Are you an Android developer? Are you struggling with a good design for your app? Fret not, boys and gals – Android Police has teamed up with Wiley to offer up 10 copies of Android Design Patterns: Interaction Design Solutions for Developers.
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This book's a must have Android devs across the board, and will help will specific goals:
1. Use effective Android UI Design Patterns:
2. Design consistent brand experiences across touch platforms:
3. Celebrate Android fragmentation:
4. Make the most of the latest trends and technologies:
5. Build and user-test your designs with effective, inexpensive prototypes:
Yeah – all that. If you'd like to throw your name in the hat to win a copy, simply answer this:
Greg will personally commit to answering these questions for 30 minutes each day until the end of the giveaway, so be serious – ask thoughtful, real-world questions. With that said, please don't post coding questions. Instead, here's a list of some good options (these are examples; please come up with your own question):
What's the best way to design drag and drop?
Should I ask people to sign up in my mobile app to save their history?
I have a calendar app - what's the best way to design a date and time picker?
What's the best way to help users select from a long list (such as a Country)?
Should I have a welcome animation?
I am doing X: should I have a tutorial?
How should I implement a tutorial for a special gesture I'd like to have?
What's the difference in designing for tablets and mobile?
And anything specific -- something I can ideally post a screenshot or hand-drawn wireframe from the book (there over 100) and mention page numbers for is great.
And that's basically it. This one will run for one week, so it's over on Tuesday, July 16th at 11:59 PM PT. After that, we'll select the best questions and notify the winners.
Good luck!