{"product_id":"9780133154818","title":"Android User Interface Design: Turning Ideas and Sketches into Beautifully Designed Apps","description":"\u003cb\u003eBuild Android Apps That Are Stunningly Attractive, Functional, and Intuitive\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn today’s crowded Android marketplace, it’s more important than ever to differentiate your apps. Great design is the best way to do that. Now, leading Android app design expert Ian G. Clifton shows you how to make your apps come alive and how to deliver apps that users will want, love, and buy!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eReflecting the Android 4.2 SDK, this book serves both as a tutorial for the entire design and implementation process and as a handy reference you’ll rely on for every Android development project. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eClifton shows how to create effective designs, organize them into Android components, and move gracefully from idea, to wireframe, to comp, to finished app. You’ll learn how to bring your own voice, personality, and style to your app designs; how to leverage advanced drawing techniques such as PorterDuff compositing; how to test designs on diverse Android devices; and much more.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndroid User Interface Design \u003c\/i\u003edetails each step of the design and development process and contains extensive downloadable sample code, including complete finished apps. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eLearn how Android has evolved to support outstanding app design\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntegrate app design with development, from idea through deployment\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnderstand views, the building blocks of Android user interfaces\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMake the most of wireframes and prototypes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBuild efficient layouts and integrate smooth animations \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMake apps more useful by automatically updating ListViews\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCombine views into custom components \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUse image compositing and other advanced techniques\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWork with the canvas and advanced drawing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLeverage Google Play and Amazon Appstore assets\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOne step at a time, this guide helps you bridge the gap between Android developers and designers so you can work with colleagues to create world-class app designs...or do it yourself!","brand":"Pearson Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47106518778096,"sku":"9780133154818","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780133154818_p0.jpg?v=1763640978","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780133154818","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}