Table of Contents

Cover

Part I: UX Principles and Android OS Considerations

Chapter 1: Design for Android: A Case Study

Launch Icon

Action Bars and Information Architecture

Tabs

Dedicated Selection Page

Select Control

Buttons

Search Results

Result Detail

Bringing It All Together

Chapter 2: What Makes Android Different

Welcome to Flatland

Tap Anywhere

Right-Size for Every Device

Mobile Space, Unbound

Think Globally, Act Locally

Chapter 3: Android Fragmentation

What’s Fragmentation?

Everything Is in Time and Passes Away

Android Device Trends

Celebrate Fragmentation

Chapter 4: Mobile Design Process

Observe Human-Mobile Interaction in the Real World

Your Prototyping Methods Must Allow for Variety in Form Factors

Your User Testing Must Allow People to Explore the Natural Range of Motion, Voice, and Multitouch

Touch Interfaces Embody Simplicity and Sophistication

Delight Is Mandatory

Tell a Complete Story—Design for Cross-Channel Experiences

Mobile Design Case Study

Part II: Android Design Patterns and Antipatterns

Chapter 5: Welcome Experience

5.1 Antipattern: End User License Agreements (EULAs)

5.2 Antipattern: Contact Us Impediments

5.3 Antipattern: Sign Up/Sign In

5.4 Pattern: Welcome Animation

5.5 Pattern: Tutorial

Chapter 6: Home Screen

6.1 Pattern: List of Links

6.2 Pattern: Dashboard

6.3 Pattern: Updates

6.4 Pattern: Browse

6.5 Pattern: Map

6.6 Pattern: History

Chapter 7: Search

7.1 Pattern: Voice Search

7.2 Pattern: Auto-Complete and Auto-Suggest

7.3 Pattern: Tap-Ahead

7.4 Pattern: Pull to Refresh

7.5 Pattern: Search from Menu

7.6 Pattern: Search from Action Bar

7.7 Pattern: Dedicated Search

7.8 Pattern: Search in the Content Page

7.9 Antipattern: Separate Search and Refinement

Chapter 8: Sorting and Filtering

8.1 Antipattern: Crippled Refinement

8.2 Pattern: Refinement Page

8.3 Pattern: Filter Strip

8.4 Pattern: Parallel Architecture

8.5 Pattern: Tabs

Chapter 9: Avoiding Missing and Undesirable Results

9.1 Antipattern: Ignoring Visibility of System Status

9.2 Antipattern: Lack of Interface Efficiency

9.3 Antipattern: Useless Controls

9.4 Pattern: Did You Mean?

9.5 Pattern: Partial Match

9.6 Pattern: Local Results

Chapter 10: Data Entry

10.1 Pattern: Slider

10.2 Pattern: Stepper

10.3 Pattern: Scrolling Calendar

10.4 Pattern: Date and Time Wheel

10.5 Pattern: Drop Down

10.6 Pattern: Multiple Select

10.7 Pattern: Free-Form Text Input and Extract

10.8 Pattern: Textbox with Input Mask

10.9 Pattern: Textbox with Atomic Entities

Chapter 11: Forms

11.1 Pattern: Inline Error Message

11.2 Pattern: Toast Alert

11.3 Pattern: Pop-up Alert

11.4 Pattern: Callback Validation

11.5 Pattern: Cancel/OK

11.6 Pattern: Top-Aligned Labels

11.7 Pattern: Getting Input from the Environment

11.8 Pattern: Input Accelerators

Chapter 12: Mobile Banking

12.1 Pattern: Login Accelerator

12.2 Pattern: Dedicated Selection Page

12.3 Pattern: Form First

12.4 Pattern: Dedicated Pages Wizard Flow

12.5 Pattern: Wizard Flow with Form

12.6 Pattern: Verification-Confirmation

12.7 Pattern: Near Field Communication (NFC)

Chapter 13: Navigation

13.1 Antipattern: Pogosticking

13.2 Antipattern: Multiple Featured Areas

13.3 Pattern: Carousel

13.4 Pattern: Popover Menu

13.5 Pattern: Watermark

13.6 Pattern: Swiss-Army-Knife Navigation

13.7 Pattern: Integration: The Final Frontier

Chapter 14: Tablet Patterns

14.1 Pattern: Fragments

14.2 Pattern: Compound View

14.3 Experimental Pattern: Side Navigation

14.4 Pattern: Content as Navigation/Multitouch Gestures

14.5 Pattern: 2-D More Like This

14.6 Experimental Pattern: C-Swipe

Foreword

Introduction

Why Mobile Computing?

Why Android?

Why This Book?

What About the Code?

How Should You Use This Book?

Who Should Read This Book?