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Hands-On Android UI Development

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Product type Book
Published in Nov 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788475051
Pages 348 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jason Morris Jason Morris
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Jason Morris has been developing software for as long as he can remember. He's written software for the desktop, the server, for feature phones and for smart phones. He's written in many languages, and deployed in a variety of countries. Jason loves a good programming challenge, and when he's not writing code, or spending time with his family, taking photo's or camping: he's probably thinking about programming. In 2010 / 2011 he wrote Android User Interface Development: A Beginners Guide, which helped many beginner Android developers take their first steps into the realm of User Interface design and development for mobile devices.
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Title Page
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
Creating Android Layouts Designing Form Screens Taking Actions Composing User Interfaces Binding Data to Widgets Storing and Retrieving Data Creating Overview Screens Designing Material Layouts Navigating Effectively Making Overviews Even Better Polishing Your Design Customizing Widgets and Layouts Activity Lifecycle
Test Your Knowledge Answers

Chapter 11 - Polishing Your Design

  1. When choosing a color scheme, it's important that the accent color has which of these features?
    • It is complementary to the primary color
  2. Dynamically generating a palette should meet which of these conditions?
    • It should be done on a background thread
  3. Which of these is to be kept in mind while animating layouts in your application?
    • They should not block or distract the user from achieving their goals
  4. Custom styles can be used to define which of these?
    • Default values for any attribute in a layout resource file
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Authors (1)

Profile icon Jason Morris
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Jason Morris has been developing software for as long as he can remember. He's written software for the desktop, the server, for feature phones and for smart phones. He's written in many languages, and deployed in a variety of countries. Jason loves a good programming challenge, and when he's not writing code, or spending time with his family, taking photo's or camping: he's probably thinking about programming. In 2010 / 2011 he wrote Android User Interface Development: A Beginners Guide, which helped many beginner Android developers take their first steps into the realm of User Interface design and development for mobile devices.
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