Saturday 18 August 2012

Android application design tutorial - Part I

Android is cool !!! yeah .. It's cool until application developers made their applications really cool. Let's start to design a cool android application by learning the simple but powerful basic principles of android application design.


  1. Delight the user with a well placed animation, well timed sound and with a beautiful surface.
  2. Allow users to directly interfere with real objects rather than buttons and menus.
  3. People like to be at home. Allow people to add their personal customization while keeping the application performance smooth.
  4. Learn users preferences over time. Don't ask them to make the same choice over and over again.
  5. Give notifications short but self described. Pictures worth 1000 words.
  6. Make important things first and fast.
  7. Take the best guess on behalf of the user. That prevent user from selecting from a large list. But keep the final say to the user. 
  8. Save users timely efforts constantly and let them to access them from everywhere using the cloud.
  9. Give feedback on actions. Even if it is just a subtle glow of an icon.
  10. Do the heavy things for the user. Make novices feel like experts by enabling them to do great things.

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for all the information, it was very helpful i really like that you are providing information on android app development ,being enrolled in android app development for beginners http://www.wiziq.com/course/3303-android-app-development-for-beginners i was looking for such android app development online course to assist me and your information helped me a lot. I really like that you are providing such information,thanks.

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  2. i love reading this article so beautiful!!great job! Mobile App Developers

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