"Using checkboxes (or custom analogs) to initiate selection is an explicit anti-pattern for mobile."
What does Google mean by anti-pattern?
Source: http://www.google.com/design/spec/patterns/selection.html
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Sign up to join this community"Using checkboxes (or custom analogs) to initiate selection is an explicit anti-pattern for mobile."
What does Google mean by anti-pattern?
Source: http://www.google.com/design/spec/patterns/selection.html
An anti-pattern is much like a regular design pattern in that it is a common solution to a general problem. The difference is that an anti-pattern is a bad solution to the problem.