What makes an app intuitive or easy to use? What makes it hard or frustrating? Learning the foundations of good design and platform-specific design patterns will help you create better apps for your users.
What You Will Learn
LESSON 1
Android Design Fundamentals
- Understand and apply the fundamentals of Android design to your app.
- Understand app structures common navigation patterns and themes.
LESSON 2
Surfaces
- Understand how to use surfaces to structure the hierarchy in an app.
- Learn how use surfaces to control interaction of elements in an app.
LESSON 3
Bold Graphic Design
- Learn how to effectively use imagery and fonts.
- Learn how to effectively use color.
- Learn how to apply themes and styles.
LESSON 4
Meaningful Motion.
- How to properly time an animation.
- Transition between application states.
- Learn how to create orderly animations.
LESSON 5
Adaptive Design.
- Learn how to implement your designs on many screen sizes.
- Learn what considerations to make when adapting a design.
Prerequisites and Requirements
To get the most out of this course, you should have prior experience developing Android apps. If you lack this experience, please take Developing Android Apps prior to enrolling in this one. We also recommend taking Advanced Android App Development if you are interested in publishing your app to the Google Play Store.To follow along with course activities, you must have access to the latest release of Android Studio, and should have access to an Android device for running and testing your apps. We share code through Github, so you must be familiar with using Github to access code. Take our course on Using Git and Github if you lack this background.