ...
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What tools can I use to design for Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)? [closed]
I have to create a few prototypes (Balsamiq style) for Android 4.0 (ICS). I tried looking into tools etc from previous questions and from Google, but nothing seems to work for me.
What tools can I ...
4
votes
3answers
693 views
How to A/B test a published IOS and Android app on actual users?
I've published several apps on IOS and Android adding flurry to measure the interaction that is happening in those apps, however, I'd love to enhance this interaction and make my apps more useful by ...
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vote
3answers
554 views
Android app - Look and feel
I'm developing my first app for Android. It's a small productivity app for smartphones and tablets.
(I'm using Flash CS5 and Adobe Air to build it.)
Is it recommended to use/copy the native Android ...
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votes
4answers
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What key things form the best Android app UI?
To those of you who've built many apps, what are the things that are critical for a good UI? I'm thinking things like:
Action Bar
Well-designed icons
Use threads to keep the app responsive
A ...
21
votes
5answers
1k views
Should Android and iPhone UI be different?
I'm not completely new to developing apps, but I'm at a point where I'm trying to develop something and deploy it on several mobile platforms. To only concentrate on two major ones, suppose I'm ...
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votes
6answers
1k views
Is it appropriate to use Metro style design for a cross-platform mobile app
I'm finding it really difficult to design UI's for android and ios after falling in love with the windows metro design.
I wondered if providing a metro style app across all platforms would be such a ...
8
votes
4answers
1k views
ICS style guide - Is there a standard icon to indicate drag and drop in a list view?
I searched here but didn't see an answer. I've gone through the new ICS Android design guidelines but did not see a standard icon or recommended icon for drag and drop in list views.
Is there one? ...
6
votes
5answers
471 views
Should touch-screen simple informational dialogs have an OK button?
I am developing an android application which has quite a few dialogs that just contain text and an 'OK' button. Pressing the 'OK' button loses the dialog, as does pressing the 'back' button on the ...
6
votes
3answers
543 views
Problem with avoiding right caret on Android
I am currently adapting an Android app to follow the design guidelines more and more.
One thing I am doing is removing the right carets as suggested. While this works fine for listview where each ...
8
votes
3answers
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Are “submit” buttons important for forms on iPhone and Android apps?
When inputting text on the last text field in a form on an iPhone and Android app, the enter key can be highlighted or (on iOS anyway) renamed "done", so that tapping it will submit the form. ...
8
votes
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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votes
2answers
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List icon vs menu icon
As of Ice Cream Sandwich, the new standard icon for menus is three vertically aligned squares as such:
Before that, the menu expansion was three horizontal lines like this, but without the ...
5
votes
4answers
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Android back button - Global history back, or menu back?
On the Android, is the expected action of the back button to navigate backward through menus, or does it just go "back" to the previous screen you came from?
I don't have an Android device to sample ...
3
votes
2answers
253 views
Buttons placement convention in Android
Is there any convention of placing positive buttons on the right and negative on the left in Android. I know for dialog boxes this is preferred
as opposed to this because its more intuitive
But ...
2
votes
1answer
459 views
Android - Is it a good idea to display a list of horizontally scrollable lists (shelves)?
The project I'm currently working on requires that I present a list of "shelves" to the user. These shelves need to be in a standard, vertically scrollable list, and each shelf should be scrollable ...
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vote
4answers
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What UI design should I use for a smartphone app?
On desktop platforms, using the system's control styling, etc. is a very common practice and changing it ("theming") is usually looked down upon unless the application specifically calls for it (like ...
5
votes
3answers
420 views
On Android, how do you design a very shallow navigation?
I need to create a simple account section in my mobile app with 1-level deep navigation:
___ Register
/
Account --
\___ Login
On iPhone, I'm using a grouped table ...
5
votes
2answers
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Difference between android and ipad application
What are the key factors which makes an app more of android or iPad specific. Would like to hear about usability part of it also.
3
votes
3answers
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Best practice for Android form - selection of large range of numbers
For a user input field in an Android application I am developing, I need the user to be able to input a number representing a distance, whose magnitude ranges from 0 to normally ~150 (but can be ...
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votes
1answer
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Context sensitive click/long click, yea or nay?
In an Android 2.1+ app I have a list of items belonging to categories. Clicking an item will perform a search for items in that item's category. Clicking a search result will repeat this action (i.e. ...
