Android UI/UX for Developers: Build Stylish & Beautiful Apps

Name: Android UI/UX for Developers: Build Stylish & Beautiful Apps
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The complete cookbook on how to build stunning, responsive and usable Android User Interfaces for Phones and Tablets.

Created byRagunath Jawahar

Last updated 3/2015

English

What you'll learn

Implement Google's Material Design Guidelines
Use various Android Widgets
Create Snazzy Animations
Customize Android UI elements
Write Custom Views for Android
Make use of styles and themes
Build UIs for Andoid devices with different Screen Sizes
Handle UI backward compatibility for older Android versions
Improve UI/UX for their Applications

Course content

3 sections • 22 lectures • 2h 22m total length

A note to my students0:28

Integrating a navigation drawer to your Activity9:41
This lesson deals with quickly integrating a NavigationDrawer to your Activity with a native ActionBar.
Summoning the drawer using a "Hamburger" menu button7:31
In this lecture, we'll see how to use a "Hamburger" menu button to summon the NavigationDrawer.
Handling click events inside the drawer & handling the back button4:55
This video teaches you how to handle click events on the NavigationDrawer, it also teaches you how to handle the back button.
Using the drawer with a backward compatible ActionBar4:45
This lesson teaches you how to integrate a NavigationDrawer with a backward compatible ActionBar that's part of the AppCompat v7 package.
Pairing a drawer to a Toolbar7:08
Learn to use a NavigationDrawer with the Toolbar.
Displaying the drawer under the Toolbar4:11
Learn how to display the NavigationDrawer under the Toolbar.
Changing the Toolbar text while the drawer opens & closes2:50
In this lecture, we'll look at different techniques that can be employed to change the text on the Toolbar / ActionBar when the drawer opens and closes.
Having fun with multiple drawers9:20
In this lecture, let's see how we could deal with multiple NavigationDrawers in a layout. We'll be using two drawers - one on the left and another on the right.

Circular Progress Bar - Beginning with the end in mind1:21
This video gives you an introduction to this section. It contains a demo of the custom view that we are going to build and it also gives you an overall idea about the section itself.
Getting Information from a Reference Design6:47
This lecture shows you how to get the logical coordinates and colors for the custom view from a reference image using GIMP.
View measurements - The right way to do it!5:47
Use the `onSizeChanged()` method to find the logical coordinates for the custom view.
Drawing the Progress Bar15:09
This video shows you how to draw the background circle and the foreground arc using the Graphics APIs.
Centre the Progress Bar inside the View5:46
So far, the progress bar is aligned to the top of the view, we need to center it inside the View In this video, we'll do exactly that.
Inflating your Custom View from XML2:35
This lesson will cover the requirements for inflating a custom view from a XML layout.
Updating values and redrawing the Progress Bar4:23
This lecture deals with invalidating the Progress Bar for redrawing the View with updated values.
Custom View Electric Quiz - Zaaaaaaaap #1
Displaying the progress value text10:28
In this video, we display the value at the center of the progress bar and we also animate it using the value animator.
Animating the Progress Bar using a Value Animator4:45
Learn the basic concepts behind value animators and how they could help you with animation.
Making it real with Interpolators3:17
This video shows you how you could bring in life to your animation using the different kind of interpolators.
Adding additional XML attributes to the Custom View8:08
This lecture deals with adding additional XML attributes to the custom view.
Making it snazzier - Animating Colors13:23
Let's use an `ArgbEvaluator` to change the color of the progress bar depending upon the value.
Will this run on older Androids? - Handling backward compatibility10:14
This chapter deals with handling older Android versions.
Custom View Electric Quiz - Zaaaaaaaap #2

Requirements

Android Development Basics
Basic Android UI Skills

Description

36,500+ students have already enrolled in *Learn by Doing - Android for Beginners*

How do users decide which app to download? Simple - they check the SCREENSHOTS. Yeah, screenshots!

Building high quality, highly functional, rapidly evolving rock solid applications is one thing. However, success also depends upon the number of eyeballs your app captures and the kind of UX it delivers.

Users perceive quality of an app, primarily based on how it looks. To build great apps for your audience, you need to acquire the skills of an artisan who can create polished and responsive UIs.

What will I learn from this course?

Google's new Material Design
When and how to use and customize Android UI widgets
Add flair to your application using Animations
Building responsive layouts for different screen sizes
Use Android Graphic APIs
Create awesome custom views

Is this course for me?

If you are a developer who has some Android experience or has completed an Android development course, then this course is definitely for you! :)

Who am I?

A passionate Android developer and entrepreneur. I've been developing for Android since 2010. I have worked as an independent developer for organizations like Tiffany, Mizuno, Glenlivet, Tata Information Systems among several others. I have also authored several open-source libraries that are being used by organizations like Wikipedia and Zappos. Of all my open-source projects, Android Saripaar is the leading UI validation library that is available for Android till date.

What are you waiting for? Let's get started!

Who this course is for:

Anyone with previous Android Development experience
Students who have completed an Android course
NOT for Students / Developers without prior Android experience

Android UI/UX for Developers: Build Stylish & Beautiful Apps

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 1min

Using Navigation Drawers8 lectures • 50min

First Custom View - Circular Progress Bar13 lectures • 1hr 32min

Requirements

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