About the +-button: Do not forget on Android you have a menu. (kind of a "context-menu")
So, create a menu and include an "Add"-button in that menu. So you can do with "settings", "reload" without using space on the touchscreen. The menu just appears when needed. The menu (or context-menu if you prefer) is one of the strong points of the android platform. 2010/1/8 Ben Gotow <bengo...@gmail.com> > 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? > > Here's a quick example of one of my issues. On the iPhone, every view > that presents user generated content gives the user a "+" button in > the upper right hand corner of the screen to add an item. It's > consistent across the built in apps, and it's *mostly* standard among > third-party apps. > > I don't know what to do with the "+" button on Android. The guidelines > say important actions should be present on the screen and not hidden > within a menu, so let's say I put it on the screen. It shouldn't go at > the bottom of a long list of items, because the user shouldn't have to > scroll down every time they want to create a new item. That leaves me > with a static button. But there are no standard toolbars, so I'm going > to design my own iPhone-esque bar at the top of the screen with a "+" > button? > > I know this probably sounds like a rant, and I'm sorry. I feel it > would be worthwhile for someone to sit down and document how common > iPhone UI practices should be transitioned to Android apps. I care a > lot about UI design - I think it's one of the most important factors > in app development -- and I'd hate to see every transitioning > developer approach this differently. > > 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. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >
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