On 1/8/2010 7:57 AM, Ben Gotow wrote:
Hey everybody,
I'm porting an iPhone app to Android and I'm having trouble designing
an interface that looks and feels "Android." I've read all of the
design documents in the Android Dev Guide and looked through all the
Google-designed apps, but I feel like the layout of activities is
largely undefined. Are there any resources that could help me
transition my iPhone design to the Android platform?
The Android UI guidelines describe some details way beyond what Apple
does, but then leave the overall look and feel to the app developer. So
detailed *design* guidelines, but almost no *interaction design* guidelines.
IMHO this is what you generally get from a through and through
engineering company (every seen GE or Siemens do great designs?):
http://stopdesign.com/archive/2009/03/20/goodbye-google.html
I've been struggling with this myself and while I think some of the UI
principles for the iPhone are thought out to be nicer and more
consistent (just try getting an app past the app store review) it is
comforting to know that especially the built-in apps on the iPhone are
as inconsistent/bad as the ones on Android ;-)
Which doesn't answer our need for interaction design howtos...
> At any rate, does anyone know of existing resources that might help me
> out? What's the best designed app you've used for Android? A few
> examples of great "Android" interfaces would go a long way.
Agree, would be curious myself :-)
Just MTC
Michael
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