Essentials and strategies while creating and building an Android application
While developing any app, it is crucial to follow certain things. Following principles, app designers and developers can create apps that provide a great user experience and stand out in the crowded app marketplace.
1. Material design
Material design is a set of design system created by Google that aims to provide a consistent design implementation for Android, Flutter, and Web. The latest version is Material 3 which includes personal, adaptive, and expressive UI experience. This design system gives liberty to put playful colours and at the same time emphasizes accessibility with consistent Typography. Material design also includes interactive elements like ripple effects and animations to make the user experience more engaging and intuitive. You can use their Theme Builder to build a good design system. For both the designers and developers, Figma is a blessing, it has integrated the Material Design Kit, click here. Relay is the new tool, which acts as a bridge between Figma and Android Studio.
2. Responsive design
Android phones have various screen sizes. The screen density and resolutions vary accordingly. Thus, it is essential to build responsible layouts for your app. Since foldable phones are hyping, the need for flexible layouts is a must. For example, an app might use different layouts for phones, tablets, and larger devices like TVs. To learn more about screen compatibility. Further the market study for android devices, check the distributed dashboard.
3. Navigation
Navigation helps the user navigate through the app. Thus, it should be simple and intuitive. In Android Navigation drawer or bottom navigation bar are the two components which are used to navigate within the app. Navigation should be consistent throughout the app, with clear text and icons that help users understand where they are and how to get where they want to go. Here is how you can understand about the navigation guideline of google. For the design related guideline check the material design components.
4. Performance
The performance of any app must be responsive and fast. In order to achieve it, the app must have a load-balancing approach, which can be achieved by optimizing the code and using concurrency, a synchronized approach to distributing the load on a hardware device. From the design side, make the UI less crowded. The information visible in a frame defines the performance of the app. For example, if you have a list with cards inside it, with title, description, and image, while you scroll the list the lag will be visible. In order to understand more about, here is the Guide to app performance.
5. Gestures and Animations
Gestures and Animations are the differentiating features in Android. While designing Android apps, why not take advantage of gestures like swiping and tapping to make the app more intuitive and user-friendly? For example, a user might swipe left or right to switch to remove the list item, or they might tap and hold to access a context menu.
6. Accessibility
Android apps should be accessible to all users, including those with disabilities. This means designing with accessibility in mind, such as using large fonts and high-contrast colours, providing alternative text for images, and supporting accessibility features like screen readers and voice commands. The recommended contrast ratio by [ISO-9241-3] and [ANSI-HFES-100-1988] for standard text and vision is 3:1. In order to check the same, check the webaim website.
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